for for e e e e e e I would like to call the flame Board of Education regular board meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. board member as I call your
name could you please say present for the record trustee King present trustee rifer yes treaser Lona present vice president CL is abson
assistant secretary treasure McIntyre present secretary Perkin is absent myself president Mike NE five present two I will now call upon trustee King to read the district mission statement and
first statement and the standard practice it is the mission of the Flint School District to develop a community of Learners who are prepared to live work and contribute in an everchanging Society in order to provide outstanding leadership and better serve the Flint Community Schools we the members of the
Flint Board of Education commit to the following standards of practice one we will be consistent in our dealings with each other as well as student staff and Community we will model trustworthiness in our dealings with each other as well as students staff and
Community we will focus on common goal of providing the best education possible for the students of the plint Community Schools we will model trustworthiness and honest in our relationship with each other our with our I respect the diverse views that
each of us brings to the organization as well as the views of the others that we interact with as we carry out the business of the Board of Education we will be open and authentic with each other our staff and Community as we work to make decisions
we will focus on issues not personalities our decisions will be student centered and based on objective facts we'll practice good listening skills to better understand our fellow Board of Education
MERS as we work to make decisions we will focus on issues and not personalities okay I seek a motion in a second to approve the minutes from the June 5th 2024 board finance and operations
Committee of the whole meeting June 11th 2024 special board meeting June the 12th 2024 special board meeting June the 12th 2024 board Committee of the whole meeting June 18
2024 annual budget meeting under June 18 2024 regular board meeting Madam president I make I make a motion we approve uh the minutes uh that we just mentioned under section c
support it has been properly moved and supported are there any correction send none the motion approve the minutes from the above dates mentioned from the regular board meeting will be conducted by roll call Bo I mean
rad call vote as I call your name say yes or no to approve the motion secretary Perkin is absent trustee McIntyre yes vice president clar is absent trustee reliford yes trustee King
yes treasure loner yes and myself yes five yes two absent the board would not hear comments from the public we ask that you state the reason for addressing the board and that you limit your remarks to three
minutes on matter within the authority of the board and not address individual by name the presiding officer of the board should have the right to limit the number of person who may address the board on the same subject please state
your name and address first before speaking is there's anyone here from the public who wish to address the board hello my name is Matthew Osman uh do you need my address as well yes uh I live at 277
golfside Lane 48504 uh I'm here uh for a couple reasons um specifically uh to start um I wanted to say that I'm a high school I was a high school teacher of 20 years at M Middle College High School um proud to be a
public school teacher um and I've been a a flint City resident for most of my uh life um one of the reasons why my wife and I chose to uh live in Flint uh for the last 13 years years was because we had
options for schools um and so one of those options has always been uh Grand Blink uh my daughter went to DTM her first couple years of school and then for the last five years she has been at uh Flint Cultural Center Academy um so she hasn't been a part of
the Flint school system in five years nor has uh the Flint Community Schools been able to count her for pupil count or money associated with that when we went to apply for GR blank uh a couple months ago we were told that
um they are no longer part of the District of choice after sixth grade um it was a big surprise to me I'd never heard that before and also um has been a big surprise to every single person I've talked to nobody seems to
know this um including uh 99% of uh the people I spoken with at the administration building for Flint Community Schools um so I talked to Gran blank they said hey you we'll still accept her if you want to apply we just
need a release from your District um as well as a couple other other documents um so I got all the documents together except the release I applied for the release um and then I by uh with a form and I was uh in the mail I received a
letter saying that I was denied the release uh I was denied the release because I don't meet the the um criteria that's stated on the release which is which is true if you don't know your parent must be employed by uh the school district for which they are requesting
release or a parent provides proof that they are purchasing or leasing a home in the school district for which they are requesting or the student will have status as a senior and may remain at his or her home school for the final year of high school so we don't app we don't uh we don't um meet those those
requirements so I asked for a meeting uh with Mr Stewart um he accepted that meeting and he denied my request um stating that uh Flint Community Schools could offer just as good of Education as Graham blank and he wasn't that interested in hearing why I was asking
for release um and so I asked well what's the next steps I'd like to appeal that um and he said you can talk to the superintendent so for the last six or seven weeks I've tried to talk to the superintendent and I've written several
emails I've gone physically to uh the administration building I'm I'm the director of education at the Flint Institute of Arts so it's just right down the street for me I've spoken to a secretary 10 times can I finish my thought go I've spoken to the secretary
10 times she's listened everybody's been cordial um I've asked why I'm not receiving a phone call back or email back she doesn't know why at what at one point it was because he was out for three days and then recently I know he's out now
I don't understand why I can't talk to my superintendent of my home District now the window to apply for Grand Blank is now closed because it took two months for this process to happen but beyond that I don't understand if my daughter is not being included in the pupil count
anyways for the last five years why I can't be released from the district I have like 20 other options of course because the District of choice and I I don't want to use those options so she'll either stay at fcca or um I
will continue to try to get her released this year um and do what I need to do to to to draw attention to this so that's about it thank you very much excuse me thank you thanks sir what's your name again
sir what's your name again my name is Matthew Osman o m o n Osman Osman OS o n yeah thank you thanks is there anyone else like to hear any comments from the public yes okay that sounds
good stepen Renard 937 K Street Davidson um I came as a coordinator for disc off in the greater Flint Olympian games hopefully soon the can the games I want to invite the board and any other members of the Flint Community to the
block party August 3rd at M Park Clubhouse where we'll have a three-point competition we'll do a disc golf uh putting contest we'll show some kids some driving range stuff out there because we do have a disc golf park there as a matter of fact the greater
flan games disc golf tournament will be taking place this Sunday at 9:00 am if anyone is interested in signing up you go to Crim sports.org uh thank you thank you well received I any more comments at this time now we will have a
presentation on aser construction and CU update from clar construction and our director operation Mr Chris Henderson [Music] so good evening board good evening we're
gonna give a quick update as to what's going on with the Esser projects as you can direct yourself to the screen behind you we can go I'll turn it over to Dan methner at this point good evening thank you once again uh for having us here
um so at this point we're we're fast approaching completion of the three buildings Potter uh homes and run out um so just quick update right now uh homes is so this is a picture uh the picture on the left is before so that's the
cafeteria area at homes uh on the right is the new flooring all the updates that have happened in there you can see the floor protection is down that's being removed tomorrow so we're starting the process for final clean of that um the next photo so this is a classroom I I I
think we shared this last time so really not a lot has changed there's this a couple classrooms in this phase of work that we did the rest of it is um in the cafeteria uh Boiler Room um ancillary spaces so this is the um secured entry
and the main office area of homes and so uh the first picture on the top left that's the aor um the next one is the gym so we just recently uh started embarking on replacing that gym floor the bleachers
new paint um new equipment backboards um that kind of thing so this photo was taken a few days ago the floor is gone we' started painting um and then next week the new floor system will be delivered Wednesday and we'll start prepping to install the new flooring
system there um the next photo in the lower left corner is of the choir band area so that room is almost complete we're waiting on one unit to get installed which will be installed tomorrow um the next room is the art
room uh that that flooring is all done that that space is now complete and then the upper right that is the loading dock area where we pour new concrete fix some issues that were there next slide so granell this photo
uh the one on the left was taken a few weeks ago that is uh looking through a new bathroom into where the uh office area is the photo on the right is now the new bathroom you can see the bathroom is boarded we've got the wall
tile up we're actually starting to install ping fixtures in that bathroom now that that work will be wrapped up here uh over the weekend um this photo the one on the left is of the new office area uh that was taken once again a few
weeks ago the one on the right is uh continuing of that new office area walls have been painted the ceiling tile actually went in today flooring is scheduled to start in that office area on
Saturday so this is the early childhood development area so the photo on the left is looking down a corridor you can see how the the renderings that you you were shown of what that area would look like um how that's transformed in in construction where we're at right now
now the photo on the left is actually one of the bathrooms so that's the wall tile in one of the bathrooms um that um is there in fact we just walked um Mr Thomas Parker through uh today he asked to see the the um that part of the
building as he's with the m foundation and he just there's six of those bathrooms with that done and every time he looked at it was just an awe you can't wait to see how the kids reaction to that that pattern that there oh I'm sorry you can't hear sorry sorry about
that folks um so yeah that uh that's coming along very well right now um so Potter uh once again this was just the old outside part of the building oh that's nothing too fast that's the new um window Sy new window system new uh
metal panel on the outside of the building um so this the photo on the left was the classrooms before photo on the right is as they are now so that was taken back uh the end of March which you can see the the room being um with all
all the stuff in for the students uh this is uh the new main entrance so the photo on the left was taken a few weeks ago uh the photo on the right was just taken this past week um and you can see the new um logo and The Branding on on
that front entrance uh it's exciting it looks great um so this photo on the left is of the new secured entry um which is actually nearing completion the one on the right is actually a corridor that main Corridor down there
so you can see flooring's down walls are painted we pretty much wrapped up those doors will be installed and and that'll be uh wrapped up this week um this is the photo on the left is the starting of the new casework in the office the photo on the right is actually the completed
part of uh Potter's uh new office area then so this is some classrooms in in Potter so the one on the upper left is just a classroom once we got everything demoed out of there we started painting it where you can see
the the new window system in there uh the new Cubbies off to the left um bu wall the part that's not painted um that's where tack boards go um then the next two photos are actually Furniture has been moved into those rooms now so
that's what they look like right now um that those two photos were taken today that's the new furniture that and that is the new furniture as part of this uh Esser Grant so this is the photo uh before so
this is the auditorium um photo before after we took out the seats did all the demo uh the photos the two photos on the right are um what it looks like now and then so right now in a a snapshot of where we're at um currently
as of the end of June work places $28.8 million we 85% complete um bid packs 11 which is the gym that's underway um which is the gym improvements for Potter homes in Bruno bid Pack 12 which is the public address system at DTM Southwest
Freeman and Eisenhower that's part of a later action for the board that's that is uh in the board packet today um just a brief update or or just kind of some dates that are going on so at homes final inspection which is fin building inspection and Fire Marshall inspection
is July 30th um the so then the turnover will be 81 uh turnover of the building except for the gym which the gym work is underway uh the gym work is anticipated the gym floor and equipment is
anticipated to be done on 816 um the bleacher system for that gym will not be installed until uh sometime in November as uh this is little order because we have the teal bleacher so that was a little upgrade that was offered at at a reasonable very
reasonable price um so that's that's actually underway um so uh Brunell or I'm sorry Potter uh final inspection for Potter is 7:30 as well uh with turnover on 81 except for the gym so the gym at Potter
will be uh the gym FL will be complete and turned over on 86 um the bleachers for both Potter and branell are planned to be delivered and installed the last week in October which is the week of intercession for the school district so
we won't impact students while we're there but that gives us a week to install those bleachers without impacting them as both those Potter and branell they use those gyms during lunch period so that way we can get work done without interfering with that um and
then bral final inspection is is the 30th as well with turnover of the office and classro 82 the EC ecdd area uh there's a a delay on some light fixtures that we don't uh we won't have until the eth um which then five days to install
them then there's also some two unit ventilators that are not going to be here at this time that date keeps sliding they keep telling us originally it was the 14th of July we're supposed to have it it slid it slid right now they're tell us 8:23 which I have no confidence in that
date right now so we have a plan in place for the two unit ventilators that we'll be able to condition those rooms with some temp air conditioning so that um we can close that out um but at this point I don't know a date at that point at this point for those um those pieces
so um at this point um that's where we're at as far as um the cube project the site work has started on that with um underground storm water uh system the underground storage system they started Excavating for that uh um sorry man
holes and and catch bases were delivered today we have another delivery tomorrow so they will start that process uh they've committed that um by 82 they will have um sidewalks and curb around the building so um you know we're really
pushing that but now that they've got the structures which is kind of the the hinge point that was that was keeping us bomch now we're ready to move uh quickly forward and and just keep pushing to get that done uh in a timely manner um and
in fact I'll be calling the asphalt company tomorrow to to start getting a feel and and and trying to schedule so we can get that um the first the first lift of asphalt in um hopefully around that that same time frame so um we're
going to keep pushing on that um so that's the update of where we're at right now as far as the building itself that is in the construction documents phase so um the end of this month we're supposed to have our our review set so um we'll have that to review and start
preparing bid documents so uh sometime in August we'll be planning to issue a bid pack as long as everything works out as far as um all the documents and we can get everything together and and get that moving that's that's the plan right now
so at this point if you have any questions for me board member do you have any questions truste King uh question when is the cube expected to be done 25 okay when you say summer of
25 have a com yes trusty re you guys been busy I've been by Potter a couple times it looks amazing and um I just wanted to say you guys did a great job I'm impressed and just constant constantly
working on multiple projects at one time that says a lot about your your company um a lot of things that happen is out of your control and but you never stop so I just want to publicly say thank you and I appreciate the hard work thank you thank
for any can you remind me what was the status of the windows at hes and brown L were they are you talking about this with the security yeah that was
determined that that was not going to be installed so that has not been installed and it will not be installed are the windows still hermetically sealed or did they open they are they are sealed because we have the building is fully sprinkled so now we do not need to have
that access out window so they are they're not operable and so how does that work in conjunction with like our safety plan if the windows don't open just close the door and lock in place okay I just had a a member of the
public wonder about if the windows were not open if you have like a Ingress and an egress you know suitable like are you going to be trapped in a you know classroom in a classroom so from a fire standpoint it's
a fully sprinkled building so it does not require operable windows from a security standpoint as active shooter and that that's something that I can't speak to what the district's plan is but that's something that the district would want to make sure that they they understand
and have tools in place in our team that will'll be able to walk and chew ground at the same time but it's just something to kind of remember that if we're going to be going from one system to another that we probably should re-evaluate our safety
procedures in terms of you know lockdowns with the new building so so the other thing in these three buildings specifically um there's a weapons detection system that's being installed there so that is um and Chris can speak more to it as as he's actually used it
um in in in his previous um positions but I do know that those they can narrow it down to seeing something in a back pocket of you know you have a paperclip they could actually see if they want to fine tune it that way that much and the
new system also is capable of if someone breaks down a weapon it will detect the components of that weapon as well and we're also a secured vestib to where your only agress into the building is through the front doors and it's a lock
of those system to get into the building there's three layers of security just at the front vestibules Okay I thank you for that uh you know once you you fix one solution to one problem it opens up questions about others I just wanted to make that
aware to the public that you know it's just something that we're doing like in in congruency with one another thank you appreciate it welcome quick question you guys have a moment it's not super urgent could you maybe just like have a it can
be in the body of an email whatever makes the most sense just all the new security features at homes and brell when it comes to like how you enter and then whatever else it includes doesn't have to be extensive it can be literally like a paragraph or two our bullet points okay and I'll get with um Mr
Stewart who's our safety officer and we can coordinate and pull that together for yeah because you know people were asking about it and I couldn't really give them a good answer so gotcha thank you you're welcome thank you I just want to thank you all for the great work that
you done I want to ask you about the grig you remember before brell and holes shared the same grid which caused a lot of internet and complication so they on separate grids now yes so from
electrical standpoint yes they each have their own feed independently to each building oh okay so and then the from an IT standpoint it's the same there's different fiber going to each building that that supplies um internet that
access to the buildings so it has been uh separated as far as that only common source is still the gas it comes down the same way but there will be a separate gas line runs over to Brun L well I have no more comments and we'll wait for the final
results thank you thank you I now call upon the CFO sha Cleaves to present action items to the board I seek a motion and second from the board to approve resolution 1.2
Personnel recommendation so move support been promply move and supported is there any discussions uh not right now I had a question but I I can wait seeing no further discussion the
motion to move resolution 1.2 Personnel recommendation will be conducted by roll call vote as I call your name please say yes or no secretary person is absent trustee m McIntyre yes vice president clack is absent truste trustee reliford
yes trustee King yes Treasurer Luna yes myself president M Neil five yes to absent Madam chair yes I make a motion to batch 1.3 and 1.4 there's a motion on for to batch 1.3
and 1.4 is there's a second support has been supported is there any discussion seeing no further discussion the motion to badge 1.3 and 1.4 will be conducted by roll call
vote secretary Perkin is absent trustee McIntyre yes vice president clack is absent truste reliford yes trustee King yes treaser Luna yes and myself yes by yes to abson Madam chair yes I make a motion to
approve the bashed items support it been proper moved and supported to to support the batch items is there any discussion will be conducted by roll
call vote secretary Perkins trustee McIntyre yes vice president clack is absent trustee reliford yes trustee King yes charer Luna yes and myself yes
five yes two no Madam chair yes I make a motion to batch let me get the 11.1 through 11.5 what p is that it's on the finance operations person Madam
president yeah he went ahead I need to get yeah that's what threw me on about the information reject oh I'm sorry in your board package on page eight is the information for retirement resonation and other do any board member have any
questions seeing there's no comments or question Miss C please continue with the finance and operation action items I seek a motion and second from the board to approve resolution 11.1
approval of proposals for new boiler at administration building Madam chair yes make motion to uh batch 11.1 through 11.5 is there a second support it been motion and
supported is there any discussion to batch 11.1 through 11.5 send no further discussion the motion to batch 11.1 through
11.5 will be conducted by roll call vote secretary Perkin is absent trustee McIntyre no vice president CL is absent trustee
reler I need clarification we vot to approve what are we doing I'm sorry well he's gonna bat him to move them Oh I thought he had already did that okay no we had to go back let go back that's what it wases okay sure
yes yes okay okay truste King yes treaser Luna yes myself as a yes for yes Madam chair one no and two I'm sorry I make a motion to approve the bat items there's a motion to approve the
batch item 11.1 through 11.5 is there a second support have been proper move in second no any discussion I'm sure oh I was just I think she has questions
though yeah she had a hand up yeah um Can someone explain the purchase of water filters from the general fund so these uh filters are to replace the bottle filling stations there's a carbon filter inside one of those and
they need replacing on a yearly basis and that's what this cost is for is to replace those filters which filters are these the bottle filling stations that are located in all the schools and the water fountains water bottles so this is for
it's the bottle filling station there's a carbon filter in there and the water runs through it okay so that's replacing every one of those in the building and this has to be done on a basis yes ma'am and um how is that how is it being
determined that the water filters need to be changed so it is the manufacturer's recommendation that they be changed on a yearly basis as well as Dr Sullivan's study she agreed that they should be replaced on a yearly basis as my
understanding so what happens if the filter is is is exceeding its capacity before the year is up what if
there are more contaminants running through it that it can handle how will we know that it needs to be replaced before the year is there like what kind of monitoring is being done to ensure that the filter is lasting the full
course of the Year typically there's a warning system on there and it's checked and the lights turned from green to Amber to red and so far they have not changed color so far and who checks these maintenance crew how often it's
done probably every six months or so possibly three I'd have to check on that one to be sure I don't know the frequency um I I'm just kind of concerned about that I would like to see a schedule of when okay these are
checked um and I'd like to see it done frequently um just thinking that oh we've got a year and that's going to be fine um because I know that in the past not necessarily in this particular cycle
but the filters have stopped working and I just want to know who is resp I want a name of the person who is responsible for doing this and I want to Ure sure that it actually happens and doesn't get
passed off and if somebody changes position or if somebody else comes in that somebody assumes that Frank did it and Frank assumes that Joe's been doing it you know understand what you're saying to be done because in the past it
is just sort of that has not happened and our students deserve more they deserve an [Music] actual schedule that they can r on and that we can rely on
so um and then I had another question about Eagle um so let me just get to the right page page 50 thank you so this isn't necessarily for
you it's my annual yearly quarterly statement whenever Eagle charges us for something um first of all I'm still mad that they changed the name to Eagle because they are not very environmental
environmentally friendly or nor do they have our interests at heart um and the fact that they have decided that stor that storm water management that they're no longer responsible that the county could no
longer support the cost asserted with this associated with this program and that individual school districts have to bear this burden again shifts the burden to us we're in charge of
Education not storm water management and so just to let the public know that you know it may seem like a trifle that $ 22,5 52500 are being taken out of our general fund that's what it's going for because eagle
has determined that each School District needs to pay for its own um and so I'm just a little irked that more and more of the burden for these essential services are coming on the backs of our CH like the the money that's supposed to
go for books for education for teaching for learning is for things like this and so I just wanted to you know I'm I'm sorry guys for always bringing this up and and complaining about it but again we're 450 billion
dollars in a structural deficit and this just is like one sliver of that structural deficit and it all adds up and this is why we have a constant assault on our Public Schools so I just
for the record I'm obviously we've got a deal with it but um I'm stressing my objection in the strongest terms possible thank you without that I no other comments truste
King never mind any more comments Madam chair I have a comment yes Chris on the um fire extinguishers there's like a card where you signed off yes ma'am could something like that
could be used on those where you sign in date but I think those are Tech they show when they need to be if I'm not mistaken that has a punch card and shows exactly when it's expired for the fire extinguishers you're saying that type of same system well no I'm going back to
water filters is that what it it gives you the message on the water on the Water phone because it's digital when it needs to be changed correct I do believe so okay I I thought so but I wanted you to confirm it thank you you
welcome I do have a question is to go back to those water filter uh in the beginning we was working with Laura Sullivan when all of this happened and so my concern would be since she has not been handson in this project and I know about the red and the green and the
yellow lights my concern would be have we had someone to um come in and do a thow a check on that system that she had created and my understanding that she
has asked to come and look at him and that's probably not a question for you that's something I need to ask Mr John but I'm just putting it out there that we should gr Dr Sullivan back because she implemented all of this cering they put all of this together and we hadn't
had up a Thor update since this system been in place and this is the first time that I can think on this board that we even talking about the filters so my concern what happened between that Gap has nothing to do with
you there was a gap about these filter and and are they actually all working have they been tesed and all working so that is something I would probably talk to Mr Jones about um but I did want to bring that up because she did a great job it alert you when it's time that
change it or beep when uh chemicals are in and all of that but with for my safety and for the children's safety I'm very concerned about the water uh when you went through what I went through and when other went through that I am
concerned that there never um no why she have to put the kid to sleep because of dirty water so I am concerned about that and I thank you what you have done M uh truste McIntyre I understand your concern about ego because we was in that
fight fight about eag but other than that I have any no more comments so there was a motion on the floor to batch these items and we so we need to get it proof no more discussion we'll go
through a roll call vote to batch those item 11.1 do we approved but we had a discuss yeah we approving to B yeah I'm the back yeah would be done by yeah so it'll be done by Rad call
vote uh secretary Perkin is absent truste McIntyre yes vice president clack is absent trustee reliford yes trustee King yes treasure Luna yes and myself and a
yes five yes two absent proceed m c I seek a motion and second from the board to approve resolution 21.1 membership in the Michigan High School Athletic Association 2024 2025
Madam chair yes I make a motion we approve action item 21.1 support it been properly moved and supported is there any discussions Madam chair yes can someone explain what this means now
with um the membership what does the district get and who's the focal person on the board is it still U Mr clack or now that Mr Foster is no longer with the district who does it you to who's who's over
it I can speak to that so currently we have in place um Mr Michael M Brook he's help he's helping out with Athletics currently in place until we find someone to replace Mr Foster and the membership
in the Michigan High School Athletic Association is a voluntary membership but it allows us to um play high school sports and able to follow there like a guidelines that are
provided that we have to follow what schools will we be playing will we be in a conference now or this just allows us to participate in any conference currently I know there was work to be done to get in a conference I
am not sure where that is at currently but Mr Jones will be able to speak to that and give you an update on that when he gets back my only push back on this is we got to know what we're doing before we approve something I'm all for it that grows a district when you have sports
but I would just ask my colleagues to to uh just provide provide the information I mean I I support it I just need to know what it is that's all what what is the district getting if we're in what conference are we in you know will we be participating in will we be playing
playing Charter Schools or public schools private schools who will be our competition thanks if I if I may yes um to my colleague trusty reler so this this here allows us to play you know the regular Sports through the Michigan what
you're referring to is the geny area conference the PowerPoint that we had Athletics so Mr Jones and I we went to uh the GAC meeting uh it was like last month or so um to request us going to uh being involved inside the J area
conference at a point uh we were moved because the superintendency um position was fluctuating and and removed us out uh we went to that meeting June 25th if I'm not mistaken went that meeting to the GAC asking for us to be able to be renewed back into um there's work being
done on the side to get that done so we made the requests if I'm not mistaken they are voting on it or already have voted on it we just waiting on to um their approval from them the GAC determines who we play in our conference so that's your Charter Schools that's
your um you have aftert it's like a long list but um GAC is who we play um Charter Schools is included in GAC as well mam chair can I follow up I want to make sure what what you said I heard oh I'm sorry I don't want to disrespect my
colleague go ahead is it okay she follow up or you thank you so they haven't approved us to be in the district to be in that I don't know 100% have they did it or not because I haven't followed up on that but we went we made a request so
are we putting the heart the cart before the horse no and so we still able to play we still able to play games through the MH SSA mhsaa sorry Michigan High School athletic associ play games through that so this allow us to play you know anybody in in in the state with that GC
is the conference where you know the titles the Championships all that good stuff um in our own conference just like how seven sag Valley Conference corre you know that's similar to GC is for us due to our um U population our school our numbers so this is on an annual basis we got to do this one every year
one year at a time because it's like 24 to 25 then we have to come back again right okay no further questions thank you thank you um yes uh thank you through to trusty uh relerford uh yeah this is just an annual thing that we do
what I'm concerned about and I appreciate truste King taking the initiative with with superintendent Jones is with the GAC which under the stewardship of the the previous um Sports director we had not
been able to participate in for several years several seasons um and the board I know has been very concerned about this and and constantly asking why we're not allowed
to participate in um you know the genesy area conference um I'm glad you could explain that it was the reason that they gave although I don't necessarily buy it is that with the turnover of the superintendent but
um I'm really glad that we are finally after several years of negligence and inaction doing something to belong to this conference again which was not happening under the the former athletic
director so this is finally a step in the right direction and I'm glad to see us because our our athletes and our Scholars deserve to we've got a reputation we have Flint athletes that go back you know we were
known for that and and so to be excluded from that in the area is just it it just smacks of of racism to me but um there could be other factors as well it is thank you um thank you trusty King and thank everyone but this
is a great honor U for as a board it's also demonstrated that um we as a board and the way that we have conducted ourself and the decision that we have made made this it's possible for the three years that we was on here we
couldn't get this done because the uh the dist was dysfunction we had a lot of issues and whether we like their policy or not we we just couldn't get it there yeah yeah but but we got it now and I just hope we keep this leadership going
because uh they needed to see stability in our superintendent and uh Mr clack and trustee King and Luna whoever took this inititive uh was one um I know for a fact uh truste uh clack initial was to
get this sport done uh done so I'm glad to have this um I'm just glad to have this membership thank you madam chair yes I'm sorry I'm saying to my colleagues with us having
joining this or being able to be a part of it are we going to put dollars into our sports program so the students can have what they need to participate truste rre they have already uh put money and millions of dollars in our TR
in this and maybe when Mr Jones come back he can and I really think it would be nice for the board to get updated on how much funding we have and the money that they have put and and the goals that they have been working on because the board don't have all the detail but
I was assured that the funds are there and because we have allocated those fund that am I correct CFO yes currently like Athletics has a budget in the general fund and that's for supplies and uniforms and that type
of thing that they need to purchase for but I know at one time there was um conversation about setting aside money to renovate Houston stadium so that was a discussion at one time yeah and according to Mr Jones that $5 million is
is locked in for that renovation so uh I think we just need to get updated because everybody is really doing some great things and going into different area working on good things and but we just got to come back and update all the board members uh nobody's doing nothing
behind nobody is back is just that we took initiative to knock down a lot of stuff before September 20 uh 24 so we'll get all that information I want to learn a little bit more about this as well are there any more
discussions Madam chair I didn't get my question answer I just want to make sure that it's money because to see our baseball team not have adequate equipment I know we set aside $5 million for the renovation of Houston of uh
Northwestern and that whole complex but I can't recall us setting aside enough money to make sure that the student athletes have what they need to participate in sporting events I'm just asking that that we look into that that's all and thank you CFO we get that
information we know the funds are there see no more discussion we'll do a roll call to St resolution 21.1 secretary feron is absent truste McIntyre yes vice president CL is absent
trustee reler yes trustee King yes treaser Luna and myself oh I'm sorry yes I'm sorry and myself so it's by yes to abson board member in your packet is a VTech monthly update for June do any
board member have any questions for V see no further question do any board member have any comments or remarks before we adjourn you want to talk about okay uh yes I just wanted to um
say that we are initiating a building communities sort of not not a program but more of a a spirit of conviviality um and extending that invitation to our other board members
and then to GISD um uh really extending that uh that initial um partnership that we've started to to work on and and trusty King thank you for your all of your no
no you could you could leave but I just wanted to I did want to thank you for your part in this because it was through your initiative and you know your brainstorming your idea that it it took off and and still developing but I I
mean I did want to you know give you the the the shout out for that and we are doing um uh what's the name of it rolling rolling rolling not scrolling and so we're doing um uh I am sorry it
has been a long day and I had a whole bunch of dental surgery done and um what you're doing good what's it what's it so we're we're doing a it's it's not a it's not a retreat but it's like a it's like an icebreaker it's like uh it's getting
us to to come face to face and put our phones down and and have have a moment with one another and um um we're going to be doing some some really some games uh we're going to be doing some uh like
real short games to get to get the ball rolling with um with communication and interaction um something that we're we're kind of lacking in today's society and we had a a test run last night and it was it was really fun I I haven't seen board memb members smile at each
other like that uh in a long time and uh and we've we've generated some excitement with the GISD board now we've got beeer and Carmen answorth and other people are getting real excited and and it's the the Flint board we're taking that initiative to to reach out um we're
going to go farther and farther a field to farther and other neighbors do some uh board Partners as well with um the mop foundation with Mr Parker and and and and others as well um so we're we're
opening ourselves up to the community with this with this kind of thing um and it's it's called community building with the board and we're GNA roll not scroll so saying on that note this did um the ideals and everything generate
just listen as a president you're supposed to listen to your board members and then find some type of result answer and I remember uh trustee Luna and and you guys came on and y'all was really concerned about building relationship
because that we hadn't had relationship so thenal contract huh yes social contract and so uh Dr tuna Cliff fell in love with this idea they all signed up um uh to be uh shout out to Emily Emily
took a hold it is andion she's giving it to us uh truste McIntyre our husband was paying for all the food anything else is on yourself and because the way that we're trying to do is that we want children to do better
in school we going to have to do better as adult it's time for this community to see adult laughing and playing with each other having meetings but laughing and playing uh GISD is is not the enemy m is not the enemy and we create that in our
own mind we can disagree and I think this is a great opportunity uh when GISD reached out to me and wanted to do a retreat and I said I don't really want to start out with a retreat they start out doing something fun and so uh you when you I can't tell you all about it
because got a lot of little secret to it but uh truste King was there uh administrator with there and had a school teacher there and you're going to find out that this can be done in school put these cell phones down and
let's begin to look at people's human being get to know them we you know you don't know people but that game brought us together you can laugh and talk because we know people from hear say and we treat them that way I'm a person that
U before you anything you was a human so he's a competitive person well you were cheated but anyway I just want to let you guys know this uh July the 29th and we looking forward we did invite beer I know there the we're going
to do the mayil and everybody else cuz everybody don't find out but oh yeah city council and May and it's to bring civility back so on that note I have no more comments anybody else have comments come on set thank you the Board of Education
will hold is next meeting on Wednesday August the 14th at 6:30 saying no for the board bsiness not declared this meeting to join at what time perfect timing right