good evening Do I gabble first about gabble Good evening everyone Welcome to the board of Glancing School District Board of Education regular board meeting and information study session Today's date is April 17 2025
Happy Thursday everyone If I could have we us all stand for the pledge of allegiance I pledge algiance 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 Wonderful Can I have a volunteer read our district mission statement Yes Dr Rodriguez Thank you very much Provides a high
quality education in a culturally safe and nurturing environment that support all students to live and fulfilling lives Yes Thank you so much for reading Yes that's right
You had us all fooled Alrighty Will the clerk please call the role Mrs Ber present Dr Kavanaaugh present Mr Herd Mr Lopez present Mrs Moore present Dr Nibbar
Martinez Dr Rodriguez Mrs Strode present Miss Williams Cor is present Thank you so much I am aware that Trusty Herd will not be here this evening Looking for Dr Martinez Hopefully she'll be in soon All righty
Moving on to our Are there any public comments on agenda items for this evening Seeing none um approval of May approve approval of our minutes Our minutes excuse me May I have a motion please
Madam President Yes I move that the minutes be approved as presented May I have a second Second Wonderful May the clerk please call the role Mrs Ber present minutes What You want to do it
again No I don't want you to do it again I've got all these voices like coming at me Not mine Vice President Lopez said not mine No not your boy We We had decided that we Let's do this Let's just continue with
the roll call vote Okay for now Thank you Mrs Ber Yay Dr Kavanaaugh Yes Mr Lopez yes Mrs Moore
yes Dr Rodriguez Mrs Strode yes Miss Williams yes Motion passes We are going to decide what we're going to do about the minutes approval of the minutes sooner or later
Okay Some days we don't some days we do We need to really decide if we're going to take a a a vote or not I thought we stopped doing it then I thought it was on the agenda So thank you everybody for your grace on that All righty Moving on to our
presentations Um we have a presentation Um superintendent would you like to speak on that I would love to Thank you so much Um good evening everyone I'll have my comments later for uh the superintendent's report but uh we like to do these presentations uh before we get into the heart of the matter because
presentations like this are really kind of really wonderful Uh Jessica is going to give you a lot more information but we're going to recognize today our nationally board certified teachers This is a really really distinguished um award This is something that our
teachers have to work very long and hard to be uh certified as really kind of top-notch teachers throughout the country And we're really really quite um honored that we have so many teachers that actually fulfill this requirement So uh Jessica if you don't mind going to
the podium and uh kind of explaining a little bit more about this uh and then also of course to congratulate our wonderful winners who we will uh uh celebrate here publicly Thank you Okay it's on Just checking All right Good evening board
members Lancing community and our guests in the audience Uh tonight it is my honor to recognize and celebrate a group of outstanding educators who have achieved one of the highest honors in the teaching profession the National Board Certification The National Board
uh for Professional Teaching Standards is a rigorous voluntary certification program designed to develop recognized and retained accomplished teachers It is often referred to as the gold standard of teaching credentials In order to earn
a national board certification teachers must complete an extensive multi-year process that includes four main components: content knowledge differentiation and instruction teaching practice and learning environment effective and reflective
practitioner As our superintendent said this process is not only time inensive it often takes one to three years to complete but it's also deeply reflective It requires educators to examine their practice align it with rigorous standards and demonstrate how their
teaching inter in impacts student learning National board certified teachers exemplify the very best in teaching They are experts in their content areas skilled in meeting the diverse needs of our students and deeply committed to continuous improvement
Research shows that students of board certified teachers learn more and perform better We are provide we are proud to have these dedicated professionals in our district and tonight we celebrate their hard work
perseverance and their excellence It is my honor to be able to present these awards to our staff tonight and at this time I would like to present certificates to the following educators who are nationally boardcertified for that So as I call up your names if you please
come up to the podium I'll present you with your certificate And if you'll please stand here and then I think they're probably going to want to get a picture with all of you At least I think that'd be really great So got the camera ready All right Fantastic All right Our first educator that I would like to um
present the certificate to is Regina Bloomline She is from Everett and she is earning has earned her national board certification in English as a new language for early adolescence through young adulthood Regina please
just young too That's great All right Our next educator is Karen Hora And I know that I think she was not able to attend tonight She was attentive on the invite She was really trying to work hard to get here She is a teacher from Eastern High School and she
earned her board certification in physical education So really proud of Karen and her accomplishments We will make sure we get this to her Our next educator also from Eastern High School is Jay Kfman and he has earned his national board certification
in mathematics Yay Um for adolescence and young adults Several of these educators I would like to say have had their national board certification and some this is their second time um to earn um or to keep their credentials up I I guess I should
say And also this is recognized by the state of Michigan Um and so we wanted to make sure for our newcomers that are coming on and also for people who've held these four years um years to come So our next person is uh also from Eastern Robin Lindell in the area of
school counseling We have another one from Eastern High School We have Elizabeth Perez and this is in the area of health education early adolescence through young adulthood And of course last but not least we have a teacher from Guyire Park
This is Kathy Shrock in the area of uh generalist in early education for a national board certification You guys are good to see you Are you smiling I'll keep looking
That's a picture I'll see you in a couple weeks for this recognition I'll see you there Yeah Thank you Thank you This is always so awesome to acknowledge our educators who are educating our
scholars and all that good stuff So congratulations again and thank you so much for serving the Lancing School District Thank you Moving on to we have another proposed or excuse me presentation B our
2025 proposed general fund budget from superintendent Please help me pronounce your name Melma Melma All right come and join us please Good to see you again Thank you Thank you Are both of these on or only one You know I want to make sure
we're sound Both Okay Thank you All righty And the presentation uh I know my assistant had sent out ahead of time so that should have already been part of your packet So we are going to kind of roll through that if that's all right Uh before I begin with the presentation let me say thank you once again for having the opportunity to come
before you tonight to discuss uh some of the great ways the ISTD partners with some of our local districts Obviously we're proud of what we are doing in partnership with our local districts We're exceptionally proud of some of the progress that's been made within our local districts I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the exceptional value uh
that is happening here within the Lancing School District When we're looking at some of the marks those uh goals are on the wall behind me and some of the things that are happening It's awesome to see the achievement It's awesome to see the success stories and those are going to pay significant dividends for this community So congratulations for all the hard work
that this team is doing It's it's duly noted It's welld deserved So pretty cool stuff Also in front of you before I begin with my presentation I had laid down information um that you may have already seen but it's just good to keep firsthand which is respect to the programs and services We provide information annually on our profiles of
service of how we provide that that is specific what you have in front of you just for Lancing school district obviously that's for last year um so that's information from last year we add to it every year but it's just always kind of neat to see the different ways again that we try to partner to make sure that we are providing great value
to our local districts um so good information that's on there always always like to be able to bring that forward talk about it because this is the partnership and that's the important thing for us so I will jump into our uh our uh budget for those of you who may not be familiar with respect to this
process Uh public act 234 of 2004 uh specifies that intermediate school districts within the state must provide their general education budget to local boards of education by May 1st Uh local boards of education have to take a resolution We always uh would hope that
they would be in support uh by June 1st that is submitted back to the board of education for the ISD and then our budget has to be passed by June 30th just like any other school district here within the state So uh 2004 statute still stands and that gives
me an opportunity and excuse to be able to come out and visit lots of our our local school districts So today we are going to chat uh in general about the uh is this my queue here Hey All right Perfect Thank you I'll pay attention to that as well All right We're going to chat about the general fund and overview
Uh what you will see is about $57 million that we have proposed Uh kind of four basic areas our early childhood the instructional programs uh the supports we provide in in instruction as well as ways we try to collaborate to maximize efficiencies of resources
Um in our budget what you would see our revised budget shows that we had $60 million of revenues and expenses with respect to the budget this year Next year again as I mentioned we're proposed 57 million If you were here last year I brought a budget that was closer to about $49 million What changed I think
it's important to note that there were a couple of revisions First and foremost we've seen a continued expansion in GSRP $6 million uh with respect to GSRP which is awesome when we think about the value that it's brought to our youngest learners That's an incredible investment Um beyond that uh the 97G was a
statewide collaboration that is there to help provide cyber security uh protections for districts throughout the state So super cool that we were able to be connected into that So those were funds in funds out And then finally the last item of note and I think this is important for boards to see is substitute
costs I wish we weren't seeing the increase that we've seen with substitute costs It's been a continuous increase since the pandemic Now let me also go backwards We probably had missed the boat prior to the pandemic considering we were paying almost the same amount in
sub fees as what I made when I came out of a teacher prep institution many many moons ago And so those 25 years in between we hadn't really adjusted salary schedules So we knew we had to adjust but the pandemic has continued to cause
challenges when we look at uh getting substitutes inside buildings And of course we know some of that is exacerbated by our continuous challenges with the teacher shortage So we're working behind that We want to make sure that that's uh is an important area that we continue to collaborate around as superintendent But when we look at
what's changed subservices is something we have to continuously be aware of Uh I think many of you know that is a consortium that we provide So that's money in money out Um so those costs are something we do altogether to be able to gain the efficiencies the economies of scale Moving on to our next slide what
you would see are where the revenues come from The lion share of our revenue comes from state funds as well as those other transfers Some of those as I just mentioned like the sub cost for example uh with respect to our expenses uh the outgoing and other and then our support services are the two largest areas that
we've got there So pretty straightforward with respect to uh where the revenues and expenses come from We do levy a small millillage uh less than 0.2 mills as part of our general fund That is a charter mill It brings in about $2.4 million in revenue Beyond
that when we look at where the revenues are at we have at this point in time obviously only the governor's budget We've not really seen a budget out of the Senate We're hopefully anticipating that will be here in the next couple weeks The House budget that was passed as a continuation budget we are not taking that at this point in time as
necessarily uh an actual budget that will be negotiated We believe that's something that will be held in obeyance until or hopefully not until they are unable to pass a budget So we don't really consider that at this point in time because it hasn't provided a whole lot of information So we have the governor's budget That's what we've
based this proposal on Um and I think this is an important uh important topic for us to continue keeping our eye on is where the governor's budget will be where those other two budgets will come in and then the timing Since 2011 it's been a bipartisan effort to try to have
the education budget completed by June 30th because our budgets have to be completed by June 30th To the best of my knowledge in all but two years since 2011 there's been a bipartisan effort to have an education budget done by that point in time and it's been successful I will be
shocked if we have the education budget done by June 30th this year That's why I think the House passed the continuation budget because they're expecting there going to be challenges I don't think that's news for anybody but I'm just giving where my prognostication is and the best
information I have in my conversations with those downtown I think we're in for a challenging uh budget process Obviously uh I've been an administrator in the state long enough to remember when we never had budgets prior to that point in time Great districts will continue to make good decisions that are in focus for their students and staff
and I believe this board will continue to do the same thing as will our board When we look at our expenses uh of what's there um there aren't a whole lot of changes that we have Uh a small change with respect to a math position Our math scores throughout the ISD uh are not in the position we wish they
were at We wish they were higher And so we're investing some funds in there We also have to invest some funds with respect to CTE Uh Perkins funds requires that if your math scores are not at state average you've got to invest more into it So we're combining some of our general fund uh budget dollars with some of our CTE dollars to work on hiring a
math consultant to continue to assist with that Um contracts are up for negotiation this year as as many other districts So that's something we always uh kind of keep out there as well Um but we think that we're doing uh with respect to finances pretty stable job You look at our budget I think you'll
see it's pretty stable as well One thing I will note uh we are continuing to investigate ways in which uh artificial intelligence can supplement not supplant supplement the great things that are happening inside classrooms I think that's a really neat uh neat thing for us to be able to explore at this point in time It's a tremendous time of
innovation when we consider both operational and instruction There's tremendous value that we think is there And so uh some of our local districts are also in this bandwagon I know Ben and I Ben and I have had some conversations I know this is an area that you guys are looking at as well we think it's the right spot to be at especially as we want to implement some
of these companies to make sure they aren't taking advantage of our students and staff So let's talk about some of the areas that we've got there Um the programs and services Uh what you'll see is $7.4 million that kind of goes into our student instructional services the MTSS
Much of this uh are those systems again aligned trying to make sure that we are there supporting with respect to the continuous improvement process for schools thinking about math thinking about literacy thinking about science in an area that we didn't have much prior to the pandemic but has become an ongoing area and that's the school
mental health services that's a big thing that's a real big thing as we've seen an increase in referrals every year since we have added that team um it's a challenge for our students out there and we keep our eye on We want to make sure that those services are there Those are
valuable Um oops I went too far there Beyond that our instructional programs within the two uh of the budgets that you're going to look at that are narrowed down inside the overall budget The two areas that are the lion share are early childhood programs and the instructional programs
themselves The instructional programs are primarily the subsuit system and ingum academy Because we currently don't have the early college last year we had positioned ourselves well We had done research with our partners at LCC had had deep conversations with local districts If you remember correctly last summer there was legislation that passed
that allowed that students who graduated now attend early college or excuse me community colleges for free That made us pause and try to figure out why would dual enrollment why would early college not be in that same spot as well Are we spending dollars in the best way So we pause at this point in time We'll continue to advocate that for that at a
legislative level but that's on pause when we jump into the largest uh bucket inside our general fund and its early childhood I mentioned that there was initial $6 million brought in from where our budget uh that we brought forward at this point in time last year to where it ended up We're going to continue to see
I believe investments when we look at the governor's budget and I would hope that we would have support in both the House and the Senate in this area The value we get is tremendous uh for all for the dollars that we invest versus the return It's huge Makes a difference We're keeping our eye on this because we think there's tremendous value and obviously what Lancing School District
has done in the total pre free prek for all has been fantastic So we love how you guys have attracted students in in the preschool programs and what you've done there Our instructional services uh the data that you see there that's a lot about trying to bring data We have
significant sums of data How do we make it manageable How do we use it where do we look at uh ways in which we can collaborate with learning management systems and different SIS teams as well as uh the AI that we're doing and then finally our last bucket there is the other and that's a lot of our tech work
as well as the collaborative services that we provide uh where many districts we might provide business services tech services communication services pupil accounting those type of collaborative services uh that districts are in the need of so those are kind of the big budgets
that are out there uh as I referenced we bring this to you uh as we move our our board meeting in April up to make sure we bring it to you early Um we ask for a resolution of support by June 1st We will be making our budget decisions prior to July 1st as is statutoily
required What questions might you have that I can answer Trusty Williams Thank you Jason for the presentation First and foremost I have one part one one question A and B So is this budget for all the ISDs that we see listed
masons.com and all of them or is this budget just for the Lancing area So this is just for Ingam intermediate school districts Right When I say Ingum inter when I say the ISDs everybody that's collaborative and so Mason all of that Yeah The 12 traditional districts Yes So
what percentage of that would be considered what you're asking lancing for I know we have to approve the overall but what percentage would be for lancing So what of of the dollars that are listed in this how much is this directed to Lancing Is that what you're asking
Lancing doesn't contribute as far as there isn't anything out of your budget that comes towards this Thank you Although if you'd like to contribute I would you know I wouldn't if you want a donation I'm I'm more than willing if you're No we're not No I would I would
like to be Mr Lopez Thank you very very much every year with this positive attitude you are coming in front of this board for approval of the budget and um you know I had to cleaning my papers
sometimes and I find out yesterday you report to the community and really that is so transparency to the community for the 12 district that you that you serve Um beside that I want
to congratulate your administration and our administration for the smooth transition for bigman center I think that is is a simple and how we can educators can work together and I
hope that we continue that because it's our kids it's our young people they need the help and we need to be together and we know that we are going to need this collaboration in the future the community um the same thing I ask them
to be alert the bigman center is a is is a precious place for our students to be there and to take care of the student that need the most Then we had to be sensitive and to be really generous in
that particular uh work for the education and all But congratulations to your administration and our administration here because um was was at the beginning kind of not clear but after that you know we are all
working together Thank you Mr President I have one Yeah Vice President Lopez Thank you Not doctor Not tonight You probably are asked this question all the time But Waverly School District
isn't that in county Yes sir So is it part of your Yes How did that happen Well uh I don't know if I can give you an exact history to that but I can probably give you an approximate history Uh the ISDs were created in statute in
1962 At that point in time um districts kind of had to make a decision with respect to where they would end up I would believe that aspects of the Waverly district because we have many districts not just Waverly that exist within multiple counties So we actually are spread into seven different counties
with our 12 traditional districts And my assumption at that point in time is that the uh leaders with inside that district believed that they probably held a closer community of interest with respect to those in the Ingam area than possibly some of the other outlying
areas I think Eaton was Eaton uh Risa which is the Risa to our our west of us was probably not as developed at that point in time Probably didn't have as many large districts And so my guess is they probably wanted to collaborate I don't know that for a fact but that's my best assumption going back to the
history of when uh when ISDs were around That's good Thank you All righty Thank you Yes Trusty Stroke Awesome I know that uh one thing that I love to hear about is how much we have been able to support the GSRP and know knowing that
that continues to be something that we know uh supports our families as well as would potentially be continuing in the budget and passed through the House and Senate Um we know that as a community there's been some things coming down the pipeline that may have caused some
alarming concerns surrounding the preschool um and continuing to have those programs housed and funded Uh my first question is can you speak to uh just a little bit of that breakdown for the community and those folks watching
as to um maybe some securess surrounding that port person So I I'll I'll speak to the best that I can and I I'll jump into what I believe you're you're directing us towards in this head start So there is deep concern from us throughout the state In fact this was a
conversation at our superintendent meeting this morning about the concerns that has happened with respect to federal support for Head Start There's been some uh discontinuation of some of the services at the federal level and that is alarming when we consider some of our most vulnerable populations and
the supports that are provided to those students So we've been advocating on that behalf In fact I took a call from our director executive director of early childhood prior to this meeting to talk exactly about this because I knew she was at a meeting with state officials today from my leap to discuss where some of their plans were at And if I remember
correct there are over 200 students from the Lancing School District that are served by Head Start So this is a real problem for us We need to continue to elevate and bring forward Um within the Lancing School District I know that you have blended and braided programs through your GSRP Some of those are GSRP
with tuition Some of those are GSRP with tuition and Head Start And so that makes a difference when we consider programming My LEAP's advice today was for districts to continue with their plans for programming with Head Start being a partner So that's the best
advice I have from the state We will continue to lift this up and advocate for this because this is an important topic for us Uh beyond that and I'll hit one more topic Um just opening the door when we talk about some of the federal issues that I'm I'm bringing forward when I speak to our local boards is
Medicaid So in aggregate $6 million is brought into the intermediate school district for Medicaid services And that isn't just at the ISD Those are services between our 12 traditional districts Medicaid is being heavily discussed uh with inside Congress with respect to potential changes The
Medicaid services excuse me the Medicaid fee for services that we receive are for those students with special education services that have been provided In other words if I had an IEP that said that I was to receive 30 minutes of occupational therapy services every two
weeks the IP says I must have those services If they cut the Medicaid dollars it doesn't change the IP My concerns are real because $6 million would be a significant blow to all of our districts We have rallied as
intermediate school districts throughout the state We've looked at this up In fact the governor even spoke to the challenges with Medicaid today The report that that uh Superintendent Schner and I got this morning is that we finally started to see some push back from some of the uh Republican congressmen and women um that they're
concerned about cuts to Medicaid but we are lifting this up as loud and as far as we can because those services are real It makes a difference when we think about what we're doing for our kids and our community So those are two areas that I have some pretty big big concerns And thank you uh so much for being able
to have that transparency and openness surrounding that conversations because we do hear it in the media There's uh parents who have had concerns and we continue to advocate and uh give the best that we can So thank you for lifting that The only thing that I uh
have a question to and this is also another thing where we may have a pin in it right Because there's things coming down the pipeline When we talk about that June 30th date um what is the potential workaround or barriers that
you see uh based off of what's coming down as to um why we would not have that completed I know we we speak about it in code here but uh for those watching when we say there's a possibility that may or may not happen by that deadline can you
just speak to that just a little bit more for us So I think Superintendent Sheldon and I have a very a good relationship with our local legislators We've we've been down there together advocating at different times on on certain topics And then the pulse that we have with local legislators is
there's concern that the House and Senate may not be on the same page And many times by April 15 we not only have the governor's budget but we at least have one other leg in the stool of a budget that's there So the fact that we have neither of those legs in the stool
is concerning from my lens as a superintendent Now it's not the only time but it starts to be concerning And especially when you start to hear some of the the delays that are happening it makes me worry because the process takes time after the budgets are delivered Now the consensus revenue estimating
conference is still set for May After that point in time usually they get very serious but if we haven't seen a budget from either the House or the Senate indications right now is that the Senate will be there before the House We don't know when the House is is is intending That's my best intel right now If they
haven't delivered a budget prior to the consensus revenue estimating conference which tell us exactly how much money we've got in the budget it's going to be hard to have honest negotiations So I I think this is something we need to continue to work with as superintendent uh to try to encourage and emphasize that it is
significantly better for us in education to have these budgets completed prior to July 1st but I'm just also preparing that they may even be possible this during this year Awesome Well thank you so much and uh for lifting that and clarifying that Um I certainly
understand and see the paths that is happening before our eyes here And so when we get to talking about funding and budget and noticing uh the media and the things that is occurring uh we want to just speak to those things and give our community a little bit of uh safety and security around that So hopefully that
clears uh that up for us and the people that's watching Thank you so much Absolutely Thank you Trusty Boyer Yes Hello Good evening Thanks so much for coming tonight Um I know it's been a long day for everybody So I just have
some quick questions just on some information Um you talked really fast and I loved it It was awesome So um really quickly on slide number four you stated the general fund budget for both years includes recently expanded
initiatives to directly support preK And I know we say that often like oh there are supports Could you please take a few moments to talk about those expanded initiatives So much of this is around the number of
classrooms that are being served within the Oh now that just caught up I was trying to go backwards for you I think I went too far now I want to get to the right slide Here we go All right Um with respect to early childhood and the services that
are there if you were to go back not even five years ago we did not have near the amount of students that are being served in GSRP classrooms throughout this ISD And so our staff has worked very very diligently with not only our local school districts but also community- based organizations to talk
about the value that early childhood programming brings And so we've worked to expand to make sure that we are doing the best that we can to notify our communities the parents within our communities of the opportunities of free prek for all In a perfect world we'd have 85% of
our students attending We're not to that level yet Now some of that is because we still have parents throughout the ISD So not just here here within the Lanc School District but throughout the ISD Some of that is because we have parents who make choices to go to uh either private preschools private daycarees uh things of that sort as well So it
doesn't necessarily mean that students aren't being served in that capacity but we want to make sure that we provide this as an opportunity that's out there because this is something we tremendously value and we know that the curriculum with inside the GSRP programs is a vetted curriculum that is uh based on making sure that students are
prepared for uh making the step into kindergarten And so when we think about that that's super cool We also want to consider there are significant other programs and services with inside our early childhood We have the great parents great start program We have the great start collaborative um wi-i which
are very much centered around engaging with families and communities try to lift up the values and services that are there So our early childhood programs actually start at birth They don't start with GSRP So we actually run playgroups for
parents to help to talk about what is valuable ways uh to interact students and get them socially engaged We work on prenatal care We have services that go out uh for community engagement that we are continuing to focus on We have a grant for that that we are working with the tri county area to talk about how to
engage on this topic more holistically And we're continuing to look at um early on services for students with special needs If we can identify students at a younger uh age we can provide services that quite often then uh either mitigate
or reduce some of the challenges they might be having with special needs So those are all functions within our early childhood program We have uh over 75 staff members that work within that department that are spread out throughout the SISD So that has continued to grow um with some of the the funding that's been available Thank
you I appreciate that And just for clarification because I'm wrapping my we are not approving this budget We are simply saying as a board whether we support or disapprove So like you would be able to say the Lancing School
District Board of Education supports this budget right Okay I just want to make sure those who are watching and that those who are here understand that your budget does not stop with us Correct So yes So I just want to clarify all 12 locals We ask for a resolution of
support Our board will make the final decision at our meeting on June 16th is the schedule for our board meeting Our budget meeting I should say Um if it's not a resolution of support um you're actually asked to explain why as part of that when you send it back so that way I think we're aware Yes All that if we
disapprove we we're supposed to give you change So we have feedback Yes For sure So I like that Um two more question three more questions very quickly So on slide five you have your general fund expenses outgoing and other and knowing that this is something that we're going
to say hey we support this general fund expenses what exactly falls in that because I see instructional programs 26% support services 35% and then outgoing and other can you give us some things that are considered that outgoing so I can I can hit on a couple things
right away so um the 97g grant that I referenced which is the my seccure we actually this has been a multi-year grant we've received about $9 million from the state we have collaborated with misa which is the executive association that supports ISDS
throughout the state as well as tech directors from around the state to provide the cyber security protections So there's a base layer of support for districts throughout the state That would be a direct example of other dollars right So there are services that we provide transportation services we
have consortiums we have uh consortiums again for technology services business services communication services um uh payroll services Those are things that could be outgoing and other as well So there's a tremendous amount that we spend that can be cyclical in nature
that can come from both sides Um so it's just it's a it's a matter in some ways of the function that's out there And I actually have that chart up so you can kind of see where some of those others are at Appreciate that Um second to last question on slide number six You said
revenues decrease from 2024 to 25 mainly due to a one-time my secure grant And so is is that a annual grant that we can apply for Oh no Okay So it was just one 97g my securities the cyber security grant We applied for that uh a couple of
years ago We were successful in getting that again on a statewide basis Those dollars directly flow then back to the state organizations that are doing that work Our belief is with proof of concept to demonstrate how many cyber attacks have been thwarted that we'll be able to
go forward here in the future and bring that We are still in uh so we're kind of this last year was our first year of implementation We have record of the documentation of how many cyber security attacks have been stopped including um I can give examples of districts not
too far from here in which there were bad actors that were actually inside their systems It was detected They were stopped The crazy thing is is the email works and your internet works so nobody realizes you just stopped an attack Had that been continued you've seen for
districts with uh within our media area what has happened when cyber cyber attacks have hit and those districts are down for days There's a direct impact on instruction There's an impact on families And so our base when we look at 97G has been how do we protect the
things that you need to operate a school When we think about HVAC systems electrical systems security systems just those base things if we can protect those base things we can at least get kids into spots we believe that caring individuals like those that you highlighted earlier And you talk about the national board certification they
can take care of kids So that's those are dollars that that came in We are spending those right now We have some amazing uh data and we've shared that with uh legislators already and so we'll probably a year from now be advocating uh to try to talk about this why that should be ongoing Thank you And then
last question because we have this nice Yes I love this Thank you Can you speak some to this because there are numbers at the bottom like payments from the Ingam ISD as well as talking about special education Yes So we have a unique funding formula
with respect to our special education uh dollars So there's about $105 million that is brought in in aggregate for the ISD for special education Those are between uh state funds idea funds as well as local taxes Uh about 50 million
of those dollars actually flow back to our local districts based on the formula that we have So what you're seeing there are are part of the dollars that directly flow back to districts um based on the formula that is set up We have spent the last three years as superintendent working through how to
improve that formula We are happy to say at this point in time we've submitted that to MDE for their approval uh that's been there now for I think the last uh three four months uh and we will hopefully have an approval here within the next couple of months uh to be able to continue to move forward But there
was a a lot of work that was spent in trying to create a system that was uh more equitable uh that reflected the the challenges of what we were serving with students today because that that formula had not been updated since 1998 And so reflecting the differences of students that we serve as well when we think about the identifications of where
students are at um and just overall how do we how do we set up a structure that's going to be able to continue to be be able to be collaborative especially when we think about changes in spots like Beakman and how that works as well Thank you I appreciate you Absolutely Thank you Trusty Boyer I do have a
question if I don't any other board members if you don't have any questions I would like you to share what project search student enrollment would be and also Northstar students enrollment I am so unfamiliar with that All right So I'm
going to come back to project search in just a second Okay Put a pin on that I'll come back to it Northstar is the uh program that we operate for students with emotional impairments Okay And so we had uh when the program
started which was now 18 years ago it was started in a trailer It lasted in there for 17 years When we purchased the trailer it was 28 years old and given a two-year life expectancy with the support of superintendent here in the
ISD when we restored the uh aspects of erosion that had happened to our from to our special education village due to Headley We used funds from that to actually create the Northstar school so they had an intentional spot Those students had some dignity uh because operating inside a trailer that flooded
on a regular basis was a huge problem Um and so it's a neat neat school Uh there are staff that are out there In some ways it operates very much as a day treatment program as we have great partnerships with CH Um but those are students that are served inside our Northstar school I would love to have you out and tour at some point in time
We we cut the ribbon uh not this past August but August of uh what was it 23 So really cool Project search is one of the most fun things that that we get a chance to do These are students that are transitionbased students So they would have to be students with special needs
that are over the year over the age of 18 Project Search comes to us as an international uh organization started through the Cleveland Clinic that talks about an intense one-year apprenticeship process
for students to be able to gain real world experience And the goal is when they graduate they've got jobs Wonderful And so we had two project search sites One was at the state of Michigan one was at Michigan State University Unfortunately the pandemic hit and we
lost the site at the state of Michigan I It's one of the reasons I would love for the state employees to come back because we had tremendous success there We still maintain the uh site at MSU It's super cool to see what those students do But from navigating uh buses to working on
how to how to actually fill out forms from applications to the real world experiences they are getting inside from uh veterinarians offices to uh food service to uh we've seen students that have assisted actually with inside regular office structures and sometimes
inside laboratories Some of these students are incredibly amazing doing repetitive tasks things that we might find boring after a while They're fantastic with so Project Search is a cool thing Uh we actually help organize
that statewide and so there are sites throughout the state but we are proud to have one right here that we collaborate with Michigan State and I love I love to see your excitement talking about these projects Thank you so much for sharing Are there any other questions for superintendent this evening Jason thank
you Thank you so much Thank you Thank you Appreciate the collaboration All righty and we will be able to um vote on on this later under our new business on our agenda this evening Moving on to our officer reports
Um I have Dr Kavanagh would you please report for our secretary this evening please Absolutely Thank you So the secretary's report for April 17th 2025 First some communications and announcements On April 25th there is no
school On May 9th there is no school It's a professional development day The 202526 transportation application is now open for existing district families Transportation application is available on parent view and please have that
submitted by July 13th Again that's for existing district families On May 14th join us for the party celebrating Reading is Fundamental or RIFF's 50th birthday That celebration will be at 400
PM in Francis Park And lastly the next three meetings of the Board of Education will be on May 1st We'll have a regular board meeting On May 15th we'll have a regular board meeting and anformational study session And on June 5th we will have a regular board meeting That
concludes the secretary announcements Thank you Dr Kavanagh President yes I have a question about um the transportation application available Can we how the the families are going to
find out Do we have a plan or in the schools or how how we are going to do that Yes of course Yeah So the parents have had uh many many uh information uh attacks be it uh emails phone calls whatever But I'm happy to turn it over
to Christina to talk all the different ways that we've uh let the families know While she's getting the mic I also seen it in our parent um newsletter Yeah thank you very much Um so we are regularly sending out weekly text
messages um information updates through parent square emails um to all of our parents to remind them to fill out the application for next year Um so we keep giving them um updates on that Obviously we've mentioned it now at a couple of board meetings So it's another avenue that we're doing We have information posted on our website Um and we are
translating information for parents as well through Parent Square to the text messages Um and just a reminder for all parents if you have a gas card please hang on to it for next year and do not get rid of it Alrighty Dr Rodriguez No that is great Yeah I
mean it is if you don't know how we can tell the parents That's right Thank you Then there is no in the question that I coming from heaven No it's something we need to know The board need to know the parents ask me then I can tell them hey you had to read you had to go here you
had to go there but for me don't know it will be not doing my job but thank you very much for asking no thank you yes um trusty Williams um so it says that it's in parent view and I was sitting here playing with it to make sure it didn't
come up in parent view but I see that it's a PDF when you open the PDF it takes you someplace else so can we make sure that that's working right so it is meant to work like that It goes to an external application So when you click on it in parent view it is meant to have a popup and then take you to an external
application through there Is it supposed to take you to books Because that's where it took me something called books Nope I'll double check it I was just in it today and I didn't experience that issue So I'll double check it again and I'll show you shortly Sure Wonderful Thank you Alrighty There's no more
questions um about our secretary report Moving on to B our um facilities committee Um Vice President Lopez Thank you Madam President You're welcome Well the facilities committee met on u
April 14th at 12:05 p.m and adjourned at 12:36 p.m We did receive information on the updates on Mount Hope and uh and Willow in Mount Hope Uh the fencing is was underway and
I think it's already done Um they were um uh also working on curbs and gutters Um also they they have placed the uh sidewalks on most of the space and um certainly uh at the drop
off bus drop offs Uh they're also working on the cafeteria and hallways So it it looks really great as as they're as they're putting the finishing touches on this school in um Willow Uh the entrance has
been worked on and it's got a big W for Willow So it's got a could also be West Lo could be um they they they're working on the office space areas and and they're working on the
outside walls etc Also they've got a lot of uh um MEPs going on mechanical electric and plumbing uh that is uh going in Um so it it's looking good They've got
some uh uh Oh also the the work on solar panels is going to be uh initiated pretty soon I'm not it's not yet there but uh solar panels will go up on this school Um that's that was the update on the on
the schools Mhm Um going to the um um bids bid requests We have uh and they're in your packet We have one for Hill uh center renovation summer
2025 This is to um storage trailer Let's see Commercial mo uh moving se Okay This is for the moving um company that's going to move stuff out of there and then put it back So this is for Corgan
uh moving systems They're they've been doing a lot of work for the district right now So they're pretty much uh know the ins and outs So that's one The next one is also uh moving services for Luton to Wood
Creek And this this this fund the the first one is the CT fund This one is uh from the uh bond fund 22 bond fund the uh moving services the same for Mount Hope uh at Wood Creek to to New
Mom Hope Uh again this is from the bond uh money The um the next one is purchase of service refrigerated van and I'm going to pull that out of the of here because I need to recuse myself on this
So we're going to have to vote on it Okay Separately Okay Okay Um following then we have the um the uh bid package uh war category 2A
demolition and and abatement um at Wood Creek and this is for GSRP renovations We had two vendors asbestos abatement inc from lancing kept um the lowest
bid These are from sinking fund The next one is the uh work category 4A masonry for Wood Creek Again um again this is a sinking fund
expense The we have the uh 08A aluminum aluminum wood window Um this is for uh Wood Creek GSRP renovation Uh this is Aaron Glass
Lensing is a low bid and it's a synced in fund expense We have the Wood Creek again GSRP carpentry work and interiors This one is syncing fund funds and
integrity interiors from lensing is a lowest bid We have the uh uh wood creek again continue renovations floor covering So superior floor covering is recommended with the
lowest bid sinking fund as well the uh continuing with group uh Wood Creek GSRP renovations This is for painting uh Niles Construction Services
of Flint was awarded this contract was recommending this contract This also sinking fund the um the next one is still for Wood Creek JSRP This is for specialties and I think
there's doors and I mean door handles and stuff like that Christina this one's actually for uh whiteboards and uh corkboards in the classrooms Okay This was uh recommending the product
resource company out of Lancing Continue with GSRP is uh mechanical and plumbing AJ Miller Mechanical Inc better lensing was the lowest bidder sinking
fund Uh Wood Creek continuing with electrical and techn technical category Hannah Electric LLC from uh Eden Replets was the lowest bid on this project And let's say fund
expense We have the um work category 31A side work for Wood Creek Um this is recommended for Anderson Fisher and Associates out of Mason and it's a syncing fund
expense Um next we have the U for Wood Creek noon door replacements Uh category 8A is um doors frames glazing hardware So Aaron Glass
is again the recommended uh company contractor and that's out of the seeking fund The following is the U interior work for uh saxon door replacement and
air conditioning Integrity Interiors photo lensing is a recommended uh contractor And then we have the uh painting again for Sexton
Um the Niles Construction Services out of Flint is the recommended contractor syncing fund expense And then we had the um mechanical work at Sexton and Miller
Delton LLC out of Jackson was the lowest uh bidder and it's a syncing fund expense And finally uh we had the uh electrical work at
Sexton and this is Hannah electric is the recommended candidate uh contractor again from Chinqing fun Those are the uh contracts we reviewed or the uh proposal uh results
and they're here for your consideration for approval Thank you so much vice president Um lots of work is is getting done I love that Um looking forward to seeing the the outcome the results So thank you so much for that Um may I have
a um motion that the board of education approve items A through F as presented Madam President Oh goodness No no no We we can't Yeah because he has to recuse himself Oh so we can't do them all Okay Yeah So so yes I'm requesting that uh
item um the purchase of food service refrigerated van yes be pulled d because uh I I'll be abstaining from that vote because a family member of mine works for
uh the company that is that we're purchasing the van from Okay Okay So that means I need can I have a motion for the board to approve items A through
C and then can I go down to the next Okay A through C May I have a motion I mean you need a motion Yes I need a motion Madam President I move that the board of education approve items A through C Okay hopefully I'm not confused Um so it
was um moved by Ber and second by Williams Um you could list all of them except for the one that Oh duh Okay Thank you D Yeah I can say it again So A through C and then E through F Yes So can I do I
need to go back and I can just Okay state it that way Thank you May I have a motion that the board of education approve everything A through everything but D Madam Y Madam President Yes I move
that the board of education approve approve items A through C and E through F as presented Thank you Moved by Trusty Boy I thought that's what I said Moved by Trusty Boyer Second by Trusty Williams Um may I is there
any discussion at this time on the bids I had a question Um I was looking at Sexton's um recommendation for their doors There's quite a few doors and it says front door I'm like how many front doors does
Sexton have I just know that main front door So could you um I I think there's around eight but we're looking at the main entrance We're just doing some additional work on that main entrance just a a little bit of follow-up work but the majority of this work is actually brand new doors in the stairwells and the transition areas
within Sexton Okay Okay Yeah And so what about the air conditioning That is in the annex Just in the annex Yeah So the annex has partial air conditioning right now About a third of it has AC So we're going to complete that portion this summer Um and then look forward to
potential AC in future years Okay So we're just breaking down the air conditioning Okay Sexton Understood Sexton is huge Yes it is All righty That was my question Is there any other questions in regards to our bids Okay Could the um clerk please call a roll
call Mrs Ber yes Dr Kavanaaugh yes Mr Lopez yes Mrs Moore yes Dr Rodriguez Mrs Strode yes Ms Williams
Motion passes 70 Yep that's right 70 Perfect All righty Can I say it again Woo All righty Moving on to Madam President Yes ma'am I would like to make a motion um that the board of education approve item D as presented
Oh you bless your heart for going back All righty All righty I love that So it was moved by Trustee Kavanaaugh to approve item D and it was second by Trustee Williams Um any discussion about D Uh Madame President Yes Vice President
Lois For the record I'm I'm abstaining from this vote Thank you I'm recusing not abstaining I'm recusing from this vote as a family member works for this company Thank you for your integrity I appreciate that Alrighty Um no discussions May the clerk please
call the role again Mrs Ber yes Dr Kavanaaugh yes Mrs Moore yes Dr Rodriguez
Mrs Strode yes Miss Williams Motion passes 6 Perfect Alrighty Can I say it again Moving on to our superintendent report All right Uh good evening everyone Uh
again I'm getting used to being at the end of most of the business Uh but it's nice because it allows me to kind of speak on some of the things that have already been done I want to start with the transportation because it was one of the conversations we had And I have good
news Um as of the 16th of April we have 2,442 requests for gas cards and 24,440 assigned gas cards So there's only two two out Uh and you know usually there is a little bit of a lag one or
two days KATA is actually a perfect 615 to 615 But the good news is that with the Dean routed we have 3,448 routed with 3,634 requests which means that not only
are we below 300 but we are allowed now below 200 in terms of our not routed We have 186 as of again April 16th that are not routed And again as a reminder that doesn't mean that they can't go to school It's that the families are either
using the gas cards or the CAD cards but still would like a Dean transportation ride But again you know my promise to this community was has always been to highlight this until we get that to zero Um but the good news is really over spring break there was a a time to kind
of settle uh look at the numbers look at the routes and we were able to bring the unouted numbers from over 300 to now below 200 So we're pretty proud of that Again we owe it to every family to be able to get to school uh efficiently and easily and we are certainly working on
that Um you heard a conversation uh from the superintendent of the ISD and our wonderful board about Head Start Uh you know one of the things I want to make sure the community knows is that we work very very closely with Head Start
We are thrilled with our relationship with Dr Nobles We're thrilled with our relationship with the local Head Start programs They are using Head uh um Harley Franks They're using Kendan We work very closely with them But we do know that there is some possibility of
some federal cuts federal changes And I want to make sure that anybody listening at home and certainly any board member knows that if you know a family that is in Head Start that needs any sort of support if if anything happens please
know that we are at the ready One of the things about having universal prek one of the things about having the space and having the teachers is that we are able to support these children But again nothing has happened yet But I want to
make sure that people know that if some something does happen please please please reach out to uh your Head Start folks They will reach out to us or feel free to reach out to us directly Um there's a lot going on uh in Washington
DC Uh typically federal education policy doesn't impact as much on the local level but with things like Head Start and things like title like title one title two etc those things do impact us So I don't want anybody to get
scared or nervous or think that something is occurring yet in our district but we always are hoping for the best and preparing for the worst So if anybody is associated with or has children in Head Start please please please feel free to always always talk
to us and we will support you as best we can And again I want to give a big shout out to our local Head Start folks uh Dr Nobles and others who have really been um really great partners Nolan has been a terrific ter terrific partner and we
thank her for and her staff for that The last thing I want to point out is today we celebrated uh these wonderful amazing teachers who got the national board certified I appreciate very much what Jessica said about how intensive this is one to
threeyear process but to put this in perspective 61% of teachers in Michigan are nationally board certified We're actually the six 46th state So we have we are one of the lowest I mean the fifth lowest right So uh we are the 46th
state in terms of percentage of teachers that are nationally board certified The fact that we had six just today that we are recognizing means that's already 1% of the the certified teacher uh pool I
think we have something like 598 um uh teachers in that pool Six would be already more than 1% So the fact that you know we as a Lancing school district have almost double what the average in the state of Michigan is is something
that I think people should really uh be proud of You know for whatever reason there might be a sense that the education in Lancing is not as good as it it truly is But when you look at facts like that where we have that many
nationally board certified which is so much higher and so much better than the state average I hope that really shows you that our teachers are really working not only to support the children in the classroom today but bettering theirelves
as educators to be even better tomorrow And so I really want to congratulate those and also to note that we have something like four or five I I don't know the exact number that are actually in a program with Teach Michigan to
continue to get their certification as well So even if we got four more and that would bring us to 10 now you're talking about you know well past uh you know doubling what the state of Michigan's average is Uh it is really tremendous We are very honored to have
such uh terrific teachers and I hope that what that speaks to in the community is we are trying to really push our staff and our staff wants to push themselves This is a volunteer program uh to become better uh in the classroom uh to support our kids And you
know all I say and I've said this a lot lately is you know it's time for the community Please come visit If you've been away come see our schools come see the amazing work uh that's happening in the facilities seeing what happens in
the classroom see our programs you know you know our sports teams our music programs I was just at Dwight Rich the other day and their music program they now have four full classes of band It's something we haven't had in years Uh just know that we are we are getting
there and I want the community to really know and to reach out so that you can come see the great work I mean you've got the the work on the walls to prove it You've got the district goals on the walls to prove it But we know we understand that the district is still
thinking They're still questioning They're still looking with a little bit of a a suspect eye but the greatest thing is the proof is when you see it So please know that you know transportation's getting better Our teachers are really nationally board certified We're doing all these things We've got universal prek We're moving
really forward on a lot of things and please just come visit If there's a school in your neighborhood that you've been thinking about like well maybe maybe I should take a look for my kid just just knock on the door Just call us Just reach out uh because we want you to see uh the great things that are going on in the district So I really want to
thank the the board I want to thank the community uh for moving us forward in such a great way And with that concludes my report Thank you so much All right Thank you Superintendent Wonderful Alrighty Moving on Yes Yes Did you have a question Sorry Madam President I do
Mhm So I I can you speak possibly or Jessica what may be hurdles that maybe some teachers are maybe hesitant to become nationally board certified and how we can encourage them as parents and the community please That's a great question I'll start and
then I'll turn it over to Jessica So thank you so much for asking that question Um you know it's a lot of work You know it it is this is an intensive program where they actually videotape themselves teaching they have to write They have to do a lot So I appreciate if you're a first second year third year
teacher you're just trying to like get your you know your legs underneath you Um but we actually have been with the partnership with Teach Michigan have been incentivizing and supporting teachers to do this but it is it is a hard job It's it's hard to get there And I mean Jess you know the program even
better than I do So when I was a teacher I had colleagues go through this And when we say it's intensive that doesn't even capture the the spirit of this It is exceptionally intensive lots and lots of time commitment Um the Teach for America
program that we're a part of is really great because they get to be part of a cohort So I do feel like they at least have colleagues to lean on and encourage each other and they have mentors in the program So I do think that that is one of the reasons why we're seeing many of our Lancing teachers now getting board certified or thinking about it But if
you're on your own um as they have been in years past it is it is very difficult Um I remember one of the teachers in my school had binders literally this tall full of documents and prep and for portfolios and things So they do find it
super rewarding especially can when you can go through with a cohort So I do think Teach for Michigan has been wonderful to have in our district to be able to have those um people to lean on and say "What are you working on and how how are you doing that?" So I think the isolation in some cases across the state
of Michigan could be difficult So we're really happy to have cohorts of people going through now but I really do think it is um time is the big commitment I do know that the state of Michigan is incentivizing this for teachers so that teachers with board certification do
receive $10,000 in addition to their salaries per year So there is a push in Michigan to have teachers go through the program but it really is just a commitment of time because in some cases it can take up to three years to get this So and and that's the reason why
only 61% of teachers you know in Michigan are are doing it Yeah Great Any no questions All righty Moving on to our um new business Um on our agenda we
have the Ingam Intermediate School District proposed general fund budget May I have a motion Madam President here we go again Uh Trusty Strode Madame President I move that the board of education express its support for the
Ingum Intermittent School District proposed general fund budget as presented It was moved by Trusty Stro second by I think it was Trusty Buller All righty Um any discussion on that Anyone I'd like to highlight Yes I just
like to highlight There we go Mic's on I'd just like to highlight a few things uh that was captured tonight surrounding the approval uh support uh to move with this decision I think it was very clear capture of what we are doing and the
proposed movements even with some of the challenges that are being faced uh coming down the pipeline uh with budget changes and etc We still are doing extremely well when it comes to our budget um we're in a really good spot and I think that goes to how hard uh our
teams are working to ensure we're in a good space So I think the approval of this is uh a testament to that and we do know that there are uh plans in place of action in the event that things may or may not come down later that affects our district So thank you Thank you for
lifting that trusty strode Any other um quick question and this might be for Ben because you're in contact with Jason So this um document it provided 23 24 Do you know when maybe 24 25 would come out like the numbers when they're usually
reported Uh I I don't this is certainly run by them but what I can say is I think they handed this out about two months ago So my feeling would be up to date Yeah Exactly Thank you All righty Well could the clerk please call roll
call vote please Mrs Ber Yes Dr Kavanaaugh Yes Mr Lopez yes Mrs Moore yes Dr Rodriguez yes Mrs Strode yes Ms Williams
wonderful Motion passes 70 Moving on to our public comment on non-aggenda items Do we have any this evening Okay Wonderful Now we are Can I have a a motion to go
into close session Madame President yes I move that the board of education recess into close session for the purpose of considering material exempt from disclosure as is permitted in the open meetings act Second Thank you It was moved by Trust Dr Kavanaaugh and second by Vice
President Lopez We are now in close session at 7:17 Yes Oh you are amazing I thank you And that's the audience y'all Yes May the clerk please call roll call vote Mrs Ber you
can't call session without cited I don't want to be rude but you have to say pardon one second You cited the reason Yes we we cited the reason It's It's on our Thank you so much I'm not going to do anything about
it but I just wanted to let you know May the May the clerk please call the role Mrs Ber yes Dr Kavanaaugh yes Mr Lopez yes Mrs Moore yes
Dr Rodriguez yes Mrs Strode I'd say yes But I also can I clarify while we're going through the the Yes it was clear that the purpose is on the agenda and I just want to let you know that it is considering material exempt and from disclosure as permitted in the
opens meeting act So I'll let you clear that up there and yes thank you so much Trusty Stro for clarification and it's clear All right Williams Yes it motion passes 70 We are now going into close session at 7:18 Thank you very much
So moved All right moved byustee by Dr Rodriguez May I have a um roll call vote
Trusty Boyer Yes Dr Kavanagh Yes Mr Lope Mr Lopez not present Uh Mrs Moore Yes Dr Rodriguez Yes Mrs Strode Yes Miss Williams We are now
Yes I just I just um because the last board meeting I was at I did have a conversation with Ben And so I want to make sure that I stated um in regard to how comments were taken
and then addressed that in no way shape or form am I questioning our superintendent's character or any impropriy And I want to go on record by saying that because I do not
want anyone to look at this board as if we are trying to catch our superintendent up That is disrespectful and I believe it diminishes the effect and the work that we are trying to accomplish in this district And so I just wanted to go on record with that
And so I did talk to Ben and just saying that was not my intent and I want to go on record with that You're very welcome My pleasure Thank you Trusty Boyer Dr Rodriguez thank you I attending the
governor meeting with the students at Easter High School I talked with every one of the students They were there were about 12 and every one of them goes to the university nine to Michigan State University two to Lansi Community
College and one to the club over there in in Nor the University of Michigan Then but the speaker the student speaker was one of the best speak speeches that
I hear from anybody And if you had without the students like that I mean these students they had their life for success in the future Thanks to the Lancino School District Thank you Madam President Thank you Dr
Rodriguez Are any other questions or comments from our board members this evening Dr Kavanagh Thank you Very quickly um I just want to lift that a few days ago the governor made an announcement in Eastern High School relevant to students across the state but of particular interest perhaps to students in our district which is that
there um if you fill out your FAFSA um so that is the form that you fill out in order to get financial aid um when you go to college If you fill out your FAFSA and then if you text uh a number I think it's like 85550K tickets Um if you text that
number um then you will be entered into a drawing for um there's there's a a few $10,000 winners and a few $50,000 winners that would then be put into um your students education account Um so just by filling out the FAFSA which is a
great idea to do anyway if you have a student who is collegebound and interested in what sort of financial aid package they can get just by doing that you can be entered to win this additional money from the state So it's a great opportunity It's a great incentive for um students who are interested in financial aid for college
Thank you Thank you Um Dr Kavanagh Jada I hope you heard that That's my daughter Trusty Strode Yes Uh very quickly too Uh that was a great um participation We were able to go to and support our students and have
conversations about their excitement for higher learning So go ahead and text those numbers I do want to uplift earlier in this meeting we were able to recognize our teachers who were able to be nationally certified and that is such a big big big deal for our district and
we want to continue to encourage our uh fellow teachers who have not uh had that opportunity just yet to go for it We are excited about learning in this district and growing with our staff and the teams here So I just wanted to uplift that we
were so excited to recognize them again uh earlier in this meeting Thank you Thank you Trusty Strode It's amazing to um celebrate our educators and our scholars I'm so excited Um any other comments from our board members This Trusty Stro or I say it's Trusty Strode
Trusty Herd Hi I I made a personal commitment Madame President that um at every one of the meetings when you give me a chance at the end I want to say if you've been teeter tottering in your mind about whether to send your babies to Lancing for us to educate them
come on home Come on home Thank you Trusty Herd Thank you Alrighty At 10:42 meetings adjourned