Good evening. Welcome to the Monday, March 16th regular board meeting. Um, if we can all please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Oh, sorry. We say one pledge. Oh, we have to do that too. Um, one- All right, kids, lead it. I am a Jaguar. Here's my pledge.
I am important and others are too. I will learn something new today. I will treat others with kindness and respect. I will do my best and be responsible. Okay, we'll have a moment of silence, please. Thank you. Uh, next, we will have a board member oath of office. We have a newly appointed board meme-member, Dr. Nolan, and we're gonna come up here and do his
oath. Raise my right hand. I, Brian Nolan, do solemnly swear- That I will support the Constitution of the United States ... that I will support the Constitution of the United States
And the Constitution of this state ... and the Constitution of this state And I, I will faithfully discharge ... and I will faithfully discharge The duties of the office ... the duties of the office Of member of the board of education ... of member of the board of education Of Grand Blanc Community Schools ... of Grand Blanc Community Schools Genesee and Oakland Counties ... Genesee and Oakland County Michigan ... Michigan According to the best of my ability. According to the best of my ability. Congratulations. Thank you. Okay. Moving on to two point zero one, approval of the proposed agenda.
We'll take a motion. I'll make a motion to approve tonight's agenda. Support. Any questions, changes? Okay. Ms. McDougle. Fascianello? Yes. Lang? Yes. Nolan? Yes. Reichert? Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Kish? Yes. Moving on to two point zero two, approval of the February 23rd board meeting minutes. Madam Secretary. Yes. I have reviewed the February 23rd, 2026 board meeting minutes, and everything seems to be in order, so I make a motion to approve the
minutes. Support. Any questions, changes? Okay. Ms. McDougle. Fascianello? Yes. Lang? Yes. Nolan? Yes. Reichert? Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Kish? Yes. Two point zero three, approval of the February 24th special board workshop minutes. Madam Secretary. Yes. I also have reviewed the special board sh- workshop minutes from February 24th, and everything is in order. I make a motion to approve. I support. Any questions in those?
Okay. Ms. McDougle. Fascianello? Yes. Lang? Yes. Nolan? Yes. Reichert? Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Kish? Yes. Two point zero four, student discipline case number 10. Uh, yes, the board's discipline subcommittee held an expulsion hearing on Monday, March 9th, and based on the information obtained at that hearing, the subcommittee members unanimously make the following recommendation to the full board. Regarding student case number 10, the board's discipline subcommittee recommends expulsion through the end of the school year. Student to enroll in Bobcat Virtual Learning with academic support after
school once a week. Successful completion of core classes and the Chill program will be required for readmittance. We'll take a motion. So moved. I support. Any questions? Okay. Ms. McDougle. Fascianello? Yes. Lang? Yes. Nolan? Yes. Reichert? Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Kish? Yes. Moving on to section three, consent agreement. Um, we'll take a motion that will cover the sanction request and the two overnight extended day field trips. I make a motion that we approve everything under the consent agreement.
Support. Any questions on any of those? Okay. Ms. McDougle. Fascianello? Yes. Lang? Yes. Nolan? Yes. Reichert? Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Kish? Yes. Moving on to presentations, four point zero one, Indian Hill Elementary. We have Mr. Stein here with, a few of our staff and students, so we're gonna turn it over to him. Uh, welcome to our Indian Hill Jaguars, and welcome to our parents. Thanks for being here tonight. Thank you for having us. Um, I just have a few things that I'll go
through, and the, the real, most important people here from Indian Hill are sitting behind me, some people that I'm gonna talk about, and then I know we haveThe students have prepared some things for you to go over some things that we've done at school this year. Um, so I wanted to bring some data just to show you because I'm so proud of my fifth-grade team, the work that they've done over the last couple of years. We really have spent a lot of time focusing on improving scores and improving some things that we were just doing. I think more so it was just like a mantra on our building, I think, more than anything else. I don't think there was anything bad going on.
It was just getting everybody on the same page. And there we go. So I'm gonna show you just some M-STEP, data comparisons from two thousand and twenty-four and two thousand and twenty-five, which, if you would have asked me this probably twenty years ago, I would have told you this is extremely boring, but now I've become kind of obsessed with this stuff. So, so in fifth grade, over the last couple of years, these are percent proficiencies for ELA, and then I have math, science, and social studies, which are all the tests the fifth graders take, in
the State of Michigan. In spring of two thousand and twenty-four, and of course, these are different groups of students, we were sitting at about the fiftieth percentile proficiency, and last spring, sixty-two point eight percent, so a huge jump. The things that I like to see, and this is probably my sports brain working, but is I love looking at the rankings amongst the county. Um, and just all the hard work that these two and Mrs. DeRussell have done to get our kids to where we should be in comparison to the other schools in our county. Um, Indian Hill last year was about twelfth in the county in ELA, and we're now at fourth, which is just a great
improvement. Um, and we're seeing these things across the board. So it's nice to kinda see where we compare. Of course, we're always chasing Meyers. We're gonna get them. We're coming after them. I know we're all on the same team, but it's just my competition. So anyways, but you can see we're, we're doing a really good job, I think, as a district in general. Um, this is not everything that's on there, but we're just-- I kinda snipped a few of the top portions of each of the, different testing areas. Um, if you take a look at math, we're at thirty-fifth percentile overall proficiency. And then that was in two thousand and twenty-four. Two thousand and twenty-five, we've jumped up to fifty-four.
Went from twelfth to fifth. So having our school represented in the top five in ELA and math, two things that we hit really, really hard every single day, is just kudos to them and everything that they do. Um, I've got a couple more pictures and things that we're gonna go through on this too, but just sitting, you can kinda see where we compare to the other schools within the county. Um, just again, I'm just really proud, so that's why I wanted to bring some of this forth, tonight. Um, here's some pictures. I walked into Mrs. Thomas' class today, and of course, they all wanna, you know,
do these things. And I'm like, "You're working, like when I walked in." Um, so then they all, of course, come back, and you can actually see the girl in the, the bottom right picture. She's smiling because I was like, "Remember working like you were a few minutes ago." Um, science, same thing. Uh, Mrs. DeRussell's done a great job since she's moved to fifth grade. This is her second year there. Uh, forty-eighth percentile, and now we're in the fifty-first, and we've jumped from fifteen to eleven. So we've g- almost got every single subject area in the top ten in the county. Um, here's some more comparison
data. And then here's a picture of Mrs. DeRussell's class today, and then some things that they've done in the past, owl pellets. And then social studies. Um, really, again, just super proud of this team in general. Mrs. Pierce, has also gotten our students from thirty-second percentile to sixty-first. Social studies, I feel like, and for me, teaching fifth-grade social studies in the past, it's always very difficult to have a high proficiency level just because it's so many different things from previous years and them remembering those things. Um, and that huge jump last
year was super impressive and second in the county, and we were the best in the district, which was awesome. So it was really good to see our building in the places that we all felt like it should be the whole time. Um, so I just wanted to bring that. And then this was a picture when you were at the African American History Museum, right, in Detroit. So just wanted to give kudos to my fifth-grade team. They've really done a really great job. And now to the stars of the show. We have three of our, student council board members, I guess is what we call them, right?
Yeah. All right. So you guys are gonna come up. All right. And you're gonna talk about the stuff that you've all helped run. Okay? Who's, who's leading the show? Beckett? Okay. Here you go. Okay. This is our president, Beckett Gates. Go ahead, Beckett. Grab your mic. Hey, Tim. Mic. Yeah. There you go. All right. So this is our fish can drive for, Michigan versus Michigan State University. Uh, we raised over one thousand nine hundred and
seventy-three, items donated. And, every different day or every day, we donated a different item. Uh, Monday was meals in a can, Tuesday, meals in a box, Wednesday, brex- breakfast foods, Thursday, toiletry items, Friday was fruits. This was our Adopt a Family, and through FISH, our school helped provide a Christmas and dinner for a family
of eight in need. The students and teachers donated money to buy presents and nice dinners for the-- this family. Um, the-- For the ring pop sales, the school donated two hundred and fifty dollars to Paige's Playroom and two hundred and fifty dollars to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Hurley. Uh, Paige's Playroom is a space filled with toys, where patients can spend time with their families, momentarily forgetting about doctors, needles, and nurses to focus on family and fun.Oh, the American Heart
Association. We raised over $2,500 as a school for the 2026 Heart Heroes Challenge. This event started on February 23rd and ended on March 13th. We held an assemblies and introduced all the Heart Hero characters and energized the school community. Students donated money and received private prizes based on their contributions. If a student completed Finn's mission, they earned a cape as a reward for their hard work. Additionally, since 50 students signed up, the principal agreed to take a pie in the face.
That hasn't happened yet, but I'm sure that's coming. Yeah. All right. That's a good job. Yeah, that's it. Good job, good job. Are there any questions for our- You guys, they might ask you questions. Yeah. I'm telling you. They probably will ask you questions. They'll be-- We'll be nice. We promise. Any questions? I have two things. Uh, Beckett, get me the date when that pie in the face is gonna happen. Count on you to do that. And two, that is a lot of really, really cool achievements for the school. As the leaders of student council, how did you rally the school
student body to participate at such a high level in each one of those? Did you guys do pep rallies? Did you go class to class? What did you guys do? 'Cause that's pretty impressive stuff. Oh, well, our-- the leader of student council, Mrs. Thomas, she really helped out and, made li-- or we all passed out, like, little flyer things, and, we put, like, stickers on them. And, uh -- Stickers. Yeah, and then we put posters around the school, and
yeah. Um... Bit of a nonsense. Yeah. Super engaging. And, uh- I wish you were saying any of these things. A lot of people also wanted to donate for, like, the prizes they-- like, the prizes and, when they saw the posters, the posters had a lot of detail, and it showed, like, what the prizes were and how much money you wanted to donate or had to donate for the prize. Good job. There was even those shopping carts and stuff too. Yeah. You know, people wanna donate. Like in the-- And, yeah.
Created the shopping cart. Yeah. Oh, in the s-school, you had shopping carts- This is, uh- -to put them? Yeah. I'm not sure exactly where those came from, but they've been there well before I got here. They barely, they barely have a working wheel. They've been there for a while. Awesome. Well done. Beckett, who did you, support on which side for that can drive, food drive? Michigan State. That's what I thought. Woo-hoo! Good job. Go green. Go green. Um- But who always wins? Who won? Michigan. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, I just wanna-- So part of the y-you
know, these events you did to help benefit your community, I'm-- I love to see that so much, but also well done with benefiting yourselves with the improved test scores and realizing the importance of, you know, t-trying to do better on those exams and prepare. And it's not the funnest thing to do, right? But, but that's an amazing growth from last year's group. So, keep, keep up the good work as you continue on. I-I don't know if you've taken the spring test yourselves yet, or is it- Not yet.
Not yet. Okay. So- They're late. You know, keep-- Good. Keep that good, positive attitude about your success as well as your, you know, s-s-succeeding for your community as well. Um, but well done with the test scores, teachers. That's a huge, huge growth and, and s-something to take a lot of pride in. So keep up that good work too, please. Go ahead. I was just curious. Um, I mean, that is such a large, you know, growth between last year and, this-- well, the two years. What-- Is there something that you
can contribute that to? Or, I mean, what's-- was there one thing that really stood out that you think made the biggest difference? Someone up here? Betty. I know my answer, but I'll let her talk. I will just speak on the math portion of it. Um, something that I've incorporated over the last couple of years are monthly math packets, which we have never done before. Um, they're always the kids' favorite thing on the first day of the month, that they get this math packet. But I really just am-- In these packets, I just, you know, go over the skills again that we've been taught and
then challenge them with some of the harder things too that they would see. And they have definitely been paying off in their test scores. So. And those-- That work is done in the classroom? Um, no. Or they take it home? Well, they-- When they-- when we have work time, they can do them in the classroom, but they're also-- they can take them home and work on them at home too. And it's also good for-- Parents seem to really enjoy those because they get to see what the kids are doing, 'cause oftentimes they'll come home and say, "Oh, we didn't do anything," or, "We have nothing," you know, "No homework or anything." So I always send out an, a parent email at the beginning of the month
let-letting parents know that those are coming home and, you know, to please touch base with your child over them. And so that I think has made a big difference. I don't know why, but hey, it's working, right? Mm-hmm. For sure. And that's a good point too. It's not just, you know, it is you and the students, but also the parents too, to make these events possible as well as, you know, the success in their kids. So. Pardon that. And, the heart, the American Heart Association one, it was a, a lady, she came in this, you know, in the
fall, wasn't it? And she presented this to us, and it's the first time we have taken this on, or at least I have, is, you know, helping out with student council. And it's all online. I, I really have no part of it besides us passing out prizes and stuff. But the amount of money the families have contributed Has been unreal, and it just goes directly to them, you know? So, the parent participation has been amazing. Yeah. From the items donated to, the ring pop sales and all those things that they're able to do for the community, so.
Yeah, we have really generous families. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Okay. Any other comments or questions? I, I have a two-part question. One, what kind of pie is gonna be tossed in Mr. Stein's face? I like cherry, by the way. Mm-hmm. I don't really wanna get a cherry pie thrown in my face, but ... It has to have a lot of whipped cream on it. Just vanilla cream. Whipped cream. Great. Whi- A lot of whipped cream. So you think whipped cream? That's what they say. Okay. Two, who gets to throw it? He is the president, so maybe ... Absolutely. We should each throw one.
We should get one, but we are gonna take the top donors to throw it. We should do- Okay. If 50 students have to do it, if the 200 did it, then ... Well, let's just say if 200 did it- So 50 pie? Then four people would get to do it- 50 pies? Because 50 times four is 200. You know, when I was a high school principal, I had a kid almost break my nose with a pie, so we- ... gonna have to talk about this. There might be a lot of pies coming your way. I know, but that math is correct. That's good math. Well, thank you so much for coming tonight. Thank you, guys. It's wonderful to see what you guys are doing. Okay, at this time, we know you guys have lots to do, so if our Indian-
Oh, we want to do a picture. Oh, picture. Yes. Come up here, please. Gina, is that good? Yep. Go ahead, Gina. Come on up. Put that back on you real quick. Good. Do I look okay? Are we good to go? This way. Are you ready? Come here. Yeah. Sorry, Gina. No, I'll tell you the story later. Okay, good. Is the pie open, or are we breaking it? Oh, yeah. Shake it. You heard. Yes. Rachel. Of course. Huh? Second. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Want you guys in it, too? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Teachers. Teachers with babies. Jodi. Jodi with the baby. Okay. Here she comes. So you guys can be in it. Let Cynthia and Gina get in, too.
Come on. Come on. Yeah. Please, can we? Go jump in there. We need it for the yearbook. Here you go. All right. Is that good? Ready? Ready? Oh. Oh, one more. Okay. All right. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you. Great job, guys. Super. Okay. So now, if the, our Indian Hill families, if you wanna take this opportunity to head out, and we'll pause for a minute
while you guys take off, and then we'll get started. Thanks so much for coming, everyone. Thank you. We really appreciate it. Thank you. Have a good one. Hopefully it'll be, them here. Great job. That's hard to believe. Good job, guys. Hey, wanna get in on that date? First person is avoiding eye contact. Have a good night. Nice job, you two. Hope to see you again. Okay. Thank you. Good job. Moving on to 4.02, library update.
You wanna kick it off? Uh, we're fortunate to have, Elizabeth Krasniewski with us here. Um, Elizabeth took a little hiatus from Grand Blanc Schools, went to Virginia for a while. She used to be a teacher for us but came back and has filled in wonderfully as our media specialist working with Mrs. Waldron. So I'll turn it over. I didn't know if, Alison, did you have anything you wanted to add, or are we just kicking it right to her? No, I just ... I know I asked Elizabeth to come sweetheart. And this was a position that our district supports having a district librarian. I think that that's a position that in some schools
has kind of been dissolved, and she has just added so much value to our school district by being here, and I wanted her to be able to share all the wonderful things she's done with you all. Awesome. Well, thank you for having me, everybody. Um, I taught at West Middle School for a little more than a decade before the hiatus, and then I was, really thrilled to be welcomed back in this role. Um, do I ... Okay. Oh, gosh. Practice. I should've practiced. Okay, here we go. Thank you. You're good.
Thank you, Mr. Turnbow. I really spent most of last year wrapping my head around the role and what that might look like, because in Virginia I worked in one building. So to all of the sudden work in a lot of buildings was a, was a learning curve. So one of the very first things I wanted to do was come up with some processes that were universal across all buildings for all of our, media techs. So first was ordering. Um, we-- I have been working with various
vendors and coming up with processes and processing all of the purchase orders so that we stay on budget. Um, I also made some changes. Last year, I left the budget the way it was. This year, I changed it. Um, it used to be every elementary from our tiniest to our biggest got the same amount of money. Um, but this year we tried doing it by student count, w-which is a little more equitable. Um, I also have been working hard on creating and
maintaining resource lists of books that are, have three or more starred reviews by the, the most reliable publications, so that when we are creating orders, we have a go-to resource for that. And then overdue fees, the last, building that still had a daily overdue fee when I began was the high school, and that's in-- It was 10 cents a day up to $5, but it's an antiquated feeWay of thinking in the library, in library land. And so, I
did, we did away with that. Um, and then we also created, an activities account so that, that when we receive fines and fees, it rolls to the next year. The trouble was y-when you have to spend by June, but you're collecting fees in June, you're losing those fees. So, that was-- those were some of the very first things that I got to work on when I started. Then we started... It's really, we did this a little bit last year. Um, I tried, I was doing it on PD days last year, where
we were collaborating at all levels together. Um, what I really learned is that we need time with elementary, middle, and high school. So I'm meeting with them, specifically elementary and middle school, two and a half hours a month. High school, it's a bit trickier, so it's about an hour and a half a month, with the goal next year to get them that extra hour. Um, we do professional development on all sorts of things from our catalog to the various vendors, and other library initiatives, just
planning, programming, all kinds of things. And it gives them time to collaborate and share, which I think is very important and something that they value. Um, I think my intervention teacher, heart sometimes shines through in this role because I'm always thinking about, resources for all students and all staff and how to support that. Um, so one of the first things I noticed I was getting a lot of questions on were
visual impairment, resources. So I found a partnership with Library of Congress that's through Genesee District Library called the Talking Book Center. Um, and our students with staff support can apply for this. It's a very simple, just like a permission slip. Um, and it supports not only our visually impaired students, but also their families. So if we have a sighted student, but families with a visual impairment, Genesee District Library will send boxes of books to their home. There are many, many
supports, but it's all very individual. Um, it's based on the individual family and what they need. And so, that I'm, I'm very proud of that. Um, and then Sora, we, um... I maybe thought I could do this by the time I retired. So the fact that it happened this year, I have a hard time sometimes saying the things I'm the most proud of, but this, this is a big one for me. Um, our students, audio and e-books
are very, very expensive. Um, like one audio book that you never truly own, is me- is usually over a hundred dollars. And so, when you're looking at that, and we know that students need it and that teachers are asking for it, we were able to connect with Genesee District Library, so everybody with a Grand Blanc School's email address is now able to access the e and audiobook collection. And it's in your folder. There's, um-- Because you all have access to it as
well. Um, there is a flyer in there for how to, to connect. So, I've been going to the, to different buildings showing them how to do this. But basically, our email address counts as, the Genesee District Library card for all of those, e and audiobooks. And it's-- we don't have any control over the leveling, but they do a very good job. So it's K-six, actually, is, has
juvenile access, and then seven-twelve has young adult, and then staff has access to the adult collection. Um, and if you run into-- We're still kind of working this through. So if you-- It's an app, but you can also-- students can also get it on their Chromebooks. Um, so if you run into any problems with it, please let me know because we're still trying to figure it out with our technology department and with Sora, who hosts it. It's kinda like if you're a, a library person, it's kind of like Libby.
It's like school Libby. Um, and then also just collaboration. We're working with departments to find resources like textbooks and novels for students. So, I'm gonna talk about ACC in just a second. But, you know, when teachers are piloting and they were getting their own quotes, with different vendors, I just sort of wondered, like, I mean, that's great, but I-- why can't I help with that, right? So, I've been able to help get quotes for different resources like textbooks or class novels that maybe have
better bindings, maybe have better things. So I can, I can put my, that library mind to work for them. Uh, we are working on the library in the new ninth grade campus. Um, that is an undertaking. So first I, researched and advocated for that space to make sure that our ninth graders weren't left without a library. Um, and then we're collaborating with staff, to assess the wants and needs to create a useful space to see what, what they're really hoping
for, ev-everything from work room to library to, like, a flexible collaboration space.And then I am working with vendors to build an engaging library, but also asking staff what they're hoping to see, so that our ninth graders have access to the same kind of quality books that we have on the other campus, and also at the same ratio. I think that's important. Um, and then we'll also have a textbook room just like we have at East Campus so that the first day of school next year, we will have ninth
grade textbooks available in that building to check out to make it easier. Um, and then some points of pride. Um, I do-- I feel proud that, library staff are learning to grow, and, they feel empowered and supported. An example of that is, Tori Pelley, who's at East Middle School, wanted a, a book return cabinet, which they're very expensive to buy, like thousands of dollars. Anyway, we-- she applied for a grant, with
some encouragement, and we were able to, collaborate with the woodshop at the suggestion of, the committee. And so that's being built so that our, seventh and eighth graders have an easy way to return, to return books upstairs. Um, so I think that's pretty, pretty remarkable. Um, again, being part of the ACC process, and then building just relationships, through professional organizations. I am a proud member of American Library
Association and the Michigan Library Association. I've gotten very involved in that. And then also, one of the first things I did when I moved back to Michigan was connect with other local librarians. So we meet at the ISD once a month, to have conversations and help each other out. And then my goals. Um, I would love to continue working toward inclusive and equitable library spaces, it's really important to me, and strong foundational policies. I want us to really understand,
why libraries are important and the ways that we go about making them a valuable resource in our district, serving all patrons, so staff, students, and community. Um, and I believe that the library should be the heartbeat of every building. Um, and so that is super important to me. The end. Any quest- Or you wanna say anything before we go to questions? No, we're just thankful to have Elizabeth in the district. As we-- as Allison mentioned earlier, you know, she filled the shoes of Kate White,
who had been a longtime media specialist for us, and, and she's doing a great job, and she's- Yeah ... putting practices and procedures in place and building on the work Kate did, so we're thankful for her, her leadership. Well, thank you. Any questions? Go ahead. The, grant was provided by the Grand Blanc Educational Foundation. Sorry. I, I'm sorry, I didn't say it. It was in there. No. No, no, no. I, I have to put the plug in with my other chair hat. But, the-- and I-- we were so excited that w-
the idea came, but we didn't just wanna fund a box that or a bin that could fall apart quickly. And so then, you know, somebody suggested maybe getting it built by the students at the high school. And so to have that all come together, we're really excited about it, and s- that's why we're there. So, thank you for your help with that. No, yeah. Thank you. And, thank you for all of this information and, and the work that you've done so far. We appreciate it, and it-- especially with the changing of the ninth grade building, they do need a space, and I, I totally agree with you.
It should be the heart of the buildings. So thank you for what you're doing. Thank you. Anyone else? Not really a question, but a comment on the Sora. This is exciting. Isn't it fun? Yeah. And it's coming right in time for spring break, so I'm gonna get my kids all hooked up- Please. Please do ... and be ready to roll. Allison actually told me about it, and so I downloaded it, but I think I must be listed as like a kindergartner through sixth grader- Okay ... because those are my s- book options so far. So we might need to tweak it, but- Yeah. We will- It does seem really, really fun though.
That is happening. Um, i- I will, I will reach out about that and make sure. But yeah, I, we are the only district, right now that they will partner with. Um, and it was, it really was because we got a grant. We got a, a number of grants to purchase some audiobooks, for the Reading Explorations class. Um, I worked with them to do that. And so once we bought into Sora, then they advocated for us, w- through the library. It was something that we'd-- all of the county librarians had done, and
tried and tried, and it just was not working. Um, and then, like magic, here we are. So I will make sure that you can't only listen to, you know, picture books. We'll try to get some other things for you. Any other questions? Go ahead, Jim. So I j-- I have a question about just the process of checking out books. Mm-hmm. Do parents or are they automatically made aware of books that are checked out, or do parents have to log into something to find out? Well, w- they are able
to see what their students have checked out if they, um... Well, so in elementary schools, it's a little bit different by building. Um, but at elementary schools, they get, m- overdue notices, like it goes to the, to the parents, and they can see. Um, and then I believeYeah, this is- The, the parents can log in to access what their students are checking out, but
it's not automatically... It doesn't automatically notify them. They can't. Yeah. It was-- It changed right when I started, and so I couldn't remember, thank you, Allison, exactly how that was working. So for K twelve, it's visible. Mm-hmm. Parents have access to what their kids are checking out. Okay. Any other questions? Um, I have... So Sora, awesome. Um, but is it like a hard cut? Like, you only have X number of e-books from a, a certain title
book, right? So it's not like every kid can check out the same e-book across the district at the same time. So, with Sora, when you first log in, if you see Grand Blanc's collection, it is nothing remarkable. It's a few hundred books. The magic happens when you add Genesee District Library, and then it's thousands. Um, so it is within, within audiobook specifically, like when we got
that grant, you can either-- It just depends on how the licensing works, but you either own an audiobook for two years or a hundred checkouts. And so then the licensing, if you own it two years, one kid at a time can have it. If you own a hundred checkouts, a hundred kids at a time can have it. But then you have to repurchase it every, either after that two years or after that hundred checkout. So that's why this is such a big deal. I think we bought seventy-seven audiobooks with that grant, and it was almost five thousand dollars. So they're just so expensive, yeah. Just to, to clarify, though, the ones that we own are the ones that-
Oh ... a hundred kids could have at the same time. Mm-hmm. The ones that are from the library, it's similar to the Libby app, if you're on that. Um, so when I go in, I look to see, and it will say, it's reserved right now, or you can reserve it. And then it notifies me when it's available. But it depends on how many copies they have. If, you know, Yesmina and I could have one at the same time. So it's like a hard copy. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Thank you. Sorry, I misunderstood that question. Yep. And then I know we talked about ninth grade library. Where's the location of that gonna be?
Bobcat Virtual. Okay. You know, that space we converted to a flexible space for those virtual students, and for concurrent students. So we're talking about reclaiming some of that space back to start with. So we're- So we have Bobcat Virtual and the library in that same space. Well, and we're gonna need some concurrent space and virtual space at East Campus as well. Right. So that's the other part of that. So Bobcat Virtual will have to have a component at both campuses and the library at both campuses. We're working on that. Awesome. Thank you so much for everything you're doing.
Thank you for having me. You bet. Okay, moving on to four point zero three, the twenty twenty-six MASTA Administrator of the Year. So this isn't my thing here. I, I, I know, Julie Huggler, our orchestra teacher's here, and I, I believe Jim. Jim, I'd try to pronounce your last name, but I don't think I'd say it correctly. Hi, everybody. Um, my name is Jim VanEisinga. I, am here tonight. I'm an orchestra teacher. I teach at Novi High School, but tonight I'm here in my
capacity as the president-elect of the Michigan chapter of the American String Teachers Association. And every year, we give two awards. There's a Teacher of the Year award, and there's an Administrator of the Year award, and those are nominated by members. And then the Administrator of the Year is chosen by our executive board. Um, and I'm here tonight to present Dr. Alward with our twenty twenty-six Administrator of the Year award. Uh, sh- he was nominated by Ms. Huggler. And, some of the things that really stuck out to the executive board were, particularly thinking about this
pr-- string program starting in twenty fifteen and then being such a young string program when COVID hit and how you, you know, a lot of schools, they cut band orchestra choir during that COVID time. And so to nurture a new string program, through that time is a really, really tough thing to do. Um, and so that really stuck out to us. Things, like this, sounds like we're having-- starting to have some discussions about an upcoming bond and performing art spaces and, and all that. Starting a string program is a tough, tough thing to do,
and it's getting harder and harder. And so, that really stuck out to our board, and we want to encourage you and Dr. Alward and all of the building administration to keep supporting the string program here. It's really, really important to have a full, well-rounded music program, for kids because not every kid, you know, is interested in band and, or choir, and so-- or orchestra, right? And so they need the choices to do all of those. So I'm here tonight. I have this plaque for Dr. Alward that reads- There ... "The American String Teachers Association Michigan chapter recognizes Trevor
Alward, Superintendent of the Grand Blanc Community Schools, as 2026 Administrator of the Year for outstanding support and leadership as an administrator for string education in the state of Michigan." Julie, do you wanna hand it to him? Do you want me to give it? Yeah. I mean, I wore red. Ready? Three, two, one. Awesome. I just wanted to follow up on that for just a second. You bet. I promise it won't take a long time, but, when, when that
nomination came through, we were-- I, I don't even remember when it was, Jim, when we were supposed to turn those in. But, so some of you may know, but also, I wanna explain what MASTA is because I think probably most of you are familiar with MSBOA And so MSBOA is Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association. But there are far less orchestras in Michigan than there are bands, which is in our district, which includes a very large... We are like here,
right? Grand Blanc is here, and then we include like all of the Thumb. We're a-- I, I don't know what the, the size is, but, um... And so that includes all of the bands and all of the orchestras. And so for example, for us, there's only five: Flushing, Carmen, Grand Blanc, Davison, and Oxford. Um, and so when things arise and things like that, it is nothing against our band colleagues, but that tends to get the lion's share of a lot of different things. Um, so f- like for example, they-- we've had a jazz honors band for a long time in our district. Um, and a district would be similar to a league for like an athletics.
Um, and a, a ba- just a regular honors band. And so this year, we're starting an honors orchestra with those five schools. But MASTA is an organization that is a national organization, it's, and then Michigan chapter, so we call it MASTA. And so that gives orchestra teachers and string teachers, also private teachers, a- another avenue to get more advocacy and things like that. And so this is specifically for the String Teachers Association, which is really exciting, because we are very proud of what we're doing here.
And we're very excited. So, I just wanted to thank you again and really reiterate that this is really-- He's just representing everybody here, 'cause I'm looking around and I'm thinking, "Okay, your kids are in orchestra. You were my principal. You were my principal." "Uh, you were my superintendent. I know you through w-wrestling, not orchestra, but your, your sister-" "Your si- your sister-in-law is an orchestra teacher, right? EJ was one of my private students at FIM, and then in the very first orchestra started here in Grand Blanc. Uh, I had Yasmin's daughter." Um, and so like look at
in a decade how it spread from that support. So that's exciting. Awesome. Thank you. Well, I know Norm's not here, but I'm-- this all started with him. Yep. So we gotta give a shout-out for Norm. You might have to share that with him. Yeah. I just saw him. So where are you gonna hang that? In your office. In your office? Put it up in here or at home. You'll find a place. Yeah. Thank you. Okay. Um, four point zero two, instrumental
music. How appropriate. Yeah. So this is a great segue, into some, a presentation that actually our, our directors couldn't be here this evening because they're actually having this presentation with the music boosters right now. Um, I know we had some conversations at our last board meeting from, some of our, our, color guard, our winter guard, and drum line parents. So our band directors presented to their executive board. They're presenting to their booster group tonight about their vision for the future, and Allison and I, we're gonna walk you through that.
So Allison, you wanna kick us off? Sure. Go ahead. And go ahead. Go back up. Yeah. Nope. Go back up. All right. So, one of the things that the directors spoke to us about, and Mrs. Hugler was part of that as well, is- You, we can h- we can help walk through. Yeah. If you have, if you wanna get up there and... It is your presentation, I guess. I, I didn't know this was gonna be an agenda. I don't think we knew you were gonna be here- ... 'cause we thought you were gonna be at the other one, so there you go. Yeah. Um, yeah, so what we're doing is, if those of you that may
or may not know, this year, Austin Tripp and I are co-teaching band and orchestra together at the high school. It's been, really phenomenal, to, to bring unity within the, the sixth through twelfth program, really the K through twelve program. Um, and so right now, in our program, our curricular ensembles are the concert bands during the day and then the concert orchestras. We have three of each in the high school. And then, we have our performing ensemble, which is also curricular, which is marching band, though it is after school, f- for time-wise and stuff. And then we also have, the sym- symphonic
orchestra, which putches, puts our, um... Excuse me. I'm sorry I'm getting dry. The band and orchestra together, so we have a full symphony with that. Um, and then there are student leadership right now, positions within the marching band. And this year, with the addition of Erica Senecal, who is our new choir director, she and I are heading up the Tri-M Music Honor Society, which is a music, equivalent to National Honor Society. Um, and, and we just sent out those, invitations a couple weeks ago and received about
forty, forty or so applications back, and then they'll go through the process of, teacher recommendation, and then, and then we'll have our first, induction ceremony this, this spring. And then f- after the spring, we wanted to give our seniors an opportunity this year, because it is, it's good for their, for their college applications. And so then we will start doing that in the fall of every year. So this year it was open through, for ten through twelfth graders, and then in the fall it will be, we will, our incoming s-
incoming tenth graders. So freshmen this year were not invited just yet. Um, and then we have three jazz ensembles this year, which is up from two. We have the musical pit, which is coming along nicely, and I highly recommend you come see it. It's Once Upon a Mattress. It's a huge pit, and a lot of trumpet. But we we have really amazing trumpets this year. Um, but we have a f- it's fully, student, not led, but student musicians this year. If you've ever been to one of our musicals, you'll notice, that we often have a number of adults or, professionals in
there. Um, and this year we really worked hard to make it student-led, or all of... And then so we have a huge group. I think I haveSeventeen or eighteen this year. Um, it's big, and I-I'm really excited about it, and they're working really hard. Um, and then we have pep band, which is, has been for the winter mostly for, basketball, and then they did hockey as well this year. I try to get them to be mat side, but I don't know. I don't know if that'll work or not. Um, and then we do have, winter drum line and winter guard, and
this year we had a percussion ensemble led by Jake Finkbeiner. Um, and then we also-- Um, Erica and I are doing, the spin, spin club, which is the color guard. That has been really amazing. And, we have about seventeen st-students this year that are doing that, and we have-- on next Tuesday, we have our final showcase for that for the year. And that really gets them ready for the fall. So there's a number of kids that are in there that are not part of any of our music programs right now, which is really exciting because they also want to continue in
marching band and color guard. So we're really working to bring, a really positive and enjoy, enjoy entertaining culture with it still being, you know, th-th-those pedagogical skills that they're learning. And, it's been really cool to see what the kids have been doing. So moving forward, now that we've all had a year, you know, it was, Erica's first year here and Austin and I's first year working together, which has been really, really amazing. It's always so much fun when your co-teacher was born the year you graduated from high school.
So, no, we get along really well. It's, it's been really wonderful. We have a great relationship, and, it works well. It's a great dynamic because he is the chill to... Well, you know how I am. So, it works very well for us. And so we, we are really working hard to create a unified performing arts program within the high school, which would include band, choir, and orchestra, as well as our theater department. Um, and we have a lot of crossover with that. And we want there to continue to be that,
opportunity. So, w-we are really working towards that. And then, we really want everyone to feel, part of the groups and important. And we've also instilled something called a senior leader. So, those of you that were at, at our winter concert, Roman Sims, who is a senior viola player, is also-- He's actually in all three orchestras this year. Um, and he, conducted a piece with the freshman orchestra, so he's gotten that opportunity. And then in our upcoming spring concert, Samantha Kles
will be directing one of the band pieces. So we're giving those kids some time and really wanting to instill in them a passion. And, and then also, we, we want to be accountable for what we're doing in the classroom. We feel that it's very important that our students and our parents feel that they're getting a worthwhile, music education, but also that they are growing pedagogically. And the skills that they're learning are so important, not just for their music education, but for, you know, what they're
doing, you know, the, the discipline and the learning how to-- the independent learning, working together. It really is important, especially, right now we're going through the process of auditions for our two groups that are auditioned for band and orchestra. And one of the main things is in our chamber orchestra, we create f-- we have four quartets, and those kids work together all year. So there, there's four of them, and they, they can't just-- they don't just have to know the music, they have to mesh. They have to be able to work together.
They have to work through problems. Um, they have to... You know, when the first violin isn't taking things as seriously as the second violin, they have to figure out how to do that. And so these are, these are skills that they need regardless of their chosen profession. And so we really want them to be able to see how what they're doing in our classes will, transfer to what they want to go into as they graduate from, from Grand Blanc, and, and really encourage them in that. And so, some of our goals for the up... As, as you guys know,
right now I would say we have about ten percent. My goal personally, I would like to have about twenty percent. I think that we, we could, we could do that. But, we don't wanna take students from other things either, so we wanna grow it as much as we can while still encouraging our students to do whatever is their, you know, what their creative minds want to do. But for the, for our one to three year goal, we want to, really encourage our students to do more. Like I said earlier, we have that honors orchestra, which is new, and I just
today, we were able to nominate eight students for that, and so we're sending some kids there. Um, we've had three or four different. We had an Oakland Honors, we had an Eastern Michigan Honors Orchestra, another honors band. So many different opportunities, and we've had kids participating in all of those this year. Um, and then, with All State. All State, for those of you that, aren't familiar, it's sort of like the... They have to audition for this, and then it's like, it's like the best of the best, and they score them all, and they, they go. And for those of you that remember Carly, she was the concert
master, two years ago for the All State Orchestra, and then they perform during the music conference. And we're trying to get more students excited to do that and involved. But it-- there is a skill level that they need to be at, and so that's our job, is to make sure that they're raised to that. We're seeing a huge up-upswing as well as the years kind of progress. Um, and then we would like to repair and pla-replace, about seventy-five percent of our inventory. Um,
as Jeff can tell you, it's really, really dry in that room. And we have done as mu-At so many different things, and I, we have humidifiers going, and I have students around the clock in every class. They're filling the humidifiers, but that wreaks havoc on the string instruments. And so we're really hoping, that to, to get some of those repaired, and also maybe this won't be an issue in a few years if that bond passes. But, and then, a l- a number of our band instruments are really in
need. And also, as the years continue, the Grand Blanc that I hired into is quite different than the Grand Blanc now, as far as the student need is. And so we need to make sure that we have, adequate, and not just adequate, but appropriate tools for our kids to be successful. And so it's not just about like, oh, well, we could buy fifty Amazon violins and have... give one to every kid, but that's not, that's not what's gonna make them successful. And so we need to make sure that we're doing our best to provide
students with those equitable opportunities, regardless of whether or not they can, rent on their own or purchase on their own or need it to be school. And that's one area that I feel in the orchestra department, that we have been very blessed with from the board and the ACC. Um, we, we've never been told no when, when our kids have been in need. And so, that's been amazing. Um, and then with our marching band, we are continuing our season. One of the things that we're hearing, because we do competitive
marching band, is that a number of students would like to participate, but they cannot due to cost. It is a cost to do competitive marching band, and that is because of the, monumental fees that the competitive, league charges. And so we are looking for different ways to make it more accessible for more of our students, as well as, maybe looking at changing some of the time because the schedule is also very rigorous and, our kids are busy. So they
are-- we're kind of looking at the... It used to be even more hours than a regular class time would be and, like, almost every Saturday in the fall. And so we're, we're trying to kind of balance, like, the competitiveness with understanding the needs of our students and the families and things like that and wanting more kids to be able to take part in that. So that's another, goal for the marching band. And we, we have, I think, four or five competitions coming up in the fall, and that should be great. Um, we are looking at two separate competitive leagues, and
hopefully one of them, one of them is lower cost than the other. And so if we can encourage people to, to really look at it and enjoy it, that might be a great avenue for us. Um, we're gonna-- we just had, postings for new, new staff members, that will lead. We are looking to create a culture of, positivity and enjoyment and inclusivity. And so we will have three new, marching band members, and then we are also hiring just
for the marching band camp. Um, and then hopefully, the person-- w- one of them will be the drum- drumline director, and one will be the color guard director because those things are scored differently. It's a whole thing. Um, it's a lot of statistics. Um, and so we are hoping that, that those people then will be interested in working on the, the competitive winter ensembles as well, and maintaining sort of the focus of
it's not just about the competition, it's about the pedagogy. And we're really trying to stress that. Like, this is fun, and it, it's a great place to be, and y- we make great friends. And, you know, the, the kids are so special. But also, we are in school, and we're here to learn, and we're here to make ourselves better. And so we need to have that as one of our goals as well. Um, and so you can see that that's really what our vision is, is to just create this all-around program. And I don't know what the next
slide is. This is Tri-M, which we just spoke about. This is the Honor Society. And then- And... What was that? The extracurriculars, yeah. Yep, and then the extracurriculars. So we have the three jazz ensembles, and, next year, Austin runs the jazz ensembles. They're really amazing, and Austin is phenomenal at jazz. Like, jazz is his home. He is so good, and I actually, like, watch what he does and stuff. And, and I really, like, was like, "You're gonna have string players in the jazz ensemble this year, right?" And I would just... Like a little side note, yesterday we went to Michigan State
Jazz Orchestras. And they call it Jazz Orchestra, but it is a jazz band. It's a big band. And if-- I don't know if any of you knew who Darren Stith was, but he graduated last year. Darren Stith was a bass player for me, six through twelve, and then he also participated in jazz band. And he earned a scholarship to Michigan State, for-- he's a freshman this year, to study jazz-based, studies with a man named Roddy Whitaker, who is internationally known, very well known. Um, he-- his protégés, like, are the bass players on, like, The Tonight Show or Stephen Colbert, and I cannot, I cannot
remember which one it is. He's, he's amazing. And so Darren actually made it into the first level jazz orchestra as a freshman, which is phenomenal. Um, and so it-- to me, that just really solidifies, like, what we're doing here is working, and that's exciting to know. And I was, I was, like, so proud. I was like, "Oh my gosh." And then also looking at these bass players going, "Oh, there's no way I could do that." It's just what they can do is ridiculous. Um, and so that's really exciting. And then we also have Pep Band. Pep Band, we had, like, over fifty kids in this year. We have both band and orchestra students, doing that.
And then, this is the musical. The musical is really fun. I lead the musical. Um, Mr. Wagner runs the Pep Band. And we have-- I already spoke to you about the musical, so I won't continue that. And then Winter Drumline, we do not currently have a, director for, and so we will be looking for that for the upcoming year. So, moving forward, we're just I'm really, really just excited. Like, we're, we're growing out of the room. We can barely... Like, we don't have... I mean, like, we're, we're bursting at the seams, which is a good problem to have,
and, we all work so well together. It's really cohesive as a staff. The kids are doing amazing, and we have, at least three seniors this year that are looking to go into music. And, I don't know if any of you knew who Roman Sims was, but if you would have told me that he was gonna go into music education, I would've been like, "There's no way." I didn't even think he was gonna finish through high school. And so for him to be this involved now and doing so many things and watching him grow as a leader and working with the freshmen has just been phenomenal, and I would really love for any of you to please come visit
at any time and see what we're doing in the, music rooms and just kind of just take a look at the chaos that, is... It's like organized chaos, but they're... It's just really phenomenal. So, if you have any questions, please, now is the time. Thank you. I was trying to talk fast. I'm sorry. Well, I- You guys were gonna- Yeah, I think that one of the points of emphasis here is- Mm-hmm ... i- in when we met with the directors, they talked about almost like a reverse funnel- Mm-hmm ... where the reverse funnel is the classroom programs first and the curricular programs, and then that funnels down to the
extracurricular programs, which I know we've heard a lot about the extracurricular programs. Mm-hmm. And those are funded through the boosters. Mm-hmm. So there is some prioritization that has to happen with the boosters for us to continue to offer those programs, and we know there were some timing issues this year with staffing- Mm-hmm ... that didn't allow us to run a traditional drumline or a traditional winter guard. But to Julie's point- Mm-hmm ... they ran spin club for the winter guard. They ran percussion ensemble for the drumline. Mm-hmm. Fortunately, that wasn't, there wasn't a huge turnout for that.
But, the directors were trying to put something in place for opportunities for kids. But you can see from this presentation, those programs are coming back- Mm-hmm ... and we're looking to staff them now, so they will be in place in the future. So it's something that we're, we're proud of. We've had very successful programs. We're gonna continue to do that in the future. We know we had a hiccup this year, but we do not want the message out there that we are cutting drumline- Right ... color guard, winter guard. They're all existing. It's just this year we had some staffing issues with how we move things
forward with timing. Mm-hmm. So I appreciate their vision, and as I said, the boosters group are, are working with the directors tonight. Um, the executive committee already met with them last week. So, I, I'm glad that they could articulate this vision to the parents because I think that that was maybe a missing piece- Mm-hmm ... and they've done a good job putting this together. Yep. Any other questions on that? Or- Yeah. First, any board member have any questions for Allison, Trevor, or Julie? I have a question for Allison, I think. Um, as the program has grown over the years,
has the money that this curriculum department has provided grown as well, like, accordingly? Yeah. So anytime we add a new course that we offer- Yeah ... then they come forward with an ACC request. So they do a pilot, and then they come in with implementation. So anytime we add a new course, we're always adding more funding to, to fund that. So with, with, a music course especially, we have to purchase instruments, which are extremely expensive. We purchase the music that they need for
seven years. So sh- they come to us with a- Mm-hmm ... a large amount of music that they're looking to use. Um, and then we, we try as much as we can to help to purchase some of the instruments. Especially for orchestra, there are some instruments that the kids can't take back and forth to school, you know? So they have to have some of those at the school to be able to use. Because we might not have added a course or a second class of it, but the m- amount of students in the class has grown, so we account for that as well. Yes. So e- you know, every seven years, they would come to us. So Julie's been to us now twice because you, um...
It's been more than seven years since we started the course. So as the courses grow and the number of students grow, just like with any course that we have, the demand drives how much they come to ACC to request. Okay. And my second question was, a couple years ago, we talked about a gym excep- exemption for drum, for marching band. Is that-- What's the status of that? It's something we've continued to talk about, a- along with, using, sports as an opportunity for gym, and then I think it comes back to probably this board, to decide if
that's a place where we wanna move forward because I think there was some hesitation at first when we came to the board about whether or not to do that. But if it's something that, w- that we should be pursuing, then I think we have quite a few people who would be interested in continuing to pursue that. Maybe a workshop agenda. Yep. Mm-hmm. And there, there are some staffing implications with that as well and course selections and considerations we have to talk about, so... Mm-hmm. Any other questions? Go ahead. I, I was just wondering about the association between music and how well, students do in other subjects.
For example, math. Yes. And, I understand that there's an association between doing well in maths and doing well in music. And my question is, isn't it worth the investment in music just for, if not just for music, but for the whole school in terms of how well people do in, sci- sci- Well, I can- Whatever. Yeah ... I can speak to that. When they presented this to me, and we have the-- I can't remember, what'd you call the honor society? Is it the- Tri-M. The Tri-M? Mm-hmm. I said, "I'm just curious, how many music students are in National Honor
Society?" That's for all the students. Julie said ninety percent of them. Yeah. So ninety percent are already in NHS, and this Tri-M is another feather in their cap. Mm-hmm. So to your point, they are high performers- Mm-hmm ... academically. If you want me to get, physiological, so- Love that. Um- Actually, neurological. On the, the brain and the synapsis, when you are doing music, your brain is actually working more. Um, when you are playing a string instrument be- I, I think it has a lot to do with the hand-eye coordination.
Left hand is doing something different than the right hand. Um, it is actually one of the most, um... I don't know what the, the correct term is, but your brain is working the most when you play a string instrument. So that, that cognitive reasoning is, is really good, and within my classroom especially, we talk a lot about, like, creating those pathways and, and practicing correctly and creating, like, strong, connections, which I do know that the kids take that for other things. We talk about how to do something so that you can create a strong,
neuro- neuropathway there. And so there, there is a large, large correlation. Um, there are a lot of, there are a lot of things in The American Journal of Medicine. My- This- My h- The rest of my family are physicians, so I'm always, like, they always send me these articles. But, they did a study on, cardiology residents, and the- an unexpected result was that cardiology residents that were musically trained, did, did monumentally better when they were listening for heart murmurs and other types of things than students that were not.
Um, and my son, Cal, who just graduated from college, is working on getting into dental school, and he was listening to one of those, like, you know, make yourself better, get into dental school type thing, and they said that one of the major points that schools will look at is a student's involvement in music over some things like s- community service even, because of the value. So, yes. Thank you for that question. Any other questions? Um, I've got a couple. One, can you talk a little... You talked about marching band-
Mm-hmm ... 'cause I know that it, those kids are out there practicing- Mm-hmm ... seven days a week, I swear sometimes. Um, so what are some of your strategies to, to develop a schedule that s- families can get behind- Mm-hmm ... and allows kids to be kids, but also to perform? That's a really great question. So one of the things is, this year, Austin, Austin is not new to the marching band, but R- we hired Roger Wagner, and he's the assistant marching band director. Um, and so, and then I, of course, am not contractually teaching marching band, but all of those students
I have during the day, most of them, right? So we're trying to work around those things, and one of the biggest things that we have really worked on is if, if rehearsal says 6:00 to 8:00, then the students need to be done and, and walking out to their cars by 8:00, so that parents aren't waiting in the parking lot for 20, 30 extra minutes. You know, I'm, I'm a parent as well, and there were times where I'm like, "Oh, my goodness," you know? Um, "We gotta get going here," if something, something was running over. So really being purposeful about the time that is reserved and getting started on time.
So students also are expected, if it starts at 6:00, then you need to be, like, on the field and ready to go at 6:00. That doesn't mean get here at 6:00. Um, and so working on that, and then as well as how can we effectively run a rehearsal? How can, we as the directors or, or them as the directors with the additional staffing, create an effective practice plan and follow through it so that the time being spent, you know, is, is valued, and that way we don't need that additi- There was a lot
of extra time that was a little bit kind of being wasted and things like that. Um, and also thinking about the fact that there were some practices, and they were, you know, 9:00 to 5:00 on a Saturday, but if any of you ever played a wind instrument, or anything, you know, strings, that's a long time. I don't... I mean, I don't even recommend my top students practice quite that much. So looking at that time, and is it really effective? What could we get done in an hour that used to, used to take two hours for? Things like that. Great. Mm-hmm. And then talking about the humidity, I think-
Mm-hmm ... you mentioned in the bond we're, we're gonna have- The watering of piano, you mean? Yes. Yes. I know you talked about that. I've learned all about that. Yeah. Includes the other string instruments as well. Yeah. Yes. Yep. Yes. The- So those things will get addressed ... the string instruments are just like the piano in that respect, yes. And w- Jeff has been so, so kind in trying to help us solve this situation, and it's, it just is. And we're in Michigan. I mean- Huh. But, but- ... you know? You guys can all feel it with your checklists and things, so. That's another reason we need this bond to pass. Yes. I mean, yes. Because retrofitting what we have is not a real option.
It's not real. Mm-mm. So. And, and the things that we have tried to do so far, they're just... it's really, like, duct tape on a wet surface. Like- Right ... we're doing the best we can, but it's, it's quite a, it's quite an effort, so. Okay. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So I know tax day is April 15th, but I also wanna just let the board know that April 15th is also the senior presentation for, the dress rehearsal- Oh, yes ... for Once Upon a Mattress. Mm-hmm. So put that on your calendar. And we'll have a luncheon that day. I'll make sure to remind you again, but that's coming up quick.
It's gonna be phenomenal. And w- our, actually, our freshman bass player this year, Delano, has one of the lead roles on stage. So again... Thank you so much. Well, thank you. Great job. Yes, thank you. Thank you, Julie. Thank you. Thanks for jumping in. Okay, new business, Yeah, so this is the annual request for our District r- Choice resolution for next school year. Um, there's no changes from our previous resolution. This is a limited K6, window. Um, the dates, I believe, are outlined in there. So it is for 105 and 105C, which is for out-of-county
students. So there are no changes. This has been the way we've operated the last couple of years. So I'm asking that the board approve the resolution. I'll make a motion that we approve this resolution. I support that. Okay. I know Dr. Nolan's- Mm-hmm ... I'm sorry, Brian, is, new to the District of Choice, so can you kind of do a high level- Yep ... of why we do this? So under the law, we have to e- either choose to opt in or opt out of District of Choice, and we have a few different-Options for the board to choose. So, Section 105 is in-county students,
Section 105is out-of-county students. Um, you can be unlimited K-12, which means any student that would, apply under district of choice would be accepted into our, our buildings as long as they didn't have discipline, a certain amount of discipline. Um, that's the only thing that pr- can preclude a student to coming to Grand Blanc. Um, we've opted to be limited, which means that we have-- we know what our available seats are, we can take in that amount, so we can control staffing.
Now, we could open additional sections if we chose to, if we had the space. But there was a time where we were K-9 unlimited, and we had a influx of students that sometimes we didn't have space or staffing for, and it did create some issues. So we've chosen to be K-6 limited, which in some ways could produce a lottery, for the available seats in those K-6 classrooms. Yep. Cool. And then once a student comes in- They're our student. Um, they're, they're not something that we can
say, "You live in, you know, Goodrich," or, "You live in Cu- you know, Sorchs Creek, and you gotta go back." They're our students, the only way they would leave is if they were expelled. They're treat- they have the same rights as a resident student. Until they graduate. Till they graduate, correct. Any questions about... And then there's some, from a state funding perspective, we have to adapt. Well, 105, we have a little bit of, of latitude there for students out of county that would come into Grand Blanc that would have, an IEP. So I know that
out-of-county students, a lot of times the sending school will request, payment. So for example, if a stu- if a Grand Blanc student went to Holly, Holly will request us to pay for the special education ser-services. We're not required to do that. Now, in county, we are. So but out of county, we're not. The state really wants to promote families having options, so that's why we have to do these things. And one reason why we try to get them in by sixth grade is to-- so that by the time they graduate, you know, they're, they're here for a while, and
they've really, you know, gotten the benefits, we think, of the offerings and expectations that we have to earn the Grand Blanc High School diploma. Any other questions or comments? Okay. Ms. McDougall. Fascianello? Yes. Lang. Yes. Nolan. Reichert. Yes. Yellen. Yes. Youngs. Yes. Kish. Yes. Thank you. 5.02 GISD Budget Hearing Delegate and as Alternate. I th- this is typically our treasurer- Mm-hmm ... that goes to that. You good with that?
Do we know what day it is? Uh, April 8th. Oh, wait, no, that's when it's due. Oh. April 29th. April 29th, yep. April 29th. Are we good with that? I can do it. And then we need an alternate. I can be the alternate. You can do it? Okay. So we need a motion from someone with Ryan as the delegate and Yasmin as the alternate. I'll make a motion that we appoint Ryan Yellen as our delegate and Yasmin Youngs as the alternate.
We have a motion and a support. Any questions before we go to vote? Okay. Ms. McDougall. Fascianello. Yes. Lang. Yes. Nolan. Reichert. Yes. Yellen. Yes. Youngs. Yes. Kish. Yes. Okay, 5.03, Signing of our Code of Ethics. So we talked about this at, a board workshop. So I have the document here that every year, we as a board come together, say that we all agree with that. So I'm gonna pass that, around.
But I like this idea. I think, Ethan, you came up with it. Um, we have our binders. Um, this is what Brian's been going through with his onboarding process. And in section two, there's a copy of the code of ethics. So if we can kinda go around the table and pick out your favorite one. Not that we have to read all of them, but if there's one that stands out to you, just these are the, are things that we say a-as a team that we're gonna do and how we're gonna behave. So who would like to start?
Um, I will hold confidential all matters that, if disclosed, may have a negative impact on the district. I will respect the confidentiality of information that is privileged under applicable law, including closed session discussions. Perfect. I like, "I will recognize that the board must make decisions as a whole in public as a body corporate, and make no personal promise or take private action that may compromise the role and integrity of the
board." I like, "I will become informed about current educational issues and seek continuing education opportunities, such as those sponsored by state school board associations." Brian, do you have one? No. You still trying to find it? I'm still trying to find it. Section two. Yeah. I think I have it now. Ethan, you wanna go? Yeah, I can go. Uh, I like, "I will encourage the free expression of opinion by all board members. I will make a good faith effort to understand and accommodate the views of
others." This one? Page five? Yeah, page five. Oh, okay. There's multiple of them, isn't it? Sorry. Just make sure not to leave out that board president section. No. Are you ready, Brian? Do you have one that you like? I will. I will do- Turn your mic on. Sorry. Turn your mic on before you get yelled at by the cameraman. Just, there you go. There you go. Um, I will become informed about current educational issues and seek continuing education opportunities, such as those sponsored by state school
board associations. All right. We're all about education. Thank you, sir. You're welcome. There's so many to pick from. Yeah, there's a lot of good ones. I wasn't even on the right page. Thank you, sir. You're welcome. Um, I will seek communication among the board s- I will seek communication among the board, students, staff, and community as required to be able to conduct board business at a board meeting. I think communication is, is huge. Yeah. We are the liaison between students, staff, community, and
everybody here. And then I, mine is, I recognize the appropriate channels to refer complaints, to refer complaints to the superintendent and will do so. So basically, w- we send it up chain of command. Okay. Thank you, everyone. Can you sign? Could you sign this survey- Go and sign it? -and please mail it in? We'll send it that way. Awesome. Thank you, everyone. Appreciate that. Okay, 6.01, superintendent report. Uh, yeah, so we're in the home stretch till spring break here. I know everyone's looking forward to, you know, some warmer
weather. We've seen a couple days that look like they hit, one of 'em was almost like summer. Right. Seventy-five, and then it was thirty-five the next day. Mm-hmm. And they have a blizzard in the UP right now, so you never know in Michigan. But spring starts, I believe, on Friday. So spring sports began last week. Um, Th- this Thursday we host the US Open Cup with the Flint Box. Mm-hmm. Um, playing Madison, the Madison Flamingos? The Madison Football Club. I think their mascot is- Madison Forward. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. But their mascot's a flamingo, which just does not-
Madison, Wisconsin, and flamingos doesn't go well together. Anyhow. That'd be cool. Um, this Wednesday, we have the district spelling bee at Mason. So I'll be over there because I have a certain fourth grader that is gonna be representing Myers, so I'm excited about that. Um, he's been practicing hard with his mom, and, she's a teacher, so he-- Good luck, buddy. Um, but he, yeah, so the district spelling bee and then the county spelling bee will be taking place here, before spring break. It's that time of year where we're starting to get the invitations to our end
of the year awards and spring awards. So next, the week, yeah, next week before spring break, we're gonna be at the Voices for Children's, Champion Breakfast. We always have the most outstanding youth nominees, so we have a couple students that are, are nominated next week. Uh, hopefully we'll win this year. Every year, it's another district. I don't know what the deal is, but- ... I, I think it's about our time. I need to tell Niecy Hollimon that they need to pick us this year. And then we have, and I see the invitations out for the Genesee County,
Association of School Board Members Spring Awards. I know many of you have been taking courses to be recognized. And then, we did have a student that received the... Yay. Awesome. I don't know if the, he'll see this, if it's, this is a surprise, but- He's been notified. Okay. He's been notified. So yeah, so we are gonna act- So we, for the county association, we do have a student being recognized. And we have had that before, but I'm excited for him. Um, it's bittersweet that Wednesday we're having, an open house in this room for our longtime Director of Technology Services.
Herb Wannsettler is ending a thirty-two-year career with us. Um, we've already kinda s- started to transition his department. Um, but Thursday we're gonna have probably a big turnout here for a few hours, to recognize Herb, and then he's officially done next week. So he'll be traveling around the country with his fifth wheel and his wife and their dogs and- Is he bringing his fifth wheel up so we can all take a tour? I, I don't know. I don't know if it'd fit. I know it's, it's, it's a big one. Oh. It's not really a, it's not really an RV. It's like a house. Oh, I know. Um, and then, you know, we have, when we get back from spring break, it's, it's
assessment season, M-STEP, Pre-SAT, SAT. Um, working hard on that, and we're excited to see the kids, kinda test their knowledge and see where we're at as a district, and, and we'll go from there. But, hopefully you guys all get to go someplace warm, for spring break, and we'll see you in April. Thank you. That concludes my report. Okay. Board member reports. Amy, you wanna start us off? I just wanna welcome Dr. Nolan. Welcome to the board. I'm- Okay, Brian. We're glad to have you,
so welcome. And, congratulations on your administrative award. That is very nice. That was, that's great. And, I see that we have this, Enginerd's, VIP pass. Yeah. That is so exciting. I really look forward to that. We get in there. Yeah. Yes. In Kearsley, yeah. Okay. At Kearsley High School, they have- Go right into the pits ... a competition, and you can go right down by where their, all the action is. Yeah. Yeah, so I look forward to that. That is very nice. So, thank you.
Thank you. I had the, honor of going to the Celebration of Learning at Myers. That's the school I adopted. Um, and then of course I went to Indian Hill for my own children. And then on Thursday, I stopped by East Middle School for their Celebration of Learning. So that was nice to chat with some teachers that I've known and then met some ones that I haven't known. Um, I also went to the luncheon, last week that Dr. Alward spoke about with the bond, and I was really glad. It was kinda hard to juggle for work, but I'm really glad that I did,
and you did a great job. Um, the room, it just seemed very positive and exciting. So I'm looking forward to that. Um, I think that's about it. Just gonna go to that Flint City Bucks game on Thursday. Hope it's not twenty-six and- ... you know, forty mile per hour winds. Easy rain. But, yeah, and that's about it. Um, I was able to attend Brendle's, Celebration of Learning. That's my adopted elementary school, and, their multicultural night. So they did a combined Celebration of Learning and multicultural night, where
each grade level basically adopted an area of the globe, and, and incorporated that in some of their assignments and projects. So when the k- parents came in to, learn and see some of the work that their kids have done, then they get that stamp in their passport for that zone, and then they were, and then they just kind of explored the other parts of the school too, so that some of the younger kids in different grades are able to see what the other kids did as well and, learn about different areas in our, in our world. Um, so that was really unique, and I
enjoyed that. They did a good job. Um, I did stop at Indian Hills Multicultural Night. I'm not sure if we met before, since then, but, that was-- they had a great turnout, big, lots of people in the gym, delicious food, del- amazing posters and, and knick-knacks that were set out at the table. Great event for th-the families as well as the community. Um, I also wanted to thank you for doing such a nice job with the cur- the advisory council last week. I thought you did a great job.
Um, always love to see leaders in our community here to learn and understand what's going on so that they can then take it back out and share with their colleagues. Um, there is the robotics competition this weekend, Saturday and Sunday both, at Kersley High School, and your pit passes will get you in, and I'm sure they'd love to see you. But, they did a really good job in their first, robotics competition this season. The robot, the robot is amazing. Um, so it would, you, you know, it's a great, it'd be, it's a fun time.
Um, on Saturday morning, I stopped by the Flint Regional Science Fair, to see some of the students' projects, and we have two high school finalists, our only two that submitted projects as final, and they were selected as finalists. And I'm telling you, like, I nodded along, and I'm a science person, but I nodded along like I knew what they were talking about, and I was- ... clueless. Um, they, it was so amazing. One kid was saying how they did all
their work, like, out of their bedroom. They have a three-D printer, and they printed this, robot that they hope to-- It's a gecko that crawls up the walls by a certain, y- like, electromagnetic field that, that they're creating. Um, and it, it, it was so cool. And then the other one, did something about letting a certain, radioac-- not radioactive. Uh, it would glow if there were ir- there was iron or lead, I think maybe lead or
iron, one of the two, in the water. A, a, a test that they kinda created. And so impressive, and these kids are choosing to do this in their own free time. This is not for a class project. This is not an assignment. They are doing this. Um, and Ritvik, our winner from last year, is, was a mentor for m- for the two of them, so he kinda helped guide them in this process. Um, but it would be really cool, I think, you know, maybe we could have them come or, or I don't know how they ended up doing. But the, it, they're both seniors, and
I'm sure they've got really successful futures ahead of them. Um, and finally, w- there's one more week of fasting for those fasting during Ramadan, then Eid is celebration, holiday after that. So I just wanna wish our Muslim community an early, happy Eid. Eid Mubarak. Thank you. Randy? Um, welcome, Brian. Thank you. Thank you for stepping up and, filling in and giving your time. We appreciate it. Um, yes. So I was on the scholarship committee for the GISD
scholarship, and Grand Blanc did have a winner. Um, he has been notified, so I'll mention his name. It is, Brayden Landry was his name. So, I know this is usually a big deal, but Grand Blanc, Bendle, Davison, Carmen, Goodrich, and Montrose were the six districts that had winners, for whoever's keeping tab. Somebody out there has a running total. Um, but those were the winners. So, on the twenty-third of April is the dinner. Um,
so there's a, a flyer in there, as Dr. Albert had mentioned. Um, as we get closer to election day, or not election day, but voting day, just continue to educate the community, drive people to where they can get more informed on the bond. Um, obviously, we saw, Julie here, with the orchestra and band, and it's vitally important you in the medical community obviously can see the correlation there. So get educated so that we can support, and give those, those votes,
for the, for the bond. Um, looking forward to graduation, prom. Our golf season kicks off soon, with Coach Nicholson. Um, I did have a chance to stop by East Middle School after basketball practice one day for their band concert. Um, I am a huge band person, love band, was in marching band, pep band. You name the band, I was in it. Um, so, uh-Huge supporter. So keep, keep the, the youngsters in the band. Um, we do have a tendency
to lose some as they get into the older grades. But, the kids did amazing at the band concert. So, I will be heading over to Kearsley for the weekend for the Engine Erds with my pit pass. So, supporting those, those kids and the, and the coaches. So that is all I have. Thank you. Brian? First of all, thank you very much for welcome... well, for the welcome. Um, I, I went to three schools, last week. I went to Bendale, Indian Hill, and East, Middle School, and I was so impressed by the whole
atmosphere, the positive, inclusive culture. Mm-hmm. And, it was just, kind of an eye-opener for me. Most of the kids I've seen were... have tubes hanging out of them and not running around like they need to be medicated. Mm-hmm. But, but, I, I was really, impressed by, by the whole, setup at these three schools. Awesome. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. Thanks for jumping in. Uh, once again, I'd like to welcome Dr.
Nolan or Brian, sorry, Brian- ... to the Board of Education. Uh, thank you for stepping up. Um, last week, I, attended the Celebration of Education at both Cook and Mason, and then I made my ways over to, Brundle, to Indian Hill, and then to Myers, to witness all of theirs. Um, it was a great spectacle at each school. Uh, Cook had a wonderful under the the- under the sea theme, that was just very unique.
I got to see kids running around in, swim goggles, which is, kind of a funny sight to see. Um, and then s- Myers, in one of the, trailers, they had a glowing theme room. I'm sure you saw, Kelly. It was very impressive, the jungle theme in that room. Uh, I also attended the Multicultural Night at, Indian Hill. It was a wonderful event, getting to see those different cultures being represented and learning more
about them and hearing from our students directly on, what their heritage is like. Um, I know that they, next year, are looking for a new Lebanon. Yes. So you might have to step back in, Yasmine. Uh, I told them that I'd be happy to help, as South Korea. But, that same day, I went to the University of Michigan-Flint, where our bands were performing for festival. Um, they did a wonderful job. I know one of the groups got, all
ones. I think it was the symphonic band. Julie, if you know. All of our- Um ... all of our band and orchestras got-- One of our orchestras got an excellent, and then all of our other bands and orchestras got a two, so all-- they all did top honors. Yeah, they all did wonderful. Uh, but the, the group that I wa- had watched, they did amazing. And then f- even for their sight reading portion, you know, you never would've guessed that that was their first time seeing that music. So, a huge round of applause to our performing arts. Um, again, another reason why you should vote yes on the
bond Uh, getting to hear more of this. Um, and then I had also attended the, staff versus students basketba- basketball game at West Middle School, where I was repeatedly asked by Diana Balbo if I was going to be playing in it. Which I kept having to say, "Oh, God, no. No, no, no, no, no, no." "I'm just here to watch." Um, but it was a wonderful, seeing the, the staff and the students k- kind of playing against each other. Um, kind of funny seeing teachers that I
had playing and then coming back after the two minutes, and they're like, "Wow, my mind is a lot younger than I think my body is saying." But, no, I give them a huge round of applause because, again, I wasn't gonna go out there and play. Um, and then I can just jump right into our, county association. So yeah, as it's been mentioned, we have our, scholarship and awards ceremony and dinner on the 23rd of April, so make sure you RSVP to Linda by April 8th.
Um, as Ryan had mentioned, we have one of our students, Brayden Landry, was one of the six winners, for the scholarship, so a huge congratulations to him. And then four of us will be winning awards. Yasmine's winning, an award for, finance certification specialty. Meredith won a community relations specialty. Uh, Kelly has her certified board member award, and then I also won my certified board member award as well as my level two
award of merit. So we will be there, to, to celebrate, and I know, I think it would be a great event for all of us to attend to cheer on Brayden and to, uh... We'll cheer on the other students as well. Um, aside from that, the county has the meeting this Thursday at five o'clock, instead of the regular six o'clock meeting time. That's because there is a CBA course, uh-Following that meeting, however, we also
have the Flint City Bucks playing here , so, um- And one last thing with them. Their, their new leadership team has asked us to weigh in on, a possible topics for future meetings- Yes ... future, programs that they wanna do. So if, if any of these are your priorities, student ab-- if you wanna learn more about them or have them do a, a presentation about, student absenteeism, literacy, suicide awareness, or Hope Squad information, we're kinda part of as G-GB is
leading that, with the, the Genesee Health System, so that would be kinda part-partly us anyway. Vaping, student discipline, law enforcement, res-restorative practices, any other MASB-free trainings. So if there's any topics or things that you guys would like to see them do, let Ethan know, and he can fill out this form and bring it with him to his meeting. Yep. Thanks. Uh, and then, a huge congratulations to James Johnson, who was reelected as the Region Five representative
for the MASB. Uh, and then, yeah, that's it for the county. I do want to say one more thing, for the district. I did get to go see, the EngineErds unveil Momentum, which I'm excited to see that performing this weekend. Um, but I think a wonderful thing for us to be able to do would be able to showcase Momentum at a board meeting, at some point in the future. Uh, we would probably need a different space because
it's a pretty big machine. It-- Yeah, it would take out a light. I mean, it can shoot b***s up to forty, fifty feet away, and, yeah. It's a... But it was terrific to see the dedication that our students had put into it, to see their, product of that hard work, and I'm looking forward to seeing that this weekend. Uh, but that's all I have. Oh, also, sorry . Uh, just want to wish everyone a happy, St. Paddy's Day. I apologize if I butcher the language, but,
the saying, Go n-éiri on bóthar leat, may the road rise up to meet you, a traditional Irish blessing, so have a very happy St. Paddy's Day. Thank you. Um, just a couple things. Everyone should have a red binder now. Um, Linda has done a phenomenal job putting this together. Yasmin and I met with her a few times, and so it really has been updated. So we thought it'd be appropriate that we all have one of these, not just our new board members. So please take a look at it. If there's things that you think are missing
or too repetitive, we can always refine it. Um, and then Linda's also has been working on the knowledge base. So, if you go out there, the presentation, she's got it. So all the presentations that we see in the school year, you can easily access those instead of trying to go back through all the meeting agendas to find those. So thank you for all your hard work with that. Um, and then, you know, we, we talked with the bond a lot about the performing arts and, and how that's such a big piece and, and that's, definitely is a big piece, but the thing that, gets
me is the early childhood portion of the bond. I mean, getting these kids in a year early to help them get that head start, and a leg up and before they get to kindergarten is really gonna make an impact to our kids. So I'm looking forward to, you know, getting the bond passed so we can get that and, and really put GB in a good position for our children. Okay. Um, with that, we'll move on- I just have one more thing. Okay. I was thinking about this. So in addition to the robotics competition this
weekend, Reed's drama students are doing Seussical. So I think the performance is Friday at 7:00 or Saturday at two o'clock. Yeah. So I hope to, to go to that. I went last year, and it was awesome. Brought me back to my drama days. Yeah, Kelly, my father has said that he would be more than glad to send you the copy from when I was in Crazy Camp. And I continuously beg him to never send that . Maybe we should view it as a board. No, I think it's, it's best- I've seen Crazy Camp. I wonder if I was there to see that one.
It's, it's best left collecting dust. Crazy Camp. Oh, I have a lot of DVDs of all those performances, so we can dig 'em out. Okay, moving on to section seven, public comments. We have one person who has signed up to speak. You still want to? Okay, and as you come up to the, podium, we ask you to state your first and last name, your city of residence. You have three minutes to speak, and I will give you a heads-up when you have about thirty seconds left, and, so you can wrap things up.
Okay, I'm gonna hold this so I also can be heard on the camera. Uh, my name- You wanna take that off? You know what? That makes a lot more sense. All right. There you go. Uh, so my name is Lena Stamos, and I am a resident of Grand Blanc Township. Um, I'm here to address the board, to meet everybody. So I'm a candidate for the Sixty-Seven (4) District Court, which is located in Fenton, but Grand Blanc City and Grand Blanc Township are b- part of the voting district. Um, I'm also a parent, here in Grand Blanc Schools.
Um, my oldest son attends Cook and Mason. So he's a second grader at Cook, but he also is in the ASD program at Mason. So we love the schools. We think they're wonderful. We love the teachers. Um, my youngest is two, and he will be attending Children's Garden as a preschooler next year, so we're very excited. Um, Ms. Klein is actually-- she was my oldest teacher, and now she directs Children's Garden, so that's very exciting. Um, but a little bit about myself in the timeframe that I have.
So I am a prosecutor. I have been a prosecutor for over ten years. Um, currently I'm a special victims prosecutor. So what that means is I try cases that have to do with child abuse, domestic violence, as well as any type of animal abuse. I'm also on the State Bar Criminal Law and Jurisprudence Committee. Um, and I was appointed by our governor to the Juvenile Justice Task Force because I did a lot of work with juvenile delinquency, as well as child abuse and neglect. Outside of the work that I do with the prosecutor's office, I am active in our community.
I have been a big sister with the Boys and Girls Club. Um, so I had several, little sisters that I have mentored. I'm also a career navigator with Hire Autism, which is a program that helps with young adults on the spectrum, k- you know, get jobs, go through the interview process, and just ask questions about being in the task force, or the workforce, I should say. Um, I'm here because I'd like to earn your support individually, in my candidacy to be your next district court judge. Judge McCabe in Fenton is retiring, so this is an
open seat. I am not challenging an incumbent. Um, so I'm excited to, you know, come here, tell you a little bit more about myself, you know, as this, campaign goes on. But I just wanted to introduce myself tonight and say hello. Um, it was really great to listen to this meeting, learn a lot more about our schools, all the schools. Um, and I'm really excited to hear about all the great things Grand Blanc Schools are doing. So thank you very much, and I hope you have a good evening. Thank you. Okay, no other public
comments. So, future business, our workshop on April sixth and our next board meeting on April twentieth. And with that, the meeting is adjourned.