Good evening. Welcome to the Monday May 19th Board of Education meeting. We'll start with a Pledge of Allegiance, Mayor. Oh, mayor. Are gonna start us off. Doesn't pledge. You just have to start it. Okay. I pledge allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America And to the Republic Fruition stands, one nation under God, indivisible. Liberty. Liberty, and Justice for All. And we'd like to have a moment of silence, please. This traction plugin is currently in demo mode. Please start a 30 day free trial
or unlock with a license to disable this warning. One. Approval of the proposed agenda. We'll take a motion. I'll make a motion to approve The agenda Or second support. Any questions or changes? Okay. Ms. McDougall Riker. Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Ello? Yes. Lang? Yes. Cash? Yes. 2.02. Approval of the April 21st Board meeting minutes. Madame Secretary, Madam President, I've reviewed the April 21st board meeting minutes. Everything appears to be in order. And make a motion. We approve as presented.
Court. Any questions? Okay. Ms. McDougal Ret. Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Fa? Yes. Lang? Yes. Yes. Moving on to 2.03. Student discipline case number 17. Uh, yes. On Tuesday, May 13th, the board's discipline subcommittee held a hearing for expulsion. The subcommittee members unanimously make the following recommendations to the full board regarding student number 17. The subcommittee recommends a 180 day expulsion with successful completion of core classes
through Bobcat Virtual Learning and continued therapy required for readmission. Is there a motion I make? A motion to approve is presented. Support. Any questions? Okay. Ms. McDougall Ryt. Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Fashion? Yes. Lang? Yes. K. Yes. Yep. On Tuesday, May 13th, the uh, discipline subcommittee held another hearing for expulsion regarding student number 18. The board's discipline subcommittee recommends expulsion through the first semester of the 25 26 school year
with successful completion of core classes through BVL and Odyssey House program required for readmission. I make a motion to approve as presented. Support. Any questions? Okay. Ms. McDougall. Ret. Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Shannel? Yes. Lang? Yes. Cash? Yes. Moving on to consent agreement. We'll take one motion for everything under 3.01 and then ask questions. I make a motion that we, um, approve everything under 3.01. Support. Any questions on the field trips?
Okay. Ms. McDougall Ryt. Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Fa? Yes. Lang? Yes. Cash? Yes. Moving on to section four presentations. First up is Meyers Elementary. Ms. Cato, oh, you're back there. This is Wilson. And Mr. Is Reta here. Third and fourth grade teachers. Um, and they are going to, um, walk you through our Young Innovators presentation that you did. Our students. Hi, my name is mj. I was a part of the Young Innovators Myers Elementary, fourth grade through third grade students.
The step, step one was identifying, identifying and understanding the problem. Step two was researching and understanding the problem. Steps three and four, brainstorming possible solutions and designs. Step five, building the prototype. Step six, testing and sharing the prototype. Step one, identifying and understanding the problem. We made a list of every problem we could think of. Some examples. Whenever you put a shirt on, it messes up your hair. Um, second example, the sheets come off your bed when you sleep. And last example, snow gets in between your gloves and coat.
Step two, researching and understanding the problem. We took several days to research inventors. We also researched to see if something already exists to solve our problem. We also looked at information on who is affected by our problem, where, how effects of the problem. Are there any suggestions to solve your problem that we did? Shopping, researching. We picked a store and shopped online for a minimum of three products already invented that are similar to our invention. Step three and four, brainstorming possible solutions and designs. What we did, we acted as engineers
and designers sketching, sketching out our prototype designs. These sketches helped us to visual to visuali to visualize our ideas. Step five, building our prototypes. Then we put our plans into action and created our prototypes. We used materials that we had available at home in school to make these cardboard Legos, straws, foam, et cetera. Step six, testing and sharing the prototype presentations.
We put everything together on our science boards. We set up at Sloan's Museum to present to all of grand blank elementary schools. Um, so we're just really proud of our third, fourth, and fifth graders. Um, so 26 out of them were selected to present at Sloane Museum. So, um, we just are so proud of all of them. Thank you for your time. Are there any questions from the board members or Whoever You wanna say? I just have a quick comment. Um, I know how building a prototype works 'cause I kind of assisted in building a prototype
too over at Myers. And, uh, it was quite the process. So I'm really proud of you guys. You guys, uh, did a great job and we were able to attend down at Kettering. And I know some of you even just went to Henry Ford to present as a state competition, correct? Yes. There was six that went to Henry Ford. Yeah. Are any of them here today? Um, no. Nope. It's okay. But no, the future is very bright. Great job, guys. I was, uh, wondering if any of the kids could, uh, let us know what their favorite part of the process was or what they, if, what they liked in particular.
Um, if anyone wants to share a comment about the experience, Thank you for being Brave. Yeah. My favorite part was telling people about my invention and explaining how I built in and did my prototype. What and what grade are you in? Third. Oh. What's your name? Jois. Good Job. Thank you. Good job. So I was thinking too, oh, go ahead. I have a follow up question for you, darling. So that was the best part, what you like mm-hmm. The most fun? Yes. What about the other steps? Because you went through a process
and you've gotta do each one of those steps so you can get to that end of your prototype. So what did you think about the rest of the process? Was that not so fun, but you saw how it worked? Yes. What was your least favorite thing to do? Um, well, not that much. It was fun to do. Was It fun to do? No. Awesome. Well, sometimes it's the stuff that's not so much fun to do. Mm-hmm. You have to do those steps in order to get you to the end. So you did a great job. Thank you for offering to step up. Thank you. Are there any other questions?
Did you have anything else for Myers? Okay. Because what we usually do is do a picture with everybody. So if you wanna come up here and we will do that While we're doing that. I wasn't planning on doing this, but, um, I think publicly I'd like to recognize Mrs. Cato. Mrs. Cato has gone above and beyond this year as well. Um, I think everyone realizes she's been overseeing. Um, I think we affectionately call her the super principal sometimes 'cause she's been overseeing a couple buildings mentoring, um, a couple of our assistant principals. And I, I really appreciate her, her taking that on this year, um, to support
that transition long term for the future. So, thank you Betsy. Yeah. Okay. Gets interesting. Let's see. I, oh, I, Amy, I need you to go. Oh, that's good. Ready? I'm gonna do it twice guys. 3, 2, 1. Look at the poser in front. You are. So, two it in the leg. Girl. Ready? 3, 2, 1. Okay. Um, moving on to 4.02 SRO. Recognition.
Uh, yeah. So we've been fortunate to have a great relationship with the Grand Lake City Police Department here on Central Campus. I know everyone's aware of Detective Rouse, detective Ellis, who's been our SRO for the last three years. Um, we are transitioning Detective Ellis's last day was last Friday. So we wanted to make sure to take a moment and recognize his years of service over these last three years. The board, um, we don't always do this when there's transitions within our SROs, but the board's very familiar with these three individuals. 'cause they're, they're here with us, um, at all our meetings and workshops.
And so we tend to get to know these guys a little bit better. And, um, John has been a tremendous asset to us. I know he was nominated for an Apple Award by his colleague Ryan for the recent threat situation and his sense of calm during that threat and how that brought a sense of, um, security to our staff and to our students. Um, but we do have a small token for John that we wanted to recognize him with in his Apple Award and get a picture with the board. And then we also have, you know, i I, they, they kind of call this in the military. This traction plugin is currently in demo mode. Farewell to John, please start a 30 day free trial
or unlock with a license to disable this warning city PD as well. Um, when John had, um, a baby last year, he filled in for, for Mark or Marcus filled in for John, This traction plugin is currently in demo mode. Please start a 30 day free trial or luck with a license to disable this warning. Yep. So he's, uh, he's a parent of ours. He's familiar with the system. He, he, uh, he, he, he does some really cool things with our students. And, um, yeah, I was just gonna reference the, the, the cafeteria moment. But no, we will leave that story for another day.
Um, but Marcus is familiar with us and I think it'll be a great transition. So, welcome Marcus. Thank you John. And of course, always thank you, Ryan. But I want to give them a round of applause and get a, That's where we usually take, right? Three. Do you wanna be in it or you? 3, 2, 1. There you go. Are there any comments from the board before we move on? Thank you. Thank you. I know it, It's a tough job. It, it takes a unique personality and person to be up at the high school with 2,700 students and trying to get to know them. So I, we really appreciate everything you've done
and thank you Marcus, for stepping up. Absolutely. It's, it's a role that is difficult. Um, but we are very blessed to have high quality people. Um, and it makes us be able to sleep at night. So thank you. Thank you. Okay. Um, moving on to old business 5.01, sex Education advisory committee. Second reading. All right. Um, last time when we were here, uh, we went through the entire proposal for, from, or the recommendation from the sex ed committee. Nothing has changed since then.
Um, but I'm open to any questions if you have any. Why don't we take a motion and then we can see if there's any questions. I'll make a motion to approve the second reading. Support. Any questions for the committee? For Allison? Go ahead. Thanks to the committee for their hard work. Okay, Ms. McDougall. Riker. Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Ello? Yes. Lang? Yes. K. Yes. Moving on to 5.02, Neo policy. Second reading. Madam Secretary. Um, as this is the second reading, nothing has changed in the attendance policy
that was presented at the last meeting. So I'm gonna make a motion we approve as presented There a second. Okay. Any questions? Okay. Ms. McDougall. Ret. Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Fashion? Yes. Lang? Yes. K. Yes. Moving on a new business, um, Neo of policy. First reading. Mad S Uh, this is first reading of policy 55 30. It is about drug prevention. Um, it's a policy. It's referenced in some of our other policies. It's, it's things that we already do. Um, we're just codifying it into, uh, a policy just
to make sure we have it, especially since it's referenced in some other things. Um, everything on here. Um, there's nothing new. Um, it's just things that we've always done. And so we are just putting it in writing. So I'm gonna make a motion that we approve the drug prevention policy is presented. First rating, Support. Any questions? Okay. Ms. McDougal? Riker. Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Cash? Yes. Lang? Yes. Kh? Yes. And then revised.
So the first reading of the two revised policies, the first one is called Use of Medications. It's, uh, policy 53 53 30. Um, this is actually on Neo Neola policy. In the past, we have used our own policy, um, regarding medications. So what we've done, just because this includes things not included in our policy, uh, when we started with ola, we wanted to use the grant blank language and what we had, because we had worked really hard on it. So what we've done is just made that into the ag
that is associated with the po this, with this policy. And then this policy contains all the legal language, um, and all the current updates. And again, just like the other ones, our nurses have reviewed these, the lawyers have reviewed these. This is stuff that we are already doing. We're just putting it in writing and using our supporting policy to support this one as well. That is 53 30. Policy, 55 31 is actually an existing policy, um, that we already have. But because the numbers don't correlate in Neola correctly, we have changed the number on it to 55 31.
And that one is regarding the, uh, prohibition against unlawful use, possession use or distri distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol. So that second policy, it is just a number change on it. That is the only re revision. So I'm gonna make a motion. We approve the first reading of these two policies as presented. I support. Any questions? Okay, Ms. McDougle Reer. Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Ello? Yes. Lang? Yes. Yes. Yes. Moving on to 6.02, approval of the, um,
food service renewal for 25 26. Judgment. Yeah. Um, I am requesting Board of Education approval to exercise the first of our four one year renewal options and renew the agreement with Chartwells to serve as our food service management company for 25 26. Um, as you might remember, last year we had to go out for a mandatory rebid. Uh, Chartwells won the award and I couldn't be more thrilled. Um, it's been a dream working with Karen Smith and Jacqueline, and then Ann Smith, I believe is here as well. They've been a dream.
They have treated the district wonderfully for 20 plus years, and I, I couldn't be happier to recommend them for next year. Okay. We'll take a motion. I'll make a motion. We approve as presented support. Any questions for Jeff or Chartwell staff? I agree. I mean, from the outside, the little I've seen. Fantastic job. Really appreciate it. The food tonight was pretty good too. So I Can, can Jacqueline give us that recipe for the chicken? That was, That was the best chicken I ever had, so, Okay. Um, is McDowell
Riker? Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Han Yes. Lang? Yes. Yes. Yes. Moving on to 6.04. The GISD election vote. Um, this is, oh, did I skip one? Oh, budget resolution. How could I miss that? Okay. Um, approval of the GISD budget resolution. Um, let me look at that one. This is the one for Ethan? No, Ryan. For Ryan. Okay. That you're representing us. Okay. Um, I make a motion to, uh, accept the budget resolution,
um, for the GIS D for 25 26 Support. Any questions on that one? Okay. Thank you for doing that. Ms. McDougall. Ret? Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Ello? Yes. Lang? Yes. Cash? Yes. Okay. Now we're onto 6.04. Um, the GISD election vote. Um, this one is for having members there. And I think this is the one we said Ethan, Right? Yes. Okay. And then backup is, do we need a backup?
I think me, but Yes, That's right. Okay. So we'll take a motion. So, Um, for this one, Ethan, we've got two people running for two spots. Mm-hmm. So the vote's pretty straightforward. And, um, I think we have to actually say Who we're voting for. I think. I mean, we can say that, but I thought we elected him to, to Our, well, he holds our bid, our vote. He, he, he's supposed to take it to vote for us. Um, Yeah, I don't see where the, Yeah, it was the email sent, um, by Michelle Benson.
Um, one candidate is Desiree Giron, and the other candidate is, um, oh gosh, local gb, GB parent. There only two, two slots. Two candidates. Yeah. It's two. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, I'm blanking on his name. Well, we can make the motion, if you wanna make the motion to, to Approve the two candidates. Yes. Yes. I, I will make the motion to approve the two candidates, uh, for the two slots. Perfect. That you'll then support. Okay. And then I found it Rafael, too. Rafael, thank you. I knew that. Good job.
Okay. Any other questions? Okay, Ms. McDougall. Oh, We need to support, don't we? Oh, I, he support Supported. Okay. Got it. Ms. McDougall. Riker. Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Han Yes. Lang? Yes. And they do apologize. Okay. Normally we would have a lot more time to, especially if there was more people involved, but It was a Right. Perfect. Okay. Next is M-H-S-A-A membership? Yes. This is our annual resolution to participate as a,
um, partner school in the M-H-S-A-A. Um, as you know, that governs our tournament play. So if we want to be part participating in any of the state tournaments, we have to approve all of our buildings to be part of their organization. So I'd recommend that you approve. We'll take a motion. I'll make a motion court. Any questions? Looks pretty standard. Okay. Ms. Gel? Riker. Yes. Yellen? Yes. Youngs? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Ello? Yes. Lang? Yes. Cash? Yes. Thank you. Moving on to information reports.
Yes. Don't forget commencement. Just right around the corner. A week from Thursday. I'm not gonna talk about the weather yet, but it's looking pretty good. That's Good. Um, seven o'clock on the field. So we're looking forward to celebrating class of 2025. Um, I think the board got all the indi directions on seating and, you know, areas and rows and whatnot, so, um, I know Marty is not here to help coordinate some of that. So hopefully we all, He's got it all. If we need to throw a lifeline to Mr. Ray, I'm sure he would come back for, for a minute. Um, thank you again to Scott for, um,
the tonight's retirement to dinner. We recognize 16 employees this evening that are moving on to their next phase 387 years of service to Grambling schools. I'm amongst those 16 people. I thought that was pretty amazing. So, um, 387 years of service. We recently found out for, for the second year in a row, grand Blanc has been voted as the, um, as a best one of the best communities for music, music education in the country. Um, that was by the National Association of Music Merchants. So this is an honor and testament to our music staff, our fine arts, um,
instrumental music and all the hard work that they do for our kids every day. So I wanna make sure to recognize them. And then we also had our first all State eSports athlete. Um, Spencer Steele was first team Allstate for, and this sounds a little weird, but Madden, NFL First team Allstate and, um, in the Michigan High School eSports League. So as a beginning program, I think that, uh, coach, job coach Runkel are making some headway and, uh, grand blanc's a kind of a school to be, be reckoned with. So I've had a chance to watch 'em a couple times.
And then la you know, lastly, I want to thank the Grand Blanc community for their trust and, um, the board, the trust in our leadership team, the trust in our staff, um, for the successful renewal of our sinking fund for the next 10 years. Um, you know, that's, uh, was passed by a 65 to 35% margin. I know we always shoot for 70 30 as an affirmative response, but that's still pretty good. Um, you know, and I know our former superintendent, my predecessor and mentor, said, I don't want to be the first superintendent not to pass the sinking fund in 50 years, but now I can tell him I'm the first superintendent
to pass it for 10 years and not five. There you go. So there's silver lining. So, um, but no, thank you to Clarence, thank you to John Ek. They helped lead, um, some of our campaign work and, you know, now we're in the next election phase and looking, looking into the future. So we're excited about that, um, and excited about where, where the summer and next year's gonna take us. So that'll conclude my report. Okay. Um, board member reports. Ethan, wanna start with you? Sure. Uh, I don't really have much to say. Just, uh, congratulations
to the seniors on completing their, uh, their final year. Uh, congratulations to all of the teachers, uh, paras, everyone who has worked for the district and has, uh, is retiring and this is their last year. Um, uh, thank you to the Grand Blanc community for, for believing in us, uh, to renew our sinking fund. And, uh, um, one sad thing is, uh, our community lost, uh, Mr. Keith Lawrence, he was a custodial at Reed,
and, uh, I remember him when I went to Reed. So, uh, I was able to go pay my respects to his family. And, uh, I remember just, he was a kind of this gentle giants, uh, who, who called us his little buddy. So he was a great guy. And, uh, I think Grand Blanc schools was, uh, better to have him with us. So, uh, my respects to his family. And, uh, again, I want to congratulate all of the teachers, and I'd like to congratulate to, uh, I believe it's Katie
White Neck, is that her last name, uh, for becoming the new principal of McGrath. So, uh, congratulations to Katie. And, uh, that's all I have. Oh, and have a safe and wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Thank you. Okay. Our last board meeting when Sun, moon and Carly were here, they inspired me to attend the orchestra concert, which I went to and was very impressed with that. And I also was at the JV and Varsity Lacrosse games, a few of them. And those are a lot different than my nine year olds playing lacrosse. So that was interesting and nice to see.
And then also, one last thing, just with, um, the food service renewal. I am happy about that as I just came from the retirement dinner and I have yet to have a bad meal, so, wonderful. Also, looking forward to Honors Night on Wednesday and graduation next week. Um, a lot of the same. Congratulations to the seniors. Uh, you know, finally, uh, making their way through graduation next week, honors Night Wednesday. Um, also wanted to thank the community for the support on the Sinking Fund. Um, another way to, you know, keep the best facilities, um, in shape for the, for the students.
Um, I had the opportunity to attend a little Shop of Horror performance, which was in incredible. Um, so good to see Mr. Clea back in town, uh, directing that. And Josiah was phenomenal as the plant. So, um, that was great. And again, just, you know, so many talented students and performers. We have, um, send us a quick shout out to, uh, Ms. Anderson and Miss Young's on their work with the Senior on Light Party. I know that is a bout load of work. A lot of students that I've talked to had a blast, um,
came home with a lot of fun prizes, a lot of memories that will last. So I know that's a lot of work, finding volunteers and putting that in. So thank you for doing that. Um, just a couple of notes from the, um, budget profile meeting that I went to a couple of weeks ago at the GISD. Um, I took a few pages of notes, but just a few things that I wanted to just cover real quick. Um, that stood out to me as pretty cool. Um, from the GI GISD perspective, you know, just like this board does, we manage a budget for the district. The GISD manages a budget for all of their, um,
school districts within Genesee County. So, um, it filters down into each respective district. They give you a sheet that breaks down the services that Grand Blanc uses into a financial, financial number, but just also going over what's, what's on the horizon, uh, grants, things of that sort. So, um, some of the things that stuck out for me was they have a nurse pilot program, so they've got a million dollar grant for that, which was pretty cool. Allowed 'em to hire eight new nurses across the GISD. Um, a lot of technology, a lot of safety, a lot of security, um, infrastructure and upgrades, hr, transportation.
Um, I didn't realize that their operations crew was, uh, as large as having 330 homes cleaned in a week. So that was, you know, they have a lot of folks behind the scenes as well as in front of the students. Um, they went through the Grow Your Own program, which is getting students to go into educational degrees. Um, there's a $1.4 million grant to support the program. And currently there are 50 folks pursuing special ed degrees or certificates. So obviously they're trying to get folks into education, uh, and hopefully get folks to work, uh, back in their home districts.
Um, there's the GC three A N, which is the Genesee County Career and College Access Network, um, which is communications and development, uh, for across the county, which was pretty cool. They went through the special education fund, uh, currently supporting 830 students, uh, from early to adulthood, um, which was pretty neat. Um, they went through the CTE, which is career tech education. They have what's called the Michigan Learner Wallet, uh, which is for students, um, that, um, learn different skills.
So it could be welding, it could be cooking, could be any different thing. Um, but it's a credentialing, um, app that they can take through school. And then it transitions with them after graduation, so that as they go to look for a post-secondary job, it has all of their credentialing in there, which is pretty neat. Instead of having, you know, a bunch of different, um, papers and forms, um, they're developing a new health services wing in addition to the GISD, uh, campus. So that's on its way. Um, they're hosting, uh, the National Educ Care Conference in Flint,
which is a huge deal. Um, so they don't get to host the national conference very often. So they're, um, Mr. Iff was pretty excited about that. Um, the young development area has new 12 new classrooms, playground renovations for early childhood programs and services, um, that is up and running, um, and looked really cool from what they, what they showed us. So those are just some tidbits on, on that. Um, at the conference or at the meeting, they did give the little brown notebooks, um, as a token of their appreciation for your board service.
So each one of you has that, along with the breakdown for gen or, um, grand Lake Community Schools. The services that we, uh, work with through the GISD and then on the back has a financial number tally to that or attached to that so that, you know, um, financially how much support we get from the GISD. So, really good, um, really good meeting. A lot of other board members were there. The budget was approved unanimously, uh, for the 25, 26 year. So, and with that I conclude. Thank you. Um, I also went to the orchestra concert.
Um, Ethan, you got a shout out as really being the person to bring Mrs. Hubler into the district to start the program. So it's maybe all due to you and Dr. Abela both. Um, but they, they did a really nice job. Um, I am super proud of our music education award. Um, it is, it is something that I really value and I really encourage us to continue to support. Um, I know we had our marimba band at the, the honors night for the Genesee County Association at the last meeting,
which I'll go into later. But, um, everyone was so impressed with the kids and just all the opportunities that they have to learn music and, um, use that part of the brain to be successful in other areas too. Um, will, I will always support, um, I was able to attend the MASB Spring Institute. I, I got, took a few different classes, was able to get some good ideas. I'll bring that maybe to the next workshop. Um, now that the senior all night party is done, I can focus a little bit more on that. Um, we will be honoring on Wednesday, the third annual
Grand Blanc Accomplishment award. That is a co-sponsored award with the school board, um, as well as with the Grand Blanc Educational Foundation. Um, our role has been pretty minimal because we do take the advice of the counseling staff to, to determine, um, a winner for a student who has really overcome a lot of challenges and, and surpassed all expectations and, and is graduating and should be, you know, recognized. Um, the Grand Blanc Educational Foundation basically
provides the money, uh, you know, to help fund the, the scholarship award they get a thousand dollars for to toward whatever they need it for. Um, so I personally want to put a little more skin in the game on behalf of the school board. Uh, I probably, most of, you know, we don't really get paid for this role, but we do technically get $25 a meeting, uh, this being one of them. Um, so I brought my $25 to contribute to that fund, um, for the future students, um, in that we'd like to recognize.
And I encourage, um, all of us to do that at some point, um, to just make it, make it more of just our name on the award. We are part of this. Um, I'm proud of this award. This is the third year, and I think we need to continue it and it, and, and be, um, you know, show them our pride in their accomplishments. So, um, I am so glad the senior all night party is over. It is it it is a lot of work, but,
and we had a record number or a recent record, nu record number, I'm sure more used to come a long time ago, but, um, in the last probably five years or so at least, um, we had 290 kids attend the event. Um, we, it, it went off without a hitch. It was really good. The kids seemed to have a great time, lots of smiles. I I, I saw one girl who I know to have sometimes not always the best attitude about school and things. Um, but she said specifically, I'm like,
actually loving tonight. So, um, so I, I took that as a really good compliment. Um, we got another Instagram message. Did you wanna read it? I'll say for you to read it? No, no. You can read it. She'll read it. Um, and, uh, um, I wanna thank Meredith. She doesn't even have kids in the district anymore and she's still helping to do this. I do have a graduate. Sorry, it's like the retirement. You wanna come back? No, come back. No, I'm okay. I do have a graduate this year, And it's just such a nice night for them to,
um, celebrate being done with classes and to have just a fun evening with their classmates, um, in the building that they've spent the last four years at. And it doesn't happen easily. It takes a village and it takes the community thank you to support, um, support us to fund us, to feed them. Um, it takes, uh, parents and, and grandparents and staff members to attend the event and volunteer their time to keep our kids safe.
Um, it takes a group of, a small group of dedicated moms and dads to, to make, uh, the details set in place. And, um, you know, if you've got kids coming up in the district and, and it's something that you enjoy doing, I don't totally enjoy doing it, but we do it because, um, because it's, it is a, a really fun special event for them. And I, I do think that they really liked it. Um, Thank you. Thank you.
Because I'm probably not done actually. Um, Jeff, I do wanna tell you that that pool space is pretty awesome. Um, the kids were able to play bubble soccer in that space, and it, um, it was perfect for it. And it's funny to wa I've never seen it played, but the, the boys aren't even interested in kicking the soccer ball. They just are running into each other. Um, and then the, the, the rest of 'em were, were trying, you know, score. It was fun. They really enjoyed it. If we had to replace the kayak races with anything, I think that was a good use of this space and it worked out really well this year.
So, um, um, um, I did attend the Little Shop of Horror show that was excellent. Every year, uh, I hope to give them a big performing arts center one day. Um, I wanna congratulate all the seniors, um, and our retired staff. I wanna put a special shout out to the high school staff because my daughter, the whole week up to her last day
of school was sad and crying. Um, where'd she get that from? I don't know. Um, you only cry when out of sadness, when you've enjoyed where you've been. And she has enjoyed her four years at Grand Blanc High School. She, um, it's prepared. Um, she is, she is excited for the next chapter, but she's gonna miss the people that she was surrounded by and the building she was in. Uh, um, some of you signed her yearbook
and, uh, spoke in classes about your love for these kids and your, um, sorry, your, uh, wishings of the best for them. And, um, I appreciate that as a mother. And it is important, uh, I think to see it from teachers who've been around for a long time, who still have that care and love for what they do. And I respect you all for that.
And, um, uh, and I think that the young new teachers coming in, uh, to see that and to be reminded that we're here for not just to share our knowledge of a subject area, but to really impact these kids and to help them be successful in their futures. And, uh, my daughter's gonna be that way because for teachers in Grand Blanc. So thank you. Very good. Mm-hmm. Awesome. It's funny, like I've never cried at boarding meetings. I've never cried at a retirement dinner. Uh, and then tonight I'm like, what the, Hey, just me.
So we'll just start with a retirement dinner. Uh, congratulations to all the retirees. Thank you. Um, I think, I think part of it though is part of it is, um, when the people who've had huge impacts on your kids are leaving, you wanna make sure that they have a great retirement, but also that they know how important they were. So like, I went to talk to Snowy after, after tonight. Um, my son loved her class. He loved having Chinese. That's not an experience that he's gonna get in most districts. He got it because he was in Grand Blanc. Um, he had Lisa Larson in kindergarten,
and that's why he went to U of M because that's where all her kids are supposed to go. She makes it very clear. That's the expectation. Um, so, um, so it was just a really nice night. And it was, it's great to see them get to go into the next chapter of their, their lives, but it's also, um, nice to be able to tell them before they go, even though you don't see it, you have impacted thousands of kids in your time here, and you just, you have no idea the difference that you make. And I wish that sometimes more of them would come back and tell you, because sometimes doing this job is really,
really hard and you don't always see, um, the impact you have. Which leads me to my, my next thing. I was at the senior all night party with our record, 290 kids that we haven't had that many since 2018. Um, I wanna thank all the volunteers, the grandparents, the parents, the teachers, everybody who was there, the huge support from the community. We had enough food to feed the entire city. And then, um, there was something else I was gonna say, oh, while I was there, I was, happened to be standing, um, by the bubble tea cart.
And this girl looks at me and she's like, I lost my ticket. And I'm like, go tell 'em at the bag center that Mrs. Anderson said to give you a ticket. You lost yours. And she's like, Mrs. Anderson. And she's like, Mrs. Anderson, who I had in fourth grade is my math tutor. I'm like, oh my gosh, it's Nyla. Yeah, it was. And she's like, oh my gosh. And she sent me your information. I gotta go to her open house. Um, but it's one of those things where you real, it's the impact that you had on a kid is she's going into education, she's going to be a teacher. I'm like, you made my night. Like this is, this is why we do what we do.
This is why when we don't have kids in the district, we just keep on volunteering our lives away because, um, we don't wanna be able to walk for three days and we wanna be tired and emotional at board meetings. Yeah. And that's why we do it. It's because we love the kids and that's why we do what we do. Um, I also wanna give a shout out to two other people who helped a lot with the senior All Night Party. One is Janet Smith, who, um, did not ignore my emails on the weekends that were sent with urgent priority to change thing on school pay so that we could adjust things, um, as they were changing. And to Trina Baylow, who this is her last year helping
with the senior year all night party. She's a parent, very dedicated. She is helped chair it for 14 years. She buys all the gifts, all the prizes that we give away. She spends thousands of dollars and then has to get reimbursed. And her husband's like, you need to stop doing this. And she's just kept right on doing it. Um, but this was her official last year and, and she deserves a big thank you. Um, I wanna thank the Black Student Union. They inve, uh, invited us all to a celebration and a dance. They had, they had great food. It was nice to meet all the kids, the leadership. Um, I do have to read the, um,
the post about the senior All night party that I forgot about. And so the funny thing is, the girl that I had in fourth grade is also in the picture, but it's not her post. Um, but it says The senior all night party was the best way to end the year. I'm so happy I got to spend it with the best people. Thank you to all of the volunteers and sponsors that made this night amazing. And it was better than I ever could have imagined on behalf of the class of 2025. You are all so appreciated and we will forever cherish this night. Um, and when I read that, one of my thoughts was when I graduated 34 years ago, one
of my favorite memories is still that night. Like, I had more fun that night than I did at prom. It was like the shout out with all your friends. Um, it's just a great event and it's a great way to end the end the year. Um, last but not least, I want to, uh, congratulate Grandma Kish and we'll leave it at that. Um, I also was able to attend the Saturday matinee of The Little Shop of Horrors, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was awesome. Uh, the kids did a great job and, uh, I want to congratulate our retirees.
You know, I, I just, everybody just um, contributes so much of their time and their love and their, everything that they have to make Grand Blanc great. And it doesn't go unnoticed. We really appreciate all your years of service and thank you very much. And I look forward to spending, uh, time with the seniors on Wednesday and celebrating their accomplishments at the, at the Honors assembly and at your graduation next week.
Thank you. Um, I wanted to share this, um, Trevor just gave it to me. It's from the GB Unified team, um, a thank you that they all signed and they were a picture with the Bobcat. Um, 'cause we hosted a week and a half ago on the Don. Um, and I was able to come up for part of that and it's awesome. It's awesome to see our students out there and, and seeing, you know, the community put their trust in us to build facilities, to pass sinking funds. And it's great to see our community and all of our kids using these, um, facilities.
So this was a great example of that. And, um, I'll pass this around so everyone can kind of take a look at it. That's awesome. Um, and I am looking forward to Honors night as well on Wednesday that we can celebrate the accomplishments. It's amazing. I think well over half of our students always attend honors night, um, because of their accomplishments. And then next week we go on to commencement and we celebrate all those kids that make it through the graduation process and get all their credits done. And, and I know there's probably a few out there
that are sad that they're not gonna be walking and they, and, and that's sad. But we have so many, um, students that have gone above and beyond to get where they're at and really looking forward to that. And yes, I am a grandma as of today, so Slated To have a, uh, fourth generation, um, Bobcat, a future bobcat to be here in the district. So, um, it's gonna be fun to watch. I'm glad to be here, so, okay. Um, with that, I, I have, you have your association. Okay, go ahead.
So the Genesee County Association of School Board members met last week. Um, there is no June meeting, just so that everybody knows here. Um, um, there's nothing for June, July, August, we'll start back up in September. Um, I'm looking for some ideas for future meetings or workshops larger, um, all board member workshops, some ideas that we're tossing around. Um, the GISD hosts, the Michigan Leadership Institute for Education for future, you know, for potential, um, superintendents, maybe some school board members would like
to know a little bit more about that program. Um, um, we're also thinking, uh, another board member had asked us to possibly do a vaping, um, workshop and just educational and ways that maybe we can try to help it get, stop more in schools. Um, any idea you have, just toss my way. Um, we were told that the superintendents met and they do have a county goal together
to raise our test scores throughout the county. Um, it's nice that they're all trying to support each other and, and, um, on that initiative. And you, we do have the new board member slides from March that should have been shared out, but I don't know if you received it. So I will make sure to send you both that email so that you have access to that presentation as well. Okay. That's it? Yep. Okay. Um, moving on to section eight public comments. We have three people who have signed up. Nancy, Amanda, and Tanya. Um, so Nancy, if you wanna come up to the mic, um,
just a reminder, when you come up to the mic, we ask you to share your full name, um, first and last name, your city or township of residence, and then your comments are li limited to three minutes. Um, and then I will give you a heads up when you got 30 seconds Left. Okay. Thank you. Sounds good. All right. Well, my name is Nancy Feedline and I live at 8 3 9 4 Sherwood Drive in Grand Blanc. I wanna say good evening to all the board members and administrators and community members. I stand before you tonight as the current Clerical Association president.
This is my 13th year in Grand Blanc Community Schools, eight years as a guest teacher, and eight years doing Postgrad party. I say it's like childbirth. You just remember the good parts. But right now, uh, I'm in my fifth year as a library tech. I am representing a dedicated group of 48 clerical professionals who serve as the backbone of this district. We sincerely appreciate the board's dedication to serving students and shaping their educational experience. You are also committed to fostering academic and personal growth, ensuring every student reaches their
highest potential. And the success of that mission depends on every member of our school community. And that includes clerical staff. Many of us chose to work here in Grand Blanc because it's our home. We live here, we work here, and we care about the schools where our children and grandchildren have been or continue to be. This traction plugin is currently in demo mode. When they walk through, please start a 30 day free trial or unlock with a license to disable this warning That keep the everything running very smoothly and trying to explain what we do. The complexity, the demands, the sheer volume
of responsibilities would take longer than the time I have tonight. But for managing offices and student records to coordinating testing and student wellness and library spaces, clerical staff ensure that daily operations run efficiently. Without US Grand Blanc schools could not function on the level that we all expect. The grand blank of today was built on the re reputation of high standards. In 2016, district leadership expressed the aspiration to become one of the top paying districts for clerical staff.
We have shared that vision and we remain hopeful that it will still be realized through collaborative efforts going forward. We understand that the district has weathered financial challenges in the past, and we appreciate the tough decisions that had to be made. Many of our members here have shown long-term commitment by supporting the district through years, including periods of pay freezes and the turbulence of the pandemic. 30 seconds. Now with the pan, now with the district in a much stronger financial position, we see this as an opportunity to better align Compensa compensation with the area.
Investing in us is just not a matter of fairness, but a commitment to the excellence that defines our district. We love what we do because we know how vital it is not just to the district, but to the di students who rely on us every single day. So thank, thank you for all you do, and thank you for your time. Uh, next we have Amanda. I, Hi, my name's Amanda McNeese. I live on 6 4 2 1 Haven Drive, grand Blanc, Michigan. Um, good evening everyone. I'm so proud to work for Grand Blanc Community Schools. I absolutely love my job. It's a commitment to students, families,
and integrity of the district. Every day I have the privilege to connect with students, even if it's just for a few moments in my office. Those quick connections mean everything. They remind me what that I do. It really truly matters. My role is more than just administrative. It's essential. I handle student enrollment and administrate medication with meticulous care. I take the time carefully to verify birth certificates and confirm three valid proofs of residency at registration time. It's a process that requires precision and discretion and sometimes it feels like I'm a part-time detective.
I also administer daily prescription medications, making sure each student gets what they need when they need it. Each dose must be delivered exactly as prescribed. And when they don't show up, I track my students down. Safety is always my top priority, which is why this year I took extra care to ensure that the Washington DC medications were properly organized. Uh, for the East Middle School staff, these students wellbeing, it comes first. My work requires intelligence, professionalism, and unwavering attention to detail. I do this all because I love my job.
I wanna thank you for your time. Thank you. And next we have Tanya, Tanya, Robertson, grand blank. I have some very serious concerns and safety, um, questions and, um, safety concerns. Um, why do we have, um, I'm gonna say person, A lot of staff refer to them red shirts posted at the desk as you come into the high school. Um, first of all, I do know why it's for accountability or when we call in late for our kids. It's for accountability. When they get to the school, when we call them out early, is for the accountability that they're not in the school. We're trying to keep kids accountable. Who's in the school? Who's in the school as adults?
So when the, when I walk into a school and I have to sign in, all I have to do is buzz that to buzzer and I can't get in. Anyone can can get in, for example, to Grand Blanc High School, any student, any adult off the streets. What are we doing? You know, I'm up here all the time about safety, safety, safety. You get in there, you sign a piece of paper, you get a sticker saying you're there. Great, we're signed in. Most of the schools do that. I approve of it. But never do you log out at the high school. Never. And it's been going on for years. So if we use that excuse as we're trying to keep it accountable to know
what adults are in the building, if there's an an emergency and we need to know who we need to get in and out. You don't know. You don't know when that adult left. You have no clue because there's not one spot on those sheets of sign out. There's not. So I just would like to know what in the world is that poor guy's job is such a sitting duck. When someone does get into the school, he's the first one getting taken out. That's sad. That's scary. You guys refuse to put the metal detectors in. You refuse to try to do any sort of protection. It's smoke and mirrors and it's a false sense of security to the public
and it's unacceptable. Um, I went off cuff big time. Uh, so let's just skip ahead. So let's talk about some things that we know. We've been talking about. Some of you know, why would a principal demand to speak to a child's therapist? And the therapist sent over a four page letter of accommodations. And, and, um, yet the principal, all they cared about was calling that therapist and trying to talk to the therapist to clear up nothing about the concerns about the student, not whatsoever, but to clear about misunderstandings
and mishaps about the staff. We wanna make sure the staff are covered and we wanna cover for those staffs of what their behaviors have incurred. And after three months in counting and racking up bills and therapist appointments to meet those demands, nothing seconds, nothing was done. Nothing except to meet with the counselor, which nothing against this counselor. Um, she did her job properly. But none of those recommendations to help a child in her academic performances and her mental health were shared at all. But were demanded. Demanded, which is against you Can't
demand to speak to a therapist. But again, follow the rules. Did what you needed, jump through the hoops, do all those things. Protect our children. Protect 'em, you, you're not, you care about each other. Okay, um, next up is future business upcoming board meeting on June 23rd. And with that, the meeting is adjourned.