20 long time. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. Angie, when she had said she'd been there, I at first I couldn't picture her walked in. This meeting is now called to order.
Mrs. Smith, may we have a roll call, please? >> Yes. >> Mr. Hall, >> here. >> Miss >> here. >> Mr. Minto >> here. >> Myself. I'm here. And Miss Williams? >> I am here. Thank you. >> Uh, we will now stand for the pledge of
allegiance. I [clears throat] am very happy that we have some special guests with us today. Team Diamonds from Steam Academy are going to lead us in the pledge. If you would just go over to the podium. You can actually stand in front of it because we won't be able to see
you in front of it so they can see. >> And then when you're ready, we're going to follow your lead. You tell us when to go. >> Let's go. I pledge algiance 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. >> Thank you so much. >> Good job.
>> Great job. May we please have an approval of the agenda. >> Mrs. Hinrich, >> I move to approve the agenda for the Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 board of
education regular meeting as presented. >> Support motion made by Trustee Hinrich, supported by Trusty Smith to approve the agenda. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor? >> Any opposed? Uh, that motion passes. We will now move on to announcements. Uh
first I just want to continue to congratulate uh parents and students and staff members as we end the year. Um, in addition to all of the end of the year normal activities, we obviously have a graduation coming up. And I just want to congratulate all of the graduates of
Visions and Central and Farmington and North Farmington and all of our schools who are transitioning from elementary to junior high and from junior high into high school. It is a fabulous, fabulous time.
I uh also want to acknowledge a uh person who worked with our school district for nearly 30 years. Uh her name was Kelly Walker and she recently passed away. Uh I just wanted to acknowledge her because of the number of years of service that she had with us.
Uh she served in a variety of capacities including being the president at one point uh for one of our unions. And so to to Kelly Walker and her family and friends, we offer our deepest sympathies and condolences.
Uh moving on to congratulations to the Farmington Steam Academyy's first Lego League Explore team, Team Diamonds, for their incredible success at the World Festival in Houston, Texas. The
team proudly represented Michigan and brought home the prestigious core values award which honors outstanding teamwork, inclusion, and sportsmanship. Congratulations to these amazing young students for shining bright on the world
stage and making our entire school district proud. We expect to hear from them during public comment. And that ends my announcements. We'll now move to public comment and let's call up first team diamonds.
[applause] >> Okay, >> that's not going to work. Come to the microphone. >> Is it on? >> Yeah. Oh, that's awesome. We can do that afterwards. Yeah. Thanks. [clears throat]
>> Good evening. My name is Bot and I'm a fifth grader. This year I served as a mentor for team diamonds. Going to the world festival in Houston, Texas was a huge adventure for
all of us. and watching these younger students win the core values award was the highlight of my year. This award means they showed the best sportsmanship,
kindness, and teamwork out of teams from all over the world. They [snorts] earned every single little bit of this success. And we wanted to share this proud moment and our trophy with you all
guys. Thanks. [laughter] >> Awesome. [applause] So our team members from our school are Gahan, Samani
and Aange. So Gahan and Samani are in second grade. >> Wow. >> And Aange is a first year at our school in kindergarten. >> Oh wow. Good [applause] job. So for him and I, it was just as equal
as an adventure for everyone else. >> Okay. >> Thank you for cheering for us. This is [snorts] you go first. Your name.
Khan, >> Kahhan, >> Saman and Dian and Bogot signing off for today. [applause] So, um, at at this time, I I'm just very very proud of this group and your
accomplishments and how you represented, uh, the Farmington Public School District. I'd like to take a short recess. We'll come back to public comment in just a moment, but I'd love to take a picture with you guys if you wouldn't mind. >> Okay. >> Thanks so much.
That's my dress though. But that will be a picture of your congratulations. Okay everybody. scripture.
Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you to >> And you My [laughter] computer was updating for some reason just as I was like, "Please take your time. for allowing us to uh recess for just a
brief moment to recognize those incredible students. Uh we will now move on to Bill Leaway followed by Charles Grnick. >> Tough act to follow. [clears throat] >> Good job, guys.
>> I have a couple of comments tonight. [snorts] Uh, one has an article is with regard to an article that I saw in the news and I uh [clears throat] passed it out. I haven't emailed it to you and it basically says uh school boards boards
are uh shutting up uh dissension and comments that don't agree with whatever the board position is and that certainly made the news lately. Uh second one is I believe in June uh the board selects the
officers for the next year and uh right now I'm hoping who it is not. It would be nice if the uh person who was elected had attended many of our board meetings and they didn't and I don't think we
need to carry forward the current president for another year. That's it. >> Thank you. Charlie, you're next. And that uh ends public comment. Unless
anyone wants to make public comment, please fill out a card. But this is the the last public comment card that I have. >> Hello everyone. >> Hello. >> My name is Charlie Guerellnik and I'm here as a representative of the local high school robotics team here in
Farmington, the Hackbots. Um I'd like to start off by apologizing for not being at the past couple of meetings. I'm also a member of the North Farmington marching band and our spring rehearsals are also on Tuesday nights. But now that the parade has concluded, I'm back with
the Hackbots and I have some uh updates. Um even though our main competition season has concluded, that does not mean we are not active within our community. Uh we are still running outreach events. Um this past week we ran a demo at the Early Childhood Center um for their
science fair and tonight we're actually running our annual Tech Girls event at Farmington. Uh coming up on the 22nd we have another demo at East Middle. Um when we're all very excited for that. Um however, as I said, our main competition
season has concluded which means that this will be the last board meeting that the Hackbots attend for the school year. and I just wanted to say thank you. Um the school board is one of uh if not our largest supporter and it is so
motivating as a student and a mentor to see that our schoolboard members are willing to take time out of their busy schedules to come to outreach to competitions to sit down with students and to learn more about STEM and robotics and things that students and
members love and care about. Um, it makes me proud to be an FPS student and proud of the school board. Um, so on behalf of the whole team, uh, thank you and, um, we'll be back next year. >> Thank you, Charlie, for those remarks.
We appreciate you as well. Is there any further public comment? [clears throat] Any further public comment? Seeing none, we will move on to our next agenda item. >> Excuse. >> Yes, >> no problem. Thank you. without question.
Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. [laughter] >> Um we will move to items from the secretary. Trustee Ho, would you read those for us? >> Sure. Items from the secretary. The board received the following communications. Office of Head Start
notification correspondence regarding doctoral credentials. The board acknowledges all communications and responds as appropriate. A list of correspondences is included in the board packet which is available on the Farmington Public School website. >> Thank you, Trusty Hall. Uh we will now
move to the legislative update. >> Uh yeah. Uh just a few things. Um I wanted to thank uh the board for giving us the opportunity to attend the behind the scenes at the state capital on May 20th. Uh I was in attendance along with the trustee Hall and
Superintendent Coffin. Uh I just wrote a couple notes. It was a impactful event full of a lot of aha moments. Uh gleaned great information about um the school budget process, legislative committees, and we also have an opportunity to network with uh other board members and
legislators. And a couple main takeaways uh basically that uh we are a more divided legislated than I've seen in a long time. Uh it was clear to me that after several panels and discussions, there's less of a across the board uh across the aisle bargaining and negotiating and more of an uh outwardly
partisanship and more firmness in in platforms. Um some good parts are people that get it. There are folks that have served in education being on the school appropriation subcommittees. There are folks that um uh served on school boards
uh and uh and hear what local boards are going through. Uh and there are also um they also understand that sometimes decisions impact uh the children in the district and the staff, the hardworking
uh staff. And those f those folks suffer when FUD funds are taken away or delayed uh or [snorts] um or misappropriated appropriated. Um some of the bad was that again uh there's a lot of partisansship and there folks who
totally misunderstood um what was going on. I think uh one legislator uh commented uh when they did not pass they did not pass the budget as required uh by July 1st and went into October. He said it was no harm, no foul. And which
I think some board members there clearly pointed out the impact that it makes not having uh school funding by October and school boards had to make decisions and and go forward with uncertainties where is upon uh it is uh the legislators duty
to give us a budget. Um, we also met folks on the federal level and I think it continued uh the theme of of of partisanship where uh I again I think with the Congress not working together uh there have been a lot of actions through executive orders through um
inter inter agency um agreements through um other forms of um imposing uh federal mandates that impact local governments. Um so um and then instead of again I'm
we're hearing that instead of working together they're going through the courts to try to settle things. They are going through uh different other means for enforcement rather than I think just rolling up the sleeves and acting as a legislative body. Um lunches later we
had lunch and then um and again a lot of opportunity to to network. Um so that was from the um the um behind the scenes and then just quickly on the legislative side uh there's a
series of bills that have gone to the house floor that um impacts student the student aid uh there again initially moving forward of the uh repealing a lot of taxes uh that uh would impact us. I could give you the rundown but I could also share later. I want to keep the
time at its minimum. Uh and then on the federal level, um again, uh holding back, uh some federal money, um at that high level, um has also impacted Michigan and dealing with things like SNAP and other things like uh forms of aid that usually come down.
>> That's it for me. >> Thank you for that update. >> Did you guys ever want to comment or you >> Yeah, just uh Yeah, sure. One thing. So, with that with that um behind the scenes, I've I I learned a lot regarding how
Congress or the state work or doesn't work and it becomes to of just a very divided I guess lack of information with each other and and nobody's not talking with each other but just talking at each other and that
although it's it's it's actually statutory law that they have to pass a budget by July 1 and and for them to not do that they're literally breaking the law But, you know, people people legislators do what legislators going to
do. And and uh and I learned just the the nitty-gritty stuff behind the behind the scenes that gave me a little bit more appreciation of how the what happens behind. So, [snorts and clears throat] I really appreciate that class. >> Thank you. Uh if there's nothing
further, we'll move on to the next item on the agenda, which is district updates. Dr. Coffin. >> Thank you. Uh, President Williams, these last few weeks, as you heard President Williams share, are really full of celebrations, recognizing the amazing accomplishments of our students across
the district, as well as celebrating the end of this school year through concerts, exhibitions, recognitions, and the transition for the class of 2026 to their postsecondary adventures. And as we wrap up the school year, I want to thank our staff who make our success
possible. This evening, you'll hear an update on the investment we're making in teaching and learning, specifically by supporting our teachers and classroom staff who work tirelessly each and every day to create meaningful learning experiences. [clears throat] In addition, our
building leaders have truly stepped up and continue to be laser focused on supporting the learning that happens in our classroom. The belief that our educators hold on the capabilities of our learners sets the stage for the
development of what we talk about as collective teacher efficacy. It is this shared perception among our educators within a school that their efforts as a school community can positively influence student outcomes regardless of external challenges or
barriers. It's not just group optimism. It is a structurally supported datadriven conviction that our staff have the collective skills and dedication required to ensure that every student learns. These skills continue to develop through the mastery experience
when they pl when what they plan for they actually see the impact of the students through [clears throat] our meaning making and transferring knowledge to a new context. This is more as I mentioned than just a structure. It's a shift in the beliefs
and what we believe about learning for our students, our educators, and the entire school community. I also want to remind everyone that collective [clears throat] teacher efficacy is one of the most powerful leading indicators for increasing
student achievement. Why is this important? We know that supporting our teachers with high quality job embedded professional learning experiences paired with a shared belief that all our students can achieve at high level is
what moves the needle on academic achievement. The research on teacher efficacy is expansive and clear. The structure matters, but is the teachers, their collaborative work, and the expertise that they bring to our learners and their belief in each and
every student each day that builds that collective efficacy. I personally continue to be so incredibly grateful to work with the best of the best here at Farmington Public Schools. So speaking of that, speaking of the best, uh we are now
going to hear from our leaders on the great work that is happening in areas of professional learning. I'd like to now welcome Miss Ronda Henry, Miss Margaret Hendrickson from our curriculum instruction department, as well as our special guest, Mr. Corey Porterfield,
our Warner Middle School principal, and Miss Shandra Hurtton, our Beach View Elementary principal, to the podium. >> Thank you. Good evening, President Williams, members of the board, Dr. Coffan. Our update tonight will focus on
the collaborative work that our building administrators and teachers have led this school year to embed student centered learning experiences across our entire district. As we reflect on the FPS blueprint and
the work that we're doing to deepen the impact of student centered learning across all classrooms, two focus areas we have been um demonstrating and and highlighting curriculum instruction and assessment and continuous learning and
improvement. We started with building leaders and teacher cohorts receiving specific professional learning over the last few years. two structures were put into place. Investigations for our teacher learning
cohorts and then also our instructional learning team for our building leaders. Um investigations you've heard about before um from Lee McConn and Paul Facto from Learning Works. They have been working with cohorts of teachers from
each and every building. They meet once a month for a whole year and they are really redesigning learning to redesign experiences in light of AMT and PAN in order to bring our profile of a lifelong learner um to fruition. Um some of you are at the most recent authentic
learning showcase. Um one of the ways to build teacher efficacy is to have them share their successes and reflect on their learning. So, we had a great opportunity this May um to have an our our next uh authentic learning showcase. Instructional team was a time once a
month where all of our building leaders came together with learning works to deepen their understanding of leading change and moving towards student centered learning. Part of that was also intentional walkthroughs where they really looked for whether acquisition,
meaning making and transfer was having was happening and what [clears throat] level of student centered learning they had. And it was amazing to see them come together frequently to collaborate. One of the things you'll hear about from two of our buildings is intentional work
they've been doing to scale student centered learning. There's a word you might hear from them today which we don't expect you to fully understand or yet is our positioning blueprint. One of the ways we define student centered learning is through this positioning
blueprint which outlines some key features of lesson design that really brings students at the center sharing their thinking and ideas. So the instructional learning team and investigations teachers have been learning about this positioning
blueprint as a way to anchor common language around student- centered learning. So in the next part of our presentation, you're going to hear about the positioning blueprint. Just know this is what it's referring to. So now we're taking that collective learning from our educators and leaders
and expanding the reach into every building using what we call a level up coaching model that uh turns that professional knowledge into classroom action. The [clears throat] LevelUp model delivers direct on-site coaching and
implementation support that's tailored to the unique needs of every school and their goals that they set with their school improvement plan. In partnership with Learning Works, we provide in-person planning, collaborative classroom walkthroughs, and embedded
professional learning. And this approach actively leverages the shared expertise of both our teachers and our building leaders while allowing us to continually monitor for data for clear evidence of the classroom impact.
This year we have um field tested the level up model in four of our schools to establish a strong proof of concept and those schools are Beach View North Farmington High School, Warner and Wood
Creek. And to give you a firsthand look at how this work is coming to life in those buildings, I'm pleased to turn it over to two of our outstanding building administrators who will share the impact of the level up experience at their
respective buildings this school year. First, Mrs. Shandra Hon, principal of Beach View Elementary, followed by Mr. Corey Porterfield, principal of Warner Middle School. Thank you.
>> Good evening, board of education members and Dr. Coffin. I would like to thank you for this opportunity to share. Um, our focus this year at BEu has really been to create a culture of
learning for our staff and we have really taken on a growth mindset and encouraging our staff to take risk, collaborate and create meaningful learning opportunities for our students.
To do this, we did explicit work around participation structures, really focusing on the P in PAN. Our team intentionally planned staff learning opportunities with our staff at staff
meetings, in coaching cycles, and also in professional development sessions. In the fall, we surveyed our staff on the topic of participation structures and their current understanding of what
a participation structur uh structure even is. Um when we surveyed, what we learned is that a lot of our staff used generic terms for what participation structures are and um we heard terms
like partner work or using whiteboards. And as we worked through the year and provided professional learning opportunities, what we saw is a shift in understanding for what participation structures actually are. We really saw
our staff beginning to utilize the structures that we gave them the opportunity to learn about like using equity sticks and being able to use gallery walks and chart walks and being able to involve and actively have all of
our students engaging in participation within lessons and lesson structures. We also noticed our teachers moved away from teacher centered focus in classrooms and they moved closer to
actively participating in activities that our students were able to be actively student centered as we were thinking through lessons and intentionally planning. And so there was a shift from teacher center to student
center and that's really important when we think about engagement for our learners. Finally, our staff participated in two lab classroom days and see try and yes
we participated in two lab classroom days where our teachers were really given the opportunity to be able to go into the classrooms of their fellow colleagues and that was very important in terms of building culture in our
school community. We want to take risk and share our learning with others. This allowed our staff to be able to have opportunity to have rich dialogue and discussion around what they see and what they were learning from each other and
fostering that culture of collegiality and being able to collaborate. Um the second lab classroom day, we were able to go in and see Whitten Wisdom lessons being taught and we were also able to see math lessons being taught with a
focus on building thinking classroom um activities and you know use of different strategies. And what we found is that there was this energy and synergy that came about because our teachers wanted
more. They wanted to be able to really spend time having rich dialogue around instructional practices and giving them the opportunity to do so was very powerful. So um this opportunity of
really focusing on our staff and helping our staff to become empowered and to really see themselves as collaborators was something that we focused on. So, we are excited to continue this journey and
we're looking forward to year two and how we will continue to create goals and plans for the 2026 2027 school year. Thank you. >> All right. Good. Well, good evening um
board of education and Dr. Coffin. Um, thank you guys for letting me share my experience at Warner Middle School with um, Level Up. Um, at Warner Middle School, um, as a new principal at Warner, I view level up as a opportunity to strengthen both instructional
practices and student belonging. Um, last school, well, last summer we had incon to kind of kick off the 2025 26 school year. And during that time, my team developed their MYKIP goal that focused on student confidence and belonging, which guided our
instructional focus throughout this school year. We created level up cohorts with teachers from every grade level who worked with learning works and administration through walkthroughs, coaching conversations, collaborative reflections, and lesson redesign to the
FPS instructional blueprint and AMT framework. The way we developed the cohorts was that we had four teachers per grade level, six, seven, and eight. We included our instructional leaders, but we also tapped some teachers who didn't really have experience with the
investigations group that had experience with working with Paul and Leah prior to this year. Um, one of the most impactful parts of the process was the collaboration, the collaborative walkthrough, reflection cycles where teachers reflected together on student engagement and student centered learning
practices. Um, one thing that I thought was the most impactful was with our leadership teams. We had the monthly meetings with Paul and Leah, but we had those walkthroughs. The amount of information and learning as administrators we did with Paul was very important. And I started and I really
wanted to bring that back to my team at Warner. And so one of the parts that I really wanted to make sure that we did was include our teachers on those walkthroughs because if we're talking about the blueprint and we're talking about, you know, the um the blueprint and the AMT framework, we wanted them to
have other experiences besides besides being siloed in their own classroom to really start to have conversations of what that looked like. And so with that, with the walkthroughs, we start to hear teachers really looking at, you know, we would come out in the
hallway and have conversations about was this lesson student centered or teacher centered. And just to hear the conversations of teachers who are talking about lessons that they're looking at and not really judging the teacher, but really thinking about what is a small shift to go ahead and have
this lesson go from teacher centered to student centered. through the course of the school year, we looked at some math classes and we started to really see that I'm sorry, we really started to see um some major shifts in instruction. And so
one of the things that we saw was from teacher centered instruction where we had students talking or taking a more active role in learning through collabor collaboration and discussion and problem solving. We also saw that classrooms also show growth in concept focused learning through participation
structures. small groupoup learning opportunities that align directly with our AMT framework and our FPS blueprint. So what we did was we developed you guys can see on like the right hand side of the screen we developed this is like
really like uh the farmington and I walk through um kind of say rubric and what we would do is we would kind of go through that rubric to look that to say like well this lesson was it really content focused or concept? Did we look at things where students were analyzing multiple artifacts and looking at
patterns? How were the cognitive prompts? And I really started to see teachers really have conversations to talk about, you know, what could they have done to make that a more cognitive prompt. But part of that also is really having them look at their own teaching practices that their own teaching practices. We will have teachers bring a
lesson that they taught in their classroom and kind of come through and as a group we will go ahead and kind of like review and reflect on it. some things they could have done differently. And that's where we really saw the data started to go ahead and improve because they were in a safe space collaborating
with their colleagues on things they can go ahead and improve upon. Lastly, we did have a few key um key takeaways. Um you know, we had greater use of collaboration, discourse, and active student participation, but we really looked at some continued areas of
growth. Uh one of those things are just like looking at visible thinking and documenting routines, thinking routines along along with using multiple representation and artifacts and then consistency of highlevel cognitive engagement. Overall, I believe
that the data suggests that level up is positively impacting our instructional practices at Warner Middle School and increasing student engagement and ownership of learning. Um we're happy to go ahead to continue as well for next school year with um our round two for level up and we're going to be diving
into this and looking at ways that we can improve it and make it better and incorporate other teachers who haven't had the opportunity this school year. Thank you. >> I'd like to thank both of you for coming and sharing your stories today. It's very very powerful. Um so we started
with a few buildings to prototype um to identify the structures and the successes and uh how to roll it out for all buildings. So next year every single building will be included in level up where they will have executive coaching with learning works once a month in
person alongside virtual coaching sessions. learning works will work with teachers and building leaders and really be looking how do we know we're taking our goal to action. So what uh you saw um both of them refer to in aon. So in a
conon is a end of the year conference which is really about planning forward innovation. So on June 15th and 16th, building leaders alongside teacher leaders will come together and they'll really reflect on where they were in 2526, where they want to go in 2627 to
set up quality school improvement goals that will be incorporated into their level up work with learning works. So we're very excited about another year of incon. We did this last year as well and so we look forward to that opportunity and we look forward to you being back
and all of our level up buildings this year will be sharing their stories at Inacon to to help inspire um all buildings in their work, but buildings are asking to be a part of this. So we have no problems there. So thank you very much. And if there's any questions
or comments, we're happy to take those. >> Questions? Mrs. Smith? Um, thank you both for coming and doing your presentation. [clears throat] Um, I enjoyed going over to the um, >> what you call it? >> The showcase.
>> The showcase. Cuz I've been to so many things this month. So, I don't want to give you the wrong name. >> But it was inspiring to see teachers teachers that have been in this community for like 20, 30 years that no one knew and knew what they could do.
and it brought things out. It's like a highlight. Like when you do your makeup, you're already beautiful, but when you add a little highlight to it, you know, a little blush or something brings things out. And that's what happened that night. And I was very highly
impressed, and I don't impress easy. So, the work that both of you do, I'm a little biased, but the work that the both of you do um has been phenomenal and just amazing. And to see the teachers and the students that are
enjoying this, I wish that some of the people that come to our podium on a, you know, monthly basis and said, "Well, what are we doing?" I wish they would have taken part in seeing some of the things that we are doing and maybe then they would understand and wouldn't be so
quick to, you know, pass judgment on the work that you're doing. So, thank you so much, >> Mr. Hull. >> Just to echo Trusty Smith words that you guys are amazing. um
that you you got you you're you have the where thought to get out of get out of your own way so to speak and to coming at things a little bit different uh which I love to say are we really teacher center or or student center and we supposed to be really student center
for everything right but to even keep going back and asking are we on path are we have the same mission and to be self-critical of each other and to to actually to make those changes. Those are uh those are very very great ways of
uh of of of just making sure you're checking your own ego and that you're putting the was first first. And I believe that's is a great way of doing that. And uh like Mrs. Hurtton, I I you know, she's got special space in my
heart. She she was principal of all my kids and everything. So I know her character and and her way of listening to students and making sure that they're getting the great great um the great teacher and also Mr. Porter which um
over at the Farmington High you know with my kids and you know he's super super very listening to the parents and students and and had the right mind and heart. So you guys are using the great examples of of of these leaders to
implement this program and I'm I'm I'm really excited to see who else is next. >> Mrs. Henrik. >> Um yeah, [clears throat] how much time do I have? So [laughter] um I'm I'm 40-year career educator, been
retired for 11 years now. So um I get it, but just just a couple of comments. I mean, it's like some of the things that our community members are asking about just to just to kind of highlight some of the things that you're doing because I know a teacher can bring in a
lesson and run a class with five kids and, you know, it'll be an amazing lesson and these these are high achievers and they're going to get everything. But to to um position every student and engage every student, it's really hard to do. Um, you know, it it's
one thing to talk about it. you have to do this, but it's really hard to do. And so I I just am um so excited about the work that we're doing and the support that we're giving to our staff um in order to do this work. And so what is
what does that support look like? It looks like um budgeting for release time for once a month for our our teachers to attend this professional development. It it looks like um budgeting um for the um
the plan that we're going to have as far as redesigning our spaces um for you know students and teachers to be able to share and collaborate together. Um just a compliment to our district for staffing. I I just know when we had the opportunity to go over
to East Middle School and look at the eighth grade cohort, how they did the scheduling so that all of the teachers on the team had a a a planning period um together in addition to their planning period. So there's so many demands on
teachers and um time is just it's just so hard. Um, one of my friends, retired friends, um, you know, talked about, then this was an elementary teacher. I thought elementary teachers had it easy. They didn't have papers to grade. But she was like, you
know, in my in my career teaching, it's like, Saturday is is the day to catch up on housework and Sunday is the day to um do lesson plans and grade papers and prepare for the next week. So, um, teachers work 24/7. They really do. and
they're they're on call. So, I'm just complimenting. These are all compliments to you, but but but one of the things that I really want to um highlight and and compliment is the building culture um because we have administrators up here and we don't have the teachers, but
to build that that trust and that culture um for so I I really want to compliment you to be able to have that that relationship with your staff to be welcome into the classroom and to have these conversations not in a judgmental
manner but in a way that we're all in this together. That's really hard to do. And so, um, that is that is just a great compliment to to our staff and for you to doing that. And I and I was so excited about that lab model that you
showed where they they actually went in and I mean I when I was teaching I was trying to bring lesson study into and I even like had a meeting with Dr. Coffin. is like we have to do this and you know and and the these are the things that um research has shown has worked I mean as
far as teachers not to compete with each other but to actually collaborate with each other and to have those meaningful conversations. So, um all and all of this takes money to budget um to keep our class sizes down in order to have
enough staff to have that time to um even you know when you have that lab model they have to have some planning time or release time during the day and that's substitute budgets and things like that. So, um, when people ask how are how are we supporting reading, how
are we supporting, um, literacy, math, and how are we supporting student things, they're all these little things that you can't just tag and put one line item in the budget, but all of this um, ties together. So, so thank you so much.
And I also noticed June 15th and 16th where you're having this um, professional learning, that's after the end of the school year. So, our teachers aren't checking out um on the last day of school. They're coming back and they're working um on June 15th and
16th. So, compliments to our staff in our district for willing to put the time in and doing the work over the summer because there's going to be a lot of work done over the summer so that when they come in in the fall, they're they're ready to go for these new exciting things.
So, thanks for listening. Let me let me just tell you how wonderful. You you just can't compliment people enough. I mean, you work so hard and you really need to know how much you're appreciated. >> Um, Trusty Rinto. >> Yeah, just again compliment uh to
piggyback on what Trustee Hinrich had mentioned. um you know the culture change takes a while and um and I think the elements of the communication process that you guys have incorporated the common lexicon in defining what this looks like you know one teacher could
say oh it's using a whiteboard right no it's not it's beyond that and just the culture of walk and talk you know that um if you can even get that that those are the valuable minute seconds that that that happen in between as you're trying to make the change it doesn't always have to be uh something written down on a piece of paper then checked
offered an online survey or something like that. So, thank you so much. >> Thank you all. We appreciate that presentation. >> Thank you, >> Dr. Coffer. >> All right. Uh and again, thank you to Principal Herton um and Principal
Porterfield. I have uh they have been in they were in the district uh before I got here and I've just seen them grow into such amazing uh incredible leaders and I recognize the work they've done and so I appreciate uh everybody [clears throat] taking the time to share
that. Uh that is all I have this evening. President Williams, >> thank you very much. We will now move to reports from committees uh finance and facilities. >> Yeah, the finance committee met on June 1st, first day of June. Um, Trusty Hall
and myself met with a whole bunch of people from the district and everything that we talked about are up for discussion items. Um, we had a opportunity to review the public hearing for the proposed 2627 budget. Um, the
district is doing a good job. We were able to ask some questions on that. We had a review of the 2627 tax levy and um again um Jennifer Kaminsky kind of helped uh understanding of how things
are are budgeted and how things are working. Um there's going to be a public comment section following the presentation for people that want to comment on the budget. Um and they also reviewed the current 2526 budget amendment. Um facilities
management. Um Luke Kadu is um I probably mispronounced his name, but he's doing a really good job as far as um managing how we utilize our funds. And so um he's looking at um uh equipment that we need for our custodian
um to keep the buildings clean. And so he um made some good decisions rather than um taking some autonomous machines, which sound really cool. it's like um that's not a good value for the district and so we're we're investing in things
that are a better value for the district and and we'll be able to keep our buildings clean and support the work that our our custodian teams are doing. So that's uh for discussion and nutrition services. Um there's a whole bunch of equipment that needs to be
purchased for an update and again compliments for um um I'm trying to think of our name. and Stevens. Yeah. For um doing a good job as far as going out and looking for the best value for our dollar and um
keeping our our buildings running. So that's coming up for the um the discussion and one of the things we asked about is um installation and training is included with the um the middle school equipment position
purchase. >> All right. Thank you very much for that. We will now move on to discussion items. The first one is our public hearing on the proposed 2627 budget. >> Thank you. Uh President Williams, I'd like to welcome Jennifer's already up there, uh our assistant superintendent
for business services. She's going to share information as part of our public hearing which will include our proposed 2627 budget as well as information in part B for the uh tax levy 2627. >> All right. Well, good evening and it is
hard to believe that one school year is coming to a close shortly and that we're going to be starting a new fiscal year in less than 30 days. So again, I am here to uh review our 2627
budget and this is the public hearing uh on the budget as well as the tax levy information for next year. And there will be an opportunity for public comment after I review uh these two
items. Great. Just to start off again, everything centered around the blueprint uh for the district, our vision, vision and mission. Um as as you can see budget
and operations does support uh the school system as well as everything centered around that student experience. So the district uh maintains eight funds. The main operating fund of the district is its general fund. Uh but we
also have a debt service fund that is used to pay for uh principal and interest payments and uh bond debt. We have our special revenue nutrition services fund that maintains uh the
operations for our breakfast and lunch programs. our student activities fund uh which uh uh houses transactions for uh those various activities at the building level. We have three capital projects
funds. So we're uh still working on our 2020 bond fund. So, our building and site 2023 issue uh we have our technology other projects and our maintenance bus purchase uh fund and
those are where we have been earmarking funds setting funds aside from the general fund to be able to support those capital needs after those bond dollars are are exhausted. We have an internal service fund which
is our benefit stabilization fund and that pays for all of the claims of the district for health, dental, vision, long-term disability as well as life insurance. So, our budget development process and
and how it all begins. So, uh, we we finish one year, um, receive our audit results, and we're already into the next fiscal year and revising that information as we have more, uh, information from the state and, uh, a
budget. Um, we are fine-tuning our staffing and enrollment projections. Again, we we set uh those projections for what we believe enrollment is going to be. Uh but until the students are uh in school and they
are counted on count day, um you know, we are waiting for those actual results. We're looking at instructional supports uh needed for the upcoming year. Um and again with everything being focused around that instructional program uh and
also considering grant funding that might be available to us whether it's federal or state funding. So again, um while you may not be able to see specifically within our budget document where literacy falls or where
math falls, there are a lot um uh are lots of funds that are being spent on these two areas as well as various other areas. uh but we continue to uh
implement our EL skills block, our foundational skills program at K2 level, wit and wisdom um and our UFly which is focused on intervention for for literacy. On the math side, we have our illustrative math program which is
focused on middle school and high school and our everyday math uh for K5. So we also uh have many other supports. So our technology suite of tools uh we have Dreambox which is focused on supporting
uh math. We have Lexia that focuses on literacy. So these are additional tools that can be used in the classroom uh to help support students. and we uh have implemented magma math in the current year that's focused on K12 and class
mojo will be something in the upcoming year focusing on grades 3 through five. Um as Mrs. Heinrich mentioned, we have invested a lot of time um and funding to
support our teachers through professional devel development and that's continued all year long. Um and and we also have many supports on the instructional coaching side. Those individuals that are there at the
building level to help teachers um in the classroom support So some of the continued strategic partnerships uh for innovation. So we're continuing our work with learning works and that's on a K12 uh basis. Uh we
we've started work with uh learner centered leadership and that focuses on competencybased education. So that work is in progress. Um we've talked about MUI. Um there's also Mitten and they're
really one in the same organization that helps support the innovation and the teaching uh in the classroom. And so there's funding available uh through the uh MUI workforce initiative
and then our continued partnership with the future of future of learning council. Um, so as you can see, all of our budget information and financial information can be found under our transport transparency reporting
uh button that pops up when you go to our web page. So looking at our foundation allowance um in really the last 14 or 15 years. Um so you can see we've received some
increases over time. um some of the larger ones being in the more recent years. Uh you can also see that we received zero in 2425. So varying uh increases for that
foundation allowance. We are projecting $250 per pupil for the upcoming year. So to piggyback on that, um, looking at that cumulative rate of inflation versus those percentage increases in the per
pupil foundation funding. So you can see there's obviously a gap that inflation line is the higher dark purple line with the actual per pupil increases that we received over time. So the difference between the two of those is about $4,500
multiplied by our student count and we've lost over $40 million of funding uh with that gap. So because our per pupil foundation increases haven't kept up with inflation
uh there's that difference of $40 million. So on uh total revenue uh budgeted for the general fund is 178,863,000. Expenditures are budgeted at 186,973,000
and that's a use of a fund balance of about $8.1 million. So that still leaves a projected fund balance of about 15.7% which is still above the board's target rate of 10 to 15%.
on the revenue side. So again, uh the foundation allowance is a huge piece of our funding and you can see we receive uh about 20% of our total funding from property taxes with the
remaining coming through state 8 at 58%. So that's 85% of our revenue. uh the other 15% is made up uh from inner district revenue received through the PA18 funding, federal revenue
um as well as other local revenue. So the per pupil foundation allowance again breaking it down um into property taxes and then what we receive from the state. So, our holdless millage, uh, that homestead rate, uh, we receive
$1,876 per pupil. Uh, the 18 mills, the nonhomestead rate, generates $3,833 per pupil. And I've included section
20M, that's $103 per pupil. So last year, even though the legislature provided a significant foundation allowance increase, those districts that were already at a certain level uh were only allowed to receive a certain amount
and with the remainder put into a categorical. And I highlight that because the categoricals are those that can be easily eliminated when things um you know go go uh south. Um and so with
the remainder of $6,261 coming through from state aid. So looking at expenditures by object, uh 82% of our budget is spent on salaries and benefits. And so the the right side,
that deep purple color is 50%, that's our salaries with uh benefits covering 32% and that's the darker piece on the left hand side. and that includes health insurance, um you know, all of those fringe benefits, our retirement costs, as well
as FICA costs. The next largest item is purchase services at 12%, and those are things such as our custodial contract, our water and sewer costs, maintenance and repairs, and other contracted services.
5% uh are spent on supplies or budgeted on supplies. Again, the majority being teaching supplies, textbooks, uh, and other supplies to support either the classroom or operations
expenditures by function. So, a different look at uh how we spend our dollars. Um, so you can see the the purple piece. Elementary instruction is at 19%, high school about 11%.
uh middle school deep per uh that that darker piece in the middle about 10% are pupil and staff services and that's uh that category encompasses uh counseling speech and language
pathologists psychologists social workers uh in and improvement of instruction things to support the learning environment. Um we also have uh other instruction and
so the majority of those dollars at uh you know that's the 19% category is our added needs category. So special education costs uh interventions so title one funding things to help 31A
help to support additional um you know interventions for student learning in our career in teched. uh support services rounds that out at 23%. Uh and again, things that help support
the teaching environment, transportation for students, uh maintenance and operations to keep our buildings clean and safe, um and athletics would be some of those items. So in school funding there are
an immense now amount of budget unknowns and I've been thinking a lot about it and what other industry has to start their fiscal year not knowing what their revenue stream is and and unfortunately
public schools have had to do this for many many years and it's really hard and so we have to make a lot of assump assumptions, a lot a lot of educated guesses, um, and hope that we get our budget
sooner rather than later from the state. So again, we're starting off our fiscal year implementing a budget um but not knowing the budget from the state as to what our foundation allowance will be, what our student enrollment will be
until the students actually show up in the fall, health insurance costs, um obviously we've taken necessary measures to keep those under control, uh actual staffing in place, so we build
those based on uh the number of students that we anticipate having uh state categorical funds. You know, those are uh one-time grant funds uh that may be there may not be there uh in the following year. Whether we'll get
increases or not, federal funds, again, there's been a lot of um uncertainty on that end. And then of course, uh the economy as a whole and how that impacts our costs. So this is a focus on the tax levy
information for the 2627 year. So on our homestead uh piece homestead millillage um the operating millage will be 4.6516
debt will be at 3.2 mills the state at 6 mills and the total at 13.6516 6516 mills. On the nonhomestead side, operating amount will be 18 mills. Debt will be
3.2 mills. State will continue to levy six for a total of 27.2 mills. Commercial per commercial commercial personal property the operating amount will be 10.6516 6516 mills. Debt will be
3.2 mills. The state will levby 6 mills for a total of 19.8516 mills. And on our industrial personal property, uh the operating millage will be 4.6516,
debt will be 3.2 mills, the state will levy 0 mills. So the total will be 7.8516 8516 mills. So that concludes the the public hearing um in the presentation of the
information for our 2627 budget as well as the tax levies uh proposed for the upcoming year. And so we will allow for public comment at this time. Is there any public comment at this time? You may come up. This public comment period is
specific to the budget. So that if anyone has any has made public comment before, you may make public comment again at this time if it relates to our budget. Is there any further public comment? Mr. Leo, go ahead.
>> Okay. Well, I'll move to this as quickly as I can. Uh first of all, got the budget around uh noon on Friday, which is not a lot of time for somebody to look at it given that it's been out there for four months. Uh I was not
shocked to see that we had an $8 million loss. That's not responsible budgeting an actual $8 million loss. And uh first uh further, our expenses are $20,000 a student. That's about 5,000
bucks more than any other district. We're out of control when it comes to spending. And it's not a revenue shortage. Uh in the real world, in an industry, you know what their revenue is on day one of the fiscal year? Nothing.
They have to earn it. And what you earn it on is quality education to our children. That's our product. And right now we know that our children on reading
rate an F based on the MSTEP findings or tests. So [clears throat] what we've heard is the usual and it's not Jennifer's fault. It's a state. Uh they they basically have a discussion of a checkbook.
[clears throat] They don't say what you're spending the money on. you you just spent half an hour talking about some improvements for uh professional development and we don't see how that works into the budget. Uh now uh so the
whole budget exp 47 pages is for a checkbook not a budget and what we're missing is how the district is going to achieving achieve some value for the services which uh such as we commit to
rigorous teaching strong literacy and numeracy foundations and continuous improvement so every student meets and exceeds Michigan's academic standards. So what we're missing is any discussion
in the budget of knowledge. And if Cheryl were here tonight, she'd say, "Well, that was what we're going to talk about in the knowledge gap book." We don't have have time for that. So I'm going to brush through these. I gave you uh a printout version of this so I don't
have to go through it with everybody, but I'll summarize. Uh on the knowledge side, 44% of our students can't read at grade level. My question is, what Farmington plan is included in the budget to teach these
kids to read at grade level before they graduate because they're not going to learn afterwards. And when will we see proof that that plan is working? Second item is a team teaching model. Um
there was a kurfuffle. Th >> Thank you for your comments, Mr. >> Three minutes. >> Yeah. Unfortunately, >> this is a budget. >> Yeah. >> You've had four months to work on it. >> Thank you. >> No, it that's you got $8 million loss. >> Thank you, Mr. Loveway.
>> That's why I put it all in the book. People, teachers. >> Is there any further public comment? >> This is a farce. Seeing no other public comment, we will close public comment. Uh public comment at this time.
>> Okay. >> Thank you. We'll move on to our next item. >> I think it's the B jet. >> Oh, go ahead. Thank you. >> Just finish up the the presentation. So, um, included in the board packet and
posted on our website last Thursday evening was the 2627 budget document. Um, and so it also includes a lot of information on taxable values, tax levy information, and the bond amortization schedule. Our
info section has a three-year forecast for all funds, actual and projected enrollment, staffing by function, and our quick guide to FPS to highlight some of the great things happening in our district. So, looking ahead, uh there is
a three-year projection. Obviously, when we don't know our information or our funding for next year yet, it is hard to project out an additional three years. Uh but that in information is available
there um along with uh fund balance and again a budget is a tool to help us uh decide what things we need to look at in the upcoming future. We're continuing to focus on innovation. Uh there is a lot
um happening in our school, a lot of great things that are taking place in the classrooms and we continue to focus on that uh strategic planning. Uh you know, we're reviewing that uh every week
at a cabinet level. Uh but continuing the focus on what we want to see in all of our students through that profile of a lifelong learner. Um and then again federal funds and making sure we keep our eye on what's ahead.
The 2526 amendments for the general fund just really a highlevel um uh discussion here. All of the detail was included in the board packet. There's a memo that provides details of the changes from the first amendment to
the second amendment. So, we've revised local revenue for property taxes and Medicaid fee for service. Uh, re revised state revenue for categorical and grant funding based on uh what we know now.
Federal grants have been updated. We had to increase uh uh our subcost budget and then any other known adjustments have been implemented. So, just want to say thank you to Kim Pineek. She works uh with me closely on
a lot of the budget. Bonnie Marks uh who put together our budget document. Um and Julie Langden that helped us with some of the the uh pictures and and pages in the budget document as well. And I can answer any questions you might have.
Mrs. Smith, um I want to thank you for that in-depth report. Um, for many it may have been disappointing to hear and then to with
some it was probably educational and to others it could have been boring. This is why we sit here. Um, we as a community need to learn that if we don't agree
with what we're hearing, we cannot storm out, we are adults. Our children are in our schools, not here at our board tape or in our audience. I don't believe in shooting the
messenger. You brought the message to us. It is our job to share it with the community. Don't have to always agree. We can always disagree without tantrums
storming. No, this is not your fault. Um, as I watch the news and I look at what is happening in this country right now, we have
a circus at the White House, but I don't see anybody writing and complaining about that. We're here to educate students. Now, if you don't want to vote
for it, we don't vote for it. But we must educate the community. We cannot stand in front of the board and say, "We're not qualified.
We're not this. We're not that." Those are insults. We didn't make this budget. We're sitting here listening to it. to be upset because
we're not giving someone the opportunity to do a presentation. It's a threeinut comment. [clears throat] We don't have to agree, but we must respect
those that put this together to respect this board. Many of these board members may not vote for this. I get phone calls all the time, but the conversations that have been
coming here for the past few months and for the year, we got bigger things. Yes, I am a senior citizen. As much as I don't want to admit it,
I don't want my taxes going up either. But if we listen to learn and not to defend, then we can find out what needs to be done or just don't vote for it. Now the minister in me
and for those that don't know, yes, I am an ordained minister is say just let's let this ride and let's just pray. And no, I'm not a moms for liberty, but let's just pray and get this and and and
listen to each other. Life is so short. But the other side of me, the hood and Angie says, we're not going to do this up here. As Trusty Hall always says, we here for these kids.
The bullying, the attacks are starting to wear comments becau knowing that we cannot comment. The comments
are bullies because as we sit here, we got to take it. But I'm not taking it anymore. You came. You delivered. It's up to the community if they want to vote. It's my
three minutes up. [laughter] I don't I don't get no three minutes [laughter] cuz if Miss Hinrich can go on for 10, I can too. >> Did you time me? >> No. [laughter] >> But you could go on after me. But as I
was saying at the end of this, all seven of us, we ran for these seats because we cared and we wanted to do something for this community. So on that
note, thank you. Thank you for your support. Thank you for bringing us this message. And let's for those in the audience and those that are watching when you come and you can't get your way,
that's fine. [cough and clears throat] Just don't vote for what is put up in front of you. Thank you. >> Uh Trusty Hinrich, >> just um comment on the second budget amendment. So the budget is a living
breathing document and I and I just want to point out that I think every other month or every couple months you do a budget to actual where you're always tracking our expenses and making adjustments and so based on those things. So I just want to um thank you
and let you know that we appreciate your work and it's it's a um it's not a oneanddone thing. Um and also [clears throat] isn't there a detailed budget posted on the on the district website? so that community members can look at the the overall budget. I mean, this was an
overview of correct where things are. >> This budget document is out on the website and again a lot of information. >> Yeah. So, that so that is a lot of information out there. So, yeah. So, I just wanted to to clarify that. So, thank you for your work and we appreciate you.
>> Okay. Thank you. Thank you. >> Um I appreciate the work as well. I know putting together a budget especially of this size is not um a small feat. I know there is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes and so I personally just thank you because I know uh the
amount of work involved. Um I noticed that you kind of work some miracles here. We have a slight increase in the number of FTEEs in the budget and I noticed that our increase in the salaries line overall didn't go up by
much. uh and that you were also able to reduce expenses in a lot of areas outside of uh salaries which feels really good too. Um although we are um interested in some of the things that we've talked about at meetings before um
tutoring support which I know we continue to have SAT support which was new this past year which I'm hopeful will be helpful uh for our students. I know we've made investments in the past few years in literacy and numeracy.
Those have been at the elementary school level mostly. So I am interested in understanding what our plans are for junior high and high school as well in addition to the tutoring. Um I know myself and many members of the school board have expressed that we're
interested in smaller class sizes. I know that is difficult and I know that is uh something that generally gets bargained but um that is something that we know also has an impact in the classroom in addition to all of the things that you you guys are doing particularly around supporting our staff
and making sure that we have the professional learning environments that we know are going to be critical to effective classroom instruction and teaching which is the number one indicator of success amongst our students which is why we invest in this
Okay. Um, it's not uh I I want to also make sure that no one walks away uh thinking that we've got an $8 million loss. We are intentionally uh eating into our fund balance, which is something that some of our um members
of our community have been asking for for years. So, I'm a little surprised at the um outrage there, frankly. uh we continue to be within our fund balance um which is something that I've always uh been a fan of making sure that we
have funding available in case of I I hate to call it rainy day but in an environment where we're seeing costs increase significantly across the board. Um I'm pretty surprised to see that our costs are going down generally
year-over-year. Um, it's our revenues that are are not going up as much as we'd like them to. Uh, but you've done a really great job at at actually reducing costs based off of what I see in this budget. And I'm a little surprised. I know you mentioned to me before that we kind of hedge gas a little bit, which
has been a good thing for us so that we're not right now impacted by the higher gas prices, but that's something that we'll have to think about in the future. Um, so long story short, job well done on this budget. Thank you for that. uh we'll continue to have
conversations around student achievement and you know what levers we can pull and push to move the needle. So I appreciate the work done. >> Thank you. >> All right. Um with that said, we can move on to the second budget amendment.
>> Is that you? >> She already did that. >> Oh, she did? Okay. >> So, we're on the capital >> capital improvement update. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh it's my pleasure to welcome Mr. Paul Wills from Plant Maran Real Point and Miss Gail Alivo from TMP Architecture to the podium to uh provide
I think our final capital improvement update for this school year. Um I'll turn over you. >> Okay. Thank you Dr. Coffin and thank you board of education for inviting us to meet with you on this update. Um as Dr.
Coffin mentioned Paul Wills is here but also uh Bill Winrock from TMP's office and uh at the at the last meeting uh we had with you I think May 19th uh we talked about the ambassador's feedback on the secondary
options and we talked about methodology for the survey and kind of what those priorities were bubbling up to the top. So today we're very excited because we're going to uh sort of talk about that completion of this wonderful
process. We are going to share survey results which I think you're going to be um very pleased with. And then we're going to talk about very specific scope at each of the buildings which uh we are recommending could be a part of that
zero millillage increase bond opportunity for the November uh ballot. So to start, this is a familiar chart to you and you see the star has now moved down to that last column, our June 2nd
update with you. But I want to just mention a little bit about uh the focus of your professional team. The first half of this process, we were very focused on uh listening and gathering that information about your strategic
vision about how you wanted to really impact student success. And we were focused on developing a long range facilities plan that would allow you in the long term to meet kind of marry that strategic vision that you have with your
buildings so that your buildings were supporting that vision. Obviously there's a lot to do and we are looking at this opportunity for a millage amount and I call this phase one of meeting
that vision. This is a road map. So the master plan was it is this road map and the second half of the process we really focused on what is the first phase meeting that roadmap. So today is totally focused on that first phase of
this road map and it will all come together and and I think you're going to like what you see. It really supports the things we heard from the students and uh from your staff over our journey with you.
>> Paul, would you like to talk about the survey findings? >> Thank you, Gail. And uh good evening board members and Dr. Coffin. Um so actually going back to 2023, I think the districts did a really good job getting input from the community. So the Cobalt survey really talked about academic
priorities of the community, academic priorities of the of the district. More importantly, a lot of those findings were how does the district communicate? And so I think what you saw from the flowchart is there's a lot of touch points. Um pretty soon you'll be like, "Oh my gosh, please TMP and plant my real points. We got we got other board
items." So I think again just having that repeat of of communication, you cannot overcommunicate these uh priorities going forward. And so I think with the communication process with the ambassadors, the board updates, we're really taking a look at that continuation of findings uh with the
survey. So again with EP uh epic MRA most recently uh as we mentioned in May uh there was a 400 sample uh respondents they were split into two groups. So sample A was just asking questions um straight off uh with the information and then obviously the opposing arguments. So kind of like a positive negative ask
for the very similar uh conference. Uh 86 of the surveys were completed via cell phones. Uh what we find interesting is 90% are very certain or certain they will vote in November 26. And so at the end of the day when you look at the percentages 53% would be in person and
roughly 40% of absentee ballots. So what's interesting about that is we're seeing that trend really increase the last several years. Keep in mind that absentee ballots go out in midepptember. So when people say I have until November 3rd to really communicate this and we'll talk about the communication plan here is you can't overcommunicate early
enough and often enough and that's why we're here tonight. So again, topline results uh before hearing any of the details of the scope. Again, keeping the current millage rate the way it has been. So again, you've had two successful bond proposals keeping that millage rate the uh the same with $131 million. Uh the last
would be $98 million. Again, this is that phase that Miss Gail talked about would generate roughly $171 million. Upgrading classrooms, security, we heard a lot of that from security and and um uh technology, playgrounds, performing arts, athletics. Um, at the end of the
day, 76% say they vote yes. From that perspective, when you start taking a look at specific program elements, uh, again, infrastructure, the districts, the last two bods have really been focused on infrastructure. Uh, one of the things we'll talk about this next as Gail goes through those individual sheets is
roughly 85% of the 171 million is actually dedicated toward academic and instructional improvement with roughly uh, 144.5 million and about 26.5 is going to be infrastructure. So almost a reverse of the last two bots because that's what the cobalt survey was
indicating in 2023. And here's the epic uh survey results as we go forward. As so as you can see steam programming, performing arts, uh playgrounds, again those are community assets. Um taking a look at improving some of the high schools um from that perspective. Most importantly, upgrading classroom
flexible modern collaborative spaces. So we heard from the building principles, how is teaching evolving? More collaboration, more small groupoup instruction. Um from that perspective again after hearing the scope uh there was actually an increase roughly 78%
would vote yes uh again out of those 400 uh that indicated the uh uh scope and with that millage rate keeping the same at 3.2 mills. So again a lot of great survey results I think uh if you look at the last two bond proposals they were both in the 60s and 70s. So this is kind
of alignment with the support of those other capital bond programs. So, some of the upcoming elections, um, obviously we hear economic conditions. Um, where is inflation? Where is the pricing? I think you heard from Miss Kaminsky. There's not a lot in your general fund for capital expenditures.
So, often times we hear people say, "What if I just vote no?" Yes, the tax rate will drop, but the school district does not have the benefit of $171 million to really do some great things. And again, this is phase one. If you recall from our 10-year capital plan, the first like, how are we going to tackle this? You're going to do it phase
at a time. So this is 171 million uh zero tax increase. Again, working with your financial advisor, uh those are probably in the 70 to 80% approval rating across the state for the last 20 years. If it's a zero mill, as soon as you ask for a quarter mill or half mill, that drops to roughly a 50/50 pass rate.
Uh again, um a lot of great information here. I think a lot of the responding back to the EPIC surveys, um again, a lot of positive arguments for that alignment with that going forward. And again, you obviously we have some no voters. Um and that's the right and I think as a board um your job is to be
able to place on a ballot and let the public decide and ultimately uh we think this is a great plan to align it with the fac uh finance piece of it and again a lot of great academics going forward. So with that I'm going to turn it back over to Miss Gail who's going to kind of walk you through building by building and then I'll wrap it up with some of
the financial considerations and next steps. So >> thank you Paul. All right we're going to jump right into the elementary buildings first. Um, you're going to see a lot of repetition in these, so I'm not going to read off every bullet, but just kind of give you
the highlights. Um, at Beach View Elementary, we are going to transform the existing media centers into a re-imagined eye center. And you might say eye center, that's a term that was kind of coined as they renovated Warner Middle School. um you know, libraries
turned into media centers, media centers are now turning into eye centers where it's richly supported with technology and collaborative areas and and it's kind of that combination of of books and technology and and and people learning together. So, we're going to be
transforming the existing media center into these re-imagined eye centers to support that project-based learning, steam, maker space where it's that, you know, people working together. A lot of what you just heard um from your wonderful staff uh at Beachwood and and
Warner. We're going to be upgrading furnishings to in in all of the classrooms and learning environments to align with the new way people are teaching and using classrooms. Uh you you've heard a lot about student agency.
When students can help to create the environment they want to learn in, it only makes it that much richer and that much more successful. So, uh that is a a a big area at all of the elementary schools. And then of course we're going to be handling the critical
infrastructure that has been identified at each of the buildings uh to kind of that must uh the must infrastructure touching site playgrounds roofing HVAC and uh some of the other items identified in the facility condition report.
Forest elementary the same reimagined eye center uh similar furnishings. Um here we're going to reconfigure some existing classroom spaces really to rightsize those classrooms and to create an additional classroom because we've got two or three spaces that are not
really working well. So we're going to uh kind of transform those to uh support uh instruction better. And again those same critical infrastructure items elementary the eye center transformation
uh we will be renovating. It's a little different at Gil. We're going to renovate the original large group instruction area into the re-imagined maker space to support steam activities. Again, that flexible multi-learning multi-purpose learning space. We'll be
upgrading furnishings and then addressing the critical infrastructure. hillside again the eye center the upgraded furnishings and the kind of critical infrastructure
items already discussed this is similar at Kenbrook similar at Lanigan and also at Longacre now at Wood Creek again the transformation of their media center
into the reimag Imagined Eye Center supporting the steam and maker space hands-on learning, upgrading the furnishings. We're also going to renovate existing locker areas to support expanded learning environments and flexible instructional use. We've
got some technology upgrades at Wood Creek. And then the critical infrastructure farmington steam renovating the existing dining area and cafeteria stage to create some flexible student gathering space really enhancing students
experience upgrading furnishings uh technology upgrades and the critical infrastructure. I do want to mention because I think it was a a missed bullet on all of the others, technology upgrades are across all buildings. So, I apologize for that
one. I'm noticing it's on these but wasn't on the first elementary, but that is across all buildings. And then we have Farmington ECC. Uh just some simple upgrades, demolishing the existing stair to construct an access accessibility ramp on the east side of
the building. some infrastructure upgrades and technology upgrades. I'd like Bill to take you through the secondary buildings. >> Hi, good evening. So we'll start at east and again we
continue the theme with transforming the existing media centers into a re re-imagined ice center uh that will support the steam and maker space. Um at this building we're looking at upgrading the performing arts. So some of these uh spaces are not very efficient. So
they're looking at uh reimagining those spaces and and kind of improving uh the floor plans. Uh upgrading furnishings, technology, and critical infrastructure. Power ele uh middle school is still the
is is the transformation of existing media centers into the re-imagined ice center. Uh very similar to all the buildings so far. Um upgrading of the performing arts spaces as well. Um they are using some LGI spaces that want to
get turned back into uh performing arts programs and moving things around the building for better efficiencies. Uh furnishings, technologies, and critical infrastructure at Warner. Uh this is the building. It's at the eye center. This building had the
most renovations under the previous bond program. So when we go to Warner, the building is is fantastic. Uh one of the comments that we had was some issues with uh acoustical control in the eye center. So we're going to focus on upgrading or updating the uh acoustics.
Uh we have the furnishings technology and critical infrastructure. We go to Farmington Central High and we are looking at reimagining the cafeteria with new furnishings. So, it'll make it more flexible, multi-purpose space, multi-use space throughout the day
instead of during the uh just only used during the lunchtime periods. And again, technology and critical infrastructure needs. Farmington High School, uh we do have a lot of work that's happening at that building. Um reimagining the cafeteria
with the furnishings to create additional space during the day. uh flexible multi-purpose room space uh reconfiguring the administrative area uh that administration and counseling are on two separate sides of an entry.
They want to bring all of counseling and administrative functions together. So, what this will work out uh how that'll work out is moving some of the special education programs around uh current classrooms and then moving them into the existing counseling space.
With that, we are proposing a new gymnasium, a fulls size gymnasium. And we talk about the gym, we are looking at a space that is [snorts] conference regulation size.
And really what that means is we're we're trying to find a space that we can get a competitionsiz basketball court along with all of the support space for bleachers, visitors, and homeside. So, we are looking at a rather large uh new
gymnasium with the locker rooms and restroom facilities. With that, that will allow us to go to the existing gym and take over the existing locker room spaces. So, the existing gym will become an aux gym. We're going to gain a lot of square
footage, a lot of valuable real estate using those locker rooms for a fitness center. Currently, the fenc fitness center is located in two classrooms. We're going to move that out into the gym uh locker rooms and we'll regain two
new classrooms, two additional classrooms in the building. Uh with that, we'll have another side to the locker room that'll give us great space for um small group instruction, classroom space, uh itinerant offices, um sorely needed spaces in this
building. So, we're going to grab some great real estate in the existing locker rooms. We're also looking at uh technology and critical infrastructure updates at North Farmington. Again, we're looking at reimagined uh cafeteria space
through furnishings. And again, the the possibility of using that room all day long with flexible furniture is the goal. Uh we're refracting with the all auxiliary gym at that building and we have technology upgrades and critical
infrastructure upgrades. And then at Visions Unlimited, uh that building is in great shape. We do have some concern over classroom acoustics. So we're going to go in and take care of all the classroom spaces with their acoustical needs. We do have playground
upgrades at this building. technology and critical infrastructure on the list. Thanks, Bill, and thanks, Gail. Um, I noticed the board members, you do have the enlarged floor plans um for reference. Obviously, we don't put those up for public uh display, but as as Bill is mentioning and as Gail's mentioning,
you see this is truly an academic focused uh bond. And so if you take a look, you have 17 academic projects or 17 academic buildings. So the question is, okay, well, what's happening at the central office? Well, previous bond, we took care of a lot of that information.
Um, same thing with the the TML road, the facility we're now, and same thing with transportation and facilities. So it's really academic focused. And as I mentioned, it's 85% uh roughly 144.5 million is going to the academic improvements. Um, the 26.5 million. Um,
Trusty Henrik, you asked a great question about a month and a half ago. It is very selective critical. So, again, not redoing something that was done in the last two bonds if it doesn't need to be done. Um, so again, as the projects get approved, we'll be coming back to the board at the design development phase, ultimately at the bid phase, uh, should the bond be successful
going forward. So, uh, very similar to the last two bond proposals you had, uh, we worked with PFM and with Jennifer Kaminsky and her team. What you see in purple in 2526 is your current tax rate of 3.2 mills. Um, again, people say, "What if I vote
no?" Great. The millage rate drops to about 2.25 and the district doesn't receive $171 million in capital improvements. Um, as Gail mentioned, this is a phased approach. So, we take a look at a 1015ear capital plan. In theory, because of the strong taxable values in Farmington uh district, in
about 2035, you can actually start considering the secondary phase or the secondary mill rate to help extend that purple uh into the future to help address that phase two and phase three. That is really part of that long-term plan. So, what you see circled on the lefth
hand side, um we don't get all the money at one time. The district does not receive a check for $171 million. It gets sold in a series of bonds. The first series would be if approved in uh November uh would be in spring of 2027 of roughly $44 million. And if you take
a look at the bond term, uh the district's been very good about keeping the interest rate as low as possible. So the district has an option for a 20-year bond, 25 or 30-year bond, and the district historically has always asked for a 20-year bond. So again, saving the taxpayers long-term interest rates. Again, you kind of see the $44 million
kind of gets issued in those time periods of 2027, 2030, 2033, and 2036. On the far right side, what you see is increase decrease in debt levy. So 3.2 is the current millage rate. It's been that way uh for for many years. You're actually one of the lowest in Oakland County. Um but on the far right, you see
that it is a 0.0% mill increase from the previous tax year. So when someone says it's an increase in the mill rate, um that's just not true from that perspective. So again, uh this is kind of broken down by budget. So $79.5 million at the
elementary, early childhood, and steam. So roughly 7.5 to $9 million per building in that range, if you will. When you get up to the middle school level um including um the steam, they're about 8 to10 million worth of projects. High school level um is about 55
million. So that's how you come up to $91 million. There's roughly $15 million between FCS, vision, and early childhood. So that kind of rounds out the $171 million um from that perspective. Um so again along with those sheets, as you can imagine, there's the detailed program sheets that we track uh to make sure the scope is in
alignment with what we've heard from the community surveys, what we've heard from the ambassador listening sessions, what we've heard from board members and community members from that perspective. So kind of next steps. Um so again, uh June 16th, uh Miller Canfield will be here with the draft uh ballot
resolution. I believe Miss Kaminsky presenting that with Miller Canfield. Um taking >> He's here today. So >> I'm sorry. >> Don't He's here today. >> Oh. >> Oh, hey Alen. Good to see you. Sorry about that. >> Sorry. See? Um so again, reviewing the
draft obviously June 16th resolution be placed on November ballot and that's really when the ballot information campaigning begins. that's coming up with the brochures, the signage, the placards, the detailed sheets um that Gail and TMP and the team have put together to really help communicate the why um from that perspective. So, at the
end of the day, I'll turn it back over to President Williams, the board, and Dr. Coffin for any questions for the TMP team or ourselves. >> Mr. Smith, thank you >> for doing what you do. All of you, thank you. >> Team effort >> for bringing this team effort
>> together. Um, the only thing I'm concerned about, um, I know we need more parking at, um, Forest Elementary. So, when we go and we visit, it's hard for us to get, you know, cars piled up in
there. So, didn't know if you were going to do anything to where it would expand where there's no parking. So, that's the only thing. >> Yeah, that's great notes. So, again, we have infrastructure upgrades, which does include site. So again, logistically looking at it, I know that was done in
the 20145 bond. Um, but again, >> that's been 12 years. So again, taking a look at it again, looking at the enrollment, um, looking at the utilization and go from there. So, >> okay. I just didn't want a staff member to say they couldn't find anywhere to park and just went back home. [laughter]
>> No, we don't want that. >> I have some questions. >> Uh, Trusty Hinrich. >> Yeah. Um yeah, thank you for thank you for the work, you know, and and I want to start out with saying the thing that I really appreciate is you like did this
big wish list or what we wanted to do, but everything was done intentionally with a budget in in mind. And so this $171 million sounds like a lot of money, but um with it being a zero mill increase and so not an tax increase,
it's like what what we can do with that money. So I I want to highlight that and emphasize that and and really thank you for for being um responsible as far as fiscally responsible. Um one of the things I have a question on is at Farmington High School, you're talking
about building a new gym. Right now they have the main gym and they have an auxiliary gym. And so what's going to happen? Is the new gym going to go where the auxiliary gym is? Is that going to like go away or is that going to get bigger or I'm just trying to visualize
it because the the new addition we're putting on is down there by that also. >> Correct. >> That was my question. Where's this the steam facility? >> If I could just for one second just make sure the board is aware. Uh Thomas, you probably are. Um so Farmington High's
gym uh we are unable to pull out the bleachers and have uh like so Farmington and North Farmington cannot play in that gym. There's not enough seating and uh the bleachers not being pulled out all the way is a problem. So, um, that's why
we wanted to look at this as part of this project because we need to have a gym where we can use the bleachers as intended and be able to fit in enough, you know, to have be able to have our our games there. >> Oh, I I think that's great. But where's the old auxiliary gym? Is that
>> part of the new gym? Is that >> the intent would be to take down the auxil auxiliary gym? >> Okay. >> And to build a new gym. And we actually looked at that in relationship to the new multi-purpose room edition. >> Okay. >> So it it's all coming together quite nicely back.
>> Okay. All right. So that that was my question. It was like are we going to have two auxiliary gyms then? No. So we're going to have one big gym. Yeah. I you you're you don't have to convince me that you know because >> No, I just I didn't I didn't know how much if you haven't been in there. You don't. >> Yeah. No. No. My kids went to farmington
high school. So I've been there. Then they played court sports. the girls sports. The girls don't get as big of attendance as the boys, but which they should. Okay. So, I I'm really excited that we're re doing the media centers
and putting in the um steam space in the eye center, but my question is where where are the books going to be? So, are we still going to have books? >> Yes. Oh, absolutely. >> Yeah. The specific design will happen
once this is successfully passed. But the the amount of square footage that is in those spaces perfectly fine for this new way of trans, you know, working and and collaboratively learning. But books are not going away. They will live in
the eye center with technology and the ability to do project- based learning. >> Okay. Because I'm a I'm a big fan of books. Okay. Oh, yeah. >> Um Yeah. And I was looking at I I I remember when my kids were at Flanders, which is no longer, but I remember when they put a stage in because they said
every school need equity and we didn't have a stage. So, do all the elementary schools have a stage? >> Um, and why not? Because back years ago when they put one in Flanders, they were all supposed to have one. >> I don't know. But I know we took down a
stage recently at Warner, didn't we? >> Yeah. I don't know about Warner. Warner had a stage and I think as part of the renovations >> they um it was taken back out. >> Okay. So we don't that's >> the creek doesn't have one. They use
their cafeteria and a little space over on the side for you know presentations. >> Mannequins uses No. The gym does have a stage though. >> Yeah. Usually the stages are incorporated either with the cafeteria or the gym. So, I was just like looking
at the the elementary buildings and do we have those in all of the elementary buildings and is that something that we should have? >> That was a question. >> Part two of you know completing your learning all of your learning environments with flexible furnishings is that they can move and you find that
these you know impromptu presentations and things that are done by students they can happen in the classroom anywhere you know. So it's there's a trend away from these structured spaces that end end up limiting you, you know, and you find, oh, we're doing band up on
stage because it's more exhausted. So the the the ability to change the room up because the furnishings are so flexible, like provides multiple opportunities for presentations and and you know, kind of performances that that
are typically not held in other spots. >> Yeah. I I was thinking performing arts. I mean, you know, it's like gets put on place >> in the middle school. Okay. So, um North at Farmington High School, we're putting that addition on with a large group
instructional space. And so, is North Farmington going to have that same North large group instructional? >> So, North North already has that space. >> They already have that space. Okay. So, we don't have to do that. Okay. And I was just and our auditoriums have to be
in good shape because none of this is like usually that's one of the things that really needs updating. So we've done a good job taking care of [clears throat] our auditorium. So compliment to the district on that. >> We've invested a lot in those >> in the auditoriums. Okay. So they don't
need they don't need upgrades. >> Okay. Thank you. Trusty didn't want to steal your thunder. >> No. >> Trusty Hall. Did you know? >> No, she go ahead. >> Oh, okay. >> Um, yeah. So, again, I I really
appreciate the presentation and the forward thinking of reusing our spaces. And I do like the part about we had to think outside our out of our like school instruction boundaries as in if we were to have an event here, where could
people go for the community? And I think that those I think by having these convertible spaces and area that we could invite have more programming here and that we we'll be uh like since we're a premier district, we're become more
premier, I guess. And so we can host like the gym being redone. We have conferences here because there are, you know, the newer school districts with the newer buildings that's in other districts that have like like stadiums, you know, that they have the highrises and everything and and and for us to
actually compete for that particular space, I mean, that's just going to draw revenue in our city and our in our schools and everything. So, it will pay for itself. So, I've um I'm very excited about just having that that inter um
that interuse type of spaces and that we that we actually have. And good job for thinking outside of the box and keeping up with the trends instead of, you know, think it's still, you know, 1950s. We just need a a chalkboard and a seat. [laughter]
When was the last time we took the chalkboards out? Right. Thank you. Hey, I have a couple things. Uh, yeah, that was I was going to ask about the books and about the the uh STEM facility and so that's not on on these
blueprints, right? That's separate, >> right? >> The current one is from the current bond. >> Okay. But but they're not it's not reflected here. Will they connect >> the at Farmington High? >> At Farmington High. >> Yeah. So, and then um I think in initial
plans you guys had mentioned a lot of natural lighting and outdoor spaces. I didn't hear you talk today much about that. Have you is is it all granted I do appreciate the indoor and the the eye the eye centers, but I thought last uh a couple sessions ago you talked about uh more natural light, opening things up,
having indoor and outdoor um um collaboration. Yeah, that that vision hasn't gone away, but in phase one being responsible to the zero increase opportunity that you know that's going to be phase two, phase three, but
definitely it isn't going away because it is a very positive thing in learning environments. >> And then I see on north that you have like it looks down upon the gyms. So you're opening up the second floor. Is that how that um what does that mean? Um,
>> am I reading it wrong? >> Oh, at north it says second level open to main gym below, open to auction. That's naturally the way it is. >> That's naturally how the floor plan. >> You're not opening anything up. Okay. >> They're not making a ballroom.
>> Gotcha. That's it. >> Um, thank you all for the uh conversation and the questions. I had just a few myself. Um, remind me of the
input that you've collected. I know it's been pretty extensive. I recall being part of it myself. I know you asked the ambassador groups. I know you've connected with parents. I know you've connected with staff. Was there student voice informing this
as well? >> Yes. Dr. Coffin shared a lot of >> Yeah. So in all the lunch and learns, yes, uh we captured around what they were looking for and so that was all shared with uh TMP and they pulled that together and then shared that throughout
the Farmington Ambassador Network meetings with the parents. >> Um I'm I just had a thought and I'm sure we're all going to have lots of random thoughts from now until you know we start doing this and wishes. Uh but to uh Trusty Rasinto's point about outdoor
spaces and I I'm thinking mostly at the high school level as I reimagine high school. I tend to feel like there's um more opportunity to get our
older kids outside more. I'm sure they'd like that. They'd appreciate it. And I don't really see that opportunity at either of the high schools. I think that we created a little bit of it at Farmington High School with that nice little, you know, seated area, but um
I'm I'm really interested in in understanding how we might leverage space for young people to, you know, be able to spend some time outside uh maybe during lunches or covered areas. I know we still have a closed campus and we don't really have a whole
lot for them to do in those areas that's close by, but still um I think that um I'm trying to create an environment where our kids want to go and stay as opposed to not go and leave. >> Um so that was just one point. Another
one was around uh just parody. I'm really pleased that we're doing something about having similar types of maker space, STEM space at all of our um elementaryaries and junior high schools. That has been uh something that we've
been talking about as a board for years and I'm I'm happy that there's a pathway to get closer to ensuring that all of our schools have access to to that kind of thing. And then I've been a fan for years of redoing the cafeteria spaces
and making sure that we're better leveraging the spaces that we do have in our buildings uh and not leaving them, you know, vacant for hours of the day. So that makes me really happy and I'm I'm really excited. Um, one more thing with respect to parody uh across our
high schools and and I realize that Central is an alternative high school, but I am interested in making sure that they have similar types of access to things and so if it isn't at the high school itself, I know we do some busing >> back and forth. Um, with respect to the
two high schools, I know everything's not going to be the same. We've got this nice new STEM facility that's going in at Farmington. We do have some really great CTE space at North Farmington and TV10. Uh but I do want to make sure that as we're building out that we are
intentionally making sure that both of our high schools are, you know, in tip-top condition and uh are a place where our students can be proud to go. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> All right. So, we're talking about a
10-year plan and you talked about phase one. Is this 171 million? Is this the 10-year plan? >> No, it's just Yeah. Um, so this is just the phase one. Um, so if you take a look, if you remember the 10-year plus
plan was roughly $395 million. >> So, this is a large chunk of it really focused on the academics. >> Um, so roughly a smatch about 85% on the academic. uh there are some things that could kind of be considered potentially in that secondary like you talk about
the outdoor spaces um but that's why I think it's important like those 10year plans are living documents the academic plans are living documents how does technology change in the next 5 10 years how does pedigogy change in the next 5 or 10 years so this is really respecting
the 3.2 2 mills 171 million which is roughly $100 a foot. So I remember people like oh my gosh we have a $395 a foot price tag over the next 10 to 15 years. This is that first phase. Um and again strongly focused on technology instruction and academic spaces for that.
>> So what's the time frame for phase one then? >> Yeah. So actually um if passed in November, let me get to the dollars. Um, as you can see, the district will receive roughly $44 million a year every two to three years, um, to do those
investments. And so really by 2034, um, if you take a look, 2035, that's when taxable values we assume are still going to be strong here in Farmington. Um, that you could consider that second phase. and what that dollar amount is. We'd work with PFM as kind of that 2031
2032 uh through Miss Minsky's office to say here's a consideration for that second phase and what that dollar amount is and ultimately what could be included in that. So this is really that STEM steam eye center the arts improvements um there are some critical selective
critical infrastructural needs roughly 26.5 million um that we'll call this phase one of a facility master plan. So >> and if I can I think a part of it is the this is phase one of that roadmap. So we have one of the things the board was very clear on is getting a comprehensive
all-in plan. So that's the 10 plus years. Um then the decision was made to uh look at what we could get for a zero mil increase and that's the 171 million which is going to span over eight or nine years.
>> Correct. So, well, 26 to 31 is what, five years? >> Yeah. Really, by 2036, you'd have your last trunch of roughly $39 million. But kudos to the TMP team. They're going to start designing that a year or two ahead of that. So, when you get that last trunch, you're really just doing
construction. Um, so really the intent is in that 8-year period, you've pretty much wrapped up that phase one of $171 million with work. >> Okay. >> All right. Thank you so much for your presentation. And we'll move now to the nutrition services.
>> Is it >> sorry? Is it ballot language? >> Yes. >> Okay. So, we'll go to bailot. >> We're not on G. Uh E. Oh, I've skipped. I was looking at
facilities management and thought that was a capital. >> Oh, yeah. No. So, we're um so I'd like to welcome Mr. Alex Zuma, attorney with Miller Canfield, here to provide a review for the board of the proposed 2026 ballot language resolution.
>> Good evening. Uh appreciate the continued opportunity to work with you guys as part of your finance and capital team. So, what we do is we at this stage um distill all those projects that they were talking with you about into some simple ballot language um for the
electors. Uh we have prepared a resolution that you'll adopt hopefully uh at your next meeting. And it just goes on to talk about um how you guys have planned for this um that you guys think that the projects are necessary. And it says that you're going to put it
on the uh November 3rd uh 2026 uh election. And then it tells you that uh we're going to go through Oakland County to do that. Uh designates the superintendent um to help with this process. And then the second page has just um the fact
that you're going to adopt and approve the proposal. It's going to be submitted to the clerk um by uh August 11th. That's the statutory time frame to get it on the ballot in November. Um and then the last page is really the the
critical part and this lays out the proposal for um all the electors to see and a lot of this is statutory. Uh we start off uh giving the overall bond amount 171 million. Uh that we're going to issue general obligation unlimited
tax. Um we say that uh the tax rate is 3.2% uh 3.2 mills. Um we don't know exactly what's going to happen. It could be could be less, could be a little bit more. So we say estimated to be uh we're going to issue these in one or more series as they talked about. So it's
authorized there. And then to give a little bit of um understanding the community uh we talk about some of the things that it's going to accomplish create a modern learning environment uh accommodate the expansion of the steam and the uh maker space programs and obviously for the health safety security
um of the students. And so these three bullet points u come from the statute and from the projects that u um plant man and and u tmp have put together. We talk about the remodeling, constructing the additions. Uh that's the the
gymnasium, equipping, re-equipping, furnishing, refernishing the school buildings, athletic fields, playgrounds, and other facilities. Playgrounds was a big piece. Um uh the second one is acquiring and installing installing the instructional technology which is going to hit all the buildings um and the
other facilities. And then the site improvements that they talked about as well. And we try and keep these as generic and general as possible so that um as time goes by, if you guys have something else that comes up that you're not contemplating now, as long as it fits in to these um enumerated projects,
then you're okay to do that. Um and then the language after the yes or no is statutory as well, except for that first sentence. That first sentence lets the community know that we're trying to keep it as a no mill increase from the current um levy. Um and then we go on to
say that um each series is going to be uh no more than 20 years. You're going to do it in in four series. So each of those series can be 20 years. Um and then it gives the estimated um average and um first year levy uh 9.5. We get
these figures from PFM another part of your finance team. And then the simple average to retire all the bonds is 1.32 mills. And then the parenthetical at the bottom is is for information purpose only for the voters. Just let them know
that we're not going to spend it on um teacher administrative salaries uh repair maintenance costs because those are statutoily not allowed. >> Mr. Rinto. >> Yeah. The ballot language mentions um athletic fields. What was what's an
example of an improvement to an athlet athletic field? Um I I don't know the specific project. We pulled that from all of the projects that they were talking about >> because we just did a lot in our athletic fields.
>> So So that that might be uh the replacement of the artificial turf. It only lasts so long. But that that would be way down the road. So varying things. Again, this is a four series bond. So,
it's over a 12-ear period and there may be things that require replacement at that time. >> Okay, >> further questions? All right, seeing none, thank you for your presentation. >> Absolutely.
>> All right, let's move on to uh facilities management. >> Yes. So, I'd like to uh ask Mr. Luke Kadau to come to the podium to share information on a custodial equipment purchase request. >> Good evening board. >> Good evening.
>> Um tonight I'm going to be talking to you about uh replacing um some of our custodial equipment. Um a lot of our equipment is very old. It's aging. We're experiencing a lot of breakdowns. Some of them, believe it or not, are older
than myself. and parts are getting very hard to find and when we do find them, they're not the cheapest. Also, we want our equipment to be reliable to keep our buildings clean and safe and healthy for the students.
Um, I'm coming to you. So, back when we did the custodial RFP, AVM originally proposed part of their contract that they would give us two autonomous floor scrubbers. Well, looking into it, it's very new technology. There's a lot of
training behind it. I know if you go to Menard's, you can see the machine. Sometimes it's just running into the wall until someone goes over there and it's just not productive for our needs as a district. Um, so I spoke to ABM and this is
further in my presentation and ABM is willing to give us what the cost of the autonomous floor scrubbers were to go towards purchasing equipment that our staff and our people can use. So, we're looking at getting four four five small
walkbehinds, four larger ones for like our middle schools, three ride-on scrubbers, eight surface cleaners, and then some floor uh 10 carpet cleaners. Um total cost to be around $28,000.
Um we're looking at going with Tenant. It's a very reliable company. Parts are easy to get, the machines are easier to work on. ABM who actually fixes our equipment currently. They use tenant so they stock their service trucks with
tenant supplies. So downtimes will be very minimal if something does break. So ABM's willing to contribute $120,000 towards the cost. Um, so got pricing
from a company through the consortium and ABM's pricing came in lower than the consortium pricing. So that's why we're looking at going through ABM and riding their contract with tenant. So with that, the district would need to pay
around $88,000, which would come out of the uh 2020 bond equipment fund. um benefit to the district. It's more reliable um [clears throat] equipment for the custodians. Um reduce repair
costs and downtimes. Um consistency with ABM being able to repair them and maintain them and just support the overall cleaning operation in the district. Also, um I spoke with ABM and Tenant is going to send someone out to
train not just our staff but also ABM staff together on the machines, how to maintain them. If this goes wrong, do this just and so everyone's on the same page because that's the issue right now with some of our equipment that it's
just, you know, you get done at the end of the day and you don't have time to do the proper maintenance. So tenants going to actually come out do some training and no matter what if we need to we can pick up the phone and call them. Recommendation is the approval of new
tenant um equipment to um utilize ABM's contribution and deride on their pricing with tenant um replace the outdated equipment and continue to um provide clean safe and attainable buildings for our students and staff. Any
questions? >> Yes. >> Hi, Luke. Uh, we need more staff uh to for all this equipment. >> Nope. So, it we're going to take all the I should have put that in there. I'm We're going to take all the old equipment that we're having to put a lot of money into. We're going to go through
if it can be saved as a backup, it will. If not, it'll be auctioned off. the new equipment will go into buildings like right now Forest Chem and FECC they need something like big time and those buildings they have a lot of foot traffic and everything and
it's takes a lot for someone to mop the entire floor half the time when you can just run a scrubber so >> you're not going to have to hire any more FTS okay >> yes so Luke said you would auction off
>> Yep. What if you can't sell this stuff? What will happen? >> Believe it or not, I don't know if you saw our last auction bidgery. I don't know. People must have money to spend. The littlest things people are buying. Like everything auctions off. We
had up on the auction. We had lawnmowers that haven't started in 20 years. They went for $55. So everything for some reason when you put it to auction, people buy it. So yeah, if it doesn't, then we would strip parts
off of it to keep for machines that we have and then the bodies of them pitch. >> Okay. >> So yeah, >> do >> so a lot of the because we have the hybrid model. So a lot of the major cleaning is done after school by the ABM staff. >> Yep.
>> So do we maintain the equipment or does ABM maintain? >> So right now we don't. All we pay for is parts. We don't pay for labor. ABM pays for the labor. So, say the floor scrubber needs a new squeegee. We pay
for the squeegee itself, but then the hours for the technician to do it is all covered by ABM. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> So, it's a shared cost, too. >> Yep. cuz that that was one of the things when we were considering going with the all >> right
>> out then they were going to supply all the equipment but now we're >> having to buy the equipment because we went with the hybrid model. >> Correct. Yep. >> Okay. Thank you for your presentation. >> Uh we'll move on to nutrition services.
>> Yes. So, I'd like to welcome Miss Anne Stevens, our director of nutrition services to share information on a middle school equipment purchase request. >> Hi, good evening board. Uh, I'm here tonight to request the approval to purchase some kitchen
equipment for the middle school buildings kitchens. Um there's a detailed list in your board packet of requested equipment. Um
the updated equipment will significantly improve kitchen workflow and and enhance our ability to efficiently prepare meals and especially streamline cleanup. Uh, four bids were solicited with
pricing ranging from $310,000, $372 to $363,840. Um, and you see the summary of equipment by vendor. Uh the recommended vendor is Stafford
Smith who provided the lowest bid price, but it's also a company who has a proven track record of providing quality products and services to Farmington Public Schools. Um pricing of this equipment was
obtained through a consortium bid through Oakland schools utilizing the source well contract. Um, if approved, the equipment will be delivered and installed the summer of this summer of 2026.
The purchase will be fully funded through the food service account. Thank you for your consideration and I'm happy to take any questions. I only have one question. I noticed that there were um more items being purchased
for Steam and I wondered whether that was in an effort to make them sort of equal with the other schools or is there something different going on with Steam? >> Steam's kitchen is a little misarranged.
We have some cooking equipment across the kitchen and then other cooking equipment is on one wall. So, we're going to put all of the cooking equipment on one wall. Um, that kitchen also serves a lot of students. So, that
one is going to have a larger dish machine. So, we had to move some equipment over, relocate h a hand sink, and then we also have some really old workts in there. And that so we're going
to have new workts um down the center of the kitchen, but also another workstation because they really bump into one another. That's a pretty small kitchen for the volume of meals they serve. >> Thank you.
>> Mhm. >> All right. Uh we can move on to uh OS S OC SBA uh bylaws and resolution. Get to that. >> Yeah, I' I've got this.
>> Okay. >> Okay. It's um the information is on page 307 in your board packet. Um but basically um first thing is number one is consideration of a new resolution. The new resolution is that Oakland
County Schoolboard Association opposes tying any school funding to waving the attorney client privilege. Um this came about when um our board voted to accept the 31A funds and wave our attorney
client privilege. So, um, we're asking, they're asking to pass a resolution opposing that. So, any future funding won't have any, so that won't set a precedence, um, for any future funding. So,
um, I don't know if the resolution will resonate with our legislators, but um, at least we're using our voice. And then the second one, there's two amendments. Um the first amendment is um for um
allowing a trustee um to be appointed from Oakland schools because the ISD um it says the intermediate school district pays annual membership dues directly to the association and is therefore entitled to appoint one
trustee to a three-year term to the board of directors if the ISD chooses not to exercise their right to appoint a director, the board of directors shall be notified in writing within 30 days of a board election so that the seat can be filled by election. Right now, the ISD
doesn't have somebody on the board, but um for some reason they want to uh put this um amendment in there. And then the second amendment
is a language about committee chairs. Um each standing committee and ad hoc committee shall elect a chairperson annually for the appointed representatives. It says in event that the elected committee chair is not a member of the board of directors, the
association board shall appoint one of its directors to serve as vice chair of the committee. Uh the thing that comes to mind is the government relations committee like um trustee Rento as our representative and he's not on the board of directors. So, if for some reason he
was elected chair of that committee, um he wouldn't be on the board of directors. And so, they're asking that the board of directors have a vice chair on it just to report back to the board of directors. Um so, that was um the second thing. So,
we're it's a discussion item right now and then we'll be voting whether to accept or not accept. And we can vote to accept the new resolution and changes all at once or we can vote on each individual item if the board members
feel like there would be a different vote on each individual items. So we can discuss that now and then next meeting we can discuss and vote on it. >> Any comments, concerns?
All right. Well, this matter will come up uh for a vote at our next board meeting. Um the next item is the 2627 draft board meeting schedule. It should be in front of you. I think uh a copy
was was made for you a hard copy so that everybody have it has it in addition to it's in the board packet as well. Sure. >> Uh yes it is on page I show it as 336 actually printed out. >> Thank you.
>> Any thoughts, comments or reactions to this? Um do notice that there's only one meeting in November which I think is fine
and same for March due to break. >> So are we going to vote on the January choices? >> We should. I mean, >> and so this will come up as a as a vote for our organizational meeting
generally. Next, our next meeting is our organizational meeting where we kind of review things like this. Um, but it's open for discussion. Now, I I personally like the January 12th meeting,
but you guys will voice your opinions as well. I just think that January 5th is a little early and people may still be out. >> Yeah. I just wondered what the reasoning was. I mean, are we usually the first and third Tuesday and that would be an exception? The second and fourth.
>> We're usually every other th uh Tuesday. We we we pick a date to start and this year it is September 1st and then we go every other Tuesday except where we run into a break uh for school or something like that. So it looks like most of them
are the first and the third. >> So January would be the second and fourth. >> Well, and except for November, right? And except for March. >> Just wanted to know. >> Yeah. It just wanted to get there are two options there. And sometimes as President Williams said coming off of
break sometimes it's to get ready for the board meeting, >> right? And so what would happen is if we met on the 5th and and 19th of January, we would kind of be skipping three weeks until our next meeting in February. So any further comments or thoughts?
If not, then you can think about it a little bit more before the 16th. All right, we are moving now to our second uh opportunity for public comment and I don't see anyone in the audience who is likely to make public comment. Uh
so uh we will call for public comment one more time and then we'll close it. Uh there are no action items. Uh we do need a motion for the consent agenda. >> Don't all jump at one time. Rick, >> I move that we approve the consent
agenda. A, approval of minutes. Number one, May 19th, 2026 regular meeting. Number two, June 1st, 2026 finance facilities committee meeting. Second motion made by Trustee Hinrich, supported by Trusty Rento to approve the
consent agenda. Uh, is there any discussion? >> A quick question. >> Yes. Uh, Colleen, was the finance facilities committee meeting added to the board packet? >> Yes, I >> So, so it's in there. Okay. All right.
Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? That motion passes. Are there any reports from board representatives? Um, tomorrow's a deadline to register for the June
um, Oakland County Schoolboard Association Awards Banquet. So, if you haven't registered and you want to go, let me know tonight or tomorrow before 4:00 because they're very strict on following deadlines.
Um, all right. Yes. Um, June 18th, uh, FYIA will have their meeting. Um I didn't realize that I was the appointee. So I will be attending that meeting and will be reporting back to the board on
um that will be at 6:00 here in this building. Um so good to know. Um and um that's pretty much it. Uh for the public's awareness, we've got
a graduation for Central on Thursday. We've got graduations for Farmington and North Farmington. Actually, the order is North Farmington and Farmington on Sunday. And then we have visions on the 10th and I can't remember what day that is. I think it's a Wednesday. Uh yeah,
at 10:00. Um so, happy days. All right. If there's nothing further, this meeting is adjourned.