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e e e for e e Flint Board of Education hello I would like to call the Flint Board of Education annual budget hearing
meeting to order at 5:31 I got 5:32 board members I call your name please say present for the record trustee King present treaser Luna present truste reliford here vice president clack
present assistant secretary TR McIntyre present TI secretary perance absent and myself present by President one abson at this moment we will introduce
our have our tax levy presentation I would like to ask the CFO miss m president Madam president come forward Madame President you said five and one is six and one six present one absent thank you I would like to ask the CFO
Mrs Shandra cleav to come forward for the Pres of the tax levy thank you how you doing today okay good evening Board of Education welcome to the budget hearing tonight we're going to first start with
the 24 2024 tax levies can you hear me now okay so we're going to start with the 2024 tax levies the total tax rate that may be levied for the fiscal year begins July 1 2024 and
ends June 30th 2025 is as follows for the operating fund we're able to Levy 18 Mills sinking fund 1.17 96 Ms and debt fund 2.82 Ms and this information comes from
jennessy County and that's it for the tax levy portion comments I have onece and uh just for for these Mills do we know when I guess for lack of better
words when they have to be approved again so for the operating fund is 2030 and for the sinking fund is 2040 and the inbt fund should be 2045 thank you so much you're
welcome any more questions comments and we can proceed on okay so next up is our fiscal year Madam president um so the the order says call to order
tax presentation then comments from the P public and then new business is she still on the tax levy presentation that's we so we have no one from the public to make comments um uh point of
order um if you you want me to read the whole thing for you yes problem just so that we follow the record yes thank you thank you thank you love you for that the board would not hear comments and any question regarding the tax l Le from the public we ask that you state
the reason for addressing the board and that you limit your remarks to 3 minutes on matters with the authority of the board and not address individual by name the presiding office 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 before speaking is there anyone from the public that would like to speak as it relate to the taxes or any other comments saying none we' like to thank you proceed so next on the agenda is the
fiscal year 2023 2024 final budget amendment going okay so there was a budget amendment too that came before the board on May 15 2023 Revenue was um estimated at 162
million expenditures 16 6 million and the fund balance would have a reduction of 3 million the estimate for now for the final budget for June 30th 2024 revenue is 164 million
expenditures expenditures on our 168 million which which would be a reduction of the fund balance of 4.7 million so the key variables that impa impacted this final budget amendment was
we had a curriculum purchase that was unallowed in our Esser Grant and had to be moved to general fund why this was unallowed is because it was more um the curriculum purchase was for more years than what eser would allow us to cover so it just wasn't for
one year it was more than one year so we had to move those funds back to general fund which caused the increase in our fund balance and also making sure we maintain the grant Revenue neutral accounting structure so we were able to
move items from general fund into eser grant and that's why you see the increase of the $816,000 for the fund balance Madam president um how much was that curriculum
purchase expected to be that was to be covered by Esser and how much how much did we have to incre through the general fund so the total um curriculum purchase was 5 million and so we had to offset general fund by 1
million so Esser was able to cover 4 million of that okay that was my follow but we did so one 1 million for the general fund for curriculum um is curriculum and maybe
you you're not able to answer this question but through you to the superintendent or the academic director isn't it's it's just my understanding that most of the curriculum is covered through title money through grant money how much
curriculum expenses are generally covered through General funds so when it comes to curriculum it is it is something that you are supposed to offer so it should be a general fund expense now s when we have intervention
programs those type of curriculums can be offset through a title or title uh I would say Grant funds but most of the time when you're buying new curriculum that is a general fund expense just like a teacher you're supposed to have a
teacher but if you're going to get an assistant teacher that is intervention most of the time so you can pay that out of a out of a grant budget so our most of our new curriculum is paid for out of General funds because it it is something
that you must offer it is not something that offsets or is an intervention in itself you have to have a math curriculum so title funds doesn't take care of
um curriculum that is the foundation of your work right I understand I understand that I know I know that we're that we're supposed to buy this but like for example with the Spanish curriculum with the music curriculum
with some of the I know that we're supposed to buy it it should come from the general fund but sometimes we can be creative and get grant funding or title I mean it's not necessarily title funding or special education funding and so is there any way to see if that
perhaps could get covered in I'm assuming of course because you guys always do this so it's no uh disrespect but it's just it it just it's just hard to see like a million dollars um come from the general
fund but we're just we're we're just so tight in every aspect so I hope I hope you understand where I'm coming from because I know we've got to have the curriculum but I if there was any other way we we have already exhausted she's
been working very hard to exhaust any other way to pay for that uh we are happy that you're able to keep 4 million in there in there thank you um but some of the other curriculum like the Spanish some of those things were able to be
paid for Esser because it's about right now okay um and we're not going back to get more materials later we paid for the materials it's done it's it's over with so yeah thank you for answering that question I I assumed that those were the
answers but I just wanted to do my due diligence so thank you for your patience and just kind of to follow up to your question the curriculum was um for more than one year so another Grant is still only for the one year so that's why we
had to move move it to general fund also Madam president yes so um Miss how are you good so if we get grants if we get a grant in to cover that curriculum could we switch that money could the money go back to General funds if the
following year we get grants to cover the curriculum it would depend on if the grant would allow for that so normally when you get a grant they give you a grant period correct so if they allow us to go back we would be able to move it but if they want us to start from whenever we were awarded for that Grant
we would not be able to okay could you make a note to ask to see the goal is just to keep General FS as high as we can keep it thank you okay any more questions I comment say n% Okay so we're gonna move on to the
fiscal year this would be um 2425 initial budget but we're talking about of course we're still in the 23 24 budget year so for the final budget we already went
over that the revenue is 164 and the total expenditures is 168 for the initial budget the estimated revenue is 77 million and then the estimated expenditures are $81 million so this
would be a deduction from the fund balance of $10 million the key variables that impact this initial budget one the budget is based on student enrollment of 2700 pupils so we know once we know for sure what our enrollment will be in October
and when we start receiving our state aid I will be able to adjust there but right now the budget is based on 2700 pupils the per pupil allocation budgeted is 241 and this is based on the governor's proposal um once again Grant Revenue
neutral accounting structure salary increases one step for teachers and also we are currently in negotiations with the Paris and um Congress so any salary increases outside of one step would not
be in this budget also Esser funding ends 930 2024 so items that were moved from Esser to general fund would be salary
also um we had utility cost contracted cost sub cost all of those have been moved into this general fund budget there have been no one-time costs because they of course are onetime costs that we pay for an Esser such as the
curriculum and any construction all of that was one time so that would not be reflected in this budget Madam president yes M Miss Cleaves C your um um salaries you were Blended where some
came from General funds and some were came from Grants is that going away so currently it was split between Esser and title okay so it still will be split between general fund and title in this 2425 budget okay so all salaries are not
coming out of general fund just the percentage that were charged to Esther okay so can we make a note on that so because the way I'm listening to it I'm thinking all salaries are coming out of general fund no we will still have positions that are funded by grants so so some are called mix right they call
them Blended or something like that I wasn't sure okay I just I just wanted to make sure that that was still in place thank you yes any questions on the budget no question I do have one uh comment I guess not only a question um just you
know you laid it out pretty well in your presentation so thank you for that um but just looking you know forward the next year and the following year um I assume the state at some point is not going to have every increases for for
students per pupil that may you know pause or get cut back because of the recession then erer obviously is kind of sunsetting out so I think it'd be useful in the future I don't know six months or whenever you think is appropriate to just update us about what this can mean
for us as we work to really pay for everything we have when it comes to FTE and our existing school buildings because we're at the cut at some point and the fund Balan is you know it's being dwindled each year so that's my only comment but thank you so
much Madam president I have one last question sure miss C if you can you explain to me difference between operational uh deficit and structural deficit what are two what's the difference so a structural deficit is when um you have more expenses than
revenue and operational it's basically the same so they're basically wanted this just interchangeable words okay thank so you're running your operations with more expenses than Revenue I guess my reason for asking is we were
told that I guess I I I was hearing a lot about structural deficit in regards to being separate because of the building the maintenance of the just all of the property in the uh facilities that the district currently has so for me it's confirmation and clarification
for me knowing that they're just interchangeable words so it helps me to understand thank you yes trust all right this thing yeah s uh hi M cello uh great work on the uh budget
uh do you want to make sure I say those words uh but I I noticed that you know we like last year or a couple months ago we was projected to have a $14 million deficit um we we decreased to $10 million what changed so we did have some
vacancies that were budgeted in that initial budget and we were able to clean up Staffing on that end so that helped and also we were able to move items that were originally budget in general fund over to Grants so that also
helped to decrease um forthcoming too with more information we are closing a building so some of those costs also would not be in the initial budget can I add to that okay president so we also uh something
that has not happened in years we also met with all Department heads and went over their budgets we've been rolling over budgets for years and so all those vacancies um and up coming here soon uh
without giving the date and please understand why I won't give the date but we're going to have staff pick up their checks uh downtown uh because we're cleaning up the entire budget we want to make sure we put eyes on everyone that
is working in the district and we are ensuring that there's no ghost uh employees anywhere in the district so that's coming that's going to be coming up we're not going to give a date we're just going to let the folks know uh when to do that uh may be a
small inconvenience for some folks that's used to debiting their money but uh I appreciate the work that Miss C and her department has done with meeting with um the superintendent myself uh her team me meeting with all other
departments uh going over the budgets to ensure that what's in those budgets is necessary and uh scaling back where we can so to go from a $14 million structural deficit down to 10 um in this
year alone is is a was a big feat but it it's a huge success for us and we're able to show the state of Michigan that we are still consolidating and we are finding ways to uh get ourselves closer to the black so thank you yeah that that
is uh I want to make sure we recognize that and we talk about that good jobapp I want to make sure we recognize that piece because the work is actually being done by you can tell from numbers uh make sure that's publicly said also
um in the budget as we prepare for transitioning from Esser being dependent on Esser to actual fund what programs have we eliminated and what programs have we um stay had stay so we really didn't have programs
um in Esser okay it was more or less the majority of that budget honestly is construction right so we had a huge budget for construction in there um of like $34 million and um the salaries of course
got moved back to general fund and then we had the curriculum purchases and a lot of supplies but all of those were just one time so there wasn't actually any programs charged to Esther where we had to make a decision whether we were going to keep it and move it to general fund so we didn't create new positions
based on Esser for the district right right no new position we just moved the regular position that we had charged out of s instead of just making new POS okay so I'm proud to say I'm glad we did that because most districts uh to my colleagues are cutting saaff because
they employed people based off of their sther funds and they have to layoff staff and terminate um and that as good I'm glad we we used construction and also uh Sur planting I'm glad we did that uh finally uh is there a way because I think it's important to um
show the progress that we've made to compile a um or this already under Works to compile a presentation to the community based off what we de with our s funds uh because I mean my colleagues know there's a bunch of misinformation given uh by many elected officials many
people in the community that we didn't spend our money and we actually did we got proof to show it but I think it's important to show the community how we use um our uh eser funds is is there a way we could uh create like I don't know like a couple page document that we have
because especially as we go in neighborhood meetings and share inform what we did is there a way we can do that or yes and also remember in previous presentations which I can share back out is there's a link and at anytime you can go to that link select Flint schools and it'll show you exactly
what was spent okay all right but it's not a problem to put that together on the slide I more of a I think that would more fall into more PR of what we've used our ERS Esser funds for to kind of show the community so I think that's
something that we can work with Miss Miss Jones on uh more than allocation as far as hey we spent $25 on headphones or something like that showing everything that we uh in a
document as far as PR and I think that's more of what is that more where you going a little bit yes the reason to use in the community yeah 100% because other districts are creating um binders but we don't need a binder we just needed like a couple page document going giving the
Community Access hey this is what we did so they know what we exactly did with public funds because we can go back to a bond that we got about energy conservation and that was poorly done right so basically reporting out what we actually use our money for that's just a request if it can be done I mean so
trust you saying like maybe um we need to have it at our Expos right at our hand so if we somewhere I can print it it'll be sent to me and I can put it in we can share it out social media or something like that especially like when you go to BR holes neighborhood association reporting out because I
think it's important for our team to be the beacons of information and factual information as we go out right because we all go out different neighborhoods different sectors in the community we having something tangible to be able to say okay we did X Y and Z as talking points for us actually with backra
information that's just a request if it can Madam chair will you finish yes I'm done I just have one question okay I just want you know what I want to tell you yeah and I I I just I would just would like to follow up on that that um I think that that's a really important
point that you've made trusty King but I would like to to emphasize that uh Miss Cleaves has a very particular role her job's not PR and it's not to kind of disseminate financial information in different ways so that it looks a
different way I'm very happy and and impressed with the level um of this budget presentation just for us um so if if we do decide to have some kind of a presentation or a binder or or something
for the general public if as you suggested we have a team and because she has her job to do and it's a very important and I would like her to focus on that and not worry about how it appears to the public I mean you've got laws and rules and regulations to follow
and and you're doing an amazing job and that's it and then we'll we'll we'll deal with the rest of it like your team thank you absolutely so remember board the forums we've done had that itemized out like that uh with Esser one Esser 2 now we haven't
done it totally with Esser 3 but the forums does show uh how we spent those funds uh in a presentation form so we'll continue to do that and I'll work with Miss Jones on uh PR get preparing something for you so you have something
in your hand to be able to show the community so we'll we'll take care of that and just to follow up right quick too on Flint website is a link just for Esser so all of the information all the presentations that have come before the board all of that information is there
for the community to see that's actually a requirement um for the eser funding is that we have this web page up so that information is also on the website um just real quick the state has a a transparency report where all this
is filtered into correct yes okay that was the link I was referring to where you can click and you can see our districts all okay because I mean that way I mean I knew wouldn't be anything you would have to generate because I knew I knew I knew about the transparency report I just wanted to make say that to my colleagues in case
they were looking for that information so thank you for that hey uh can I speak sure yeah really quickly and it's kind of to that similar point but you know as you meet with stakeholders at the state MD legislators potential funders I think it would be
good use for you if you had like a one pager of bullet points that talks about all the steps you've taken to uh reduce our deficit from the re from the reor to the phased uh you know school closures and repurposing if you could tie like a number by it too but just you know in
the future not a request just thinking out loud there's not any more questions or comments are you done thank you very much thank you thank you ma'am thank you Miss CL you've done a your team have done a fantastic job I appreciate the
work that you have done you made it simple um and you make uh our job a lot easier because you're the think tankers and I appreciate you thank yes it is I now call upon superintendent John to present action
items to the board I seek a motion and a second from the board to approve 11.43 resolution to adopt final budget amendment mam chair I make a motion we adopt resolution
11.43 support it has been promply moved and second is there any discussions seeing no further discussion the motion to approve 11.43 resolution to adopt final budget amendment will be
conducted by a roll call vote secretary Perkins yes trustee McIntyre yes VI president clack yes trustee relan yes trustee King yes treasure Luna yes myself president Mike
n seven yes Zer no I seek a motion in a second from the board to approve 11.44 resolution to adopt initial budget amendment Madam chair yes I make a motion we adopt resolution 11.44
support it has been properly moved in second is there any disc discussions I just got one quick question yes uh Mr Jones in just layman's terms could you explain to the board and the public what that Zero Sum zerob based uh budget is so a zerob
based budget is just uh a budget that expresses only what you need okay only what you need we are not we are not totally zerob based yet that is some of the work for next year um that myself and Miss cleeves have made a goal for
ourselves which we would love to get into a conversation with the Board of Education uh but it really just gets us down to the needs we have in the district instead of uh vacancies that we're leaving out there uh that's rolled
over since 2012 or 14 it's just really getting down to our needs and then kind of a followup to that what was the uh impetus to move towards that model cleaning cleaning up the uh budget
and trying to ensure that we're fiscally responsible okay not rolling over the budget from year to year uh but trying to get us to the place where we're we're totally transparent in what we're doing and um we're not paying out money or
holding vacancies that we're never going to feel thank you so much let me say one more thing okay all right my bet and the reorganization of uh positions uh ensuring that that we are taking vacant positions and those that
are maybe doing those jobs we actually put it in writing and say you're this is your job now and we uh pay people accordingly to what that look may look like but we're also saving the district money at the same time so we you've
already started that work with several positions where we've taken a vacancy and we split those duties between two people that is a part of the reorganization of the district uh and so we're going to we're really ready to and prepared to show that to you uh but
we're going to schedule a meeting for that to happen thank you yes and not to belabor the point so this isn't a question so much as a I guess a commendation to our
superintendent for being a superintendent and stepping up and actually doing the hard work that is NE necessary in this district and I'm so glad to see that finally happening after you know years of being on the board and
asking for this kind of work to take place not that it wasn't uh that it for whatever reason it just what hadn't been done in the past and we have Decades of Mal
feasant mistakes errors and this is a clean slate this is it's it it's like my analogy is that we've we have a bathtub and the water's been running out we keep adding water to the bathtub and you're never going to have a clean bath right
but we were emptying the drain and all that scum and residue from decades past that we've inherited we're cleaning it up we're cleaning it up and I really appreciate you taking that initiative and stepping up to the plate and it's
it's a daunting task and I don't think anyone has had the courage for decades to do this and I'm and it's about time and I'm glad you're doing it and I fully support you so anything you need from the board in order to do that now that doesn't mean you're off the hook superintendent Jones doesn't mean I'm
like rubber stamping everything and anything that you're doing and I think you know that but I just had to give credit where credit is due because we all have eyes on you everyone has eyes on the district and we're being diligent and VI vigilant about this work because it's about
saving this District keeping it as the Flint Community Schools not GISD not out count and keeping it public for all of our Scholars this is going to be the place for people to go this is going to
be the choice again so thank you thank you very thank you any more comments thank you Mr Jones seeing no further discussion the motion to approve 11.44 resolution to adopt initial budget
amendment by state it be conducted by a roll call vote board members I call your name please say yes or no secretary Perkins yes trustee McIntyre yes vice president CL yes trustee reliford yes
trustee King yes treasure Luna yes and myself seven yes Z no I see a motion in a second from the board to approve 11.45 tax levies 2024 2025 Madam chair yes I make a motion we approve resolution
11.45 support support it has been promptly moved in second is there any discussion seeing no further discussion the motion to approve 11.45 tax levies 2024 to 2025 will be
conducted by by roll call vote board members I call your name please yes or no for the records secretary Perkins yes truste McIntyre yes vice president clack yes trustee reler yes trustee King yes
treasure Luna yes and myself president mag yes seven yes seeing no further vision of the board I declare the annual budget hearing meeting adjoined 607 we got 23 minutes for the next
perect you for e for e like to call the the education regular board meeting to order at 612 thank you board members I call your name
please State for the record present trust King pres treasur Luna present trustee reler here vice president CL present assistant secretary Tre
McIntyre secretary perin pres myself president S I will call upon secretary Perkins to read the district mission statement and first statement in the standards of
practice District mission statement 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 Ever Changing Society Flint board of education standards of practice in order to
provide outstanding leadership and better serve the Flyn Community Schools we the members of the Flyn Board of Education commit to the following standards of practice number one we will be consistent in our dealings with each
other as well as students staff and Community we will model trustworthiness and honesty in our relationships with each other with our superintendent and with our constituents we will focus on common goal of providing the best education
possible for the students in the Flint Community Schools we will respect the diverse views that each of us brings to the organization as well as the view of 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'll focus on issues and our personal our decisions will be student centered and based on objective facts practice good listening skills to
better understand our fellow Board of Education members and constituents I seek a motion in a second to approve the minutes from the May 8 2024 bard board Committee of the whole meeting and the May 15 2020 for a
regular board meeting so moveed support it has been proed move and second are there any corrections send n the motion to approve the minutes for made it 8 2024 board
Committee of the whole meeting and May 15 2024 regular board meeting will be conducted by roll call vote board members I call your name please say yes or no for the record secretary Perkins yes trustee McIntyre yes vice president
CL yes trustee reliford yes trustee King yes treasure Luna yes and myself McNeil yes s yes Z 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 the matter within the authority of the board and not address individuals 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 beginning to speak is there anyone from the public who wish to address the board Madam chair yes if someone comes later would you allow an opportunity to have public speaking since we didn't start at the
normal time thank you I now call upon superintendent John to present you answer me um no I don't have an answer right now but we'll cross that when to get there I now call upon superintendent Jones to present action
items to the board all right I seek a motion and a second from the board to approve resol resolution excuse me 1.8 Personnel recommendations mam chair yes I make a motion we approve resolution 1.8 it has been Pro moving second is
there any discussion seeing no further discussion the motion to move resolution 1.8 Personnel recommendation will be conducted by a roll call vote as I call your name please say yes or no secretary Perkins yes trustee McIntyre yes vice
president CL yes trustee reliford no trustee King yes treaser Luna yes and myself Mike Neil yes six yes and one no I seek a motion and a second from the
board to approve resolution 11.46 approval of air monitoring at bro and homes Some Mo support it has been prly moved and second is there any discussion seeing there's no further
discussion the motion the motion to move resolution 11.46 approval ER monitor at brel will be cond and home we'll be conducted by roll call vote treasure Luna yes trustee
King yes trustee reifer no vice president CL yes trustee McIntyre yes secretary Perkins yes and myself is a yes six yes one no I seek a motion in a second from the
board to approve action item 21.25 approval of sound technician contract Madam chair yes I make a motion to approve item 21.25 is there second it has been properly moved in
second is there any discussion saying there's no discussion we will conduct the roll call vote for action item 21.25 trust secretary Perkins yes truste McIntyre yes vice president CL yes
trustee reliford no trustee King yes treasury Luna yes and myself is a yes six yes one no I seek a motion and a second from the board to approve action item 21.26 approval of amended to the of
amendment to the executive director of academics contract Madam chair yes I make a motion we approve 21.6 support it has been prop moving second is there any discussion s there's n discussion mam
chair yes the purpose what what is this based on cuz just got into the position what what is this based on did she do an excellent job or what what is this based on was this well Al was this in was this
in um in a cow was this the last week's packet so how did it get here it it doesn't have to be in the but we'll meet about you okay no no further
question is there any further discussion saying there's no further discussion we will conduct a roll call vote action item 21.26 secretary Perkins yes truste
McIntyre yes vice president CL yes trustee reler no trustee King yes treaser Luna yes and myself is a yes six yes one no vice president excuse
me I seek a motion a second from the board to approve action items 21.7 the approval of superintendent's contract support okay uh it's been properly moved and seconded is there any discussion i i treasur l yeah um just a
couple things I'm going to be supporting this I read through it the revised version obviously that we got uh in hard copy thank you Mrs beer for that but I think this contract reflects your growth and the results of your leadership the last really three years now going on
three and a half years I believe but I also thought about this I did some research uh quickly that is before I came here and it hasn't been since 2012 where Miss Thompson my old principal Washington had more than a three-year uh
stint at Flint Community Schools as a school leader sorry as a district leader and this contract reflects five years so five years from now it'll be your eight years if you're still around which I hope you will be and that's just a testament to how effective you've been
and it also speaks to like your leadership and your resilience when it come to dealing with what our students face um you know different challenges from this board and not just you know when I say board I mean the body itself not the folks on it but the board
because you've seen some stuff over the last three years so I think finally it's just a it's a symbol to our community that we are serious about leading this District you know from essentially failing that leadership I mean we've had so many people come in and out in your
role uh we've had cabinet members leave and come you know I can go on and I would just say this too I really think you should have like a a CV of all your accomplishments I mean if you're a pol if you were an elected official you would be running on that right now talking about you know how you invested
eser dollars I mean that's millions of dollars that we invested into our buildings into our students into learning loss the phased approach when it came to downsizing and repurposing uh the Partnerships that you've built the ones that you're working on right now um we're meeting
about that Thursday so just things like that I think you should really document and just keep just to have as your own personal kind of record but also to share with the community so I think you're doing a great job there's always space for improvement like anything but you know I'm looking forward to supporting this and I think the compensation is fair in my
opinion that it you done D I'm done thank you trusty McIntyre yeah again not to belabor the point but I think that it does need to be said that this is a step that I think
is very noteworthy and very important that we as a community we as a public school district we have a vision we have a strategic plan we are putting our our
faith and our vote behind a a fiveyear uh promise to the community that we are moving forward again to keep Public Schools
public and to keep them in the district that is our goal it's it's Community focused it's student focused it's teacher focused and Mr Jones I I have
seen such hard diligent work and growth and again I'm not just here like cheerleading for you because you know that I can be your harshest critic as well as your biggest supporter depending on what it is that you do and you've
rolled up your sleeves I I know you personally have taken hits uh to your you know personal and professional life and and and this fiveyear contract is is this is standard this is what is needed this is what that
we should have been doing all belong in the district and I mean as far as I'm concerned it's it's selfishly motivated and that it's locking you down you can't well it's not locking you down but you I mean you read the contract but we don't want you going anywhere right there's a
shortage of superintendence and we try to pay as much as we can but it's woefully inadequate compared to what you could get in other districts and we recognize that we acknowledge that um thank you for your service but your more
importantly thank you for your heart and for being able to to recognize your not only your achievements but your missteps and and to move forward and and I don't really
see a lot of missteps these days um um I like I said last the last meeting I've I'm feeling hope for the first time that we might be able to salvage something um for our future for our
community and our kids and our teachers and and and I appreciate you and let's keep this let's keep the hard work going thank you very much secretary pregant I just want to say I'm proud of you I really am I I didn't realize how much you do in the
course of a day and you had some some of your staff commenting on how you run from one meeting to the next I really was impressed with all of the things that I've been watching I've been watching you but I know you anyway I
know you my eyes are on you but you have a good leadership style and the ability to do the job and that's why I'm behind the contract little long overdue but here it
is and I think this team has grown a lot and the administration and I kudos to everybody you know the Teamwork Makes the Dream work and and it's showing in the budget it's showing in the mannerisms it's
showing in the Staffing it's showing all over the place and I am very very very proud to be a part of this leadership thank you very much trusty King uh yes uh when I when I
think about about this resolution there one word that come to mind is consistency it's consistency um as myleague had said this is this would be a historic U moment for our districts for a long time uh when you
think about always tell my colleagues once we approve something our yes our vote it means something once we vote Yes right um or once we vote no we send waves to a district I'm always say that and you
know hopefully tonight um we all vote Yes it sends a message to not just our staff not just our community send a message to to the whole United States of America that see us for a a community that's been through a Water Crisis been
through a lot but in public school education I'm with I'm with my my colleague uh trusty McIntyre this is a testament public school is actually working through its problems and getting to somewhere and I would say somewhere has been long overdue for this board of
education in this District Mr Jones you have pulled I would say since the new board got there you know there was some work done with the old ones right we all know the past but throughout the year we've been here year and a half we all been here you have made about a decade's
worth of change I don't know if another superintendent can pull that on being new in the role being through the challenges that this district has the the financial challenge this district has as well I'm not sure you know who
else could do that under the pressure that's constantly being there also would say we all know the behind the scenes work you've been doing advocating for our Scholars to get what they deserve um from the state uh you know MD legislators you've
been doing the work honestly can say I'm glad we have superintendent Jones here at the helm and hopefully we approve the contract for five more years that'll be what eight years all together for you um lasting through that's
amazing work uh Mr Jones Stay Stay the stay the same and improve right like we all have improving processes to go through but I appreciate your leadership here I appreciate how you've brought things together just thank you but again this is consistency
thank you okay so I will oh I'm sorry I'm sorry president McNeil go ahead well I couldn't make a better statement than what's been said but I do have to speak from the heart um as it relates to going on four years on this
board and I really said that God has people in the right place at the right time and this board that we have now I truly believe that it couldn't have gotten done without the board that we have sitting at this table
and we learned how to get around personalities and now we're moving to a bigger uh Arena we are doing something unprecedent we allowing one person to stay in a position long enough to make a bigger and better change and that has
been the problem for the last few years up and down up and down and guess who we was hurting when we was up and down and acting a fool with each other we HED the kids we HED the District I have been speaking with Mr Jones he has made a
commitment that he's going to work um with his employe he's going to make things right CU there was some things that was done that we had no control on and he's working with they trying to make things uh make the wrong right um I
just thank God for each and every one of you I thank God for you Mr Jones and you know how I am I'm your Advocate then again I gave you here for the first two three years but that's part of growing I myself is they say I am older than all
of you but you know what I learned something I I learned and and that was the point for me you never get too old to learn and you never get too old to be nice and kind to one another and respect for each other and I made uh I made a promise that I will watch what come out
of my mouth it's not um what was said to me is how I respond and I'm being conscious when I speak to my superintendent I would not embarrass you in public I would not put you out on Front Street in public because there's a place in time for that and I think
that's what make us so well known when we go to conference it feel good knowing that Flint is in the house in a positive way than being laughed at and make a mockery out so I going to support this uh
contract and congratulation if it passed thank you take off a couple seconds I will also support this and I'm going to repeat um my thoughts out on the floor so everybody can hear um five years from now most of us will be gone unless we
seek re-election so my thoughts were we don't need to be hoping that the next board uh is going to be able to find or or deal with contracts or however the situation may play out so my thoughts were if we secure the superintendent now
at least for another five years we wouldn't have to worry about the district worrying about or trying to find or you know whatever the situation may be then you've got eight years of experience under your belt at that point so um I think it was a good was it trusty
King was that you the five years I can't remember who brought it right okay so it I think that was a great idea and I'm I'm off 100% for it so that's been it so seeing no further discussion the motion to approve AC yes ma'am um i' like to
have words I had a conversation with Mr Jones and um I thought it was very I thought it was very positive um I think I think you have room for a lot more Improvement uh I don't think it's
necessary to start over with another superintendent but I do believe in allowing a person to grow and a person can be stagnated when you tell them they're amazing no one is amazing because you're in a flint Public School something can happen to totally just
derail you but I just ask you to just pivot and um the Bible say watch when everybody speak well of you gotta watch that so I just wanted to make sure I said
that seeing no further discussion the motion to approve action item 21.7 uh the approval of superintendent's contract will be conducted by a roll call vote uh board members as I call your name please say yes or no to approve this motion secretary Perkins
yes trusty McIntyre yes uh trusty reliford no trusty King yes Treasurer Luna yes uh president mcneel yes and myself vice
president clack vote Yes the motion passes uh six to one thank [Applause] you okay board members in your packet first of all thank you board thank you for approving the items
tonight board members in your packet is a vartech customer service satisfaction survey do any board members have any questions V what are we doing with them uh vtek is doing a an excellent job uh with their
work uh vartek actually we we affirmed vtek in a meeting we had the other day because they've been the most consistent um third party um contracted in our district over the last over my tenure as
superintendent uh whenever we have issues or problems and our team can attest to this VCH is right there uh shout out to uh Mr uh jolly and also uh Briana uh Briana is like you know she
works at the central office so we have we have more communication with her and something go wrong with your computer no no more than seconds after you put in a ticket she's standing over you that's right uh so and also in the schools
we've heard from from uh different leaders in the in the school and teachers things get done with vartek and so we haven't had of course you all receive updates from VK as well and so we haven't had a lot of issues there and we can we can truly say that there're
are great partner to have thank you okay yeah and I just wanted to pop in with that because you know again vartek has just been amazing I've worked with with so many different companies and organizations and so yeah
shout out to Mr jolly and to Briana um it's like you said you ask for help and a second later she is there and it's so important in with it for our our cyber security we we they just handle it it it they make it look like it's just
effortless and so I just I do want to give credit where credit is due because it is a thankless job and it is it it if we didn't have um we'd really be struggling in a lot of different areas so so yeah I just needed to say that
thank you farch we're done yes ma'am see no more no further questions oh I'm sorry I'd like to make a comment about them if I may Madam chair
proceed I love our text I love Rihanna um whenever I call her she called me right back and I'm always forgetting my pass words and she always she's she never complains she just helps me out so um I really appreciate btech and I I I
just appreciate their Pleasant customer service and internal customer service goes along way I wish more people understood internal customer service thank you oh excuse me at this time I would like to ask Miss Phil to join us for the
end of the year academic update good evening board first of all thank you for the extension of my contract appreciate that support speak up I said first of all thank you for the support and the extension of my contract I very much appreciate that you're
welcome are you guys bringing it up there I had sent it through to Pam hang on just a minute I'll share it with you I can send it to him as okay can can we put it up though okay thanks fam I appreciate
that so while they're pulling that up I'm going to go ahead and uh give you just a small update on our quarterly presentation or our um yeah our last quarterly presentation that we did with the mde um that took place back in May and um behind that we went ahead and we
had the MD in today and work with the principles on a mockup of what our 18-month Benchmark would look like and I'm really excited to be able to present this information for you today of what we've been able to accomplish in the past year as it pertains to our partnership agreement and what it's
going to mean for the coming of our part our 18-month B Benchmark that will take place in November so part of our presentation um what we really want you to pay attention to tonight are all of the great check marks that you're going to see that we were able to achieve both through the
help of our staff from our central office from our executive cabinet team and from this fine board that has done the amazing work in making sure that we can move this needle forward so part of the thing that we were able to accomplish in this past year is that we've been able to
implement A literacy uh implementation plan which helps us toward the Improvement and um closing the gaps of achieve achievement for both math and for um literacy we have a startup of the math we are only responsible for a literacy implementation plan and that
has been um that has been that was done through our work with our MSU Fellowship Partners as as uh the work that we did with diverse libraries and in addition to that professional development that was um stemming around the curriculum that this
board invested into in addition to that we've been able to plan do some planning for our coming year of the 2024 professional development and that we're working towards making sure that there is themed and focused and engaged teaching and learning focusing on classroom
management standards based planning instructional delivery student engagement learning Support Services test preparation and all of that has been able to be accomplished through the board's um support and through the district's support of this particular
plan uh I don't think it's going to let me I won't be able to access it from here but copies of our draft literacy implementation plan is a available in this um in this board packet for you and you'd be able to access that and review the implementation plan that
implementation plan will be followed next year by District walkthroughs to ensure that the literacy plan is being implemented appropriately and that we're providing these strategic things that are necessary for our Scholars to be able to be successful in addition to that we were able to put a check neck to our
attendance one of the places where I think that it matters the most in making sure that students can get to school and one of the ways that we did that was overwhelmingly by making sure that there were initiatives throughout our district that encouraged and incentivized students to come to school by both the
purpose of incentivization but also in engaged classrooms and as a result of that we have some um some of our buildings that did really well in reducing their chronic absenteeism which is one of the most important parts of what we do here in Flint Community Schools um notably we had Eisenhower and
Mr Thomas was able to presentation out at the GISD for his strive for five work which was previously mentioned in our last month or our last uh updates and we also have um nethercut that did a really good job on reducing their uh reducing
theirs as well their chronic absenteeism as well and so we were able to put a check mark next to that this is probably the one that um that we're most proud of all of these particular goals have met their 18-month Benchmark it's according to the state of
Michigan the board has achieved their particular not just their 18-month Benchmark but the 36-month as well we also were able to go ahead and with the uh support and of the um amazing work of our um director of uh Human
Resources uh have a Technology based platform which has been implemented and uh that she's been working with to make sure that we not only have it implemented but we've also met the 24mon Benchmark as or the 36 as well uh this
past um May 3rd the district uh administrators took um participated in a Dei workshop with in partnership with our Michigan State partners and we have now started working on Dei diversity
equity and inclusivity workshops for our staff for next year and they'll be experiencing that within I think September is when we've got that slated for and then we will have met that goal and then we also have developed a plan in partnership with the talent together
uh which has allowed us to meet our 18-month Benchmark goal to make sure that we had a plan to be able to facilitate more k throught certifi k through2 certified teachers and that is all of the hard work those are your check marks that we've been able to be able to approve
and that we've been able to show the state that we have qualifying our particular um celebrations for the district one of the things that we wanted to make sure happened is that our staff had an understanding uh
particularly principles for what it means and what their support would be for the partnership goals and so we had uh one of our state Partners uh Dan Leo came in today and he worked with our principles on a mockup of what that
18-month Benchmark will look like and that particular venue that happens there's groups of principles there's groups from the state and there's groups from our our GSC Partners to get an opportunity to partake in the rubric and be able to identify whether we have
really met those goals or not so it's a collaborative conversation and I'm really happy to report that not only the places where we have not yet reach those benchmarks that we will be well ahead of the game and right now we only have one that's outstanding and that would be because we don't have access to that
particular information yet our scores are embargoed right now and so we won't be able to know until the fall whether we've met that particular goal or not in addition to that your index your school index score is one of those indicators and that also is not available until the fall for us to be able to find out if
we've reached some of those benchmarks or not so thank you for your support in these initiatives I hope that you are proud of the partnership work that we're doing and that we're continuing to make sure that we keep achievement and student scholar focused engagement in the Forefront of what we're doing here with blint Community Schools and the
office of academics thank you any questions for today I have a chair I have a yeah uh thanks Miss fields for your presentation I thought it was great and let me preface is not a criticism it's just maybe just a different way of thinking for future presentations yes sir I'm not sure
quarterly or like mid year mark but I would say maybe consider uh showing us some information too as re like CU these are excellent you know staff inputs and District inputs but tying these inputs to student outcomes
and outputs say hey you know what we did this alternative pathway program with our teachers we adopted this curriculum and over the last two or three years I'm not sure the time frame we saw growth uh you know with NWA or like on the mstep
just kind of to tie you know those two areas together and again it's not a criticism I'm just saying you know maybe a paradigm shift how you present that in the future I absolutely I like what you did here I'm just saying as an idea no I totally receive that and receive what you've said thank you sir you're welcome
trusty King uh a couple of things I I want to I feel like we we we sped over the um slide about capturing kids Hearts yes sir um Eisenhower uh first year
achieving a national showcase school it's been a they haven't been able to do that right no they haven't this is their I important I think it's important to highlight um is Hower um was able to be a national showcase School this year U that that shows leadership that shows um
climate and culture changing um to for the better so congratulations and um to the Eisenhower staff uh their principal Mr Thomas and Leadership there um but also you know to admin right like there's some work being done from absolutely U from top down to ensure uh
climate and culture is Shifting uh and also to our two schools that's been consistent uh free men and accelerated Learning Academy I think it's important to just pause there because caption K's Hearts is is student L if I'm not mistaken right that's that's much of it is it's it's a
collaborative effer between staff and students and no excuses here but I had put that in our updates for last month I believe that it was or the superintendent one of the two of us had announced that last month so that was my only reason for glossing right no that's all right I I just want to make sure we
but I appreciate if I didn't see but um I do want to make sure did point out that because it's amazing to see one of our um school buildings being showcased yes sir for the first time I'm also want to go back to uh I'm sorry um I supposed
to email you this um The Chronic absen ISM comparison I want to get more understanding so the the chart here says the number of students chronic absent
and so let's take Brielle for instance so 301 students are chronically absent or yes that would be the number of students chronic absenteeism is um it is measured by 10% of the days that a student is present in or is enrolled in
a school do I I see the decrease I acknowledge the decrease from over three years and total yes sir however we we've seen I think it's more time to dive deep
in that in my opinion I leave that for offline conversation so some of the initiatives that took place in this next year that we're hoping to see an impact on next year is the um attendance works that we attended this year our uh part of our
district implementation team has been a part of that they attended four different sessions through the GI work with the GISD they also have started implementing into the regional assistance grants incentivization that were birthed from that particular initiative that we should be able to see
an impact on that next year for sure okay any more comments yeah I just I just wanted to say not any comments or or or questions but thank you um we've been up here you know talking we talked about the
superintendent's hard work and his his contract and I would be Miss if I didn't say you know to extend my congratulations to you for your hard work and uh for being able to do a contract for you as well to make sure
you stay here I know you're you you're here um because it's it's not just a job for you it's it's it's in your heart as well and that's invaluable and [Music] your your work here is is just is
transformative to be honest I appreciate your comments thank you Miss uh trusty McIntyre so thank you um and you know I would love to give you more examples of how you've touched a lot of the a lot of the
students personally but I think you already you you know those things so I just wanted to do it uh publicly because app you're an important part of the team and you know it sometimes it goes unrecognized so thank thank you Miss Fields I appreciate trusty Perkins yeah
I would really like to piggy back on what she said CU see I've been out in the field with you and I and I see a lot of the things that you do and I really appreciate your hard work and I know your heart is is with the children and and you do a great job and I just wanted
to say that thank you I appreciate that I wear Flint on my back I do I I love our students and I want to see them have every greatest opportunity that we possibly can and I'm hoping that you'll see more great things for me in the future yes ma'am any more
comments thank you Miss Phils thank you well M before we adjin do you have any comments yet our remarks go ahead I have have a few comments all right I'll be quick too because this thank you still still outside um I would just say this
you know it's been a huge learning curve in a growth period the last year and a half I mean there's five new members who came on this board last January and it was very contentious and
things did change and I remember just walking past some my colleagues not talking to them and other day you know we're here for the community and to boost student achievement and to really Revitalize our district and to ensure our students are successful in college
life and Beyond in career and I'm just happy that you know this board for the most part came together focus on students and when there were disagreements for the most part we kept it respectful and even often times came to that compromise where we all didn't get everything but we got something and
it really supported keeping students safe and making sure that they have a a good place to learn whether it be the renovations some of the not very popular uh policies are meant to you know keep them focused in the classroom and keep them safe within our buildings but I just think we have a lot of work to do
but I know this board and this Administration and this community are up to it and so I'm looking forward to getting that work done even though it might not be easy every time so those are my comments thank you trust M yeah and just and just real
quick I just wanted to um to restate what I said last week in terms of um moving forward as a district I'm I'm I'm hopeful um again a call out
to the to the state to eliminate our debt that would actually help us do even more good work um and this systemic structural deficit that we've been put in we me rising to the challenge but honestly it would be it would be
wonderful if it wasn't so challenging and it wasn't so inequitable and and unfair um uh we know that what the Flint community has been through and continues to go through um and so I extend my
challenge to to the community to the stakeholders to the state to other organizations come join us we're not a a foe to to fight or to be against but this these schools are yours
too you're you're part of the school system whether or not you have children going to the school or not come join us help us make this school system better for all children because it will make all of us better and fight to save the
the public schools and to keep them going to keep it moving forward so thank you to the board thank you to the executive team as usual and um I I appreciate all of you thank you any more comments mam yes I do want
to inform the board that um uh the HR uh Community the whole uh meeting will be occurring uh soon uh we'll send you a date date out so we have time in advance uh but to to talk about how the reorganization of HR not just HR but the
district and Staffing uh going forward uh M Montgomery have a a powerful presentation I think it's important for us all to know and understand as you know as we move forward and reorganizing the district uh but I do want to make sure we uh I do tell that my colleagues sta thank you thank you thank you so
much any more comments I have yes juneth is tomorrow the district is closed so we are celebrating our Rich history uh with juneth um want to want to make sure we acknowledge that but we also want to
acknowledge all of our uh staff that has done a wonderful job this year uh from our um cabinet members central office principls all the way uh through to our maintenance team um this exec ex cutive
team that has worked very hard this year to make change so we want everyone to have a wonderful summer uh and we are starting summer [Music] school starts Monday uh summer school starts Monday um so I just wanted to
acknowledge all of those that have worked very hard including our partners working very hard with us to ensure the success of our Scholars throughout the summer we will continue our Renovations and some dates for ribbon cuting will be coming to the board very
soon so until we come back together again uh enjoy the weather and thank you Dr Joyce thank you the Board of Education will hold its next meeting on Wednesday July the 17 at 6:30 at ala seeing no further business
this meeting is adjoined at 6:59 perfect I want to make sure