good evening everyone it is 6:02 excuse my tardiness welcome to the board of education April 10th um regular board meeting um yeah the meeting is now starting
um could everybody please stand for the pledge of allegiance thank you at this time can I have a trustee volunteer to read our mission statement yeah uh Trustee Stro our mission is to provide a high quality
education in a culturally safe and nurturing environment that supports all students to live purposeful and fulfilling lives thank you may the clerk please call the role mrs ber
Dr kavanaaugh present mr herd present mr lopez present mrs moore present dr nibbar Martinez present dr rodriguez mrs strode
Miss Williams quorum is present thank you i am aware of Trusty Boyer's absent for absence for tonight um are there any comments or public comments on on agenda items at this time seeing none we will move on to
the approval of our March 20th um minutes meeting minutes madam President I make a motion that the board of education accept the minutes for March 20th presented thank you trusty Williams moved by Trustee Williams second by
Trustee Kavanagh yes i am not going to vote in that one i don't agree with everything happened last night and I'm going to extend myself for voting tonight and that recommendation okay thank you thank you
um may the clerk please call the role mrs dr kavanaaugh yes mr herd yes mr lopez yes Mrs moore yes Dr nibbar
Martinez yes Dr rodriguez mrs strode yes Miss Williams the minutes are approved 61 I think it is yeah 61 thank you um
pardon okay we're going to move on to our presentations our visual learning presentations um just are you speaking today or so uh as uh we have now are now now doing now that we're back in our room uh this is
our second monthly uh student presentations as everybody can notice there's wonderful wonderful people uh in the audience thank you for coming here i'm going to turn it over to Deputy Superintendent Jessica Benvitas to walk us through uh the next couple of minutes thank you
good evening everyone um I'm happy to present tonight our visual learning boards around the boardroom um for many of us this is some of our favorite parts of the board meeting is when we get to celebrate our students and see the great things that are happening in our schools so as you see we have six uh uh visual
learning boards around the boardroom this evening we have Gardener Cumberland Patengill Sheridan Road Everett and Averil and you'll see a multitude of things from math to writing to uh the performing arts tonight so really excited to have you tour our um visual
learning board showcase that we have set up for you um members of the audience that are here to stand with your boards feel free to stand and kind of go over to your boards and then in just a few minutes we'll have the board members and then members of our community who are welcome to join us and we take about
three two to three minutes per board um just enough to kind of hear what's happening and hear from our students um and our staff and our principles of each of the schools to be able to interact with their boards this evening so thank you all for coming and we will get
started thank you Okay everyone that concludes your first board i know the time goes so quickly but if you'll please make your way to your next visual learning board we'll have Oh okay you can use your time however
you would like okay everyone if you take a minute at your uh board and then head to your next one we have three more minutes at this board thank you [Music] [Music]
okay everyone that's another three minutes if you will please head to your next visual learning board please thank you [Music] [Music] okay everyone if you'll take your next
move to the next board we would appreciate it thank you [Music] [Music] okay everyone if you'll please make it to your last visual learning board this is your last rotation thank
you heat heat [Music] [Music] okay everyone if you will finish up with the board that you are at and then head back to your seats thank you how are you
no no no were you like the magnet those kids that Josh All right thank you again you'll kind of make your way back to your seats please and we'll acknowledge the schools
alrighty what great presentations yes all right that was wonderful thank you um Miss Benvitz for bringing our amazing scholars
here and their parents our community wonderful moving on to our reports um we have our officer report from our secretary sorry here you go today April 10 um we
had SAT testing and ACT work keys uh so best of luck in your exam results to all our students um April 25th no school uh district families let us know how we're doing take our survey um
so let's see annual Junth essay competition and scholarship program along with the youth logo contest is going on the application period ends on April 12th um and our next board meetings we have April 12th we have a special meeting um April 17th a regular
board meeting and an information study session and May 1st a regular board meeting thank you Dr niver Martinez for your secretary report moving on to our um facilities committee um Vice President
Lopez thank you Madam President uh I'd like to report that on April 1st um the committee met to review the um purchase recommendations that on our packet today um the meeting started at
uh 9:36 in the morning we um we reviewed um the second fund projects of special projects um syncing fund projects uh
bes uh February uh excuse me April 1st um projects like Wood Creek GSRP Saxon HVAC doors heel CD remodel phase 2 ridge asphalt gardener asphalt atwood
cafeteria came uh estimates and versus bids actual bids we We are in a really good shape the the bits were were less than the estimates so we have some some wiggle room there
for other projects maybe or to enhance um other needs in the district uh a new business and discussion uh we um we have um Everett Track and in MH Hope we we had a uh let
me go back to Mount Hope we had an update on Mount Hope um it's looking very good just for Dr rodriguez's uh um information we talked about the the issue with the with the windows being
too close to the street or seem to be too close to the street the good news is the windows have been purchased or thicker than most and they're for that purpose to alleviate the the noise coming from from the streets and also I
think they have some kind of a tint or that um that they won't be uh hopefully too um you know concerned with what's going outside and stay focused on on the inside so that's things that are
happening but we reviewed the the U ever track purchase recommendation also for Kavanaaugh paving um and for Cumberland paving uh we looked at the phase two rebid for um
painting at and then um HVAC we also looked at the recommendations for playgrounds that will all be done on for this 2025 so we have Adwood Averil Kavanaaugh
Dwight Bridge Guyire Patale Post Stoke and Wood Creek and one thing about all this um I think that most of these schools will also have fencing put around them so if you go around the district you will see uh fencing in some
of our schools like in April i went to pick up my grandson and I saw the fence so So most of our schools are being fenced with a with a with a nice fence it's not the the regular chain link uh but it's a nice uh fence that you can
all uh see when you go by that was the extent of our review and like I said these things are up for uh for a vote today and we'll uh go to them at the at the time appropriate on the agenda have any question did I miss
anything Christina okay thank you wonderful okay i did review it i was not at the meeting because this is my business okay i'm sorry i'm sorry sorry sorry i did review everything um even though I'm on the committee but I wasn't
at the meeting so where's the mirror go around i'm going to merry go around that's all I'm saying where's the mirror go around they still make those are not exactly so safe anymore i mean I had a lot of fun on them when I was younger too um but we try to go over
things that are inclusive and not as dangerous i have i have that was safe um they're Yeah they do have like limiters on them now so you can't spin them as fast um but they are rather expensive as a
single piece of equipment um and so we try to go with the most we can get so yeah saying I'm a miracle here all righty thank you may I um have a motion um that the board of education approve items A through E as presented
madam President I move that the board of education approve items A through E as presented second moved by Trustee Kavanagh second by Trustee Williams um are there any discussions um in regards to the bids that went forth well we
heard we want a merrygoround i know we heard that um any other discussions oh I have a question um when it comes to our playgrounds it looks like all of our our schools are getting new playgrounds right will that will that complete all of our schools this will complete all of
our schools amazing thank you for the work all righty are there any other questions from our board members at this time or discussion in regards to All right could the clerk please call the role dr kavanaaugh yes mr herd yes mr lopez
yes mrs moore yes dr nebar Martinez yes dr rodriguez yes mrs strode yes m williams motion passes 800 thank you next on our agenda we have a report
from our finance committee dr kavanagh absolutely the finance committee met on Monday um March 24th um our next meeting will be on April 21st which is also a Monday um in terms of the meeting we
went through as we always do all of our various accounts the shape that they're in um as as has been the case um for the last several years the district is in good financial condition um as part of your board packet um you will find the treasures report uh specifically the
detailed treasures report for the period of February 1st 2025 through February 28th 2025 is attached to this evening's agenda but here are the highlights of the report the beginning cash and investment balance was 78,663,933
receipts totaled $18,119,589 while dispersements equaled 15,756,866 net interfund transfers totaled $212,91 in interest from fund investments to the student and bond funds as well as journal entries to remove the due to due froms in all funds
the monthly transfer to the general fund for bond expenses was $0 the ending general fund cash and investment balance on February 28th 2025 was 80 sorry $80,813,756 the general fund's cash and
investment balance is 41,764,194 greater as compared to the same time last year we love to see it uh we also received $871 worth of donations during the month of February as always we would like to thank our generous donors particularly
my school bucks Blackbow Kona Ice and Hol um who specifically were part of the Dwight Rich May um give back so thank you all so much for your generous donations and Mrs president this con concludes the February 2025 treasures
report thank you so much Dr kavanaaugh um may I have a motion that the board of education ex um approve the expend expenditures as presented for February 2025 madame President
Dr nver Martinez I move that the board of education approve the expenditures as presented for February 2025 moved by Dr narv Narv NZ Martinez excuse me may I have a second second a second by Trusty Strode are there is there any
discussions in regards to our our um budget or treasurer's report excuse me any discussions no seeing none may the clerk please call the role
dr kavanaaugh yes mr herd yes mr lopez yes mrs moore yes dr nibbar Martinez yes dr rodriguez yes mrs strode yes m Williams
motion passes 8 Z thank you so much moving on to our third item um policy committee Dr nver Martinez yes so um the board policy committee met on Wednesday April 9th um our next meeting is going
to be on May 5th uh from 12 to 1:30 p.m um we uh myself I was there um Trusty Herd and Trusty Ber joined us on Teams um Pat Kger from Niola joined us um to
provide the Niola spring updates which included legal alerts and policy updates um the legal alerts shared with the committee were the Michigan filter first legislation um regarding water fountains um Michigan's sick leave and this um
there's also one about self-reporting criminal charges of district staff upon being arraigned uh they will have 3 days to report um also regalia so new inschool protections for indigenous students uh to be able to wear their
regalia um for graduations and such uh PA 206 requires that all public high schools offer computer science courses this must be visible in the catalog and charter schools required to show authorizing body on websites and other
uh pertinent communication we don't have any charter schools so that does not pertain to us um and we also heard the policy update so we began drafting um some policy updates that are needed uh to be up to date with the legislation
and we will continue working on these um finalizing these hopefully at our next meeting we're hoping um and bring them to the board at that time but those policy updates are on PO0131.1 bylaws and policies
po1430 ESTA policy for administrators PO3430 ESTA policy for professional staff PO4430 ESTA policy for support staff PO2340 revised field uh and other district sponsored trips
po5320 immunizations PO5330 medications PO5330.01 01 epinephrine auto inje injectors PO5350 stu uh student health well-being and suicide prevention
PO5460 graduation requirements PO8320 personnel files PO85000 food services PO8510 wellness PO8640 transportation for field and other trips rescended
PO2266 and PO2264 non-discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities and so um the board or the committee will work on those and bring them to you all um for readings uh in
the near future thank you so much you all are doing great work thank you thank you um now the policies that are on listed on our agenda tonight these are the policies from March yes and perfect all righty so may I have a
motion Madam President v yes hold on Dr rodriguez i'll be right with you vp Lopez did you I was going to make a motion oh you all were both making a motion at the same time okay I'm gonna give it to Dr rodriguez dr rodriguez go ahead i second the motion what we going to do
you want to I will respect the vice president um board members I made a motion that the board of education receive the policies for second reading and approved then as presented moved by Dr rodriguez
seconded second by Vice President Lopez that the board of education receive the policies for second reading and approve them as presented are there any discussions about the policies that was that were presented in March trusty Williams I think she was Oh okay well I
love how we're working together okay sure trusty Stro thank you uh I guess for me it's not a question surrounding the March policy i was taking note um for the update in May when you have your next meeting is can you give me a total of how many policies you all will be
looking to cover in the next meeting yeah one two three four five 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 and 16 and we we already started going through them perfect yeah
and I think my second question follows up to that um you're going to have the 16 reviewed and brought back to the board um by your following meeting in May after May 5th yeah after May 5th and you'll have we'll have that on time for
the legislator review yes fifth reading yeah and then um so when we bring them we'll have a first reading then a second reading as well awesome thank you all righty trusty Williams i'm okay
with I just with some things that are happening with some of the things that we receive i feel kind of not comfortable as of yet over the last week that some of this stuff so I'm just asking that we allow
ourselves one more time and then there were some things that I learned while that I want to make sure before we finally approve it okay so you're asking for for more time our next meeting um Vice President Lopez did
you have something oh no just to follow up on on on Trusty Williams's comments we can always come and amend the most the policies okay okay I think that the motion is to approve and if we find that in the meantime we have some proposed
amendments or additions we can do that anytime we can amend so are you are you com are you good with that trusty Williams trustee uh Strode and I uh to second the point to VP uh vice president uh Lopez that was part of
the question about the 16 if it's ready for review then at any point once we have the situated we can amend so I wanted to make that uh comment for the community um out of these 16 that may date we'll have it ready and can make an amendment if at that point there's
further discussion uh trust or Dr rodriguez thank you very much um these policies are already there that we can go and review them anytime and the only thing we do there in the two meetings is to review them
see it had to be changed in many cases only few changes we had to do but the policies are already there then we can read them anytime we want and then present it to the board and change whatever we want and I like this conversation
because it's it's not a stone that we put the polish in stones it's policies that we can change according of many many situations then but we have it right now if you want to read it the problem is personally I'm sorry but I
don't read them very frequently dr never Martinez did you have something yeah also a reminder that especially with like these updates that come in big um batches it's to um for things that got affected by the state legislature
updating laws and so some things cannot change because they're um mandatory yeah they're state law all righty well we don't have any more questions from our board could the clerk please call the role
dr kavanaaugh yes mr herd yes mr lopez yes mrs moore yes dr nibbar Martinez yes dr rodriguez yes mrs strode yes miss
Williams Motion passes 80 thank you next we're on to see our superintendent report um superintendent all right good uh I guess it's evening now uh it's wonderful to see everybody uh now with me going at
the end it's kind of fun because I get to recap all the great work that's been done uh first of all you know congratulations to the schools the students the faculty the families uh who presented today uh it's really one of the things that we're trying to engender
in the school district is to show the work um you know this is a new boardroom new paint new floors new lights and the whole idea is that when you walk into this room you should see actual authentic student work that is grade aligned that is standard aligned that
has rubrics all that kind of stuff is a way to really not just kind of show off the district but also to show what we're expecting from our children um you know we're really really happy with with what's going on so I want to thank everybody uh that was part of it uh the
other thing I want to well there's a lot I want to talk about but one uh as was mentioned about playgrounds uh one of the things that has been really tremendous over the last couple of years is the updates to our facilities um anybody listening anybody at home
anybody on the board I mean they certainly know it please come see our schools they look different uh you know there new paint and new fencing and new playgrounds and a new gym at Atwood and a new 14 classroom addition to Patentill
we're going to have a brand new Mount Hope opening this year we're going to have a brand new Willow opening next year a lot of really wonderful and great things are happening uh academically as you can see on the wall but also physically um our kids our staff our
families deserve uh really a top-notch facility in which to learn in and we're really proud that over the last couple of years you're really starting to see uh quite a lot and then of course with fences you know safety and security are acute but also one of the things that
you know about our our district is that many of our schools abut parks or they abut other kinds of land and so those are public we want to make sure that there's a clear delineation between where our students are where our schools are and you know the the wonderful
public especially during school days uh it's one of the things that was actually really quite shocking to me when I got here four years ago um and to make sure that we have an ability to really make sure our kids are more safe uh than they have been and so you know uh real thanks
to our facilities team uh led by uh Christina but also to our contractors and our workers uh this is the kind of stuff that we can really make happen when we have a bond and so I am not
saying that we're going to have another one anytime soon maybe uh but really I want people to know just how important the bond work is for our children our faculty our families you know people use
our facilities at night during the day on the weekends and it's only through the wonderful kind of love and support of the community uh that allows this to happen and so certainly the more that we as a district do right by you the more
willing you're going to be to vote to do right by the district and so the more that we can show you the great work and the great narrative about what's actually happening the better and certainly this board and me and the staff we're all really proud of what's
going on and want to make sure uh that people know about it and so please if you went to Mount Hope I don't know 20 30 40 or even 50 years ago and you want to get a tour of the new building come on down you know let let us show you if
you want to see the new addition to Patentill let us know we want you to see your tax dollars at work uh bettering our children and speaking of tax dollars uh as you heard from the presentation our finances are very good um if you
trade stocks uh the world has been quite bizarre lately um you know things are up things are down things are sideways uh the good news that I want everybody to to to know about is that our finances uh you know are are very kind of safe
they're in uh very high-grade uh bonds uh we do not own stocks that's not how it works uh we have very special things that we can use we can't invest in anything that's any sort of like you know risky let's just call it that and
so I want to make sure that if anybody is worried that like oh my god all the money's going away that's definitely not true um our stuff is invested in um some uh you know some very very kind of riskadverse things and in addition what
we're really thankful for is the money that we're getting from the state and from the local taxes really looks like it's going to be robust and so I know I get a lot of emails oh Ben I just read an article about Absolutely you are right things are kind of nuts but please
know that uh our finances are strong we're in good shape uh and we look forward to next year and then lastly as always uh I want to give the transportation update but I have actually some really good news over the break uh our transportation team was able to really sit with Dean and our
numbers are a little bit better so with gas cards we have the request of uh 2428 and uh assigned are 2415 uh and with the gas cards it's just about making sure that the families pick them up or the kids get them with CAD cards
610 requests 609 assigned so it's probably one child just needs to pick it up uh but the good news is that with the dean we actually have um 3,714 requests was 3,52 routed that means that the number
of non-outed children is only 212 we've been running around 300 for the last couple of months so that's really good news now of course that number really needs to be at zero um but we have seen that families are liking the gas cards
you know 2400 families are using it um and also one of the moves that we've been making is having more of our children go to neighborhood schools which of course reduces the need for buses and things like that so you know again my promise to this community is
I'll always read these out uh until that number is zero but the good news is we went from around 300 to about 200 uh because of the time during break to really kind of sit with everybody and and get to families and just as a plug if you are enrolling next year please
please please make sure that you're doing your enrollment that you know about busing that you talk to your principles we just want to make sure that all the data is correct all the information is correct you know there's nothing worse than when we have the wrong phone number or the wrong address
or things like that so please you know reach out reach out to your families uh reach out to your schools uh if there's anything to do and in fact if it's okay I'll turn it over to Christina if there's any sort of updates and if you want to give with enrollment or transportation or anything like that
sure thank you Superintendent so the applications for next year for transportation are open now so please um even if you had transportation this year we don't automatically assume you want the same form of transportation next year or transportation next year in general you could have moved closer to a
school you could have a different arrangement that sort of thing so make sure that you please fill out your transportation request for next year and for those families that have gas cards and will continue to want gas cards for next year please keep your gas cards it'll be the same gas card that we will
continue to reload for the next school year thank you so much uh you know we're really proud of continuing that gas card program as well as the CAD card program uh you know so many families we understand uh you know that if you don't get a bus you really still need your
kids to get to school and we are happy to continue uh with the gas card program as long as honestly we can um and it looks like it's not abading but please as Christina said keep the card uh we can upload the card we can give money to
the card keep the card if your intention is to use it for next year um so that's kind of uh all the updates that I have right now and uh thank you uh Madam President thank you Madam President yes if I may just to just to add to what the
superintendent said about documentation and so on and so forth make sure that you have listed who can pick up your child that is very important because uh principles won't let anybody else take your child if they're not on the list
and so that's very important nowadays and I I just like to add that to to your list of of things to do Mr superintendent okay and also since I have since I have Yeah the mic i just like to go back to
my report and report that um uh Mount Hope it'll be done this summer obviously and we're getting ready the staff is getting ready to set up some community visits so that will be uh posted somewhere and uh and obviously the board
can sign up to go and visit uh Mount Hope as as we start the visitations that's addition to my report Madam President thank you for your addition um moving on to new business we don't have any new business before the board at this time any public comment on
non-aggenda items no all right moving on to comments from our board any comments from our board madam President uh Trustee Rodriguez okay thank you Dr rodriguez thank you Madam President uh-huh i attended the senior start day
at Lancing Community College and that was a fantastic experience with 80 students from the three high schools receiving orientation all day long from so many different people they are helping them
to be sure that they go there that they stay that they finish two years there and um launching promise was there or that i was also impressed by the behavior and maturity of the
students and that is no getting in one day had to be done through 11 years in Lancing school district then um and I think we had many of those and we it's a new new way to see our students it's a
new way to appreciate what lining school district is doing and the personnel and administration and this board is doing for the students and their launching promise then we should be happy that they are going to go there that they continue their education and
that will benefit them their families and our communities and like this from now to what June 7 I think will be all kind of celebration for the Lancina school district students thank you madame
president thank you Dr rodriguez Trustee um Vice President Lopez and then M okay thank you i just want to thank the community and all those involved in putting together at least four Cesar Chavez Dolores Guera days um as you know
Cesar Chavez is a labor leader who who co-founded or founded the United Farm Workers of of America and of course Dolores Werta was his uh his um co-founder and many say the the brains of of the union but uh they're great
great people dolores Wer is celebrating 95 years of age so um but from Michigan State to LCC to city council to yesterday at the u um Christo Church Hall um there were programs uh
celebrating these two individuals and there were some videos taken of of the presentations one was at city hall where our own uh secretary spoke um I encourage you to tune in check the
um the YouTube uh of the program was very good and and also yesterday uh it was also uh recorded so that docu not doctor but uh Arur Rodriguez who was the u president of UFW spoke and he had a
very nice uh speech and information so I want to thank the community for attending and all those sponsors who made it happen and um supporters so thank you much thank you Vice President Lopez Trusty Williams madam President
first thank you again for the parents the teachers and everyone that came out tonight special thank you to the students the little people from Gardener and from Averil they did a great job presenting and telling us about what they so special thank you to them and the people who put that time in with
them congratulations to the district everybody this week for testing oh my god and to the families and the parents who had to make the sacrifices pivot and shift kudos to you all i know it was a challenge thank you i saw the lines the buses the kids were getting there on
time they were excited some were a little sleepy but they made it through so congratulations i'm looking forward to seeing the scores come out in a few weeks for the juniors with their MSTEPs their PSATs and ACTs cuz I'm one of those parents oh god oh god oh god oh
god but they were all excited i was listening to the conversation today when they were coming out there was like one more y'all one more which I think they're taking MSTEP next week right or did they already take MSTEP somebody can answer i don't know but they were excited about it and they were winding
down and then thank you all for the opportunity for uh the conference this past week so much information i tell it's it's always a shock but it's always a great shock some people are adjusting but
they'll and as you can see I've provided information already to you all that were given at the conferences um take your time and look at them great great resources we all will be providing I don't know we've talked about a group presentation but we all will be submitting reports so thank you again for that opportunity thank you thank you
so much for sharing trusty Williams Trusty Strode good evening um following back on the presentations it was actually really amazing to be in the room and to just hear the excitement from our students about the great work that they're doing
and having uh people in the community and just being able to present that information it takes a lot of courage and so I just want to re-echo thank you to those students that were here this evening and to the principles and the teachers that were also here to support
it's a great thing to see and it was a great feeling in the room here if you were here um echoing what trustee uh Williams stated we did go to the NSBA conference in Atlanta this past weekend um the great thing that I will say is I did send over a report to Madame President surrounding some of the
sessions that I was able to attend um there's been some small talks be amongst us three that attended that conference that will be happy to make a presentation to the board on some topics that would be very beneficial and helpful to us as we govern ourselves accordingly in our seats i will state
that the biggest thing for me is being able to be proud of where I come from and proud of where I'm going and proud to be a part of this district and as we were at the conference and having conversations with people from all over the world it was able for I was excited
to say I am here with the Lancing Board of Education or part of the Lancing School District and highlight some of the great things that we do and who we have and so I was very happy to take in all of that knowledge and understanding and I'm so excited to share that but I
want you all to know that it was an amazing amazing trip and knowledge is powerful knowledge is powerful and so um we are looking forward to uh giving out that information wonderful i'm looking
forward to hearing that information thank you for sharing any other Yes Trusty Herd good evening all and um I also wanted to I didn't go to Atlanta but it just is a perfect segue into what I came prepared to speak about tonight
and um all the talk of being proud of being in the district um and I am I graduated from Ston High School and um there are so many wonderful um alumni from across the city who are doing
amazing things and while um we can't necessarily speak about everybody I wanted to just congratulate anybody from Lancing Schools whether I know you or not if you've had something amazing happening to you I feel like you know I
might be speaking out of turn but maybe run over to our Facebook page and tell us who you are and what happened um so that we can brag on you one person in particular the JW Ston High School class of 2011 Kiara Lenise Ray if you can hear me Kiara I am so proud of you for
winning that Grammy Award as a makeup artist um great things happen to young people that graduate from Lancing schools and so families at home if you're thinking about man should I send my baby to Lancing next year come on home
thank you Trusty Herd you heard it come on home alrighty yes did someone Did you have something VP well uh Trusty Herd reminded me when he's talked about how great some of art students are doing i
I'm proud to report that my grandson who graduated from Everett High School uh two of one of the film that he produced at U of M is being uh shown in the capital uh what is film festival
it's um disconnected is the name of the of the film and then he took part in another film that's being also shown during this uh film festival so uh grandpa very proud of him and and mom and everybody but but it just goes to
show you that our our students you know go and do great things and and I I go with you you know if you if you know of your child or your grandson daughter that are doing great let us know so we can highlight them because that that's
that's a good way of of uh encouraging kids that's right you know that are in the lower grades and I think we should we probably should even do a kind of a um a project to find out where the students are what they're doing you know all the good things they're doing that's
right and I know that we have some people are doing great in business as well yes so you know but just to follow up on you and thank you for reminding me of that uh oh it's hot tonight trusty Herd sorry and and all this positivity you know uh
and what the part that I forgot it was going to be kind of a joke but I wanted to say to you Madam President I said with Vice President Lopez I said "Maybe we should do our own Lancing School District where are they now series where we can show at our board meetings notable people and there's some people
that come to mind and I'm I'm the arts guy." Um when I think about Philip H that name might not mean a lot to a lot of you but Philip H um is a very famous opera singer who graduated from Sexton High School was a student of Verna Holly and uh don't get me going on Vera Holly
um and Darnell Ishmamail and um there's so many more our sister that I already gave a shout out for her violin Grammy and there's so many things where are they now what are they doing i think we the board have an opportunity to dispel
this notion that one has to go to the BBS nothing against the BBS that one has to leave Lancing in order to be successful it's just not true there are many of us who are proud graduates of the Lancing School District who are having amazing careers and our amazing
community members now so I just love this whole discussion don't get me going on Lancing because I'm a Lancing fanatic that's all right but I think that's an amazing idea i think that is an amazing idea a great charge and I challenge us as a board to move forward um as a board
so I trust Dr rodriguez please thank you thank you it's so great to hear from everybody and and April 1st the Lanc Latino Health Alliance honor the two best nurses in the
um University of Michigan campus and McLaren Hospitals and both of these nurses graduate from Lansino school district one from Easter and the other one from Everett and I assure you we had one more
will be from Sexton then then I think that is that is a manifest the the great work that by decades we had been had been done in Lancing school district it continued on
at this time they thank you very much and I think that anything we can do together for the good of the students we to move on thank you i agree thank you so much madam President I'm sorry i am so so sorry while we're talking about our alumni I'm going to backtrack and
say I'm I'm I'm having an emotional moment and I think she'll tell you why but Miles Johnson who is a Lancing alumni um this p last Friday he hosted what we call the youth hatchling event with an exciting youth pitch so kids
from our district competed it was eight school eight eight young people the event was featured eight talented contestants who presented their innovative ideas to the panel for four distinct judges the Lancing Promise the Frey Edge Capcom and the Melanated Business Association at the end of the
competition $2,000 went to Nails by Janet uh two uh 1,000 went to Boxer Blitz one the people's choice of war went to Davia but the eight businesses that were involved were as follow and they are all Lancing school students
um I I can't Azria Pets Company Nails by Jamie T Boxer Blitz Two Loss Davia's Z Hair Boutique Kayla Creations B and Angelic Archives which is my favorite cuz that's my kid they I was crying you guys because I couldn't see him and I
couldn't be there we were in session but congratulations to all of these students they put their hard work in it each one of them walked away with a mentor they each walked away with a gift card they're uh constantly mentoring with them to help these young people become the entrepreneurs that they are so while
they are still in school they are launching their businesses so congratulations to all eight of them congratulations to all of our scholars in the Lancing School District that are doing great work thank you yes and the Say it again Trusty Herb open up and their teachers and administrators who
support them and the village that's right that's right i think this is a great opportunity we can end on this note so with that being said meeting adjourned at 7:16 no no
7:16 oh I'mma got it 716