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But even everyone and welcome to today's special, not special, every meeting special. Anyway, it's a today's meeting. But it is special in the sense that we
have all our young kids here and family and friends in the old for newest school board member. So Aurora, can you please stand?
and let's see when we need to give them our mind. So, what's going on?
to give you a lot of love. Okay. [ Pause ] [BLANK_AUDIO]
There you go. Okay. (scoffs) [BLANK_AUDIO] - Yeah,
I do soundly swear. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United United States and the Constitution of this state. >>
That I will support the Constitution. of the United States and the Constitution of this state. And that I will faithfully disobey. charge the duties of the office of member of the Board of Education of Lansing
School District. And then I will. Sorry. Okay, what I had. How that. [laughs] that I will faithfully discharge the duties.
of the office of member of the Board of Education of Lansing School District. office of member of Board of Education of the Lansing School. According to the Best of My Ability. according to the best of my
ability. Congratulations. (audience cheering) [APPLAUSE] (audience applauding)
(audience applauding) [ Applause ] And of course it was moment. >> Right? >> Moving
on. to the agenda? Well, first of all, Iraq and Russia are >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
Now, ordn the everybody please stand for the eligible agents. [BLANK_AUDIO]
[INAUDIBLE] [BLANK_AUDIO] [BLANK_AUDIO] [INAUDIBLE]
[clears throat] >> Yes. >> Dr. Zirigas, can you please read our-- Thank you, Mayor
President. demi? on his lemon. Ne? De?il endek nalçuk. No, the mission statement. Go ahead. Sorry.
OK, thank you, President. Més en el seny man, l'any seny és col?listret. Pès bé. provides a high-quality education in cultural societies and not just in environment.
that support all students to live purposefully and fulfilling lives. [MUSIC]
the Netherlands in school, this is your cup ice. They are central. i el tradicional a contemporary l'ants o de lliosebeta. (speaking
in foreign language) So, we are Tommy people. Thank you. >> Dr. Cavanah. >> Yes. >> Mr.
Hurray. Maysalamia, my kysik. Maysalapha. for us. Meces more. Up the maister Navasuke. >> President,
Dr. Rodriguez. >> President. >> Mrs. Strode. Mays Williams or Miss President. Thank you. more will be here.
Just a little bit. run a little late, but you will be here. OK. [BLANK_AUDIO] We don't have any camera on the gender items, so
we want to... Our next item is, is approval of minutes to have a motion to approve minutes. >> The president and the motion that we're moving to the next time. >> Second. Move them
second to for minutes discussion, attrition corrections, delicious. Here in none, we'll do some favor say aye.
Okay, thank you. Now we have presentations. Mr. Superintendent. >> Good evening everyone. It's a pleasure to see such a packed house. of these days because
it's time to hear from the students and the educators. So I'm going to turn it over to you. to first deputy Jessica Benevita to take us through the learning boards. Good evening
everyone. It's my pleasure to have all of you here this evening. We have four schools represented here this evening for our visual learning boards. I call your name if you're here
to support that school if you could please stand up. at the beginning because at the end there's so much conversation and fun happening that you don't get to applaud all the people
that are coming out to support our school. So if you are here to say, support Dwight Rich if you'll please stand. [APPLAUSE] [ Applause
] And Forest View? [ Applause ] [ Applause ] Post-Oke.
[ Applause ] [APPLAUSE] So if you haven't been here
before for our learning boards, what we do is we have each from the school standard their boards and we have about two to three minutes per board. that we rotate through and we invite the
audience to join us in that. have students, staff members, principals, come to these meetings, and they'll be presenting information on their boards. This is the learning that's been happening at our schools and we're just so proud
of what our teachers and staff and students have been able to accomplish. So let's announce the results. invite you to each of the boards this evening and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
>> Cognacluck ones. [BLANK_AUDIO] Well, then we can up here. Thank you.
(?) (laughter) (audience laughing) >> If you're in the audience, please feel free to
also look at the boards. [BLANK_AUDIO] (people chattering)
(people chattering) [LAUGHTER] (audience laughing) (audience laughing) [LAUGHTER]
[INAUDIBLE] - What about this man? Hey my mom. How are you? - Good morning. - Good morning. (audience member speaking in
foreign language) [INAUDIBLE] (audience laughs) (people chattering) (audience
laughing) [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] [BLANK_AUDIO] (laughing)
- No, that was my man. - Oh, she's right there. - Oh, she's right there. (people chattering) (indistinct) [MUSIC PLAYING]
I love you so much. I love you so much. I love you. [BLANK_AUDIO]
[ Inaudible ] [BLANK_AUDIO] (people chattering)
(audience member speaks in foreign language) [BLANK_AUDIO] (indistinct) (speaking in foreign language)
[INAUDIBLE] [BLANK_AUDIO] [INAUDIBLE] I hope she and I love the background of the deal.
[BLANK_AUDIO] (people chattering) (audience laughing)
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[inaudible] [BLANK_AUDIO] [BLANK_AUDIO]
(people chattering) (people chattering) I don't think I'm like that. Oh, I know you.
There we go. So, part of it. and advertise me like selfie, your ads, so this is what I do. [LAUGHTER] (audience
laughing) [LAUGHTER] (audience laughing) Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [BLANK_AUDIO] [LAUGHTER] (laughing)
[BLANK_AUDIO] (audience laughs) (audience laughs) (audience laughing)
(speaking in foreign language) [laughter] [BLANK_AUDIO]
This is the front and the front and the front. The front and the front and the front. If you please rotate to your next board. Thank you. >> Great, your board and
rotate to the next one, please. Thank you. [inaudible] (crowd chattering)
Thank you so much. I was in a lot of the-- (crowd chattering) [INAUDIBLE] - This one. - This one.
[BLANK_AUDIO] [INAUDIBLE] (audience laughs) [INAUDIBLE] - Yeah,
yeah. - Yeah, yeah. [INAUDIBLE] (audience member speaks in foreign language) [ Inaudible
] [INAUDIBLE] (audience laughing) (audience laughing) (crowd chattering) [laughter]
(audience laughing) [INAUDIBLE] - Thank you. - Thank you. (audience laughing)
(indistinct) [BLANK_AUDIO] ? ?????? ???... -?????. -?????.
[INAUDIBLE] [BLANK_AUDIO] I'm gonna go to the right, thank you guys, the panel. This is based on the... first three
hours. I was in the 90s and I was in the 90s and here we got a patient. [inaudible] So for this is real school work.
[inaudible] [BLANK_AUDIO] [BLANK_AUDIO]
I was an equal. I have a little sense of this goal. What the beat is it that we're today? And then create and add for the investment and sell some of the new different things. So it's a
big combination. [LAUGHTER] (audience laughs)
[BLANK_AUDIO] [BLANK_AUDIO] (audience laughing)
(audience laughing) (audience member speaks in foreign language) [INAUDIBLE] [BLANK_AUDIO]
(indistinct chatter) (indistinct) (people chattering) (indistinct
chatter) [laughter] (crowd cheering) (audience laughing) - The island. (crowd cheering)
[BLANK_AUDIO] - We'll pass it on. - Yeah. - That's no, please. - Unfortunately. [LAUGHTER] - You get very shy. - You get very
shy. (laughter) [BLANK_AUDIO] [BLANK_AUDIO]
This one's R6 grain, it's have a great size. [inaudible] [BLANK_AUDIO]
[INAUDIBLE] I like a soft eye. [BLANK_AUDIO] (audience
laughing) [INAUDIBLE] [BLANK_AUDIO] (laughing)
(indistinct) I wanted to tell you how. (audience laughing) [INAUDIBLE] (audience
laughing) [BLANK_AUDIO] [Laughter] All right.
All right everybody. Let's move on to that next learning board. Please, let's move on to the next board. Even more to see at the next one.
[inaudible] [BLANK_AUDIO] [INAUDIBLE] (audience
laughs) If you have an already please move to your next bird. If you have not already, please move to your
next bird. Thank you. Thank you. [laughter] [BLANK_AUDIO]
(audience laughing) [BLANK_AUDIO] (crowd chattering) (audience
laughs) [BLANK_AUDIO] (audience laughing) [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] (audience
laughs) [BLANK_AUDIO] (indistinct) (audience member speaking in
foreign language) [BLANK_AUDIO] I was stalking you guys. [BLANK_AUDIO] [MÜZ?K ÇALIYOR] [MÜZ?K
ÇALIYOR] [LAUGHTER] [BLANK_AUDIO]
[INAUDIBLE] (audience laughs) (audience laughing) Thank you.
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laughing) (audience laughing) (audience laughing) (audience member speaks in
foreign language) [LAUGHTER] (audience laughing) (indistinct) (people chattering)
(indistinct) [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] (audience laughing)
(audience laughs) (indistinct) [BLANK_AUDIO]
[BLANK_AUDIO] (laughing) - I think you can make it to the shelf. - I agree. (audience laughing)
[LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] (crowd chattering) [LAUGHTER]
I was dying. I was dying. I was dying. I was dying. I was dying. (people chattering) (audience
laughing) [inaudible] [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE]
[ Inaudible ] (laughing) (laughing) (people chattering)
(audience laughs) (audience laughing) (audience laughing) [LAUGHTER] [laughter]
(audience laughing) (laughter) We really do. You can ever hear it in here. I hate everyone.
This is your last. If you have one bird. >> Three more minutes. You have run, Bob. I'd love to make sure you make it to your last school if you haven't
already. [BLANK_AUDIO] [Clapping]
(audience laughs) [BLANK_AUDIO] [BLANK_AUDIO]
[ Inaudible ] (laughing) (laughing) (audience laughs) So this is the sound of
the ground. (indistinct chatter) (indistinct) [ Inaudible
] [ Inaudible ] [BLANK_AUDIO] (people chattering) (audience member speaks in
foreign language) (audience laughing) [BLANK_AUDIO] [BLANK_AUDIO]
[inaudible] [BLANK_AUDIO] So when I went for one, the gift, some kind of grab, I sell
them up. I want to tell you guys that I'm so excited. This is what they have. And with
that, I gave them. [BLANK_AUDIO] [BLANK_AUDIO] [INAUDIBLE]
I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do. [BLANK_AUDIO] Yes. You know? So that's what
I'm trying to do. [BLANK_AUDIO] (laughter) [BLANK_AUDIO]
[BLANK_AUDIO] (audience laughing) (audience member speaks in foreign language) I need one. (audience
laughs) (indistinct chatter) (indistinct) and I'm kidding. [LAUGHTER]
So I want this white to be a child. [LAUGHTER] [ Laughter ] (audience
laughing) [BLANK_AUDIO] Um, it's I've been wanting to go out. (??)
??????????? (audience laughs) (indistinct) I have been my Mac and Clute and
V-S. I'm learning boards for tonight. Please getting your last minute of learning and then if you'll find... Thank you again.
[INAUDIBLE] (audience laughing) [ Inaudible Remark
] [ Inaudible ] Thank you. This has been a me this. Thank you very much for that. Yep, it is on, maybe I'm just not speaking loud enough.
[BLANK_AUDIO] >> Board members, we're going to have a similar meeting. >> No, we're um.
Go back to the agenda. Have reports from officers report from the Secretary. Nope. Oh, medical fur. Yes. Yeah. And so,
okay, we did A, and let's go to item B on the presentations. >> Mr. Brinkton. >> Sure. Good evening everyone. I hope you enjoyed the learning board. It's really a great opportunity for
us to share all the wonderful work that our students are doing. doing. But speaking of wonderful work and people who really give back to our community. We would like to call up the meeting confer president
and board because because what happened at the last board meeting is this wonderful signed a contract for our meet and confer bargaining unit.
if they are here, which I see, hello everybody. If you want to come up so we can congratulate you, and take lots of pictures. So come on up. [ Applause ] (audience
applauding) [BLANK_AUDIO] [BLANK_AUDIO] Thank you for your work. Thank
you much for sharing. Thank you. [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE]
- Okay. - Okay. [ Inaudible ] (indistinct) [BLANK_AUDIO]
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[ Inaudible ] [BLANK_AUDIO] [BLANK_AUDIO]
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[BLANK_AUDIO] [BLANK_AUDIO] So I just want to continue
by saying First of all, we really appreciate you being here and being able to thank you. personally, you know, the school district is a large district with over 1500
employees. and almost all of our employees are in a collective bargaining unit, teachers, principals, secretary, public safety. you know assistance and
then we have this wonderful bargaining unit called meeting. and confer. And so what that is is a group of people that represent all of the folks in our district that aren't those
other groups. and rather than I wouldn't think of them as the RN. I would think them as the amazing, are they and they are people that work in our public safety office. They're people that work
in our comms. team. There are people that work in the budget office. There are people that work, you know, in all of the different office. is throughout this district and they really make this district
home. work and all the stuff kind of behind the scenes is thanks to this wonderful group called Meaton Confer, so with that I really want to thank all of you again. and it's been a
pleasure bargaining with you and we're really proud of the contract. or the economic reopener that we just signed and really thanks to the four of you and all the people that you you
represent. Thank you. (applause) Okay, now we'll move to item 7, a report. >> Thank
you. for our announcements, communications and invitations this year. evening, we want to extend a congratulations to Everett's wrestling team. They
captured first place overall out of 22 schools at the Flint Jazz. RegWire Legends tournament this past week.
years once again for 2026-2027 our fast-foot form is now. available. Colleges and career schools use the fast-fuck. form to determine
how much financial aid students are eligible to receive. The MSU College of Music will present its annual Jazz. It's a spiritual prayer in protest
concert on Sunday, January 18 at fair child theater. This event is free. Take it's our available over the phone. at 517 353
534 0 On January 19 next Monday, there is no school for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On Jay, we're 21st and 22nd. It's
testing half day for high school students only. On January 23, there is a planning and record. day that's a half day for all schools.
On January 30th, There's also a PD day no school. [BLANK_AUDIO] The next sport meetings are as follows. February 5th, there is a regular board meeting. February 19, regular board
meeting, and March 5, there is a regular board meeting. Thank you. This concludes the Secretary's report. Thank you very much.
Then go to committee reports. So, I put a committee. Mr. O'Rourke. me again due to the new selection of our officers and re- commitment to
committees we have not met but that information is further to come. Thank you. Okay, going to facilities that is Muslims and me. So I
will defer to Muslims to just give a little overview. for meeting that we had last week, no this week, and then continue. and you're on with a report. -
Good evening. I'm sorry. Can you guys hear me? Good evening. So we had another meeting this past Monday because we did have some last Thursday to do some more
upgrading to our school. So we have for Forest View, West Line, which means they're going to be extending their bus line. for fourths views at air conditioning system. Their
Mation Street, structural steel, and glazing, basically inside out we're doing some upgrades to the fourth same thing with guy or park post, oh, guy right rich. Sex is auditorium.
So with that, that are, those are all of our bits that are out there. We did use all of the, the general contractors who turned in the lowest be it with an exception of a few who have been contract is with us at
before. So if you have any of the questions, we are sure to answer them. in your package, you should see all of that. And with your approval, we will move forward. So I'm going to actually ask at that time at the
same time is if the board I would like to to make a motion that the board set the being requested to FFS present it. Second.
So, in the second that we, the second. except this expression. Questions? Comment? Okay, I'll listen favorite say aye.
Aye. Thank you. I'll just let a comment. We talked about getting an overview
of how our projects are coming really nicely and keep it. in keeping in line with what we predicted it would cost. So we're on budget. and
later on we'll present some documentation to that effect. we did talk about that. She didn't. Yes. the lighting construction of the
processes going over the land. or they are not stealing the agenda or how is the process going. Yeah, Luden, they did the
demolition. onde o chocolate Christina ali é... the ground stuff. The entire the exterior building is down and.
They were spending last week and then this week getting the footings and foundations of the prior building. move from the ground and that that point in time will kind of pause for a minute until frost is gone and
then we will start construction. Thank you. I think if you meet us, I go asking to see if we can see the plants. The plans,
the designs that they are having there. how this school is going to be low-clike, Christina? >> Well, it's Mr. Superintendent. >> Of course, you know, but
also, I know this is a great question, but Chris, if you want to. Yeah. Well, what was, what was, what was going to suggest Chris Stinner's that we had the pictures
of how It's going to look at what was the open house before demolition and people came and say, could buy to the building and took lots of memories and whatever. can get them here. I can bring
the large pieces and then I can also send out the power that was given to the staff members and parents as well. That show a few more renderings. besides a larger one, but I'm happy to have those in this space. >>
Okay. Any other questions? >> So, the question? and for those who are wondering, we are a lot of our schools are moving to green energy and So
this is one of where super excited about it. So look for it if you guys really want to know how the things are going and looking. Dry pass will of both during the day time and at night you'll see you'll see it, but you'll see it
in two different lights. It's beautiful. I encourage everybody in the community to take part. drive by and see and then you can expect things like this, except for a different area. as we change the move over and also
stop by the new mount hope if you haven't been already. [laughs] Okay, the brilliant other questions we move on to. >> Mr. Lewinsky. >> Yes, thank
you. The Finance Committee has not yet met. We just got our assignments this week so we're in the scheduling process but do have a treasurer's narrative to share with the board to go along with the report you receive. The
detailed for the period of December 1st 2025 through December 31st 2025 is a test. to the seedlings agenda following our highlights of the report the
beginning and investment balance was $65 million, $899,491. We're seats totaled 16 million 3306,294. $4.00,
while the spokesman's equaled $20,999,800. $75. And that Interphone transfers total 794. $440
and interest from fund investments to the student and and bond funds as well as journal entries to remove the due to slash due to from. in all funds. The monthly transfer to
the general fund for bond expenses was zero dollars. The ending general fund cash and investment balance on December 31st. $125
was $62,314. The General Phone's Cash and Investment Balance is 27,151. $3,000, $3,000 less as compared
to the same time last year. >> The next year. >> Donations received during the month of December totaled 5,700. $166. A close several donations from
the Heartland School my school bucks program, the black pot and general motors, the black pot and Center, lowering your NJLheim, D-Transportation.
capital area united way and the blackboard on jackson national and And then I wanted to just highlight three significant donations of $1,000 from the on Wallace Youth Sports Foundation
to Everett High School Athletics. dollars from Daniel on Kelsey layered to the sexton orchestra and and $1,000 from United Mentoring Program to the
Sexteen Sexteen clothing class. >> Mr. President, this concludes the December 2025 Thank you. Any questions for Mr.
Nuiske? >> You're a non-romovative person, Al-Khamidi. >> Yeah, the person Al-Khamidi. committee and you're really constituted for 2026 will be meeting on the second Monday of of the month.
So if you are interested in attending those meetings, you are welcome to the second Monday of the month. That means we have not yet met as a committee, however, you will see that you have the board
person of report. And then your your packet we would like to congratulate all of our new hires and for those that are leaving the district we wish you all the best. And on that, I would like to move that the
Board of Education approve the new December 1st 2025 to December 15th 2025 as presented. Let's be moving to the second to approve the new personnel.
Discussion? Discussion? >> Aye. >> Post same sign? >> Aye. >> Thank you.
want to policy committee. Trust is strong. Thank you so much. Again with those new assignments being determined this week, we have yet to have a meeting. I
will know that I did reach out to those former members of the committee on last week asking for suggestions on any notes or. any updated goals or
opportunities that they see for this upcoming year within the policy committees. I will be receiving and looking forward to receiving that response from our board government. I will also note
that I will be meaning briefly with a and Claudia in the next couple of weeks to determine our cadence. of these meetings as well as establishing any predetermined goals to move
forward with Thank you. Thank you. to recognition at Hopkins City. Mr. Hurts not here. Um...
Is it what you have? Currently we are still accepting applications until the end. January 31st as of last time check how many things have been happening. >>
So the selection is going to be pretty hot. >> Thank you. I'm so proud. So we close the window on January 30th. So please get your nomination. and everybody in this district is important, but
these are your voices that we're we're here in this point. So I'm excited to read some of the things that are coming and I can't wait, but please. If you know somebody that's making difference in the community, please nominate them.
community, family school, educators, somebody post, first humanist, I can never say that, forgive me. you guys. But, however, you think has made an impact in this community and in the district, please. You still have two more weeks to get those
applications in and I look forward to it. [BLANK_AUDIO] Thank you. Thank you for that update. Moving on, we have for the next few weeks. Thank you very much,
dear to the changes and then. members roles in the committee. We had the first meeting. That is a new, I want the community to know. That is a new committee.
I was created just last week last month, so tomorrow's a go on a... has a lot of responsibilities. We are going to talk with the administration.
to start the new as soon as possible to have the meeting and then move on and how you already decide what the vision And the mission is time-mansar, we are
going to review them again to be true the-- Do we have done what's approved by the board? responsibility and the dream of
this committee is going to be a for the student graduation and the student preparation for the student. the future. Thank you, Mother President. Thank
you, Dr. Rodrigues, and this will I'm also a person that, so thank you very much. brings me to a point I did pass out a draft
of So, it's a little bit different than the first one because there was And if there are no changes, there are no changes. from you.
Please review it. If you're okay with those assignments. or schools, maybe you want to trade schools with somebody else, I don't know. But if you have any
changes that we can make Let me know and then it'll become the final document as far as for this year's assignment of board members to board some
committees. for your schools. All right. So I will wait for that and And then I'll just give it to our--
administrative assistant and then he will put the final document together. So now we know.
We're coming down to item C. He probably doesn't have much to say. but anyway we'll call in the superintendent. Good evening everyone. It's a
pleasure to be here. unless the board calls a special meeting, which is certainly their prerogative. will in fact be my last board meeting. I will not spend too
much time. time regaling you a story of these last five years. I do want to just say a heartfelt thank you to this community. who know me, no I am not from
here, grew up on the 19th floor of an apartment building. on a hundredth street in Columbus Avenue in Manhattan. then spent most of my adult life
in Brooklyn, New York. and then was lucky enough to be chosen by this wonderful board. to have the ProLigive Serving Lansing.
will be leaving at the end of the month so it's weird because it's like goodbye. really yet, but just to know how proud I've
been. to be the superintendent of Lansing. can list off, which I of course will, the amazing things that we've done that are the data,
graduation rates, and I saw it. Tio is in the back, you know, our high school wouldn't And when I got here, the graduation rate was 62.1%. It's now 88%. And this
year we think we're gonna break 90 and not thanks to anything I did but Thanks to people like T.O.B.L. and Pock and Jane Hwarfork and you know the entire team at
E-Sturn. The idea that we were able to move the it also quickly so thoughtfully was really incredible. graduation is kind of the end for what happened during the
years. 70% to 85% 15% increase of attendance in just three years, virtually unheard of. And of course, why does that matter? Children are
coming to our school more often. And then things like test scores, not only did we double proficiency rates in some of our schools, but then it's also the higher level stuff. We increase
the AP pass rate by 638%. Those are the kinds of things that have happened over these last five years. And again, I'm not going to take any of the credit. The credit goes to all
of you and goes to this community. but it's been an honor to really be a part of that. But then it goes further. Almost five years ago July. I think it was like July six or
something 2021 I stood here and in my first act, you know. We sent all the students back to school. If you remember when I got here students were still learning
remotely and then we got kids back into the school. The next thing we did was create universal pre-K where any child who lives in the lancing area, the lancing they
are of the right age. They get to go to preschool. the families make, it doesn't matter anything else, that we believe so deeply. in preschool that we made at Universal and
we're still the only district in Michigan. people were going to follow us, but it's okay. And you know, things like crazy. in the United States. high school
for technology and careers where they're learning. to become nurses and construction workers and you know, and computer scientists. All of that was created over the
last five years. the student development program where we have an entire group of literally thousands of kids every month do sports and training but also two to and
they get fed at Don Johnson. We have a care closet. that was something new. We're again showing that our job isn't just to educate our children, to support them and their families
in times of need. Um, you know. again, we can kind of go on and on about the numbers, but I think for those of you who have been really here for the last five years, the most important
thing. is that there is a sense of revitalization and a sense of new and great things happening. Do we have a lot of work to do? Absolutely. But the progress that's been
made over these last five years is really tremendous. all of you certainly in this community who have been a part of it. I want to Thank this board. I want to thank the
executive team and all of our employees all 15 100 but really just you know it's been very bitter sweet these last couple of weeks. I mean random things will happen where I'm leaving a
store and somebody just like drive their car up to me and I think they're gonna hit me. And they roll down their window. I'll just say, you know, thank you. And I was like, hi, I'm Ben, who are you? You know, and
then they'll tell me story about their child, you know, in fifth grade or eighth grade and you know, We're not perfect. We still make mistakes. There's a lot of work to be done, but I
just hope that everybody listening and being part of this is that this is your story. right it's not my story to say we raised the graduation rate it's your story to say that we
all that we raise the AP pass rate that we raise the attendance rate that we raised the happiness, the healthiness, all of that. But--
we always have things to do and I think it would probably be the most appropriate thing for me to do is to leave giving you the bus numbers. Because if
anybody has been watching for the last however many years years. When I got here, if you remember, We were supposed to have 72
triple tiered bus routes, which means that we We had 72 buses that would do three bus routes in the morning and three. bus routes in the afternoon so that's almost it's over 200
routes. And when I got here, of course, because of COVID, all the bus drivers were gone. like and so we met with you know our wonderful partners, Dean and they said, well look, we only have half. I was like, what do
you mean have like what are we supposed to do and they said well good I said, well, that's probably not a good answer, but we'll figure it out and you know we have the high school kids on
the on cate we have gas cards now and what's amazing is we now have a higher attendance rate in high school now than we did pretty COVID. And we actually have a higher attendance rate
overall than pre-COVID. But for years, it was school and you know it was funny I remember talking to a student years ago and And I said, well, you know, what's the difference? He said,
well, if I missed the y'all, I didn't have to go to school, but if I missed the catabus, my mom knows there's always another And so, you know, just the idea that we would create those kinds of
things would is really powerful and yet we still have work to do. We still don't have all of our children. We're very, very close, but it is something that
I'm I think shows the collective belief of this city. There was like, oh my God, what are we gonna do? And we came together and we created solutions. and now our attendance rate is higher than
it was even pre-COVID, which almost no district in the state. can say. So, for my final transportation numbers, We have
596 Cata requested and 500. 96 handed out so that's wonderful and perfect for gas cards. We have two 927 requested
but we've only distributed 2,000. $699, but please know that sometimes people will the West, uh, gas cards and they're not eligible either. They're within the walk zone or they're actually things
like that, but the fact that we're distributing 2,699. I know almost 2,700 is terrific. And then for the Dean bosses, We have 4,224
requests and we've routed 4,000. of 58, so there's a differential of 166, but within that 166. are also some students that don't qualify for every reason. So you know, when you're going to be in the middle of the year, you're
going to be in the middle of the year. I started the unrouted number was like, you know, 500, 600. down to 166 and of those 166 many of them you know are
not eligible. And so, you know, I think it's kind of symbolic, right? We've made a lot of progress, but there's a lot of progress to be done. And I think the way that I
would end is, you know, I am thrilled of the support of this board, the work that they have done over the these last five years as I've been here. But that I'm
honored, I think. in two symbolic ways. One, we have a brand new board member who is in a lumb. Cares deeply about this school has been so wonderful to
this community. community and you represent the kind of the next step. And so it's great to see you here. was nice when I see you in the community, but thank you for being part of this. And then of course, the
thank the executive team, you know, Christina Slate has been an incredible COO for this district and all the things that she's done all these. things in
terms of new buildings. But, you know, Sergio, who's not here today because he's of course out learning, doing his work. work that he's done with our newcomer center with our ELL
population, She's also out learning and doing some amazing work, but the way that she's been able to to increase our health and wellness of this district. We have our wonderful Kim Adams who you'll
hear from. later, who's helped make a budget that is the envy of every school district in Michigan, the fact that we have, you know, in the bank of $50 million. after having been
losing $20 million a year and then of course find Finally, first deputy Jessica Benavita is who will get to sit in the this chair in 16 days or something like that. And just to thank her
for all the incredible work that she's done. And if there's ever an indication-- that the community is happy. Just look at the Facebook account. of people
when they name Jessica as the interim, you know, from students to teachers to community members and I think that's what's so wonderful about this district. It's it's big. but small. Everybody knows each other.
Everybody has a history with each other. And the fact that interim superintendent could be somebody that was a teacher or a print of the Central Office Administrator. I think really
speaks volumes to the way that this place the city grows its leaders. And so with that, I will give unless the board calls an emergency meeting, which is always possible, that is my
final report. Mr. President, thank you very much. Thank you, my hand. (applause)
[ Applause ] (audience applauding) (applause) (audience
applauding) - And, oh. And of course, of course, man. the thing in the middle we would go to the middle but it's on the
side. I think we're gonna have to make a change. But in gratitude and appreciation, Board of Education of the Lansing School District,
recognize as Ben Schuldner for his is unwavering dedication and tireless service to the students, families. and broader lens and community. Thank you.
(audience applauding) [ Applause ] That's in there's more. Oh, there's more. Oh, there's more. [LAUGHTER]
[INAUDIBLE] - Well, you can see it now. - Oh, no. (laughing) But maybe... Here go. It's not your birthday. It's not your birthday. It's your birthday.
Hey. >> I love like presentations. >> Well, the cake is there so you can do it. we can all have a visit date. Well, we continue to work, okay? - Fair enough. - So,
um. Again, thank you Ben for all you've done. I, uh, you're my sixth. 10 and I believe as a board member and start. had made
a different types of leadership. One thing that I can say, honestly, is that they all meant well. And you meant well. And you've done what you've done. You've learned leadership
abilities to-- to our executive team or staff. We're going to continue working on that.
continue to move forward. And we wish you lots of luck in Seattle. I mean who was that? I think you're...
I don't know. You might have a problem. Anyway, let's want to our new business and the new business is
information. sorry session. You know what, if you will allow me a board. What do I go to public common on other gender items so that
people that are here have a chance to speak and then we can go into our study session. So I have the first one. Is
>> Sorry Washington. >> Thank you. [clears throat] [clears throat]
Thank you. I'm Charlie Washington. and I want to say good evening to all of the members of the board and thank you for letting me speak. It my boy is sound shaky. It's
my vocal cords. I'm not sick. No, where am I? Okay, having said that I want to be really clear that I respect the board's authority and the outcome of the recent
appointment of our newest board member. My comments this evening are not about the individual salons. But about the process and the public statements made during your deliberation. During
that discussion, statements were made indicating that one person had been formed her decision prior to the interview. being helped as well as remarks that
explicitly tied the selection to person. some of the characteristics and physical characteristics rather than the quality. qualifications still scuttled. When comments like
these are made from the day, excuse me. During an official meeting, they raised legitimate concerns about whether the process was fully impartial.
elected officials, you are trust in our only tech fairly, but to demonstrate fairness through your public words. When police selection at Bias has voiced openly regardless of
intent at undermines confidence in the board's governance and discourage. which has qualified community members from seeking to serve in the future. I respectfully ask that the
board reflect on how the appointment double deliberations are conducted and communicated in public meetings. and to recommit to transparent, impartial and
professional doctor. and then stand there and going forward. Again, I welcome, I really want to thank you. really to it's not you, it's the process. Further, I would recommend. that if you
have an individual making public comment, making slant versus in outrageous comments against a private citizen that those comments and it's been stabbed
in media like I am not an elected official. There is nothing in the freedom of speech that allowed what occurred Friday night. I say this with all due respect.
Thank you for your service and I I hope you consider my comments when you deliver in public. future. And I would like to thank the superintendent for
and thoughtfully responding to my comments, my email. would have expected the same from the rest of you. Our next speaker
is Mia Barness. And let me just remind Members of the public may address the board for three minutes. It is board policy not
to present. respond to public comment. [Clapping] I'm here to appeal to the decision made.
to suspend my daughter, my leader, read and on in our October and decision to suspend my cousin Isaiah Prince. back in
November and just January 14. I feel like they have no proof. It was a decision made,
haste, haste. I would say on an administrative on a administrative level. and the illustrations apart. And he came to school.
yesterday and was told that he was suspended for for absolutely. There is no proof at the Y. he
was suspended. In fact, he has proof that shows his innocence. and no one's listening. Not only that, he was suspended. for 10
days on justly back in November. a tech by a boy after having an argument which everybody has. as disputes.
And he-- turned around, turned his back to, you know, let the argument go. and he was attacked. And not only was he attacked, but then he was suspended
to deescalate a situation which I felt was wrong because he was attacked and it wasn't like He was face to face
with the person or any of that. And then back in October, my daughter was suspended because They claim that a video was circulating around that was sent
through. a text message which was never sent the reason I was I know is because like a good parent I am. I actually have my daughters. I
found through my eye cloud. So anytime a text message come through our phone. I actually get that message as well video. So the video that they claim
that she was suspended for. never came through and I allowed the system principal to know all the things things that have been going on up to this point and
he's not listening. He keeps saying that he's going to do something about it, but in the end they're the ones that get punished for. [BLANK_AUDIO]
Thank you. Thank you very much. just if you don't mind one of the staff members will talk to you if you just thank you very much. Thank you, our next
speaker is Mayor Andy Shore. Thank you for watching! >> Well,
honorable. school board members. I just heard that you all can't say anything for three minutes, which is awesome. No, I came to
you. because I know this is our superintendents last meeting. First, congratulations to our newest staff. school board member. Congratulations to our leadership as a citizen. as a
parent of two ever grads. You know, I always say we count on you to make sure that our children get the best possible education. You definitely succeeded with mine, so thank you. And that leads me into Ben
Schuldner. I do want to thank you, Mr. Superintendent, for all the work that you've done here in Lansing. as a parent, as a mayor who worked with you,
it has been tremendous to really have that relationship with the school district. it with the school board for years. We're all on the ballot and elected officials. being able to pick up
the phone and call the superintendent at any time to hear from the superintendent. Not just bad things, but good things. You know, good things. And there's so much good going on in this district. and we talk
about it a lot at the city. It's because of the decisions you make, because of the administration led by Ben and because of all the folks sitting at the table on the side. It's not every, I've learned this as
mayor. It is not every mayor. that gets along with the school district like we do. for office that was a priority. It was one of my kind of
highlighted priorities. So I wish you the best of luck. Everyone always says it doesn't rain that much in Seattle. but I think it does, so I'm with Guillermo that would be staying
in my room. I'm really excited for you. future. But I'm really sad for us that we don't have have your leadership although I am very
excited for the leadership of Jessica Benavitas. I feel like you're leaving us in a great place, but you also got us to that. great place and as
mayor and as a dad I thank you. And I thank you to the school board for everything that you've all been doing. Lansing is one of the best districts in this state in this country, and
I don't care what anybody says. our kids when they graduate are succeeding. And again, for me, my experience. is what I can share with people and I do and I will.
you do. Thank you. [BLANK_AUDIO] I'm sorry. [laughter]
[laughter] Our next speaker is Mr. >> Commissioner Bapena. Commissioner.
Thank you. Thank you. I think you and good evening. I think you and good evening. team members of the Lansing School District Board of Education.
It is with some sadness. So we say goodbye to our director here, Mr. Superintendent. and children,
but with knowledge comes, you know, everything and thank you for taking the time for what you've done in the city. I'd like to share a few stories that the audience might not be
wary of. is a family by the name of Harrison, who has ties in history about back to World War II and you had memorabilia in
Eastern high school, that was lost for a while and you were instrumental in recovering those items, ribbons
to high school swimmer who cool. during the war was thrown off of his ship and rescued people with his ability. to swim, which came from the
Lansing School District pools. So, you know, you are the top and you may not know what you're talking about. every little thing that has happened behind you, but things have happened
behind you. forward in your life too. I'd like to equip you with a little bit of knowledge about the city of Seattle. I don't know if you know this or not, sir. It's
named after an Indian chief. See, Alph. Yeah, and one of his big one One of his big press-up pisses of knowledge was that we are a web. And I know you move forward in
this web of your life, but you are a little link here. always be a little link here in Lansing. We wish you the best. We will always remember your
presence. the concerts at Eastern Quakers. band. We will remember you coming
through. our football games when sometimes we would think we would win. wouldn't and sometimes we think we would be smeared and the quickers won. But we do realize on that Friday
night you were busy and you had two other high schools to go to. We do appreciate you for running down the field. but thank you for that. And we
would like to just Well, we do acknowledge that we, amongst others, are politicians in this world. and one of the biggest things you can do is show up. So thank you for showing up while
you were here. Thank you, Mr. Spena. And our final speaker is Marcus McKesson. [BLANK_AUDIO]
Hello, my supposed to say a steam member. of the board, is that the process here?
What are my people? That's all I'll do it. I want to say give a moment. Thank you. Superintendent. It's been a long road, you know?
And you know, you'll take all the lessons. and it's learned here. Put them in your backpack and hopefully that prepares you for whatever. lies ahead of you.
Okay. You know you? were worried about whether or not to take this leave a faith. and
yet you did. something that you just have always done is jumped into the deep. Okay? And what I think
is, one of the biggest things that everybody here will start to learn. is that when you jump into the deep end, it's because you are confident that you will
swim. Now I know that is the deep end. and there will be names and people will say, you know, well, this name or this person
or you don't have this or that it doesn't matter because you to the deep end. Okay? And when you start swimming, we all swim with you. You have
an entire tribe. of people that swim with you. And once you find your C-lakes,
they will start to listen. And it won't be immediate. And there will be this politics in that politics. it doesn't
matter, baby. Once you start swimming, people follow. You do, you, and you do it
seriously. [BLANK_AUDIO] Okay, and if you're on the fence about something, seriously, do it. Okay? I love you. Your
mom loves you. Your brother. I love you. All of the people that showed up here and all the people that are looking on the YouTube channel. They all love you.
represent for J. Dubs. [laughter] That's number one. Okay, that's the first one. for
every kid, for every kid, for every kid. Tio for every. every smile for every
opportunity you represent. for a vision of the future that only you can see because only you are jumping. to the deep end. We'll follow you. I love you.
[ Applause ] >> Well, same thing to some people. enough. Thank you. Just one last thing about. Mr. Sholdner,
Superintendent. remember that this was his first superintenancy. This is the school of the mayor. So wherever he goes,
wherever he goes. Whoever he goes, it's us. So don't forget. I won't ever. Okay, then we're
gonna. going to our information study session. couple of seconds so that you can get a piece of cake and then comes down again and will get on
Okay. Okay, we're back into regular session. Continuing with the agenda, we're in two in former state of session presentation of grants. and sustainable
green energy projects. Thank you. Apparently nobody wanted to stay for this. (laughing)
- You did, dude. - You did, dude. My heart's hurt. [laughter] Thank you for your time. I'm going to work even to documents
for this evening. The first one is label. 2526 budget and grant programs presentation. in document. This document is not meant to be
gone over. right now. But as you have time and you feel like reading more about the various grants. we have the eight pages after this reflects all of our
current active grants in the status. So as you look through, It will give you our grant number. It will give you our grant name.
grant is state, local, or federally funded. the amount spent, the amount in combered, and the bail-in-slash. the amount
in combert for staff is their wages from this point in time. forward. The amount in com bird for everything other on the system.
So that's just for your reading pleasure. And, Christina and I will present the PowerPoint. So this evening, Anna agenda,
we talk about what great answer some types and examples. What is sustainable? energy types and examples. The district impact and current
grant budgets and then the district budget educates and then questions are the end, but I honestly don't mind if you ask questions as we go through. President would like us to
proceed. So what are grants? Grants are purpose-driven, typically application-based. generally non-reimbursable
so they don't require repayment. and accountability is required. So those of you that have been on the board for a long time We have a lot of internal controls and procedures that we follow.
audits and you have an annual audit. So we are very careful. with all of our grants, actually all of our funding to ensure that we adhere to state. and
federal requirements. What types of grants do we have? We have local Indonesians. We have state and federal grants. and we have competitive grants.
Thanks. [BLANK_AUDIO] Local grants and donations are typically funds provided by a community. organization, business, or individuals
intended to support our schools in our educational initiatives. These grants are generally flexible. and tailored to meet specific needs of local students, teachers, and schools.
You want me to take that? Thank you. A couple of examples. The samples of our local grants. One is the Laura Bush Library grant. this year we received $25,000
and this grant allows us to extend. and update and diversify our library books in our schools. We also just recently received the Joe D. Pentecost grant.
provides us $8,000 to help support the books for the reading. fundamental program. another annual grant that we
generally receive for Eastern High School. capital region community foundation grant 48,500. $21. This one's a little bit
unique. It's not intended for one purpose. Rather, several teachers applied and all of their required we're putting into one pot so we have a total
of 48,000. many programs embedded in that. We also are in our second here of receiving the project Christian Dog Grant, which is
and this enhances music in the arts in our school. Another grant we have is the HAP CARE SOURCE Donation.
This donation is $10,000. It helps provide essential health while being in personal. here items to our students and families.
that we received is the Drackland Mars State Donation of 100. $169,000. Mr. Superintendent, would you like to speak about this? this.
I just want to say two things for all the people. listening at home and the one audience member is that this is an example. of somebody who
worked in the district, love the district, and in their will. put the district in there. And so we actually got 169,000. dollars from this wonderful
person named Jacqueline Mars. you know, if anybody is thinking about a states and wills and planning, to put the Lansing School District in your will if you
would like. And it is really wonderful when we got the letter. It was so warm and lovely. And when we learned about this it was great. So we thank the Mars estate and we
certainly want everybody to know that if you are thinking about a state planning, please think about us. Thank you. We also have state and federal
grants. These are typically government funded financial awards. provided to the district to provide support specific initiatives. student needs and
school improvements. These grants are typically larger in scale. and come with strict guidelines and reporting requirements. examples
of our state grants. Title 1 per A this year we have a receipt of 7.3 million and you may ask what is Title 1 per A is designed to
provide additional support to schools serving economically disadvantaged students. targeted academic support. It provides school-based
decision-making. making, professional development for our educators, parent and family engagement. And then there also is a resource allocation and equity.
where we ensure that schools have access to instructional materials and additional personnel to create a more equitable learning We also
have Title 3 grants this year. is a $127,433. This is a federally funded grant
to help support schools serving students with limited English proficiency. This grant has English language acquisition support targeted academic support.
professional development for educators is also embedded in this grant. is a parent and family engagement component. And again, resource allocation. in the
inequity. Another one of our state grants is the 31 a at risk grant. This year our allocation is 21.4. million
and then like to remind the board that we received an additional and a half million this year that we weren't counting on. 31A is a state funded grant that
supports students who are at risk of educational failure due to various challenges. help to improve attendance, reading proficiency.
math proficiency, career, and college readiness. [BLANK_AUDIO] Another one of our grants is the High Impact tutoring grant for $250,000.
The board may recall that this is one of the grants that had been recaptured earlier this year. and constitutional and the funds are now back at the district and
the services will be provided. to our schools. This grant provides high impact tutoring has anticipate or
to close learning gaps, accelerate academic process. progress and it has evidence based strategies and again has equity. and access as a
component of the grant. Some of our competitive grants will be followed after this slide. but competitive grants are typically opportunities
where we compete. against others to receive funding. Awards are given based on the quality. of our proposal in alignment with grant priorities and potential impact.
One of our competitive grants is the team's grant. If you recall, this was a five year grant that was, we thought was ending as,
December 31st and that was also deemed I don't remember the words they used, but they have reinstated the grant and are giving us funding after they took the last two
years away from us unexpectedly. This grant provides counseling services, supplies and resources. staff training and PD early intervention and
prevention. community and family engagement. Another one of our campaigns. of grants is our magnet grant. This year's allocation is also
too 2.9 million. Our magnet schools are Lansing Tech High School. Forest View, North and Wexford. This
grand provides diverse and inclusive learning environments specialized. >> Thank you. instructional strategies. There's PD and... embedded
within and it's a sustainable school improvement. to support long-term strategies for magnet school success. community partnerships
and continuous program evaluation. I'm going to turn the next view slides over to Christina. [CLICKING] Thank you Kim. So the next few
slides we're going to talk about are a lot of grants that have have involved the operations team in moving forward and several I'm going to be familiar with. Except for our new board member and hopefully you'll
become more acquainted with them. So the first one is our 12 C consolidation grant. This was a grant through Michigan. Department of Education and consolidating our schools to
help provide a initiatives for renovating, upgrading school buildings to accommodate the changes in a student program and enrollment offerings. I'm sorry, student enrollment and program
offering. So the different schools that we did this with were the written willow consolidation so we've used this money to help us with our new willow build. the Wood Creek
Wexford consolidation. This summer we will be adding an additional of three classrooms and a new middle school full-sized gym. at that location. And then in the past,
where we just did our tour in November. this helped us in paying for the new gymnasium addition at at. would elementary for the outward real consolidation between those
schools. Another competitive grant is our 12th, a Michigan Healthy School. This year we will be using $9.8 million last year we used some
additional funds as well in this. It's used to improve indoor air quality. create sustainable and green environments and enhance the comfort and learning and create
a healthier school infrastructure. We're using this to install air conditioning. at several of our schools. So last summer we use this at at Comberland and Share. and road
as well as window units at Forest View, and post-doc. This year we will be installing full building air condition. with these
dollars at Dwight Rich for us few guys. park post-doc and pleasant view where we have our learning hub. and our online school and our staff there, they will be getting window air
condition. and updated electrical at that location. Another grand is our USDA Forestry Grand. actually partnered with the city of
Lansing on this grant. So this is part of a much larger throughout the entire city of flancing. Our portion of this is We will be using this for additional
tree planting and maintenance and evolving our community around efforts focused on environmental stewardship and education. developing green workforce pathways within our
student body at our and then we will also be demonstrating how to do it. to reuse urban wood wraith waste through sustainable low carbon building material. materials projects.
There's a lot of great work already happening with this and this is going to be a lot more to come this summer and into the fall as well. So I look for a degree of additional information. to you. But we will
be looking to plant planting a lot more trees and for us within our community. [BLANK_AUDIO] Next, just a quick, what is sustainable green energy? The
next few things we're going to talk about. about our initiative around sustainable energy and green energy. that generate store
or. use energy in ways that reduce environmental impact. Lower our greenhouse gas. and the national resources over the long term. These have a long
term. long-term cost savings. They reduce our carbon footprint and align with climate and energy goals. The Lansing School District's Green energy initiatives include
renewable energy generation, energy efficiency Clean Transportation Projects and Energy Storage and Grid Support. Our renewable
energy generation includes our geothermal system that we're installing at Willow, the new Willow Elementary, and our panel at the locations
listed here. that this also has allowed us to, for the first time ever, be able to use tax credits, both a 30% tax credit in our
investments. and then an additional 10% low income bonus tax credit for several of our projects. We, I'm excited to announce for a couple of things.
just turned on to of our solar arrays. They're getting towards the end. of our towards the end of our project. One of them being our largest hill right before the when our break we
turned on. That's generating 1.2. It's a 1.2 megawatt solar. system and as we showed a little bit earlier, that's the picture that we were all standing in front of. just got turned on and then is going to generate the
most power of any solar system that we have in the district. So far this school year for the projects that we have turned on, which would be Cavanaugh,
Lions, North, Paton Gill. and Wexford. We have generated over 500 megawatt hours of solar energy. So we are very excited about that and over the next two
months we will be with Kim and the finance department to claim our solar tax credits. Next, our energy efficiency projects. these are building
retrofits. They create high-efficiency or using high-efficiency systems like LED lighting upgrades. So we had our energy bond that we did We've used that for the schools listed
above. We've put in retrofits. such as lighting, so new LED lights and several of our schools I've typically ever at high
school, sex and high school, and we've also put in controls. So a lot of things I have to do. with energy efficiency is making sure we put controls on our systems to monitor how much heat
reusing. What does our air look like monitoring our set points so that we're keeping the buildings, temperature, stable, so we're not using as much energy to heat or cool the building. We've also put in
energy or float water flow systems in several of our schools. So how much water are we using when we're flushing the toilet and may not seem like something that big, but it actually is a very small
change that we can make that can make a great impact. So these are some of the projects that we've done for these. [BLANK_AUDIO] Our Clean Transportation Project. So this is about our
electric school bus. which several of us got the opportunity to ride on our first electric school bus when we did our school tour. For those of us that got to ride, I think we're
all super excited to hear how quiet it was and that is one of the really cool things. about our electric school buses besides the fact of how much impact it has. on our emissions
input into the system. So as the board of members, you guys have approved 20 electric school buss. process purchases. 7 have already been received.
So we're excited to get those ready and get them in to commission and using them in the system. We are currently installing our infrastructure for a 10 electric bus chargers
at the facilities so we can make sure that all of them are ready to be charged. Obviously before we start. start using them. And one of the other things that we will do with this project is to
design electrical upgrades and to install install additional bus charges. rush chargers excuse me and battery storage system at the Hill facility. So since be set to have that large
solar generating system out at Hill will be able to to install additional chargers there, which leads me into the next slide. which is energy storage and grid
support. So one of the really cool things that this will allow us to do with both the electric school buses and the solar system that we have and the
chargers is during our low use time. which would be the summer, which is a high generation time for our solar, will be able to use our school buses as batteries and storage. So the
batteries that are on those buses, we can use them as storage. And when there's really high peak times in the summer, which is very usual. lot of people using air conditioning in those types of things, then we
can actually feed back into the grid and help support BWL and keeping the grid. stable. So we're using all of this for those projects. All very
exciting. And now I'm going to turn it back over to Kim. Thank you. As we look at our budget, the adopted budget is approved by
the Board of that in June of the $263 million. percent of that is general funded or 165.7 million dollars. and 37%
or 97.7 million is We're going to bring it funded. When do we look at our current grant budgets? you can see the blue is budget.
The gray is spent in everything appears to be pretty equal except for when you look at the state I would love to tell you and I am going to tell
you that tonight you adopted and approved many bids that state bar and gray is going to go up. as soon as Christina gets her POs on the system.
is that some of that state money is multi year vehicles. Otherwise, you can see we're right on track with budget. [BLANK_AUDIO] And when you look at our
district budget at a glance, federal grants are 10% state grants are 29% local is so small. it shows up as zero and general is 61%.
[BLANK_AUDIO] And now I'd like to open up for any questions or comments. I did want to point out for all of the items that I was speaking out. I'd be remiss if I didn't.
mentioned that we did not do this alone even here within the district. partners with Greenlink Education help us get tens of millions of dollars. to be able
to do a lot of our green and renewable energy project. So I just want to make sure. sure that the board is aware. You know, we don't do this in a silo and we have a lot of partners that work with us. to make this happen and we're super thankful
to have those partnerships. - I know, some... folks raise their hands I just want to make sure that those contractors the
we pay them or they they get paid by the >> Correct. >> So the Greenlink education, the vast majority of the funding. We can't because of the letter of the grants. We can't
pay them We usually pay them about 10% out of capital or general funds, but the vast majority of the majority of the money that is in their contract is actually paid out of the grants which we're
awarded. they helped us get. Thank you. You're welcome. strawums volumes. (coughs) All the great things that we
thought we were in the beginning, we were able to keep it so well. [INAUDIBLE]
Yes, so we actually had made a contingency plan. We were going to use our 31 AA mental health grant to support those staff. Now they can go back into the
team's grant. We're still working through the logic. logistics with the federal government because there's deemed to be peace. kneeling the rest of our
award, but yes, an answer to your question. Thank you so much. much. I just want to first say that this is amazing
presentation. Great detail. attention to detail and work and data. I appreciate that. One of the questions that I wanted to more so ask in the sense of for the
community purposes. There's been a lot of talk in regards to what's happened at the federal level. I do appreciate that you stated right now we are in a great spot within our budget.
appears at a lot of our state grants will cycle through within this cycle year and that's all amazing. However, I just want to
maybe ask if you can expound a little bit on that. 10% of those federal grants. and when we do not become awarded those funds, how does that impact the district? I'm sure I know those
answers, but I wanted to ask it specifically because this is a question of a hot topic around all of our folks down here down town today. [BLANK_AUDIO] Thank you.
What I will say is we don't So no, what might happen in the future? As of today, we're in a good... spot. Am I concerned about grants
vanishing? I can I have to focus on what I can control and what I can control. is that we've received these grant awards and I can strongly
encourage our schools in our departments to spend timely. When it has to do with stay. having sometimes positions are open for an extended length of time. They may not be much they
can do about that, but they can follow their plan in order their supplies and materials for their programs. In the future, title two title
three I'm not quite sure We'll wait and see, but we will build contingency plans because the staff we have our all valued. The positions are all
needed and we will work with the board. to enact those contingency plans if needed. Super antenna. Thank you very much. I mean it's
a wonderful answer. I you know to trust these roads. Question about what happens, I think. I think I can make some conjectures. You stipulated that Title II and Title II,
three are certainly the ones that are probably the most at risk. What we saw this song. was that even when Congress approved it, the administration had held
back that money, then after about a month or two they did release it. If you kind of look at the politics of it, it is possible that title two and title three. might not be
reallocated in the future year from now to years from now. the good news is that the largest part of the federal money is typically title one and title
one seems to not really be on the stopping block by any stretch of the imagination. The good work that Kim and her team have done, of course, is that we
could probably take care of title two and title three with our own budget. But again, this is why I'm so thankful to have this board is that we've been able to kind of keep our fun
relatively high bordering between 45 million and 50 million and what I would say is if the federal government does decide the title two and title three go away, we understand
that and would be able to close some of those programs down. but they're really wonderful and so it would be a conversation with this board is would you comfortable dipping into the fun balance. The good news is we're
keeping that fun balance little bit higher than normal because of the possibility that these would go down. If for whatever reason title one goes away, that's a very different story.
but to be honest, if that happens, most school districts in the country. would be heavily heavily impacted. So the good news and I will point this out.
If you remember when I became super intended, the budget was split almost 50/50 between grant and non-grant. That was my because of the COVID money because of
Astor. That's always a dangerous thing if you're a money through grants, those grants can go away. This budget of federal around 10, stayed around 29, and
General at around 61 is much more balanced in a historic way, and so that actually is a really good thing for us. as of today. But I would say pay attention to
the news and the newspaper. and we just have to react if and when the federal government does do something. Okay. Stress Kevin. VP Kevin. Oh.
Yeah, thanks. Thanks so much for this presentation. I was actually looking back and comparing it to last year's president because I, you know, humble, longitudinal person.
is that in talking about grants, the proportions. of the district budget that was funded by grants last year was 45% and this year. is 37% and I might seem odd that
I am pointing the south since it's a decrease but I actually think that given the truly dire landscape of grant making. the federal level, the state level and the local level. I think
that the fact that we were only you know we only drop like eight percentage points in terms of what proportion of our budget is grant I'm really speaks to the team thinking creatively about
how we can continue to fund. some of our programs. And so yes, while it's true that at the federal level, it's not quite certain what's going to happen and we can't predict the future.
I do I do feel very heartened that this year even with a significantly larger overall. budget. We didn't see like a massive drop in the percent of that budget. as funded by
grants. And so your team is to be congratulated by continuing to find creative solutions to make sure that we can. and further projects. Thank you. Trust the roll of views. And I hope you have a good time.
Thank you. I was concerned about putting a state of unfairness to the ground. But now I can go out there. 10% is a federal on 29%
state. Yo creo que el título de la gente que nos ha hecho el material de la vida. the part of the education or not, still they found it should be there. there
bad nobody knows. I think it should be prepared for any of the eventualities, the how we can keep going the services. of their un, and the
other thing I will ask, the Boris who the budgets and stay budgets star, which are going to the senators and to the legislators to tell the energy is hard to
support the schools. And I think that's the same thing we can do later together with the... University of Sardo Indad. Everybody's doing that then maybe
Michigan State Board Education, when I was present in my, is, member. they can work together to support educational and Michigan. Thank you. Okay.
Trusty. McCusek. Thank you guys so much. So much for the presentation. It was very informative. I learned a lot about all of the different types. of grants that support us. I just wanted to say that
I'm really excited about the green going on the solar panels. That's really exciting and also the electric buses. that it's a really good direction for us to be moving into and I think that
students will be excited. about being able to ride on a silent bus eventually. So that's all. Thank you. Justin Winski. Yeah, so I want to say thank you. Thank you for all the
efforts and the wonderful work being done. I want to continue on that line of thought asking about those. pre-energy projects. Now that we're starting to turn on some of those systems and put the buses on. on the road, et cetera. We
expect to see some savings to the district. Is the plan over? to continue to do more projects with those savings or will that just decrease? expense bottom line. What's the thought going forward
for me here? Yeah, so I think It's kind of too full right we would not work together with the board to talk about where where do we want to come to continue to go. I think we've got a lot of opportunity in front of us to
continue to expand of those projects while we have some upfront costs. We could look at our long term. reduction of our normal utility bills and just making it a better environment
for our students with that being in green energy. So I think that's something talk about what I would love to see us as a district continuing to reinvest in additional projects and sustainability
projects. A few of the other things that don't require a large investment but we could take some of these dollars froms as starting to do things like and our schools to
start to move to more sustainable. food trays and silverware and glasses and those types of things. but cups inside of our school cafeteria isn't those types of
things so much smaller budget type projects where we can start to see this. And I do want to also So a point out that we have started looking at our utility bills and we are already recognizing a savings.
So even though we turned some of these on a little bit later in the summer the summer generates most of our So, obviously it's mostly sunny, but today it was beautiful and sunny as well. And I have a nice lovely app. on my
phone, and I'm happy to show all of you. I can monitor how much power we're generating every day that we can take that and we're seeing tons of thousands. of dollars of savings already. And
that's in a climate where we're not having as many in the summer. So we're looking forward to monitoring those savings and looking to see how many more projects
we'd be able to do. Just to follow up on that is it are the it's It seems like it's settled now that the tax credits are still available for another couple of years if we were to pursue that. correct. So we qualified under the previous rulings of them and we actually
qualified even under the new rulings under the current administration at the federal level. A lot of that has to do with the fact that we pre-purchase our solar panels. So since we spent five of our
total projects, which is important to thankfully approved. We call if I'd under both administration and both types of projects and he did extend them as well as far as
how long we have to claim. So we do have three more projects that we need to install. we already have the solar panels purchased. So we would do that at Everett at Wood Creek. We put the new
roofs on atwood and wood creek this summer and we'll be installing coming up soon and then EVRIT will be our additional property that will be installing. all of our pre-purchased panels and that'll
kind of be the end of our first initiative. for our solar panel. So looking forward to that, but thank you for pointing that out. We did qualify under so happy
news there. Just a little bit. of curiosity. How much energy is 500 meg What a power a lot a lot for people
no >> Yeah, I. >> But that light up, Lansing. >> No, no, definitely. would not light up lancing. But you might have a better idea on this exactly how much it would
but we did install our smaller solar projects on their roofs ever buildings with the that it could generate enough power to run that individual school when it was at a 100%.
So with that being said, we're not generating at a 100%. percent right this moment but I'm bad if you have a name. Yeah so kind of there's a rule of thumb. with rooftop solar which is if you fill the roof with
solar it's usually about one for one with how much energy you use in that building. And so the good news is all of these rooftop solars that we're doing
will hopefully offset mo- of the charge most of the costs. The hill one would which is 1.2 megawatts, which is quite big. That is large enough to probably
do heal as well as some other things. So, you know, we're not powering lancing though that would be awesome. But what the hope is is that will be able to power the
district. And if we can do that, that's pretty impressive. And then the thing that we haven't necessarily calculated yet because we won't know exactly the face, but one of the issues
about solar, of course, is that you produce this energy and you use what you have, but if you don't have a place to put it. it goes away. We're able to give it
back to BWL at times. once we start having the batteries from the buses will actually be able to. to keep the energy and then actually make money by reducing
the energy. are causing our costs at night, or during days where the peak load, where the expected. are quite high. So you know, we'll hopefully win all a set and done. will be able to
really reduce our energy bill and still make some extra money. when we sell them the power back to the grid. So, you know, anybody listening at home? for the board. If you put the solar
on the roof and you kind of fill the roof, it should in fact pay for the building itself. the roofs for safety reasons and things like that. But it's a
significant amount of energy for us, which is pretty great. And thanks to all of our partners for doing that. >> The other problem. >> Excuse me. The LAP
is a information in Z. in terms of federal funding, national school board associations. This is having an Evox today, Evox C. We can actually.
and trusty Williams trusty hurt and I will be there and we're going to going to go to capital Hio and speak to our electoral officials about the new. the issues. Public education. So I
don't trust it would be. has been busy learning through some trainings that have been done through Zoom and presented so hopefully we'll be able to do
it. some information. But I think that's one way that we can get involved in that. as far as the state funding, MESB is very, MESB is very, involving that and
I know you all receive information from MESB. but the bills that are in the house, have to do with education,
etc., etc., so keep track of those in that way and like Dr. Rodriguez said, I think we need to get into the practice of addressing
our legislators. And I also go, I just finish my thought. district had a what a call it a a person at the capital. So Rossi Ray.
Yeah, we used to have one right from the district back I don't want to talk about what's new. I was there a zone between the alleges like Thorson. The
Atlantis School, this just to say. support your point. We need to get into that practice of sending our their own letters to legislators or making a phone call sending a text and say,
hey, you And the problem that I have, which is a good problem to have is that our local and support public education. The problem is the other folks. that
are not in our local area. But I think we can still touch I'm going to let him know that we expect their support. Anyway, Dr. Relarius. -Ya. -Ya, awak tak ada yang... -Ya, awak tak ada
yang... (Selamat datang) You're not excited. (coughs) [BLANK_AUDIO] [ Inaudible
] [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] Absolutely, we have. So as part of that recycling of the food piece. We're creating compost.
And so that's kind of our next thing is getting into the compost. and then using that in the gardens that we have at several of our schools. that we're looking to, it's all kind of full circle part of that
initiative. So thanks for raising that. >> Okay. You know the questions? Yes, ma'am. >> That's a bit of a tanteck, but I would like to. a men's might earlier comment because what kind of longitudinal researcher
would I be with only two data points? So I went back to the 2024 budget report and in 2020. 34, 38% of our budget was grant funded, which is statistically
equivalent to the percent that is currently funded. And so given that I think we all recall in 2024 there is an extremely different political situation at both the state and the federal
level. And so for us to have maintained the same proportion of for the grant funding from 2024 through some very different administrations. to the present.
I think is particularly lot of all. And so I apologize for soon only looking one year back. But I would just like to congratulate the team. See what
you're gonna miss? [laughter] [LAUGHTER] Thank you very much for the presentation. It's wonderful and
thank you. Thank you. [ Applause ] >> Okay, now we're at -- coming to -- from the board. You want to start? Okay. >> First,
Trustee Herz, congratulations. He's sorry he can't be here. I think everybody knows that he's so congratulations. I'm super excited to work with you. I think we all are.
Congratulations, team today, for your part. presentation, even though I did my homework so you know I already is ahead of the game and that's why I had no question. is just time. Also, I just got wind that starting now.
there's going to be a couple of after school programs in the community for our children. So as I get more I'll pass it on, but I think it's something exciting that we're looking about partnering with the community. and some of these
things to help our kids educate and also going to capital here we do. have appointments with the list of flacking, it's a time bear it and it's an So we have meetings with all of them.
So one of the things they did ask us is come up with the one piece. Ask. So Christina, are you got paying attention? No, you need to make sure. you pay attention. But, okay, so now we
need a one page ask of what we need in our So we need our left, too. So you got about a week or so to give it to us. going forward, Superintendent Sheldinger. It's gonna be, I
ain't gonna go out in the back. the fight with our grand win. No, it's just playing. We and I say this and all. Honest Ian. Hi. We have a love, hate relationship, but it grows and we've grown fine to each other.
you know that's what both of us just do with it in the day. You know they fight they fight they don't They don't get along. They don't talk to each other. Then after a while, it's like, forget it. I love you and keep going. I
am going to miss you. I'm still trying to figure out what wedding to give change in all of me. But we'll just come to forks, meet you in forks with all the rainers, and I ain't coming all the way. way to see out of me, then middle.
So, best wishes to you and your family and every Dr. Ozeris. Thank you very much. ??? ??????, ????????, ??? ???????. ???,
?????????. I remember the night when you were interviewing and together. We are these groups of members and the previous, both of them are
not here. have done or have been altogether created this to the US. leaving. I only had one worse. I already told you my
words is very simple. Thank you. [BLANK_AUDIO] Vipy. I also want to thank the superintendent for his many
years of service, you know, statistical. is my love language. And so I am very glad that the superintendent was able to shout out some of his and his teams, many accomplishments that
can be measured numerically. that's enrollment, graduation, attendance, the AP pass rate, et cetera. I hope you know that your impact has been far beyond numbers and really changing the
culture and the of this district, which was a long time coming, and so although that is harder to measure. Trust me that that will be felt long after you leave and we are just So I
appreciate it to your leadership. Although Guillermo has had six superintendents I've only had one And so I can confidently say you're my favorite and the best one. [laughter]
But truly, you will be very missed in the district and I know that you're legacy. will live on because you've put us on such a positive trajectory that was something that I really felt. financially
during my time as treasure, but I think it's obvious in any of our numerous the positive trajectory that the district is on thanks to your leadership. Even though you will be serving
other students and other families in another district know that the legacy of your impact here lives on through the good work that you've done. on the path that you've put us on. So thank
you very much. So go to our stroke. Thank you. I won't be long at all. Thank you, Superintendent. I
stand and say thank you as a parent for I thank you for always putting our students first. even in you're always working. I
don't know if people understand you're all always, always on. And so I thank you for your dedication. It's funny how they said today that this was your first
superintendent opportunity. and it has also been my first opportunity serving on the Board of Education. and you always forget the years of first. And so I hope that you'll take a
piece. of all of us with you and thank you for all the work that you've done as that will go forward. with you even after you're gone. So thank you.
Trustee Moore. Benjamin. [laughter] I really won't be long because this is a little emotional. Ben is my friend. Yeah,
Ben is my friend. Thank you for your leadership. Thank you for all that you've done. for the district, I'm a product of the Lansing
District. and I've seen change, but I appreciate. You're into equity. You're love for the district even though you're from
I'm the city. But I do. I appreciate everything that you've done. to get our toes moving right out together. This is my last year in your leaving. I want to thank you for all that
you've done and we've already talked. free and let us run the heart. Okay, so take care of yourself. and you better not forget the
Lance's good district. Okay. Trust in the whiskey? to share with the board again that the Lansing 360 group meets every week and have been trying
to join. that one possible. I did discuss this week. Some about the efforts of of student. employment for young people that that's part of the model and Omaha and how many
groups are working on that in lansing and all the district is connected to that so thank you to the staff working on that and invite anyone in the community to join those efforts to address us gun violence in our
community. And to the superintendent, you know, I also kind of involved here when I didn't agree with some of the things that you were doing. But I appreciate it so much you're willing to keep
community member and I know that you respond to everyone and that's been And a phenomenal example of leadership for this district and a complete change. in the way communication has taken place with
family members and that's been appreciated. I think by many even who didn't agree with a particular decision to know that you would explain that to the decision. Listen to them. Share the opportunity to
come to the board or others. for that. And I think that's a huge testament to your integrity. I was and your leadership and wish you the best in your next
opportunity. as Well, first I'm very excited to be here. I'm excited to serve with you all. and I've had a great first board meeting.
Superintendent, I don't know if you were... remember, but I was trying to graduate early from every and your first. very for like first couple of months and I remember emailing
you that probably wasn't the process to try and get my graduation. I really wanted to graduate while I was still 16 and you responded and I even remember
you're meeting me at every at some point after that kind of conversation and I just felt in that moment that I could really like reach out to the super from the superintendent and
being a high schooler that felt really cool. So I wish you the best. I hope that everything goes great from here on now and I'm excited to serve with you all in content. you working together. Well, you know, you're
working together. Go. [BLANK_AUDIO] What can I say? Everybody said everything but I do have a couple of things.
One is a thank you for you work, but thank you for the systems you put together. We had a fantastic staff, but they needed some--
equation and strategies. and those processes that you put in place really helped everybody. you
know, um, uh, it gave them a direction I guess, you know, um, also like the school based budgeting which I think it's great.
And I think it gives leeway for the person. to really evaluate the long with their school. and proven team what they really need in the schools. And I think
that probably put in place with training for principals who before we're not involved. and budgeting that we're just giving a budget. And here you go.
So I think those those those are great learning experience great process and So, I'll say that those are the things. that
started to move the district in the right direction. and I'm very hopeful and I know that we will continue in the church. I know that Mississippi interview,
this is going to, um, um, help us out in the journey and that you will just Gott zu der San Säden. (Lachen)
in the horse, baby. I don't know. You know, I had a ride of horse. [risos] - Mas eu vou ensaneirando a doque, que é só tão surpete. [laughter]
Why didn't I thank you, Ben? It's been a pleasure, I'm glad. like Dr. Set, you know, it's three of us that were here when we hired you. We really didn't
know what to expect, but... I think our discussion was. We'd need somebody with... fresh ice, you know, and that's what
happens so. Thank you much. We wish you the best of luck in Seattle and again. And don't forget, Lansing is your daddy. Okay?
Thank you. You're welcome. And, um... Can I have some picture? Oh, should we take a picture of with a superintendent? Yeah. Of course I'm meeting him.
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