I'd like to call the Hazel Park Board of Education meeting to order, 6PM on 02/02/2026. Round call, please. Here. Becker? Here. Fortress? No. I'm absent with notice. Fox? Here. No problem, boys. At a conference. Bratine? Here. Present. Here. Please stand 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. K. I need a motion to approve the agenda. I make a motion to approve the agenda as written. Support. Motion by Nate. I support my money. You have to make sure you guys talk to them. Are the microphones on? Right. This is the fault of Brad Wilkins. He didn't turn our microphone. Just leave it. I'm gonna have to turn it out to keep it perfect. Okay. Roll call. Becker? Yes. Rosie? Yes. Eugene? Yes. Yes. Fox? Yes. Yes. That brings us to our special order of business, the best business of the night of student of the month. Okay. Good evening. I'm so excited tonight, to introduce you to James.
James is our student of the month from Webster. James is a student in our two year old program, and all it takes is one smile and giggle from him, and he will absolutely capture your heart. James comes to school each morning with excitement and makes our day start off with a smile. Miss Precious nominated James for his continued growth and effort in the classroom. He shows strong fine motor skills through activities like coloring, stacking blocks, and placing items into bins. He has made noticeable progress with transitions in classrooms classroom routines. James works hard each day and continues to build his skills, and we are proud
of the progress he is making. We are lucky to have James Webster. Mrs. Corso says, our student of the month for January is Jacob Spencer. Jacob has been excelling so far in second grade. He's kind, respectful, and responsible. He's always doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. Jacob works extremely hard at whatever task he is given, even if it might be hard. Jacob is an awesome friend and helps others whenever they are needed. Jacob is a true example of a leader and an awesome classmate. We're so lucky to have Jacob as a part of our classroom family and can't
wait to continue to see him flourish. Keep up the good work, Jacob. Hello. I would like to introduce, Hoover's student of the month. This month was Jack Becker. Alright. Missus Suter yes. You should go shake their hands. Jack is a wonderful example of a Hoover husky. He always is he always practice safety, makes responsible choices, and shows respect to everyone around him. In addition to following all of our PAW expectation, he takes his learning very seriously and is eager to share his knowledge with whomever will listen.
Jack is also very eager to help others. He takes a lot of pride in being a go to person when help is needed. When Jack truly cares about something and sets a goal for himself, nothing can stand in his way. He shows determination and focus when he is motivated, and this helps him succeed. Jack is like a sponge soaking up any new knowledge he can, which keeps me on my toes and his peers always seeking his help. Jack is also kind and respectful to his peers. He gets along well with everyone. He has a great friend who cares about his classmates and is always willing to help others so they can be successful too.
We are so proud of Jack and are excited to celebrate him as our student of the month. Congratulations, Jack. Good evening, everyone. I am so excited to present Lena Sloane. She is our student of the month at Advantage School. Lena is diligent. She is always doing her best, and she does not give up easily. She asks great, great high level questions in class, and she also demonstrates persistence. Her work is thoughtful and well planned out. She is engaged, and she always participates in class.
Lena actively engages well with students as well as our staff, and she helps her peers when she can. She brings a positive energy into the classroom. Lastly, Lena is friendly and fun to be around. Keep up the good work, Lena. I do have a junior high. No. We don't have a junior. Good evening. Hazel Park High School's recipient is Zaina Topolitska. Mister Fairbrother writes, Zena oozes artistry and demonstrates an unbreakable dedication to her creative work. As a Hazel Park drama intern, Zena leads her peers with integrity and ensures all
tasks are completed efficiently and excellently. She has also been recognized by theater professionals at the state level for her initiative for her inventive prop design as well. Zania is a shining example of what Hazel Park students can become and achieve through quality performing arts success and mentorship. Congratulations, Jania. I'll be reading for, unite, United Oaks. Blake Rucks, who is not able to be here this evening, is a third grader at United Oaks. Blake is one of the most hardworking students I know and he approaches everything he
does with a positive attitude and a smile. He consistently asks thoughtful questions and is always eager to participate and share his ideas. Blake puts forth his best effort in all situations and whenever help is needed in the classroom, he is the first to step up and offer support. He truly embodies the values outlined in our SOAR pledge. Way to go, Blake. He'll also be reading for Edison this evening to Joshua Candler.
Way to go, Joshua. Since returning to Edison, Josh has demonstrated great behavior following, Edison's sore expectations. He's completing all of his work. He's kind and respectful to staff and students. He always comes to school with a smile on his face and a positive attitude. He is a pleasure to have at Edison. Jardan Joseph Turner. Joseph has showed great leadership skills this year. He is the vice president of the Jardan student council who brings many good ideas to the group. Joe also provides weekly affirmations to staff and students every Monday morning over the intercom.
Joe is a great friend to his peers and works exceptionally hard each day. And I believe that's all we have for today. Hi. Congratulations to everybody once again, and thanks for coming out in the cold weather. That was a big effort. I mean, we've been so stuck in, and this is so great. So nice to see everybody. Next we have the high school representative. Hello. My name is Preston Blaze, and I'm the high school representative. This will be the first, meeting we've attended since coming back from break and the first meeting for 2026. So, hope it's been a great new year for everybody, and I'm just going to
touch on some points before break. So the December 18 blood drive was a success with 40 appointments and enough blood to save up to 82 people. The next drive will be April 16. The high school had an excellent PBIS award before going on break with a movie, food, and many games on the last day of school for 2025. With the return from break, all sports have been doing well. Powerlifting has its first meet this weekend. The end of the first semester was on Friday, January 23 with a snow day, so that was fun. After returning from the long weekend, many students began new classes.
On Tuesday, January 27, a few of our students met with a third party organization to discuss some improvements to consider in the five year strategic plan. Drama began their hot chocolate sale, and it's been a hit. This weekend, some members of the band will be attending solo ensemble to showcase their skills to professional judges for a score. Drama has been working hard on Beetlejuice with many rehearsals for both our teen and youth ensemble of over 70 members. Our show dates are Friday, March 6, and Saturday, March 7 at the junior high. That is all. Thank you.
And next, we have wonderful Hoover presentation. Good evening. First of all, happy board appreciation month. Thank you for all that you do. We appreciate everything, all of the efforts you put forward for our students. As you know, part of our district's strategic plan focuses on improving student writing. So as the Hoover team planned for this school year, we brainstorm ways to increase student engagement. And one of our ideas was, writing celebrations. So for our first unit of study, students met, classrooms met once they've so the way that ARC works is throughout the unit, students are writing on a piece.
So they spend the whole time writing on it, working on the piece, putting it together, and publishing it at the at the end. So the first unit of study, students met with their grade level reading buddies, and they exchanged those in the classroom. We had little snacks. And so the second unit, we made it a little bigger, and we had we invited our families in through for the day. So each each grade level team had a piece of the day, and parents were welcome to come in. We writing celebrations are so important because they provide students with an authentic audience, to,
to you know, as they work throughout the the unit, they knew that they were gonna be sharing this with their parents and their families, so it really gave them incentive to really work hard. So I have a couple of my teachers that are gonna get up and talk about just the kind of that process that went through, and then we're gonna work on maybe having some brave readers read some of their pieces. But I'll let missus Becker go first. Hi. Thank you for having me. I'm Alicia Becker, and I teach first grade at Hoover. So our second unit that we work on is all based around wild and endangered
animals. So I'll just give you a brief overview of our process. We start by learning about all kinds of wild and endangered animals. We learned about reptiles and amphibians, birds and mammals. We spend quite a bit of time teaching the students how to navigate nonfiction texts. They learn how to gain information from things like photographs and captions and diagrams and paying attention to labels and the table of contents, all those things that are special about nonfiction texts. And after we learn all of that we kind of narrow it down to one
animal that we want to become experts on. And for us this year that was owls. We became owl experts. Each kind of week we would focus on a specific research question. So we focused on physical attribute attributes, habitats, the life cycle of an owl, its classification, and the food chain. So students were actively using their own books and read aloud books to search for all of that information and they would record it in their research books. And then comes the most challenging part of all, which is taking all of that
information and actually writing about it. So in first grade, some of our major focuses are staying on topic and writing complete sentences, keeping your writing factual. These are nonfiction books that they're writing. So, you know, owls are cute. Yes. They are. But they learn that when they're writing a nonfiction text that they present factual information. And then on top of that, just all the foundational writing skills that they are still mastering like, letter formation and line placement and spacing.
And so writing at a first grade level is really challenging for them, and, they worked so hard. So, I have one of my students here that truly became an OWL expert and she loved every second of doing it. This is Aurora Donnelly and she wrote a fantastic book that I think missus Dimas is gonna read for her. Is that right? Do you want You better read me it? You do. Oh my gosh. Okay. Good. Come here. Get over here. Ready? Owls are birds.
Here. Why don't I hold it up here? Okay. We didn't here. How about a fight? Here, daddy. Daddy. He's tall guy. Turn. Turn. Stand. Alright. I'll be your holder. Okay? Alright. Ready? Well, first, hold on. Read your title. All About Owls by Aurora. Owls are birds. Owls have big eyes. Owls have claws. Owls have beaks. Owls have two wings.
Owls live in many different habitats. Some owls live in tundras. Some owls live in deserts. Owls eat meat, so they are carnivores. Owls eat mice, and owls eat lizards, and owls eat bunnies. Foxes eat owl, and wolves eat owls.
Owls hatch from eggs. When a owl is born, they are fluffy. When owls grow up, they lose feathers and lose their fluff and grow fly and grow flying feathers. Ow. Here are some fun facts about owls. Owls have three eyelids on each eye.
Owls can turn their head around. 270. 270 degrees. Owls spit out pellets made out of fur and bones and fur. Owls are camouflage and blend with trees. And missus Becker teaches first grade, you guys.
Alright. Miss Kletcha is gonna talk about her fifth grade process. Hi. My name is Liza Clecher. Thank you for having me. This is my first year teaching fifth grade at Hoover Elementary, switching from third grade. So in our second unit, we talked about the ecosystem, and students got a chance to learn new facts about different ecosystem, rainforests, deserts, and different places. And then they got to choose who they wanted to work with in a group. First, they worked independently, and then they collaborated together at the end to, talk about
the different topics that they needed to. So one of the topics is location and climate. We talked about, like, where is it located? What's the temperature like? What biome is it located in? Producers and consumers. We also talked about decomposers, but for our topic, they just focus mostly on producers and consumers. They talked about the different food web and which animals were, like, their main ones, and then which one was the tertiary consumer. We also talked about threats to their different ecosystem and ways that they could help save their rain or save their ecosystem, excuse me.
And then some fun facts, so the students got a chance to add some fun facts about their ecosystem. And then we did a slideshow, so students got to make it more unique in their group. And they got to add pictures. They got to add different features. Some of them added pictures of themselves at the end as the, as their team members. So it was just really nice to see them really work together and collaborate on this unit and to put it together. So I have two of my students here. One's a little shy right now. That's okay. So we have Jasper who's gonna share just two pages of his and Orlando's, presentation
on their ecosystem. Me and Orlando had the rainforest ecosystem, and I will be reading what the threats are to it and the biome and climate. The rainforest is found in the in the forest ecosystem characterized by high rainfall and high temperatures. The temperature in the rainforest ranges anywhere from 68 degrees to 82 degrees Fahrenheit. The precipitation is anywhere from 74 to 394 inches of rain in the rainforest per year, I think. Some threats to the rainforest are deforestation caused by sore soy farming and wildfires caused
by discarded cigarette butts. Ours and both of these are severe threats to the rainforest. Technology, reforestation laws, and fuel reduction are in place to keep the rainforest alive. Thank you. Great job. Thank you so much, and I think Brad has a little slideshow. The the families loved it. They they went around. Everybody did a little bit different, but I think you'll see from the video, just how much fun everybody had, and we're looking forward to a next celebration. So thank you so much for allowing us to share our hard work with you. I wanna thank my teachers, miss Kletcha and missus Becker, and our students, Aurora, and
Jasper and Orlando for coming, and the parents for bringing you. Thank you so much. Have a great evening. Thank you for the presentation. And it was nice to hear the students reading. It's that is an awesome accomplishment and to actually hear hear them reading and the amount of work that you talked about that's put into that, appreciate, your presentation and your work, your hard work every day. Thank you. Next is public comment. If anybody's wishing to speak, there's a paper to fill out on the table.
And seeing no one, we'll move on to approval of the consent agenda. I'm I move that we approve the consent agenda with moving item d, conference requests to new business as item DB. Subpart. Okay. Motion by, Nate and support by April to move conferences to Who do you vote for the company? BD. Okay. Go Max. BD. Okay. Any any objection?
Roll call? I didn't get a report. April. Yes. Yes. Yes. Fox? Yes. Repeat? Yes. And then Yes. Motion carries to to move that, later in the agenda. We're gonna go back to the, public comment. I didn't I should've waited a few minutes to to see if someone wanted to speak. I'm sorry. I have Sharon Heath and Jean, Bartress Barnas? Yes. Yes. Michigan Education Justice Coalition. Yes. I apologize that Sharon hasn't made it here yet. I didn't realize that you guys took public comments first.
So many boards take them last. So, that's probably why she hasn't rushed here. But, anyway, I will speak as well as I can about a ballot initiative that we've been on the streets, gathering signatures for, and we're just reaching out trying to inform the boards and the school districts about this. Do we have a second time from this at the end of the agenda? Do you want it to be? You know what? I think I think that would be fine. And that way, Sharon will be here, and we can both go together.
Okay. Okay. Thank you. Yes. So you wanna miss it. I think this should go right along. Under new business, The first new business is the meeting dates for the Board of Education. I move that the Board of Education approve the 2026 Board of Education meeting dates. Support. I move by Darren, support by April. Any discussion? It's not that big of a deal, but next Monday, I will probably be a little bit late. Yes. I'll be here just a little bit late. I know it's only a community the whole day. Okay. Alright. Thank you for that. Roll call. Fox?
Yes. Beaton? Yes. Yes. Patrick? Yes. Yes. Good catch. Yes. Motion carries, five zero. The next is MASB delegates to the conference in, October. It's in Lansing. And I didn't appoint anybody. And anyone here tonight, any board members, wanna be the delegate? This is just informational, and you, can let me know later if you're interested. It's in Lansing. Mhmm. Do we know the exact date? I don't have it with me. No. It's usually, like, the second week, I believe.
I would be interested. I just need to fill out the dates. We can choose an alternate just in case. Right? Yes. October 14 through the eighteenth. October 14? Through the eighteenth. Okay. So alright. We're gonna have Monica, and, we can bring it back at the next meeting for the alternate unless somebody here wants to meet the alternate. Alright. Moving on. These are just informational, no voting. Youth assistance representatives, it's gonna be myself and Debbie because we're on the committee. You're always welcome to attend the meetings. It's not closed. It's open to anyone that wants to attend.
He's a Park Museum representative. Darren agreed. He would he would still be that representative if everyone here agrees. And next, during nothing, I guess everyone agrees, Darren, confessed my kid's resolution. Would you please read that, April? That was very interesting. Do I have it? Yeah. I do have it. Okay. Sorry. I didn't take a look at this earlier. I didn't sorry. Okay. Resolution to support and endorse the Invest in My Kids proposal. Whereas, the Board of Education of the Hazel Park School District acknowledges that Michigan's public schools are the cornerstone of our communities and the foundation of our children's future.
And whereas, the Board of Education of the Hazel Park School District believes strong public schools attract families whose property values and strengthen the general workforce benefiting everyone. And whereas Michigan's public schools are underfunded by nearly four by $4,500,000,000, and more than three quarters of all Michigan public school students attend schools and districts that are over $2,000 per pupil below adequacy. Whereas funding for Michigan school aid fund has significantly discreet decreased over the last two decades, and between 2015 and 2022, seven studies found Michigan does not provide enough money
for the state's public schools. And whereas in the 02/2022 school year, Michigan offered the lowest starting teacher salary in the Great Lakes region. And whereas the top 1% earners in Michigan pay lower effective tax rate than everyday people that everyday people pay. And whereas the lifetime earnings of Michigan's current k through 12 students could increase by $27,000,000,000 if their educational achievement matched the national average. And whereas, a 10% increase in per pupil spending improved low income students graduation rates
by seven percentage points, and their adult hourly wages by 13%. Therefore, be it resolved that the Hazel Park School District Board of Education hereby endorses the Invest in My Kids proposed amendment to the Michigan Constitution to impose a 5% fair share surcharge on annual taxable income over $1,000,000 for joint filers and over $500,000 for single filers to raise funds for career and technical education, reducing class size, and attracting and retaining educators in public schools across the state, and is subject to an
annual audit. Oh, thank you. May I have a motion to accept the resolution? I move the Board of Education approve the resolution or invest in my kids as presented. I'll second the motion. Alright. Moved by Monica, second by Darren to accept the resolution. Roll call, please. Yes. Fox? Yes. Eaton? Yes. Pepper? Yes. And Chip? Yes. I should've asked for discussion. Sorry. We talked about it at the committee at the At the committee, yeah. So, motion carries five to zero. Super oh, no. Letter of HPEA, addition, Schedule B.
Do you wanna comment on this, Doctor Wilcox? It's this is new. Do you wanna move it first? Let's go into the contract. Move it first. You wanna move it first? We have it as an informational item. Do we need to make a motion? Oh, no. It's it should be made a motion. Alright. I move the Board of Education approve the HPEA addition to schedule b as presented. Support. You ready? Alright. Motion by April. Support by Monica. And now move to the So we, have been working for some time on discussing
bringing, boys volleyball, as it is an official sport this season, as well as power lifting, into our contract. As well as, the the agreement also adds if there's a JV or a freshman volleyball team, they'll be added just like the girls, volleyball, is. Okay. Any discussion? And the HBEA has already agreed to this? I'm guessing they send this agreement. It's signed. It's just waiting for your approval. K. Okay. Roll call? Yes. Petit? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes.
Yes. Motion carries five zero. Superintendent contract amendment. I'm on the Board of Education. Approve the amendment to the superintendent contract as presented. Support. Motion by Mona for support by Nate to, accept the superintendent contract amendment. Roll call? Yes. We didn't have discussion. Okay. Go ahead. Go ahead. We can do discussion. I just am curious, so and bear with me because I'm new with this here. Traditionally, how have we gone about annually?
You know, we don't generally just amend the contract or how do we go about this process? We do amend the contract on a yearly basis because multi year salary increases haven't been put in place. And so this, amendment is because we didn't do a salary increase for me last spring for the school year, so this is in rears. This does not, give us multi years. Different superintendent contracts do it in different ways. It is why we asked for a multi year contract with the remainder of my contract. It really doesn't change the language just when we do it because of the ORS
situation that could potentially harm me, in the future. Anybody else? And and could you go over so we're changing in the name, which rightfully so. Please. And then we're changing there's some pieces in there that actually protects the board of education. And then, Can we talk about it? Yeah. Okay. Please. So it changes my eval it changes my evaluation from, July 1 to June to be January to December. Thus, we couldn't do that.
We didn't do that in a timely manner, and so that would change and, thus, then, potentially, the approval of, my goals. It also changes the new change in the law removes highly effective for teachers, all educators, so it takes it to effective, which is what it is now. And then it also, sets in there the evaluation process that if the superintendent the new rule is is that the superintendent has to be able to appeal, and oftentimes, you appeal that to the appellate court. This appeals directly to the board and does not leave me with anything other than
the board gives me a bail. If I don't like it, I can appeal it to the board and then the board makes the decision. So this is a little different than the law is, but, that is Clark Hill's advice to also protect us from not having unduly financial, obligations. And then it just adds last year's salary. So my contract remains through 2029, And each year, you'll have to amend it with the process that we're going forward with. Okay. So, I wanna comment that, to mister Becker's question. Sometimes it was connected to the evaluation.
You have the evaluation and then you get the raise. Sometimes it was given at other times, not at the evaluation time. And the recommendation on the salary schedule says eligible for increases on a yearly basis pending their individual performance at the district financial conditions. So, that's that's all I have to say. Do you have anything else? So, going forward, the level one, level two, level three, so next year it goes
forward or we have to go through the same amendment process? You have to go through the same amendment process because you're not approving me more than the end of this year. So, I would hope that you do that July 1 instead of waiting until December because it also has different tax, obligations on me when we backfill, the salary piece. You answered my questions. Thank you. Okay. Ready? No call? Regine? Yes. Becker? Yes. Aiden? Yes. Fox? Yes. No. Motion carries four to one. I mean, five yeah. Four to one.
Yeah. There's two. Four to one. There's only five of us. Superintendent goals. Motion. I move the Board of Education to approve the superintendent goals as presented. Second. Oh, motion by Monica. Sorry. Second by April. Any further discussion? We've discussed this last week. Questions? Okay. Roll it off. They haven't this is not one that we opted to change from committee of the whole to this week. Right? Correct. Right. Okay. I didn't remember which if we change them both or just one. Sorry about that. I'm ready. Ruthie? Yes. Eden? Yes. Treasurer? Yes. Fox? Yes. Yes. Motion carries.
Five zero. Next, student interns. Motion please. I move the Board of Education approve the use of student help for the technology, buildings and grounds, athletics, communications, and drama departments as listed. Support. Alright. Motion by Monica. Support by April. Any discussion? Okay. Roll call. Ruthie? Yes. Aiden? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Athletic, spring sports, motion. I move the Board of Education approve that winter sports purchases not to exceed $26,800
as presented. Spring. But otherwise, support. It does say wonder. I wanted to buy money for support by April. Any discussion? I do. I did ask at Kennedyville Hall about the boys volleyball jerseys because I know that they were purchased last year, and I don't have an answer. And so I am struggling to say yes to this for that reason. I apologize for that. That that got by me. Could you ask the question and maybe our athletic director can answer this? Last year, they had jerseys purchased for them. So I'm just curious why we're purchasing new jerseys. They're gonna run up with JV team.
We're gonna we got, like, four kids signed up for. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Alright. Roll call. Wait. I I have a question. Is this a budget item? Is this in the budget? Or is it has to be put in now that we're doing it? There's something in the budget for it. I can't say it'll be that exact amount. Alright. But So it's just really we'll be adjusting to the actual We'll be okay. Just wanna make sure. Thank you. Now I'm ready. Okay. Roll call. Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. Andrew? Yes. Motion carries $5.00.
Conference request over $500 Motion, please. I move that the Board of Education approve the conference request over $500 as presented. Support. Moved by Darren, support by Monica to approve these conferences. And I I have a question. Who are the people? It says nonviolent crisis intervention renewal. Are these are these teachers in our buildings? I don't know who they work, social workers. So they're ancillary staff currently. One of them is a social worker and two of them are teachers of students with autism and they teach CPI, so the crisis prevention.
That's the safety class of working with with students that can become very dysregulated, keeping them safe and the staff safe. Perfect. Thank you. I'm glad they're able to go. Now we need roll call. Wait. I do have a question. Just to make sure that we approve the right amount, we only have two staff in our memo. Two staff. So we have two trainers. They train everyone else. Okay. I just wanted to make sure because you said one social worker, two teachers. I got nervous that we were leaving them again. All set. We're okay. Yeah. I didn't want somebody to, like, not get to register because we missed them.
That's a great question. Okay. Yep. Great question. Okay. Roll call. Fox? Yes. Britney? Yes. Dean? Yes. Becker? Yes. Yes. Motion carries five to zero. District policies, action item on the first reading. I move that the Board of Education approve the first reading of the District policies as presented. Support. Okay. Motion by Darren. Support by Monica. Any discussion? Roll call. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Chromebook purchase. I move that the Board of Education approve the technology purchase of Chromebooks to address
the areas of the strategic plan. Support. A motion by Darren, support by Monica to approve the promo purchase, $34,900. Would you like a discussion on this one since it didn't come to any of the world? I didn't think it came to the It did not. And I apologize. Since the time that we met, it was brought to my attention that we didn't have enough Chromebooks for, some of our high school's kids because the amount of ones that are broken and the time that they're coming back. And so this is a little more than what we should think we should have, so we have extra ones always available when they're broken.
No kids should be without a Chromebook. Agreed. Roll call. Fox? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Sinking Fund Projects. Action item. I move the Board of Education approve the architect fees as presented. Support. Okay. Motion by Monica. Support by Nate. Any discussion? Yes. I'd like to share, we felt that it was important even though these will be built into the total cost to put those fees out here. The two items right now that we're looking at or three, the restroom renovations and
the cross corridor doors, at the high school, replacing where the gates used to be, as well as, the estimate, for Invest's Field, as well. And then they will be doing for free, designing, a park around Longfellow, to submit for a grant. I I have a question. Mhmm. I'm sorry that I didn't bring this up at the committee as a whole, but I remember that the past board before this board was working on something about getting
the Jardine bathrooms, remodeled. Whatever happened to that? That was would have been done in the bond. So those would have been done in the bond. And, at this point in time, the only bathrooms that we were looking at and and that you guys approved to go out to RP was one set, one for here, and one for there. That would be something that we would look at as we decide the building usage. And we also went for a remodel, of the building, which was approved by the PA team fund. It was approved by the special ed fund and die denied by the, superintendent of
the IST at that point in time. Oh, that's where it went. Because I remember Don Rice working on that very hard to get that taken care of, and it was through Oakland Schools, and they okay. I think our building assessment will give us an idea about the direction we need to go. Yes. That that thank you. You're welcome. That helps. So this is proposed fee. Clark Construction estimates a total project cost of $342,546. Is that that's all here in this report?
This is the so Clark came in and did an estimate so that we in all of them, they also estimated the welding room, which came in at a half $1,000,000, so that was removed at this point in time. For just that room? For just that room. Yes. Because you have to do filtration and some other things as well. So we are bringing in front of you, they give an estimate of the cost to make sure that's coverable. And then once this is approved, they will go out to bid. It probably won't be done by August, so we might be able to make some determinations of other things to do with the sinking fund and or after the building
comes in, we just push those dollars to the next year. And those cross corridors at the high school are the ones that we talked about that were, that were recommended for fire safety as well? Yes. Okay. I we had so many conversations. I didn't I didn't remember where they were. So I have the the sinking fund report from December. And we have $1,418,145.49. It says available balance? Correct. Okay. I'm just concerned we're doing getting our roof scanned.
We know we have roof problems. We just had a boiler problem at Webb Jardine that I'm really concerned about that amount of money that The roof? Not something we need right now. We well, this was what we brought to you in the three year plan that we thought we did need. We removed the, welding room, though we feel we really need that because it's a great program and maybe we'll come up with some funding in other places. But we do feel those doors are a safety issue and that we need to
do them, and the bathrooms are horrible at those two places as well. So it's the next step moving in and on the three year plan that the board approved, it goes one set at a time. The building assessment and the roof assessment will give us a good idea of when we look at next year and we relook at our three year plan, what we need to do, as well as the community input from the strategic plan. Okay. Anybody else? Roll call. Yes. Becker? Yes. Yes. Uh-huh. Yes. I'm not comfortable. I gotta say no. Four to one. I know we need those bathrooms. I know we need those doors.
But maybe the next time. Board compensation. Motion for the $40 a month for board members. I move the Board of Education approve the continuation of the $40 per month stipends for board members. I second the motion. Alright. Motion by Nate, support by Darren for the compensation. Any discussion on it? Alright. Roll call. Director? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Community Coalition stipend. I move the Board of Education approve the mid year performance stipend of 2,500 for
the HVCC executive director with the remaining portion of $7,725 to be disbursed on 07/31/2026 upon successful completion of goals and strategic actions. Support. Alright. Motion by Monica. Support by April for the community coalition stipend. Is there any discussion? I don't have discussion, but just as a reminder, for the public after our conversation and community is of the whole, that this is a grant funded position, and this is a a normal part of her compensation package.
So this is something that was agreed to technically in the past. Thank you for that. I should be asking for discussion and comments since the discussion was last week. We could have comments. Well, it it feels like it was last week, but it was really, like, a month ago because we had all this association. So that's I think that's why we're all confused about voting because we talked about this a lot. Oh, true. Yes. Yes. Okay. Roll call. Gratique? Yes. Mhmm. Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Yondeth Peltjes. I move the Board of Education approve the purchase of Yonder Pouches in the amount
of $29,610 for Hazel Park Junior High and Hazel Park High School. Is there support? I second. Okay. Motion by name and support by Darren for the pouches. Comments? Again, this one is coming out of a grant. Just so the public knows. And yeah. And the fact that the legislation just passed that lawsuit is Yeah. Kind of bound to do this. So when will this be implemented? March 1. Thank you. So we will be having some letters go out to parents.
Parents will have an opportunity to come and listen, to understand the structure. We talked about it today in the safety meeting about some additional ideas on, how to enclose those pouches at the end of the day and and lock them in case people are in the building. I can tell you every day there's reasons why this is important to do for our kids. Today, would be absolutely one of those. And if I may comment, being on the discipline committee that I'm on, it seems like it actually is working very well for the advantage program, because the kids are,
like, really, they're for it. They they want it. They wanna do that. It's it's less a distraction for them. So, I think it's gonna be a good thing for everyone, especially our staff and the teachers. And to go with what mister Becker said, we are, like, this close from the governor signing it, so we're just getting ahead of the game. Yes. We are. Yep. In the we didn't have the the invoice estimate. I'm not sure what this is. Add committee of the whole. In the implementation style in the invoice, it says that the style of pouch is
all day take home. We will not be taking them home. Okay. That's just like the word the verbiage from the company. Not okay. That I thought I I heard that we weren't taking them home, so that threw me off. But It's just the company's verbiage. And then the 15% buffer, is that something that they offer that, replaces broken or Go ahead, doctor Donald. Are you talking about the that additional amount or are you talking about Yeah. It says 15% buffer of pouches. I didn't know if that was, like, something that they built in to replace any that are lost or broken or what the it their their invoice uses, like, I
think, their own technical jargon, so it's hard to know what they mean. Yes, sir. And there are some additional couches built in because, again, you know, something might happen. We hope not, but they may. And then in addition to that, just, for the public and to remind the board, because we purchased for both schools, they gave us a 15% reduction in the overall cost. I also, just from committee of the whole too, want the public to know that we are getting certain bags too for children with diabetes or Correct. Other medical conditions. Correct? Absolutely. And the other question is is the the rules for the student's use, what happens
if they destroy them? Will that be in the new student handbook? Yes. It'll be in the new student handbook and also sent out, and it'll be Okay. Systemic across the district. Okay. Just like it is at Advantage. Mhmm. Alright. Those are great questions and comments. Roll call. Yes. Fox? Yes. Aiden? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Next is summer school proposal. I move the Board of Education approve that early childhood grade 12 summer programming as presented. Support. Motion by Madeline.
Support by April. Any discussion here? Comments? President Hinton, may I add one positive? We were notified by, Ballmer that they are now going to cover the kindergarten program. So there's a portion in there. I think it's about $53,000. We will get dollars to cover that as well. Wonderful. The kindergarten readiness. The kindergarten readiness. The kindergarten readiness. The kindergarten readiness. The kindergarten readiness. The kindergarten readiness. Wonderful. Thank you to Ballmer. Mhmm. Yeah. The kindergarten readiness. Wonderful. Thank you to Bone Room. Mhmm. We need to send them flowers or something. They just keep really open. I think we give a lot to them as well with, some of the stuff
that we do. So we're really fortunate to give back to them as well. But we are grateful for they make a difference for our kids every day. Okay. Roll talk. Yes. Mhmm. Yes. Roger? Yes. Fox? Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Facility assessment. I move the Board of Education approve moving forward with a comprehensive facility assessment of all Hazel Park Schools facilities not to exceed $45,000 plus $16,500 for the educational adequacy audit as presented.
I second the motion. I'll be into it. Alright. I was doing pretty good. You motion by April 2 by Monica. Mhmm. Comments? Questions? Okay. Roll call. Bean? Yes. Yes. Becker? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Motion carries. Nine zero. Transportation contract renewal. I move the Board of Education approve the purchase of transport annual license in the amount of $5,856 Support us. Alright. Motion by Monica. Support by Nate.
Any questions or comments? Alright. Roll call, please. Yes. Becker? Yes. Eaton? Yes. Fox? Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Audit request for proposal. I move the Board of Education approve to release the audit services RFP in order to solicit proposals and return to the board with the recommended firm for approval. Support? Support. Alright. Motion by management. Support by Nate for the audit request RFPs. Real talk. I I do have one question. Mhmm. Just very quickly.
Only because we didn't our our meetings were postponed, and the proposals were scheduled to be due on February 27. Are we gonna push that back because we're voting two weeks late? No. No? Okay. Just wondered. If they could do it But we did the RFP release date, definitely. Yes. Alright. I just didn't know if we were gonna give them more time. But if we're not, fine by me. Okay. Roll call. Ritchie? Yes. Becker? Yes. Eaton? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Metal detectors for the junior high. I move the Board of Education approve the purchase of the metal detector, and it
cost not to exceed $23,725 as presented. Go forward. K. Motion by Monica, second by April. Any comments, discussion? Just that this will additionally come out of the safety fund dollars that we accepted from the state. Thank you. Alright. Roll call? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Thermographic scans. I move the Board of Education approve the thermographic scans at a cost not to exceed 21,000 as presented. I second the motion.
Okay. Motion by Monica and support by Darren. Do you wanna say something about that? Sure. This will be the second time we've had the thermal scans done. The costs have gone up significantly, and so I asked him to actually, I think it was 14,000 the first time we did it, five years ago. I asked to get several bids, from the company and the other ones were more, so 21 is is is good. They were exceptionally more. So we have one more bid coming in. We'll see how that comes out, but it so it should be a not to exceed. This will help us look at our roofs to see if they've gotten worse or
some of the things that we've done has helped it. We have to wait until the snow's off when we get a little warmer so that the ice is gone and we can see how the water is pulling or hopefully not pulling on our roofs. This is also out of the sinking fund. That's what I was looking for. Yes. Sorry. Sinking fund. Yep. It's on there. Alright. Roll call. Ritchie? Yes. Fox? Yes. Deaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Twenty twenty six E Rate action item. I move the Board of Education approve the winning e rate bid to Delta Network
Services at a cost not to exceed $77,000. Support. Okay. Motion by Monica. I mean, motion by April. Support by Monica. Discussion? Just that, you approved the start RFP to go out. We've received it back. It can't be done till April, and hopefully, it'll fix some of the concerns that we're seeing with our Internet. Okay. We'll call. Deacon? Yes. Britney? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. NSBA Advocacy Institute, need a motion. I move that the Board of Education approve the conference what?
Oh, the conference request for the NSBA Advocacy Institute at a cost of 2,366 as presented. The four notes. Alright. Motion by Darren. Support by Knight. The 2,366 is minus the 500 from, Oakland Schools. So it's 1,866, I believe. Anyway, roll call. And that's where Debbie is right now. Yes. Fox? Yes. Becker? Yes. Dean? Yes.
Ritchie? Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Student reinstatement action item. I move the Board of Education approve these students to reenter Hittsburgh Schools as presented. I second the motion. Alright. Motion by Monica. Support by Darren. Roll call. Christie? Yes. Fox? Yes. Adece? Yes. Becker? Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Student discipline action item. I move the Board of Education approve the student discipline as presented. I second. Motion by Monica, second by Darren. Roll call. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Is this really good? Yep. Because I don't have. I will, Okay. This is from our consent agenda, the conferences. I move the Board of Education and approve the conference request as presented. I second. Okay. A motion by Monica, second by Darren for conferences for our staff. Roll call. Yes. Fox? Yes. Dean? Yes. Becker? I abstain for familial conflict. Yes. Motion carries, four to one.
Now, can I go ahead and do public? It's it's a request for future items and calendar dates. I guess we could quickly do that and then it's public on that. Oh, anybody have, requests? I don't have which one is. Calendar dates. That should be on the Mary approved calendar dates. We're good. We're good with that. Yeah. Well, we have what? We have meetings. We have done that. It's okay today. The we're on break the sixteenth. We're on break, so that's our normal date, but it'll be the twenty twenty third. Okay. Now we have Sharon and Jean. You know, Ed, you ladies, state where you're from instead of me reading where you're
from. Who which one's Jean and which one's Sharon? I'm Sharon Dean from the Education Justice Coalition. I'm Jean Bartas from Invest in My Kids. And so we've been working very hard together, on the ballot initiative to get the signatures, and we really wanna say thank you so much for endorsing. We greatly appreciate the work that Hazel Park is doing, the board is doing, superintendent is doing, community schools is doing. We've been able to work, with you all a little bit, and we wanna keep working with you all because you're very embracing to us.
What we try to do is just have healthy and healing schools and communities, and we love to see that Hazel Park is a healing community and has some really great teachers and healthy schools, so we love to see that and great parents as well. We still have a lot of work to do. We have over a 100,000 signatures, but we need over 500,000. So we still need a lot of folks to get on board as you have done tonight, And so we really would like to know, will Gina talk a little bit more about what we'd like to know. But also, we do have a state of education, virtual town hall coming up on
Wednesday. And so we have, Attorney General Nestle will be speaking. And we also have your own April Beaton will be speaking. So please turn out for that. And, also, if anyone is interested in being a part of collecting or being a part of Invest in My Kids further, you can go to investinmykids.org and sign up for that. And then I'll let Jean share a little more too. Thank I will reiterate what Sharon said. Thank you very much. Thank you for partnering, with us and improving this.
And, what we've been doing in some of the schools is partnering with the PTAs and reaching out to the different PTA presidents from the schools. Like in Farmington, we're doing a booth at their freshman orientation to allow people an opportunity. So that's what I'm here to say. If there's any way, you can give me that information or if you have that information available on your websites, I can just start reaching out, let them know that
the board has endorsed this and that we're here to either support by giving them petitions to collect signatures or to collect the signatures theirselves. I, in this South Oakland between Sharon and I, we probably have a team of about 12 people who are willing and able and would love to, you know, participate in any events that you would welcome us into to collect signatures. Thank you. What is the deadline for all those signatures? I'm sorry. I didn't Deadline.
Oh, we are collecting up until most likely March. We may look to extend based on how many we can get, and we have, like, a big push right now to get more so we can keep going because we would we want this to be passed so we can get the funding in 2027 and have it on the ballot for 2026. Okay. Well, thank you. Thank you so much. You're coming steadily. Right? Oh, absolutely. Yes. We'll be there. And then, yeah, also, if you can let us know, like, where it is okay for us to collect. I do have my, sheets with me tonight, but we wanna make sure we're wherever
we can be. So, thank you so much. Thank you. Alright. I need a motion for closed session. I made a motion to recital recess into closed session. Eight c through strategy and negotiation session sessions connected with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement. If either negotiating party requests a closed hearing. Let me start again. I apologize. I move the Board of Education recess into closed session eight c for strategy and negotiation sessions connected with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement if either negotiated party
request and close hearing. Support. I move by Nate's support by manager to go on into a session. Can you read that one more time, Dash? It's there. DLN. Hey. We need a motion. We just need to wait a minute. I need a motion to file the meeting back to order. I make a motion to reenter the open session of the meeting. I'll second. Okay. Motion by April 2 by Aaron to reconvene our meeting. Roll call. Dean? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. I move the Board of Education approve the item discussed in closed session As presented in closed session. Okay. Is there a second? Support. Alright. Motion by Nate and second by Monica. I have a question. Okay. Do we need to be more specific on that? Or I might suggest that, you amend your motion to I approve the MOU with the union, for the 2526 middle school schedule prep.
There we go. And then my motion to say that I that I move the board of education approve the MOU with the union for the 2526 middle school prep. 2526 middle school prep. I still support. Okay. You're a butter man than I. That's why I didn't make the motion. No. Thank you. Now we can vote. Roll call. Becker? Yes. Gratiot? Yes. Eaton? Yes. Fox? Yes.
Yes. Yes. Motion carries five zero. Superintendents report enrollment. Well, actually, I'm going to begin with the special educate or the Board of Education recognition. It is local school board recognition month last week and last month, but don't think that we forgot. So I would like to read into this, the State Board of Education, our resolution for local school board member recognition month. Whereas providing the education of Michigan schools children is a fundamental duty of state government as stated in article eight section two of the Michigan constitution of 1963 and whereas
the education of our youth is the foundation upon which economic, social, and intellectual capital of our state is built and whereas Hazel Park School Board plays an important and vital role in a representative democracy, and decisions made by local boards of education directly influence instruction in Michigan's public schools, and whereas the Hazel Park board members contribute hundreds of hours each year, lending their districts, whether it's by deliberating important decisions about curriculum, adopting policies, hiring top notch personnel and administrators, listening to staff, parents' and students' concerns,
or recognizing outstanding programs, board members always keep their eye on the goal of student achievement. And whereas these decisions affect the present and future lives of our children, and also set a direction to prepare all students to be competitive in local, state, national, and global knowledge and economy, and whereas local board members are exceptional people who tackle the enormous jobs of governing school districts and demonstrate to the students they serve the high character of civic duty and responsibility that all citizens should engage.
And whereas a Hazel Park School Board member recognition month provides an opportunity to build strong relations between thousands of men and women who champion the cause of public education as board members, their schools, and the community they serve. Now there let it be resolved that the Hazel Park community recognizes the contributions of the Hazel Park Board of Education to the academic behavior and mental health public school students and expressed its sincerest appreciation to our board members for their focus on the well-being and achievement of children throughout our district, and be it finally resolved that the
Hazel Park School Board of Education declares January 2026 as local school board recognition month and encourages the Hazel Park staff to appropriately recognize our dedicated local school board members. And it's okay to do it in February. I do wanna thank you guys. It is it is not easy to be a school board member. You're pulled in so many ways, but your dedication of showing up even when it hurts is can is appreciated. Thank you, doctor Wilcox. That was very nice. Very nice. And, I do have enrollment in here.
I also wanna remember that next Wednesday is CELP day for February, so that's coming along again. We're currently involved in having our audit completed by, the ISD. And then we have your fundraisers on here as well that we continue. I do wanna take a moment and say, wow. Today, our students of Hoover demonstrated the hard work that the science of reading and ARC is bringing to Hazel Park schools. I have goosebumps when they're reading, and I thought when our little first grader read that book, I was gonna come to tears. Like, how articulate in the vocabulary that's being done, and that really is because of
the dollars that we've invested to our teachers to support them, to support our kids in changing the way that we look at reading. And we are now through tenth grade, correct, with the science of reading and way out there and ahead of the games. And we're really, really proud, and we're seeing it. We're seeing it happen, and we will continue to work hard. So kudos to all of our teachers, to our reading coaches, to the teaching and learning, group, and to all of you for approving us to step out there and get going on the science of reading. So thank you. I also wanna express my gratitude to Oakland County and to Ballmer Group for working
with us under the community schools. If you didn't get a chance to see the publicity that we had at our Longfellow, talking about, Oakland connects, and I hear that if I say Oakland connects five times that, that they'll give me a prize. Oakland Connects. Oakland Connects. Oakland Connects. Oakland Connects. Because that is the amazing connection that's happening between Oakland County, Southfield, and us as we look at community schools, but we also wrap the families as well. And we had some really difficult conversations today about some students that need that and
it's really this gives us an opportunity to wrap our families. We had a great conversation today with Oakland eighty, and we will have Michigan Works coming to visit our school, Fern Clinic that's coming next week hopefully to finalize some operations. We're gonna get some fun activities going on, and hopefully we'll also get our outside grounds done through a grant, to make that more of a community based with, not only perhaps a pavilion with some grills out there as well, but, some other areas
to play. Splash pad. Both splashpad too, but to play Pickleball. Pickleball. Yes. Thank you. I I always wanna say bocce ball, but pickleball as well out there. So we're really hoping that we can score big on making that a really good community place for everybody. So we're super excited, and it looks beautiful. Our ADK winner for January, is Catherine from Webster. She'll get $50, towards, support for innovative classrooms. And we encourage our teachers to continue. I already know the February 1, but I will save that to the February board meeting.
Holiday baskets. The holiday basket committee was able to help 84 families and 202 children this year with their contributions to the staff and the community. That was really always fantastic and it warms my heart. I love that day when we hand out those to them. I'm always with the hats and gloves with a few of my friends, and the hugs that we get and the love that we get, they were missing Rocky this year, but I told them that I would bring back next year to that. We also had an amazing Amazon air donation. So thank you, Amazon, for $10,000 with the school supplies that, we had a bunch
of people that was able to unpack that for us while I was off visiting my grandson. And we got that out in social media today to say thank you, and those supplies were given out to the teachers and delivered to the building. So we're super excited, but, just that is great. I wanna remind everybody that this Wednesday is kindergarten open house from six to seven at all of our schools. These events will happen in each of our buildings at Hoover, Webb, and United Oaks, and there'll be a second one later on this year. But come on out from six to seven. Come out and see our schools and come and join and see our amazing teachers
and administrators. This Saturday, we have two exciting things going on. We have, heart health checks at the high school from nine to eleven. Bring your child forward and get their healthy heart checked. And then also the resource fair chili cook off is at Hazel Park Junior High, and we have all kinds of resources that are available from care of Southeastern Community Housing Network, DTE, Hazel Park Community Coalition, Hazel Park Fire Department, Hazel Park Police Department, Hazel Park Lions, Michigan Schools and Government Credit Union, Hazel, Oakland County vaccination.
Come get your vaccinations. I wish I would have done that before I got the flu. HB CAN, children's special health care services, and many, many, many more. So come and join us. It'll be a great day. And if you wanna do chili, please let us know because the firefighters win every single year. They do. Thank you. We're trying to unseat them, but their chili is pretty good. Their chili is pretty good. I have to admit it. And then we have our Freedom of Information, that's just down and below for you to review. Do you have any questions for me? It's not a question. It's a request, I guess. Sure.
Well, social media has had that stuff on there about ICE, and and I know you've just sent out the letter again. Could you just remind people that, that you sent out a letter about the process? I sure can. Are you talking people or or staff? Because staff got it in their emails. They got it in this weekly update as well, and then parents got it. Would you like it to go to the parents? Just just a comment, something that to reassure them, especially since they were at Amazon and Hazel Park today. I heard that, but I did get to see the information.
But we absolutely will, and, this is a safe school district, and I hope you guys would all support even a resolution if we brought it forth to you, on that this is a safe place. Would you like that for next meeting? Yes. Yes. Okay. We'll do it at the committee of the whole. Okay. Okay. Alright. Board member comments? I want to thank our schools and staff that gave us all these wonderful treats. I might hide them and leave them in my car so my kids do not take them. Our high school presentation, I always love seeing our high schoolers come in and he
gives a variety of everything. So, thank you to Preston. Her presentation was amazing, and I know no one gave you props earlier, but nice prop up of the kids so you can hear she sounded wonderful. It was beautiful to hear about the owls and then the ecosystem from Jasper. Just one more thing is our Acemark Promise Zone dinner is going to be March 3 this year. The link is active on our Promise Zone, website. There's $75 a ticket, and it's from 05:30 to 08:30. There will be basket donations if anyone would like to do that.
And we have, a couple new fun things. We have some fun new MCs this year. Some of our drama kids are gonna MC for us, which is pretty fun because that's the week of their big show too. So I'm excited that they said yes to us. And then, one of our Can you tell us where it is? It's at the gazebo at thirteen AMOUNT in Horn. And then, one of our local local, clothing shops is gonna be there for us, and they're gonna be able to do, like, right on the spot, t shirts, hoodies, whatever for us this year. So that'd be in that extra little room too.
That's it. Nice. Thank you. I just wanted to say, you know, also Preston always gives a great presentation. He's he's filling in well for his predecessor, who's also equally, pleasant and informational. Great to see the kids up there. You know, all the students of the month. The Hoover reading, you know, it's so much fun. I know how much the the teachers work on that and how much they care about it. And and you can tell how excited they are. And, you know, it takes a lot of courage to get up there as a
little kid and read in front of the whole room. So that's great. Yeah. I'm just excited for, you know, everything going forward. The winter sports are in full swing right now. So, just thanks, to everyone. April, Darren? I I would just like to say thank you for the recognition, and I do appreciate it. And, also, I I think I'm thinking about the solo ensemble where the kids are going to be doing. I used to do that. And and one of the thoughts would be, would it be nice to, like, a
half hour before the board meeting to get maybe a couple of those groups to come and play? Sure. We can ask them if they'd like. Just see if you know, it'd be kinda interesting. It'd be nice to hear, you know, the them playing and I don't know. And and then we can go with the choir and the drama. I mean, you can do any of that just to kinda kick us off on the right side of the thing. That's all. Have a great night. Thank you for everyone's participation. That's a great suggestion. April? Obviously, I would agree with everybody else, thanking the the students and the staff that came to present today. I did especially like little Aurora when she said her principal will read her book
and she was like, no, babe, I wrote that. I will not be reading my book. So that was nice of her. It was, great last week to be able to attend the press conference at Longfellow Community Center, sort of kicking off the partnership between Oakland Connect, Southfield Schools, Hazel Park Schools. We did have a lot of dignitaries and administrators there that were, you know, part of the presentation and they gave speeches. But thank you to Carla and her community school staff, Brooke, Stephanie, Chris, and Chloe. They did a lot of the heavy lift for getting that event off the ground,
and they were able to attend. But, you know, sometimes when you do that work, you don't get to show up in front of the camera. So I wanna make sure that they know that that didn't go unnoticed. Really happy to hear. Thank you to president Hinton for even bringing it up, that we may have a resolution coming, about the safety of our schools and the access, I would remind the community that there is a bill that is currently in front of our legislature, SB five zero eight, that does designate sensitive spaces like educational institutions and schools as a
place that immigration officers, are unable to unduly enter, without in the way that they currently are. I was gonna try to be diplomatic, but I don't care. So if that's something that is important to you, do contact your legislators and let them know that you are in favor of that. And then I would just like to close by I know that this is technically our January meeting, but it is February 2. And I don't want to, delay too much longer that, obviously, we are at the beginning of Black History Month, and make sure that this board and our schools just
take the time to honor the achievements and acknowledge the challenges of our students throughout the month of February. Alright. Thank you for that, comment. I thought about that earlier today, and, I didn't write it down. So that's thank you for that. I just have on here, well, I was gonna give a little update. I talked to Debbie last night. She is in Washington, D. C. With Berkeley Schools and Farmington Schools of Birmingham and Bloomfield. First time in many years Hazel Park has been represented, at that conference.
And so, they're advocating for e rate money and special ed money and, against vouchers. And so, they're doing all that legislative work there. So, she's enjoying it and she's learning a lot and she's bringing it back to us. And then I have the strategic plan. The next community meeting is the tenth at 6PM, correct? Yes. And we will be putting that on social media as well as, President Hinton with a spreadsheet if community members wanna join so they can sign up.
And don't you guys forget to put your name on it too. Good. Good. Yeah. And if you can't make it to the meeting, fill out the survey. You can pull it up online and participate that way. And then I just have to thank you for the gifts. Itis nice to be recognized, and those things look really yummy, and the flower is beautiful. It makes you think of spring without that snow. Look at all that beauty right there. So that's what I have. I have one more thing that I forgot about, if you don't mind. Please. One more. I received a text message probably about two weeks ago, when we played Lamphere in
basketball. In between the JV game and the varsity game, they play their unified basketball game. And two parents who I've known for a long time messaged me and wanted to commend our boys' basketball team and varsity team because, obviously, these children struggle a little bit more than them. Right? And our kids were screaming and going crazy every basket, and she was like, I've never seen a team act so supportive. And they, like, just stood there and watched and never left. And so I just commend our basketball team for being so supportive and having good sportsmanship. Okay. Motion to adjourn. Support.
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