Good afternoon everyone. I would like to call the board of education committee of the whole meeting. >> Board members to follow your name. Could you please say present for >> presusting the board and then you limit your
remarks. on matters within the limit within the authority of not addressing office First person may address the board on the same subject. Please state your name
to speak. Say your name. >> Hello, my name is Tiki Flo. My zip code is 48507. >> Yes, we are. You want me to turn it down some? >> Okay, I'll stand back cuz I'm loud.
>> Um, my name is Tiki Flo. My area code is 48507. Um, so I have a couple concerns. I'm new to Flint, although I'm not new to Michigan. I was born here. I was born in Detroit, but I left. I've been gone for
12 years and I came back and I came back to here and you know I just have a few concerns. Um the backpack the clear black pack I understood but the hoodie and the cell phone uh I don't know
but it's causing a lot of um oh how can I say what did I write down? It's a lot of things. the uh no it's over here. So yes, with the phones you have parents
uh in the upward because if somebody is on the side of the road because that has happened to me and they can't get to their child and their child can't get to their parent um opposed to just taking something away. How about compromise? you know, uh, you know, we sign the computers out so they can sign their
cell phones in when they come in and sign their cell phones out. If that doesn't sound like a good idea, at least try to compromise with the students. Uh, the hoodies. Another thing, compromise with the hoodies. Um, you know, that's
actually a racist policy. However, you're you're basically calling them thugs without calling them thugs because they're in elementary, right? And you're and you're playing into that stereotype because you they can't listen. Give them a three strike rule. I one, two, three.
Are you caught I caught you with your hoodie up? You know what I'm saying? You got to now you got to take it away. My baby is cold. Okay. The thing with the hoodies are uh I can't find a regular sweater anywhere. And then when I do find them,
they're 35 $40. I don't know who's shopping, but who if y'all have little babies or the y'all? I don't have that type of money coming from where I came from to here and all my son had was hoodies and this is the coldest one of the coldest cities and you're going to tell my child that he can't wear his
hoodie. I is is I think that's irresponsible and it's neglect because he's saying he can't think straight. So if he can't think straight, he can't learn because he's cold. And if the teacher say, "Well, I have the heat on as such and such." Okay, but I'm still
cold, right? That's neglect. So you guys need to look into into that. You know, compromise with the parents, compromise with the students. I don't have the money to go and spend 45 $35 for each sweater and got to go to Great Lakes to
find a sweater because you can't find them out here. All of them have every store have hoodies. It's hard. Thank I'm not trying to trust relative portion of
Thank you, President McN. Can you guys hear me? >> All right. I'd like to call the human resource committee of the whole meeting to order. I will now call upon Superintendent Jones to present action to the board. Superintendent Jones. >> Good evening, Board of Education. Uh,
thank you, Trustee Ruleford. I seek a motion and a second from the board to move resolution 1.4, 4 personnel recommendations to the regular board meeting on March 18th, 2026 for adoption. >> Madam Chair, >> um Mr. King,
>> I move to approve item 1.4. >> There second. >> Support has been properly move and supported. Is there any discussion? >> Um Vice President McIntyre, please proceed. Anyone want to respond to that?
>> Yeah, that's what this motion was to approve it. We spoke last night and we already have to wait to get another Excuse
me. Excuse me. Um, okay. Um, Vice President McIntyre, please continue. >> Did we get our information? >> Excuse me, ma'am. Give it to the secretary right here. You want the She had it
>> McIntyre, but she you you answered her question. So, >> well, she got up. M Vice President McIntyre, you finished? Are you finished? point of order. I was asking That was the motion. >> Madam chair,
>> go ahead. >> So, I do want to be clear. >> There's no bylaw or state statute that says we have to move items to the next meeting. It's within our authority. I'm talking right now. Be quiet. It's within
our authority to do it the way you want to. It's a proper motion. If that's the motion, it's proper. It was seconded. Now we're in debate. Want to vote against it? Vote against it. Otherwise, it's proper. Vice President McIntyre, you finish.
I would strongly suggest to my colleagues that we remain respectful. We don't have to agree, but as the chair, my ask is that we all remain respectful. >> Thank you. >> Um um President McNeel, please proceed.
Trusty King. >> Yeah. Um, since I made the motion, I I think I I'll be clear. I I first um all colleagues have the privilege to move move a motion. Any colleague have the privilege to do a second. uh but I
if my colleague want to rationale I give it for in this case. Uh so even taking in context of the conversation we had yesterday around pair professionals but also when I look at this packet here um okay I look at the packet here couple of
things since being in the district even being in different schools is visiting um we have a PE teacher for Potter Elementary here we've been waiting probably to fill that position for a while now we have pair pros to get you know to be supporting the classroom,
finally having a another guidance counselor at um Southwestern to be uh full-time a resource room teacher. The I don't see the uh for me. >> I want to >> Excuse me. Vice President McIntyre,
please refrain from interrupting. >> Trusty King, proceed. >> Yeah, thank you. Um so my rationale not not required. they don't have to, you know, share, but when I when I think about it, this is this is we need the staff. We want we want to improve academics. We want to make sure we have
resources for our our um school buildings. And this is why I'm going move to approve it tonight. There's nothing that was alarming. If it was, I would have communicated made my communications known earlier. Um so, thank you. >> Anyone else?
>> See no further discussion. Excuse me. The motion to move the motion to approve resolution 1.4 personnel recommendation to the regular no to approve it will be conducted by roll call vote. As I call your name, please
say yes or no to approve this motion. Treasurer Luna, >> yes. >> Trusty King, >> yes. >> Vice President McIntyre, >> yes. >> President McNeel, >> yes. >> Trust uh Trusty Booze. >> Yes. Secretary Perkins is absent.
Myself, Trusty Brotherford is a yes. Motion passed. Six. Yes. And one absent. >> In your packet on page five is information item 2.3, retirements and resignations. Do any board members have any questions?
>> Madam Chair, >> Mr. King >> not a question but a recognition of all of the teachers and um pair professionals um that I spend time in and their service want to acknowledge we have 22 years 34 years 29 years and 34
years as started as a custom of our colleagues is to recognize the retirement of our teachers and pair professional support staff. I want to rec just recognize that amazing years of service. We appreciate you and thank you um over the time you've dedicated to our scholars. Anyone else? Myself as the HR
chair and also I worked at Freeman. So, um, Miss Curtis, I'm not Miss Jud and Miss Seavoi, excellent, excellent teachers. It is my hope that they're going to retire and return. So, >> sure, Mr. Luna.
>> Yeah. Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to acknowledge Lorenzo Faro for his 22 years. Unfortunately, his wife passed away last week, so I see why he's retiring. Lorenzo Alroes or resistance? No. All right. Seeing no further business. Oh, well, first of all, thank you, Superintendent Jones.
Seeing no further business, I declare the um human resource committee of the whole meeting adjourned. I turn the floor over to Treasurer Luna for the finance and operation committee of the whole portion of the agenda. It is now 6:44 p.m. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Trusty. I will now call the finance and operations committee of the whole meeting to order at 6:44 p.m. I now call on Superintendent Jones to present action to the board. Before I present action on this item, I just want to remind the board of education this is
efforts to continue the closure of Northwestern. Now we're moving inside the building to ensure uh that community schools and the board of education not leaving items uh
all over this property. And so in an effort to make sure that the community has an opportunity to to bid and get items um this we're bringing this forward and community schools will make
money off of this. Uh but we also are going to have an opportunity for staff uh to have a private uh bidding uh auction as well on items that's in that building. However, I want to make it very clear before we get into this is
that we still have rights to everything in that bill. So, if there was ever a time we decided we wanted to put uh put a sticky note on something, we have the right to do so and it won't go into the bidding process. Okay.
>> They they are here. Are they here? All right. So, I'll seek the motion. Um, I seek a motion in a second for the board to move resolution 11.15, authorization of proposal from Bittery to the regular board meeting on March
18, 2026. >> All right. So there's been a motion by President McNeel to move this item to the next board meeting and it was been seconded by uh Trusty Boo uh Trusty Weller. However, I'm go back in time
while we were in Mississippi. I think we um agreed to support their impoverished district with a lot of with some of our things. Are we still able to do that? >> We are. >> Okay. And do you have a timeline or time frame when that will happen?
>> I will create one. >> Okay. Prior to all of this? >> Yes, I will do so. >> Okay. All right. Thank you. >> Yes. >> Any more discussion? >> Yes. >> President McNeil? >> I'm going to support this. We've been trying to get u something like this on
the books about three or four years ago um to start doing some type of um proposal and bidding how to get rid of some of this assets that we got and I think we're on the right track. We tried to talk about it and now this board is
beginning to stop talking and moving things into action and because we have to liquidate a lot of stuff. We got a lot of stuff around here. So, I support this and I also support what trustee uh rel said that uh I don't know how that's
going to happen going to Mississippi, but I think that um we don't want to send them uh old stuff beat up because they already got that. So, uh we will have to look at that and see, but I'm supporting this portion right here.
>> Thank you. Anyone else want to speak? Mr. Chair. >> Yeah. Go ahead. >> And and I apologize. I I did not read this to now. So is Bittery. How do you pronounce Am I saying it correctly? >> Bitter G. >> Bitter G. Are they here? Right. >> Yeah.
>> Where? >> Right here. >> Oh, duh. Hi. Post right. Hi. What's your name? >> Could you Could you go to the mic right there? >> Thank you. >> My name is Ed with Better. >> Hi, Ed. >> Yes. >> Ed, how long you been doing what you've been what you're doing?
>> Uh probably let's see 17 years now. >> 17 years. So would you say you're a novice, you're expert or you're just getting your feet wet wet? >> Uh definitely expert. Uh especially with schools. >> Okay. >> And we're based in Michigan as well.
>> Especially in Michigan. Okay. So how do you so so how do you you go through the inventory and you label it, you scan it? What I'm concerned with is having correct inventory and knowing what's in you know what's going out and what still
remains so that at any given time if there's a question we know what's what's in that building. >> So how how do you work how what is your process on labeling everything? >> Sure. So our team uh once we obtain access we go in and we do a complete inventory with photos and descriptions
>> and we upload that to the website and then Those items stay there even post auction. So preuction of course you can see everything searchable data as well and everything's assigned a lot number. So, are we selling books as a whole or
individually? >> So, that would be up for uh debate. Um I would say if it was me for curriculum, uh we would group things together >> and I think that's probably that's a little that's a sensitive topic curriculum is.
>> Um so I would think that we'd want to discuss that with communications and how we address that. >> Um but uh yeah, for for you know normal library books, things like that, we would group them as we would to get a bid uh because we don't we want to not
put a lot of effort into putting uh items inventorying items and then getting no bid. >> Okay. >> Uh so the idea is to get you know at least a bid so we can sell the items. >> Do you anticipate bundle bundling anything? >> Yes, >> you do. Okay. and especially uh low. So,
we've been doing this for a number of years with other districts and um uh even on this level with a large scale and with our experience, we'll know how to put things together like even school desks, you know, we may group those and
you know, 15 20 um and so on. Uh sometimes if we have um I'm trying to we did do a tour so um there was well any number of items if there's a large quantity we may say one has 10. The next slide will have 20. And then that way we
can kind of create a a good um you know for the general public that just wants to buy one item and then also for a district that wants to buy a bulk. >> Okay. One of the main things that's important to me is paraphernelia because we are such amazing district history. Uh
traditionally just want to make sure that um uniforms, trophies or things of that nature. >> No. >> Yep. you know, because we couple schools closed and I'm walking down the street and I see one of my jerseys. I played sports, so just seeing the jersey was
kind of um it's kind of sad. So, with us going this extra, you know, I just wanted to just verbally say that to you. Um I'll be supporting it. So, thank you. Great to respond. >> Thank you, >> President McNeel. >> Yes. Thank you a lot. a lot of the stuff
that you're going to be going through. I think trustee Keen and the previous president Michael Pack, we went over there and looked at a lot of things. I don't know if she was with us, but um those books are so old and outdated. That's why we do them over there. Um and a lot of your trophies and
my understanding is in another location. Is that correct, Mr. John? So yeah, we had already kind of moved that and that was one of the conversation that uh our team had talked about a few years ago. Um securing that uh and there are other
stuff but you guys are the expert and on page 15 you kind of talk about how you're going to set up taking pictures and put them on the website. Mostly everything in Northwest that you're looking at has been there for over 10 11 years for sure. when I go over there
teaching. So, there's a lot of stuff. Some of the stuff is damaged and and everything is not u we can do anything with it. But we are doing the right thing. We're not just letting it sit there like we have done in the past and bringing someone such as yourself in uh
to do this here. It's going to be public. It's going to be invited. So, um we doing something better than just letting it sit there. I like the two of them that you got out there. So, I think this is going to work pretty well. >> Yes, we do think it's a responsible
thing to do for any district. And again, we pride ourselves on transparency and also just uh giving people an opportunity to bid and being online. So, it's not a it's not a garage sale where you're hoping 10 people show up to buy stuff. This is going to be worldwide uh but also still have that local
availability. So, Madam Chair, your your motion was to move it to the beginning. >> Motion was >> Mr. Chair. >> Yes. >> Um, so seeing a couple things. Can you hear me? Good. >> Yeah. A couple things. Uh, thank you for
being here tonight. Appreciate it. Mr. Jones, thank you for listening to the board to uh for the district option uh to make sure we do not u we do our due diligence with the leftover materials that we have. Um but
also I mean to my colleagues I would me personally I would like to get this started as soon as possible. Is there a way we can amend the motion to approve tonight? You can amend it. >> I'm sorry. Let me let you chair. Sorry.
>> All right. So, I mean, the motion's on the floor. If you'd like to withdraw and then make a new motion or someone else do that, we can do that. So, you want to withdraw your motion? >> I want to withdraw the motion. >> Is there any objections?
All right. Motion withdrawn. Mr. Chair. >> Yes. I move to approve item 11.15. Is there support? >> It has been moved in support. Any discussion? >> Go ahead. >> Apologize. Had I read this, I wouldn't have had to ask you one question. So,
I'm sorry. >> No worries. >> All right. Seeing no discussion, a motion to approve action item 11.15 will be called by a roll call vote. Trusty King, >> yes. >> Trusty Reford, >> yes. >> President McNeil, >> yes. >> Vice President McIntyre,
>> yes. >> Trusty Boo, >> yes. and myself. Yes. Motion passes six. Yes. To zero now. Thank you. >> All right. Moving along. >> I seek a motion to approve resolution 11.16, authorization to repair border
number three and number four at the administration building. >> Mr. Chair, >> go ahead. >> I make a motion to approve item 116. >> Is there a second? >> Our item's been moved and supported. Any discussion?
All right. See no discussion discussion because of the importance of these items. Are we trying to make these action items to go forward rather than just something that we know that we need that we could vote for it and change the motion a
little bit and just go ahead and pass it? So they can get divorced. >> That's what we did, right? Okay. All right. Just want to make sure. >> Okay. >> Thanks. >> All right. Seeing no further discussion, the motion to approve action item 116
will be by a roll call vote. Trusty King, >> yes. >> Trusty Reford, >> yes. >> President McNeel, >> yes. >> Vice President McIntyre, >> yes. >> Trusty Boo, >> yes. >> And myself, yes. The motion passes. Six. Yes. Zero. No.
I seek a motion to approve resolution 11.17, authorization to pay an invoice from Weinstein and communications. >> Mr. Chair, go ahead. >> I move to approve item 11.17. >> Okay. Is there a second?
>> Yeah. >> All right. The motion has been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? >> Yes. Go to my document. >> Thank you. >> That's for Weinstein and communications >> page 25. >> Yes. So this is this goes along with the
boiler. >> Yeah. The boiler at the uh admin building. This is the other part of it. Uh but it's two separate companies. So we wanted to make sure we separate. when it was too cold. >> Well, yeah.
>> I was trying to see if I could correlate that. So, thank you. >> Any more discussion? >> All right. Seeing none, I will conduct the motion to approve 11.1 seconds by roll call vote. Trustee King, >> yes. >> Trusty Reford,
>> yes. >> President McNeel, >> yes. >> Vice President McIntyre, >> yes. >> Trustee Boo, >> yes. >> And myself, yes. passes six. Yes or no? No. >> I seek a motion and a second from the board to approve resolution 11.18,
authorization to pay an invoice to repair borders in southwestern. >> Mr. Chair, King, >> I move to approve item 118. Is there a second? >> Support. >> All right. The motion's been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? 118. >> Mr. Chair,
>> whatever is this? Mr. Jones, Mr. Allen, remember I think I had asked >> number so we can know which boiler if it's >> Go ahead. >> It's mostly boiler one. They did some work on boiler two, but they found they
needed to get more parts and I asked for a quote once we had boiler one stabilized. I asked for a quote to repair the second boiler, which is number two and that'll be the next item agenda. >> Okay. So this is your numbering system
that you started, >> right? >> I don't understand your question. >> You put number one and number two. So let us know this just came to us. >> Correct. >> Okay. So that stopped me from thinking the same.
>> No. >> Okay. Thank you. I'm satisfied. >> Any more discussion? >> All right. Seeing none. conduct the motion to 11.17 was it? >> Sorry, 118 by roll call vote. Trusty King,
>> yes. >> Trusty Rifleford, >> yes. >> McNeil, >> yes. >> Vice President McIntyre, >> yes. >> Trusty Boo, >> yes. >> And myself, yes. Motion passes. Six, yes. Zero, no. >> All right. I seek a motion in a second
for from the board to approve resolution 11.19, authorization of a quote to faulty micro ration valve and mod motor on boiler at southwest. >> Mr. Chair, >> trusty king >> I move to approve item 19. >> Is there a second?
>> All right, the motion has been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? >> All right, seeing none, I will conduct the motion to approve 119 by a roll call vote. Trusty King, >> yes. >> Trusty rele >> yes. >> President McNeel,
>> yes. Vice President McIntyre. >> Yes. >> Trusty Boo. >> Yes. >> And myself? Yes. Motion passes six? Yes or no? No. >> I see a motion in a second from the board to approve resolution 11.20, authorization to pay an invoice from
Oregon Moving Systems to uh tonight. >> Mr. Chair, go ahead. Move to approve item 11.20. >> All right. There's a motion. Is there support? >> Support. >> Motion's been moved and supported. Are there any questions or discussion? Mr. Chair, >> go ahead.
I I guess for me this is a result of the flood and I think I asked the question everything associated with that will we be able to reimburse general funds with
the um insurance and I don't see that on here or is that possible because this is this is a a direct result of the flood at Northwestern. One of my asks was whatever the insurance can cover, let's
allow the insurance to cover it instead of keep exhausted from general funds. Anyone recall that conversation? >> Well, I didn't answer that. It was understood from my first gohead. >> This is part of insurance.
>> It's a part of insurance. >> It's a part of insurance. And just for the public, we've been taken out. The general insurance company was here and they agreed they're going to reimburse us so it won't slow down process. So, we are going to get reimbured when they send us the money. And I think we should
be able to trust maybe we should some kind of way be able to verify that when that happen, you know, like that we should be help us, you know, just check it out if we go and make sure that money is moving. >> I would just like for it to be included on this resolution. That's all. You
know, the cost to come out of general fund would be reimbured with the insurance. I didn't see that on here. That that's what prompted me to ask the question. >> We can make that adjustment. >> Yes. Very good. Thank you. >> If I could respond to to that. >> A lot of what we do is just a system of
reimbursement even with the um the dollars. you would pay for it and then they reimburse us. So, it's kind of annoying, but it's just normally >> if I could respond to you. I think it just makes me feel better to know what's
in writing because I come from if it's not in writing, it didn't happen. >> Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome. Any more discussion? >> All right. Seeing none, I will conduct a roll call to approve action item 11.20. Trusty King. Yes.
>> Trusty Rford. >> Yes. >> President McNeel. >> Yes. >> Vice President McIntyre. >> Yes. >> Trustee Boo. >> Yes. >> And myself. Yes. The motion passes six. Yes. Zero. No. >> I seek a motion in a second from the board to approve resolution 11.21.
Authorization of a proposal to install filtration kits on food preparation sinks, single level, and B level bottle filler, drinking fountains to the uh for tonight. Mr. Chair. Move to approve item 11.21.
>> Is there a second? >> Mr. Chair. >> All right. Hold on. There's been a motion to approve 11.21 by Trusty King and supported by President. You had a question. >> Yes. Mr. Jones, could you share details around this item here?
>> Yes, we have them here tonight actually to support this conversation. So, I'm going to ask these gentlemen just to if you will um if you could go to the mic that will be helpful to answer board questions. >> Board members, we received a grant for
this. U >> and to be in compliance with the new laws, we have to install uh new uh water fountains. And so, um >> which is great. These guys are going to
talk to us a little bit about it. Why don't you tell the board who you are and just talk to us about what's happening here. Um, my name is Vuyo Matanda U based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Um, I >> speak to Mike with the people on a
>> uh I represent uh Gordian. I'm the account manager for the state of Michigan. >> Good evening board. My name is Tom Nusro and I represent Gordian and it's a procurement mechanism in order to process construction needs uh as needed
whether schools, governments, uh cities, anything. So, >> yes, I'm Fred Staxs, county executive for Gordon out of the Lancing, Michigan area. >> So, could you explain what's going on with this here? Could you all kind of
explain what how this is happening uh for the board of education? >> Sure. >> Um we were reached out to by um Mr.
um to assist with uh your end of June deadline to meet the uh the requirements of the state of Michigan to have the uh the filter first program uh fulfilled. Uh we are a
company that helps with uh procuring construction needs. Uh we uh talked to Lang Construction who is one of our contractors and uh they bid this out for you folks to look at. Um I don't know if
you have copies of the uh of the proposal, but uh the proposal is listed in uh line item form. Um there's also at the beginning of it a u a a description
of the work being proposed for uh having the bottle fillers installed. >> You have a question >> but when this project start >> after approval >> after approval
Well, I mean, um, we're going to have that scheduled with, uh, with with Allan, but, uh, Lang is ready to start at your at your convenience. >> We'll work out a schedule. Got to make sure that we'll get started.
>> Cool. Awesome. >> I would say start. >> Okay. Thank you. >> In looking at this document, the grantee, it looks like the expenditure period is closed. Will that hinder you
all at all here on page 46? So, it looks looks like um the final expenditure report is 7:3126, but then it said expenditure period beginning date is 10:2423. Does that have anything to do with you
all? And the ending date is 6:30 2026. >> Yes, the uh the end date is uh is what we are looking to have everything completed by for you folks. Um that is a close for the state.
So everything invoiced were complete by the 30th. But the uh the initial date that you had mentioned was when the grant funds were issued. So everything is being adjusted because it's just now starting. So it's like
three months. That's that's fast. That's a lot. I mean, I just want to make sure. I know you guys are good. But they put this amount of time in there for a reason. And am I reading this correctly? The dates I got 10:24, 2023
all the way up to 6:30 2026. >> Yes, ma'am. by >> um I we talked to Lang and Lang said that they would be able to have that uh completed by the end of June. Yes.
>> If an extension is needed, will we be able to get an extension without um occurring any expenses on our end? >> If you can't answer that, I'm fine with that. >> I'm hold you to it. Yeah, the the deadline is set by the
state for the funding. So, the project has to be completed by June 30th and the bank. >> I can't understand I'll I'll >> Okay. Okay. All right. But that's important to me because I don't you know this right here will cover this grant will cover everything it looks like. But
it looks like if we go beyond that, I just don't want the onus to fall on the board. We have to decide to take something out of general fund. We don't want to have to move anything around. But Mr. Jones, I trust you on this. Okay. Thank you, gentlemen. >> Thank you so much. Any more questions or
discussion? >> All right. The motion to approve action 11.21. By a roll call vote. Trusty King, >> yes. >> Trusty Rifford, >> yes. >> President McNill, >> yes. >> Vice President McIntyre, >> yes. >> Trusty Boose,
>> yes. >> And myself, yes. Motion passes six, yes. Zero, no. In your packet on pages 55 to 59 is information item 11 sorry 12.3 monthly check register report and on
page 60 is information item 12.4 dispersements by account monthly report. Do any board members have any questions? All right, seeing none, I will conclude and adjourn the finance and operations
committee of the whole meeting at 7:10 p.m. I now turn the floor back over to President McNeel for the board committee of the whole portion of the agenda. >> Do any board member have any comments or remarks before we adjourn? >> Yeah, that's a quick one.
>> Sure, I may. Um so we've all said this time in the board you know our main priority is to really focus on the students within our schools but you should also remember in our name it's called
community schools and a lot of non FCS students residents use our parks our playgrounds they live by our schools both you know functional schools and vacant schools want to give a shout Mr. Jones,
there's some football team that plays football behind Central High School. Obviously, they're going to be renovating that that campus. So, they need a new home. The season starts pretty soon. So, I know y'all are coordinating with that. Hopefully, they can go to Northwestern and play there.
But those kids are both FCF students and resident students, could be future students of ours. So, it's always good to have that good customer service and partnership with uh, you know, the folks in our community. Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Yes. Um I would like to respond to that
mother that was here. Um especially the the comment about the hoodies. I don't want to misquote her, but um I I was really I'm in favor of no hoodies because of a safety reason and I
see all ethnicities wearing hoodies. So I was I'm I'm not I'm not I'm confused, but maybe I'm hopefully I can reach out to her to get an understanding of why she thought it was racial. I think that's what I thought she said. And it's
for safety reasons. And they make more than one type of sweater. I I have grandbabies and they have several sweaters without the hoodies. Hoodies is a preference. It's a fad. But we do have
um I think for near here for students jackets for free. So um just reach out just ask no one is going to be cold. I don't think any adult will allow a student to be cold but however rules are
for a reason. Safety is a number is a major priority here in this district and I would hope that we never stray away from that and as it relates to the cell phone every building has a phone. So, we've just become so convenient with
having a cell phone, but until the students are able to be responsible and I'm sorry, elementary, a child is with you, I'm confused. Why does a young kid five or six or seven or eight need a cell phone? They're with adult if
they're I mean, that just confused me, but that's just knowing. But what's important to me is as we move around, as it we the months get warmer, that we participate in the parks that we have at our districts and that we we take it
upon ourselves to get to know our neighbors. That's really what I'm getting at. Because we've been inside so long, Flint Schools wants to be a community again. So, I just ask everyone, and I include myself, I will
get out and I will visit the parks. I will talk to the neighbors because we want everyone to feel a part of this journey. We're going somewhere and I just want everyone to be a part of it. Thank you. >> Sure.
Several districts are picking up on no self and no >> you good. Okay. I'm sorry. >> It rolls right with it. >> Yeah. If I can um to quickly answer you the lines really perfectly and we go one
step above for the state law. Um so I serve on the our state association MASB government relations committee. The bill came for from the governor governance relations committee. One of the governor we approved it as as in to support it as a govern government relations committee
and it closely aligns to what our policy is. Was able to speak to board members across from the state. They were confused and I had to share that Flint Community Schools already does it. It's like oh they wasn't aware and then we made them aware and it felt good to support state law.
>> Can't f Yeah. Can't change it from that piece. Yeah. And my other comment piece I want to last week I was able to attend the volleyball game the homes volleyball game at the international if um our girls did an amazing job. They did not what unfortunately was not able to win
the game, but seeing that our girls did the best they can, see the new jerseys that they have. Um just the team effort together, you know, our kids are improving every day, day by day. Um just being able to sit in the crowd and support our scholars was fun and amazing. Seeing the um excitement
amongst parents there and team members, it was good to see. I want to thank you to the coaches. I know the head coaches, Miss Dixon, so I really appreciate everything that they're doing over there. And it was good to see our some nice jerseys over there. So, thank you for making those adjustments. That's all
my comments. >> Yes. U myself were president and vice president. Uh we we had an opportunity to uh go to uh visit Lancing. Uh we had a Lancing day where we were able to go
in front of senators and representatives to speak uh about uh the blight in our school community and uh trying to uh acquire dollars uh for the district so
that we could demolish buildings that are no longer um able to, you know, be used uh in our district. Uh and so um very very uh good outcomes with uh
Republic Republic representative, excuse me, Kelly. Uh there's so others that uh but I want to mention Cynthia Neely and also Senator Cherry uh who has been instrumental in uh and a driving force
to support Flint. So we were able to go uh >> Senator Kelly >> Representative Kelly. >> Oh, Representative Okay. Thank you. Thank you. >> Uh who's looking to support us in a major way. Um There's some irons in the fire to
support Flint Community Schools as it pertains to the blight. Uh we hear our community, the board of education is listening and uh we are also listening and trying to make sure that we acquire funds to demolish buildings. So just
wanted to give an update. Uh we spent most of our day in uh Lancing uh yesterday. So thank you board president. Thank you. Um, everyone who's been supporting us on our
journey. We've been doing a lot of hard work. Um, it's been mentioned we've come back from Washington DC uh doing a lot of advocacy and training and uh collaboration with other school boards
and with other school districts to to not only highlight and showcase Flint Community Schools, but also to kind of see what we can do uh above and beyond to improve improve our district. Um and in vein of or in the spirit of improving
the district, I really want to thank um uh uh the people who came to yesterday's special meeting um and to uh everyone who makes comments uh come comes forward and makes comments. So, uh,
I want to emphasize the how that works for partnership, um, and collaboration, which which I've always talked about and it's increasingly important, uh, in today's climate and,
um, so I want to thank everyone who is taking that spirit and and and actively working towards partnership. Um, I would really like to see people come to the board and offer their
services, their suggestions, uh, their criticisms, their comments like has been done yesterday and today. And I I just want to reach out special thanks to the mother who came today to make the comments. I could tell it was hard. Um,
sometimes you have to, you know, speak the truth even when your voice shakes. Um, and so I wanted to thank her for her comments. Um, I agree with her and that was one of the reasons why I didn't agree with the hoodie policy. Um, there
is ample historical evidence and scholarly evidence, documentation to show exactly why it is racist and why it can be considered racial policy. And if board members are confused about that, you can educate themselves on that. And
I would like to further to parents. We once had a uh parent uh citizens committee to end this the school to prison pipeline. Um and perhaps, you know, that's something that while we have effectively
um eliminated a lot of the school to prison pipeline policies that we had in the past, there's always room for improvement. And so I welcome parents, students, um you know, to come forward with their suggestion. Maybe that's that we could we could work on in the future.
Um, so uh I've given my number out to the to the to the mother that she can re reach out to me directly. Um because I I'm listening to what you're saying and I am deeply concerned about about your comments which I share. Uh so um I want
to thank my my board members for their hard work. It's been a long couple of weeks. Thank you, uh, superintendent. Um, we've got a lot more to do, but but I am grateful to
help you. So, thank you. >> No, I don't have too much to say. I did enjoy the trip to DC. I did learn a lot about how uh the superintendent and the board works together and partnerships and we did learn a lot that we can
probably practice here. Um, we did bring back some, uh, material for those who did not attend. Um, and so, um, it would be good for you to look through that and it will give you a lot of good
information about how we should even, you know, we can, you know, they're a little different. uh their system is a little different than ours, but basically we can share some of the information that they shared with us, how they uh get along with each other
and work together for the good of the kids. You know, it's all about the kids, the youth and the students here that we serve and the parents too. And um that's all I have to say.
>> Thank you. Uh I just want to speak hope is out there listen the said there no cell phones in the classroom. It did not say that they cannot bring the phones to school, lock them up, put them away. You just can't have a physical in that classroom. Uh hoodies is one of those
things. This conversation, uh when you're talking about elementary kids, uh Trusty Rifford kind of explained that pretty clear. Uh your child has a phone. They do have them, but they can't have them on any classroom. We got to get these reading scores. So we got to give
teachers some type of control back. Um and so uh I hope the parent understand the law is the law and what the law says we do abide by it. On that note uh I had a couple of things to say but I just want to thank the board and let the
board know that there's a lot of things coming up uh if we're going to be working with a community graduation initiative. um Miss Edwards that kind of sits down there. She got a big project coming in in June and she mentioned that she want
the board to help with and I'm always in the community. I'm in it too a little bit too much. But saying all that to say that the board of education would hold its next meeting on Wednesday, March the 18th here at home Brenell Q. Seeing no
further business, I declare the board committee of a hold ending at 7:24 p.m. This meeting is a join. Perfect time.