Yes. >> All right. Call the Mount Clement School Board meeting to order. From the agenda, say call the role. >> Mrs. Cahoun. >> Miss Hammond >> here. >> Dr. McFaten >> here.
>> Mr. Shepard >> here. >> Mr. Walker >> here. >> Mrs. Walker >> here. >> Mr. Rickman >> here. Next on the agenda, item three, pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Right. Item four, this portion of the the meeting is our citizens comments. Um, this is for residents of Mount
Clemens Community Schools District are invited to address the board with questions, comments, or concerns. Please come to the to the podium. Uh, state your name, address, and be mindful that you have three minutes to speak. Please note that you may not receive a response this evening if you have any questions.
If you would like a rewritten response, please submit your question on the form provided by Mrs. L and a response will be issued within 72 hours. Please uh remember to address all comments, questions or cons and concerns should uh be directed to the board chair at this
time. Um if you would like to have any comments, you can step right to the mic. Good evening, Eric Rick, uh 1689 Hampton. Uh, I just wanted to come in and express my support for Dante Walker for uh, the upcoming chair and also
specifically say that with my experience on the city commission as well as several other boards, when a new leader comes in and the old leader is still there to provide that institutional knowledge, mentoring and experience, it
is a much better transition than when it is old person leaves, new person comes in. it it's a much smoother transition. So, I would encourage everyone to consider that when they vote. Thank you. >> Thank you for your comments.
>> Citizens comments are still open. You normally get three minutes. You said >> Jamie Collins, 40 Lafayette. Um, I did want to come and speak to what I learned through the community as we went out for the bond and speaking to homeowners and
alumni from Seminal Hills to Colchester. Um, I do support a change in leadership on the board. Um, and I support that not because Earl doesn't do a good job. Earl, a lot of people have a misconception about Earl. I think he's done an absolutely fantastic job. He's
somebody to lean on. He's somebody I would want on my own personal campaign. and he's a great support. Um, but I think hearing the community and taking a step back from being off the board, the consistency was change. And everybody
knows Earl's been around forever. I'm not sure how many years he's been around. Um, I know it's over 35. Um, but I think when people are looking in and we want to go out for bond again, it's important to show that we are changing throughout the district and mentorship
is is outstanding. But it was a very consistent statement of wanting to see change on the board. >> Thank you. Jason Monk 262 Cambridge uh drive Montlis, Michigan. You know, this
process really has nothing to do with the public. We did our job already. I Oh, I got to talk to the chair. We did our job already. We elected this board. So, it's up to this board to elect the president. So I sat in that seat. That's
a very hard seat to sit in and it's a very demanding seat to sit in. So let me just run down some of the responsibilities of what a board president should should be doing. Develop board agenda. Facilitate board meetings. Facilitating board meetings of
the whole. When to hold a special board meeting, when to go into special session, set board committees. Speak spokesperson for the board with the media. Making sure all board members
get the same information that every board member should get. Dealing with the MISD. Conduct the superintendent evaluation. Conduct board evaluation. Set board retreat yearly. Must be wellversed in finance. must be
wellversed in Robert rules. Uh negotiating be on the negotiating team for the for the uh for the union. Uh navigating productive relationships with the superintendent well-versed in
public school policy and law. Select respons select representatives for the MASB conference. Facilitate expulsion meetings in close session. And I can keep on naming them, but that's are the
things that a board president should be willing to do and can do. You can say what you want. The public has spoken. They voted Earl on the board. Now, I feel that for the superintendent, he
needs consistency. And for me with Earl being and and Dante can be like a protege or however you want to call it work under Earl and then move up the chain. You know what I'm saying? He move
up secretary, finance director, vice president, then get the president because that's what I did and I was successful as a board member in my fifth year on this board. So I think the district is going in the right direction. We need to keep this consistency and we need to make sure
this this district is moving forward. Thank you. >> Thank you for your comments. >> Call for citizen comics. Last call for citizen comments. All right, we're moving forward from citizen comments. Next on the agenda, item five, election
of school board officers. Item 5 A, election for president of the school board. >> Nominate myself for board president. Motion on the floor to nominate for Mr. Walker himself for board president.
>> I'd like to nominate Rickman. >> I decline. >> Nomination decline. Nominate for Mr. Shepard. Nominate Mr. Rickman. Nomination decline for Mr. I would like in this position
lead proven leadership and experience. I respect member Walker. He's in his third or fourth year on on the on the board. Um very very capable and very able, but he lacks the
experience uh on this board. Um, so proven leadership in the military and his own business and proven leadership and experience on this board, I nominate Dr.
David McFaten. >> Mr. Rickman has nominated Dr. McFaden for board president. Ask if there's any additional nominations. Any additional nominations? Seeing none, we move to the vote.
>> Uh, first uh nomination on the floor would be for Mr. Walker. Miss L. >> Yeah. Call the roll. >> Call the roll. >> Yes. Okay. >> Mr. Walker. >> Yes.
>> Mrs. Cahoun. Yes, >> Miss Hammond. >> Yes, >> Dr. McFaten. >> No, >> Mr. Shepard. >> No, >> Mrs. Walker. >> Yes, >> Mr. Rickman. >> No. >> That's uh >> four votes.
>> Four votes. Motion carries. >> Congratulations, Mr. Walker. >> Mr. as our new school board president for Mount Clemus Community Schools. >> You want to sit there or you want me? >> Get this out of my hand.
>> Hurry up. Thank you. >> Yeah, I'm good. I got enough decisions that we thought. You mind there, please? Moving on to item 5 A. Vice President of the Board. >> 5B. >> 5B. Nominations.
>> I would like to nominate Dr. David McFat. >> Any further nominations? No one. >> I move that I move Oh, I'm sorry. >> Any further nominations? >> Seeing none, Miss L call the role. M >> M Mr. Chair, seeing that there is uh no,
it's a single vote. I would ask for a consent a single consent vote for Dr. David McFaten. If nobody objects to that, that means he's automatically by one unanimous consent. >> Unanimous consent. >> Unanimous consent. Yes. I second.
>> So he's the vice president. >> So you're vice president. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> Move on to 5C. Treasurer of the board. Any nominations from the board? >> I nominate me. >> All right.
Any further nominations? Any further nominations? >> Any further nominations? >> I move unanimous consent for Mr. Rickman. >> Do we have support?
>> Doesn't need support. >> Support. >> You don't need support. Somebody has to object. If you object, then you have to go through. There's no support. You don't need a support. That's all. That's why they ask for unanimous consent. >> Treasur. >> So, nobody object. >> No objections. Congratulations.
>> Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Moving on to 5D. Secretary of the board. >> I move to nominate Paul Shepard. >> Mr. Reman nominates Paul Shepard. Any
further nominations? Any further nominations? Hearing none. Congratulations, Paul Shepard. All right, moving on to information items. Item six, board appreciation
presentations. Mr. Superintendent. >> Yes, sir. Thank you very much. Good evening, board. Um, community members, parents, families, everybody that's here. Thank you for being here tonight. Um, this is board appreciation month, and I know you all always don't hear it.
I I don't know that everyone actually even knows um what boards do all the time and the things that go on behind the scenes and closed doors um and the decisions you all make. And I've voiced this multiple times with this board. Um
how appreciative I am for uh paving the way for me to lead this district and for us to do the things we're doing and and um there's a lot of positive happening um that you all are responsible for. And so I appreciate you and this district appreciates you. And tonight we have
some presentations um from our our building level leaders and some we have some students and some families. Miss Lou Lou the Stars is up first from our GSRP um is here on behalf of
uh her her building and her students and staff with a presentation. >> Good evening. Good evening. I'm the coordinator of the GSRP program as you well know the preschool program over at Seol and I would like to just thank all
of the board members for your support for our program so that it can grow and that you all go the extra mile to support the community and all the families within Mount Clemens. That being said, I have some cookies from
BJ's Wholesale Club >> cuz you all are so sweet. It's enough sugar to get you home and back in the morning. Okay. And then I did not put the extra gum in the cookie bag because it will make your cookie taste like a
mint chocolate chip. So, if you want, throw the gum in there. But this is just a little tken to appreciate you all going the extra mile again for supporting our program and supporting the community in the school district. >> Thank you.
>> Dr. Louis. >> Thank you ma'am. No problem. No problem. Oh, I mean I was the I was the president for a week. >> Thank you, Miss Lou. >> I know.
>> Good call. >> But I'm here. >> Don't give me flexing. Action board president. >> I'm a senior board member. I noticed that >> hard work
>> in between you and Dante was me. >> You just now these should say >> job holder. >> All right. Thank you, Miss Lou and thank you for uh GSRP for all the great work that you do. Um up next we have Mrs. McNilly from Simino Academy.
>> Hello. Uh thank you so much. We really do appreciate all that you do for us and for the students. Um, so as a special thank you, uh, Miss Vicky Taylor, who's a first grade teacher and some of the students in her class, um, created some
gifts for you. So, they are here to present them to you. So, I'll present Miss Taylor, and she will introduce, uh, her students. Come on up. >> Thank you. >> Good evening, everyone. >> Good evening. Turn them around so they can be on the
camera so I can see their faces on the camera. >> This is Jeff. Everyone >> here. >> This is Elena and Izzy. Isabella stand right there. This way.
That works. >> This is Zo. I'm a little nervous. >> She has to be on TV. >> Yeah, >> you can sit over there.
>> You guys wave to the camera. >> Yes. Thank you for having us and um thank you uh board of education. Um I know how far it is, what kind of job you do. Um the decisions you make. My husband, he's a board of education member in center line. So I see
everything he does and we appreciate you. I had to have a little speech. Some of you do. So this way now turn the bodies around. >> Okay, Jeff, we're nice and loud.
>> We are happy to celebrate you all. And then so we'll cast out the gifts and then we'll keep going. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you. That's so cute.
>> Thank you, sir. >> Thank you. >> Oh, thank you. >> Good job. >> Oh, you got Wait, you got the different back. I got you. >> Thank you.
It's a big word. >> Thank you. >> If you wanted to take a peek inside, um, >> so he's going to explain how he how it's fascinated. See, they have initials on this little magnet. The large magnets also have these ants
on them. And so is going to talk about how the little magnets >> a wonder. >> Look at it. Look at it. >> Yeah. How did you make it? Remember your
slime? I got it >> in what? >> And a paper. >> Ink. >> Ink. >> And then >> And then >> on the paper. >> On the paper. >> And then >> And then we can make our happy face.
>> All right. >> Wow. >> And then the second magnet. Go ahead. >> Sean. So he just s at the same day. >> We made
a mini canvas. >> We grabbed the mini canvas and then we dabbed it on the mini canvas and then we made magnets.
>> All right. Good job. Oops. >> Oh, did I ch >> Hold on one second. You just come up just >> Yeah. You all come up here and take a picture. Take the superstar.
>> That's awesome. >> Knock them up here. You are >> all right. >> Right there. Dr. Lewis first. Superstar >> say snow day. >> Snow day. >> Snow day.
>> Snow day. Thank you parents for bringing >> Thank you very much. >> Yes. Thank you to the parents. Right, right, right, right. >> Yeah, that was awesome. >> Um, >> all right. Up next, we have our secondary campus. Principal V is here.
>> All right. Well, I can't beat that, so I won't try. I don't have any cute babies. Um, but on behalf of the secondary complex, I just want to say thank you all for your hard work. A lot of your work is unseen, unheard. um you put in countless hours um on snowy nights like
this and the very uh decisions that you make shape the opportunities in the future uh of our students. So, thank you. Um in front of you, you have a small token of our appreciation from the high school students. You have a necklace from art class and I hope you all like coffee because you have a
Starbucks gift card. All right, so thank you all and have a good call. Thank you. Thank you. If you don't get moved by that, those babies, you you may not have a heart. So, but I want to just say thank you to uh all of our building leaders um for the presentations and acknowledgements.
Again, I said this earlier. I don't know that I even knew when I wasn't a superintendent all the things that go into being a board member, the decisions that uh get made a lot of times. Um people don't know that in addition to
establishing policy um approving things and allowing us to get the resources that we need to give our kids this opportunity all starts at this table. And um and you all have have done nothing but supporting me. So I appreciate you. You have a gift in front
of you from uh central office. The ladies, you have two things. We considered uh our designer considered the the ladies hair. So, you have uh ear muffs as well as the the beanies and just something to say there there's nothing if you want one too, we can get you because I know some people have long
hair. >> So, um but no, we appreciate all your efforts and all of the tough work that goes into um driving everything that we do and pushing this district forward. And despite what anybody thinks, I've said this time and time again in the
community, um, this board has allowed me to lead and do all the great things that people are hearing about. It starts at this table. So, I appreciate all of you. Our central office appreciates all of you and and thank you for your your commitment to this community. And and let's be clear for the for the audience
and the people listening and watching, there's no money involved. They don't get paid. They are volunteering. and I just want to make that really clear. So, thank you for the uh sacrifices that you make. Moving on to action items. Item seven, consent agenda. A, approval of minutes.
A1, January 12th, 2026 organizational meeting. Item A2, December 17th, 2025 regular meeting. Item B, approval of bills for payment. B1, December bills for payment. Item C,
designate those authorized to sign checks, contracts, agreements, and purchase orders. Looking for a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Motion. I move to approve the consent agenda. >> Moved by Miss Hammond. Any support? >> Support.
>> Support by Miss Walker. >> Any questions or comments >> for item C? We were supposed to get those names. Yes. >> Yep. >> It's the positions. It's not named. >> Yeah. I'm sorry. I'm position. >> Y superintendent. >> Yep. So, I I sent you all some information after our last meeting. Um I
emailed you all some information about that um in the line with MASB. Um so, the recommendation from the superintendent is to um to make to have uh myself, central office, uh our CFO, Mrs. laws um be the
people that are on um uh authorized to sign checks, contracts, and agreement uh purchases. And that's the again in alignment with MASB and the standard in the state of Michigan. So >> words are superintendent or his or her design
>> design. Yep. Any further questions or comments hearing? None. M please call the role. Miss Hammond, >> yes. >> Mrs. Walker, >> yes. >> Mrs. Cahoun, >> yes. >> Dr. McFaten, >> yes. >> Mr. Shepard, >> yes. >> Mr. Walker,
>> yes. >> Mr. Rickman, >> yes. >> Motion passes. Move on to information items. Item B, business committee. BA, financial reports. Any questions or comments on the reports?
Item B, contract listing. Any questions or comments from the board? See, hearing none, moving on to item nine, superintendent's comments, Mr. Roer. >> All right. Um, good evening again. Just a few updates
and they're all kind of all over the place. Got thrown off with the babies, but um a a couple of uh people and things that we want to acknowledge. First of all, I've already uh spoke to the board. I want to acknowledge our families and our students that came out tonight u bearing the weather. It's
always awesome to to see how resilient our families are and for being here tonight in this on this important night. So, thank you to our parents for getting our kids here. Thank you to our principles and our building leadership for uh their presentations and acknowledgements uh for the board. Um I
want to give a shout out to um Alicia, our facilities director. Uh Alicia doesn't get enough acknowledgement and I drive her crazy but when you walk out this building or if you noticed uh our whole first floor um got painted over
Christmas break and that wasn't an easy task to manage during a Christmas break. So um she was uh here and and making sure that that got taken care of while a lot of us were enjoying our vacation. And so I just want to acknowledge Alicia Forbes for her commitment as our
facilities leader and seeing that these projects are are getting done and we got more to come. We're not finished yet. And so uh as you all know when I first got here uh we know the first thing that communicates safety is the environment. And so it's important that our environment is clean, safe, and and tell
and and tells our kids u we love them before we even speak to them. So uh thank you to Alicia for making sure we're getting projects and things done. Um I want to acknowledge this weekend with the um the alliance what's the
>> mcome the >> ministerial alliance >> mcome ministerial alliance had their annual breakfast um at Pennas in Sterling Heights and I don't know it probably was a thousand people there um it was a a beautiful beautiful uh
breakfast morning a lot of uh encouraging um speeches and connections and and and and just meeting with people that are uh want to move this community and this county forward and a lot of positive feedback for us and the things we're doing. Um so I want to thank them
for putting on that breakfast. Our own very own pastor Larry is a part of that alliance. Um they also every year conduct a a writing contest and one of our babies Candace Smith 11th grader um was awarded third place in a writing contest. So, she was acknowledged in
front of the the entire county and community and um we're very proud of Candace. So, congratulations Candace. Her mom sat with uh Miss Kahome, Mr. Walker and I and they were just um really happy to and pleased with uh just everything that we're doing. Mom communicated that that to me, but they
were just proud to be uh Mount Clemens. So, I want to just acknowledge Candace and acknowledge we had a number of students that uh got some work hours in and volunteered as um host and set people and so we had kids there working. It was just awesome site. So, thank you
to Pastor Yep. So, thank you to the Ministerial Alliance, uh Pastor Larry for coordinating our our students to get there, Mr. Pitman for making sure they got there on the bus. Um right now business-wise we are in not much new to report out from last meeting. We are uh
in our second session of NWA testing uh which has been kind of wonky with the cold and snow days and but you know our assessments are important to help drive the instruction and the things that we do. So our testing coordinators at and principles at both buildings are working uh really diligently to make sure we get
everyone assessed first and foremost. Um and then uh what we do with that data is is just as important. So testing is underway. Our sports and athletics, winter sports and athletics are underway. Going good. I had the privilege. Um if you ever want to be entertained
uh some genuine entertainment, go see middle school basketball. Uh I had a chance to watch our middle schoolers on Sunday or Monday play um down at Academy of War in a in a tournament and and they fought and competed and played their heart out. Our very own Mr. Tony is the
head coach. And if you know anything about Mr. Tony, you can only imagine the energy on that sideline, but our kids gave uh they gave their they gave they gave their all and they fought strong and and they're doing well. And just seeing them have these opportunities that didn't exist uh three years ago
when I got here. Um and so I'm just proud of the team, our coaches, our our athletic coordinator director, and you all for allowing us to do those things. Girls basketball is underway. Our girls are competing week in day in day out. boys varsity basketball, boys freshman
basketball, boys JV basketball, and the something I'm very proud of and I haven't made it to a game yet, but I promised the kids I would. And um is I I think we may be one of the only in the county to have all girls middle school flag football team and they compete
indoors and um I'm just very proud of that opportunity for our young ladies um to get out there. So, I want to acknowledge their coaches, all of their coaches, all the staff that's making those things happen. And um and most importantly, you know, your direction
and and my fits my belief that, you know, we're students first. And so, um our students know that character is expected and that um the academics, you don't play if if you don't put in work in that classroom. So, uh and and that's
under Mr. Pitman's leadership and guidance uh to ensure and and Mr. V ensuring that that that's taking place. So, thank you to all of our student athletes and our coaches. Um I want to thank Variety for uh providing dinner tonight for you all and for the
community. Why don't you kind of we want to do something different. We could have ordered somebody to come in, but we wanted you to get, um, you know, this is the experience our kids get and the food was pretty good to me. And so, um, this is the same things our kids get served. And so, um, they presented that, prevent prepare that and presented it for you
all tonight. So, thank you to Variety and Renee in the kitchen and chef, uh, that made that possible and what they do every day for our students. Um, cold weather. I I just wish I want to tell everybody to stay safe and warm. Um,
one of the toughest jobs in this seat is making a decision on closing school or not. And I just, you know, for the record, I've had a few conversations with people and you can never get the the the decision right. Right. Some families say they should be going back in my day, you went to school unless you
were in the hospital and but now it's a different day. And so I'm going to always heir on the best interest of our kids. One of the uh most powerful things that informed me is when I first got here and I had to make that decision. And we typically try to make those decisions unformed as a county, but I
talked to our county superintendent, Mr. Deva, and and he agrees with me that, you know, it's on a a district-by- district basis, right? Our our kids, I want to I think the number is over 90% or close to uh catch the bus. And so, that's a big difference than kids that
get dropped off every day. And so one of the things I did was, you know, I rode the bus on the snow on a really bad weather day and I met at the transportation depot, got on the bus in the morning and I rode the routes. I want to see what our kids are are standing in, coming from, and it's it's tough, you know, it's tough for our
babies to be out there. So, I guess I get paid to make the unpopular decisions or popular decisions, but we're going to always air on the side of our kids and uh I'll deal with the consequences of that. But we know we're expecting some extreme weather, so we just encourage our parents to continue to do the best
you can and and bundle our babies up. Uh when I was little, we just put on more Vaseline. I don't know if that was good or bad, but um we also for our families, we also have resources available. If you're in need of hat, coat, another one. We don't care if you have one, please reach out to our schools, our
main office. We will make sure our babies have a coat um and uh gloves, scarf, whatever they need. So um those are my comments. Thank you all for being here. Thank you uh community for being here and those are my comments.
>> Any questions for the superintendent? Seeing now I move on to item 10 board comments. We're going to start with Mr. Shepard. Uh first off, thank you to everyone who um
agreed to be nominated to serve as officers. Um, I'd like to point out just something that's been on my mind lately. Uh, just if everyone could at some point before the next meeting read policy
0144.2, board ethics. >> Repeat that. >> Board ethics 0144.2. Part C says that we will not surrender our judgment to individuals or special interest groups.
Um, Mr. Monk said a lot of what I probably would have said. Uh, he's much more articulate than I, maybe more prepared. Uh, so I just wanted to just wanted to say I voted for Mr. Rickman based on my own
individual judgment of what was best for the um for the organization of the board. That does not mean I will not support Mr. Walker in this presidency, but um my fear is that
some people's Facebook friends, which number no more than a thousand, um have outweighed the voice of the 3,900 people who voted for Mr. Riffman. Um, I know there's nowhere in the vote that said that I'm voting for Earl Rickman as long
as he doesn't serve as presidency. So, when we say that the community wanted change, I'm not hearing that same voice. So, um, that's all I wanted to say. I'm hoping that this board will
continue or begin to to just use the facts that are available to them and uh to use your own judgment. Those are my comments. >> Thank you for your comments,
>> Miss Hammond. >> Thank you. Uh congratulations to all the school board officers. Thank you, Mr. Rickman, for your years of service. How many years total has it been for you that served as the president? >> Longer than old yellow was a pup.
>> Well, thank you for your service. I also want to thank >> I'm going somewhere. I ain't going nowhere. >> I didn't say you going anywhere. I'm thanking you. >> Thank you. >> You're very welcome. And I also like to thank everyone for the lovely gifts that we received tonight. And that's all I
have. >> Thank you for your comments. Moving on to Miss Walker. >> Um, congratulations to those of you that were elected officers. We are we are a team and together with the
superintendent, we can do great things. Whether you're the president or just a trustee, we are a team. So, and thank you for the lovely, lovely gifts. I shall put those magnets in my office at 8:00 tomorrow morning along with the picture from last year that is still
hanging in my office. So, it is a pleasure being on this board with all of you. Those are my comments. >> Thank you, Miss Walker. Miss Kahoun, >> thank you. Um, thank you to all the families that came out and brought their kids in this really
great weather we're having. Um, I had uh a call today with or yesterday with somebody from Florida and they complained about how cold it was and I said, "Yeah, okay, quiet." Um, thank you to the um faculty that have come out
tonight to present us with this. Um, you guys just keep rocking it, okay? Just keep rocking it. You guys are doing a great job. Um, I am honored to sit in this seat. I was elected, but I do feel an honor to sit
here. And um and when I don't when I'm not able to come here, it bothers me. Um I I think people who I've texted that I couldn't come, Mr. Rickman specifically, I I apologize all the time because to me
that this is a responsibility for me to be here um to the residents and to the to the district itself. So when I can't make it, I'm I'm bothered by that. So I don't take it for granted at all. Um now
a quick comment about the board president, the new board president. Dante, you have big shoes to fill. >> Okay. We voted you in and we we expect that you're going to do an amazing job. Okay. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations.
And congratulations Dr. McFaten, Mr. Rickman, and Mr. Shepard. We all are elected to be on this board by the residents. And when residents come and speak, we just take what they hear, what they say
and we think about it and we base votes on sometimes what they do say and sometimes we don't. So I don't look at what anybody says to me. I have a vote that's my own and what
I think is necessary and I'm just one vote just like every single person on this board is one single vote and that's what makes us so great as a board that we all come from
different experiences and different backgrounds and if we could all work together like we have been doing no matter who the president is I wish that would multiply in other areas of our government. Okay.
So, I I hope that you're going to do an amazing job. I hope that Mr. Rickman and M Dr. McFaten and all of us could assist you in that because there are going to be times where I'm sure you're going to need help. And I hope that you will be
um you will know when that is and be able to reach out. Okay. Um, so I know that your heart really loves this district and then I know that you will do whatever the district whatever
is best for the district. So, um, Mr. Rickman, I echo what she said. You're not leaving, but I I say you have big shoes to fill because you have been president. There's
not like that's not a small task. So, I respect you and you should be applauded for the amount of years that you've been here and what you have accomplished. So, I hope that we can all work together just to keep going and making the
district keep excelling. Okay, those are my comments. >> Thank you, Dr. McFadder. >> Well, let me start with uh Gregster. Miss Lou, thank you for the cookies and the gum. >> I really appreciate that. Uh, I will
have that with some milk tonight. Um, Semino Academy, Miss Neely, Miss McNeely. Um, Miss Taylor's class, those children did a wonderful job. It's tough to get in front of a camera to speak, to be comfortable, to do what they did. Um,
I think I might get their names wrong. I might get it right. I'm not sure. for um Deshan, Elena, Zoe, Zo, Zo, Zo, Josiah, Jeff, and Isabella. I want to say that in case anybody on the camera didn't
hear their names the first time. It was Isabella, Elena, Zo, Josiah, Jeff, and Deshan. And they did very good. They did. They spoke well. They presented well, and also um got a big heart for somebody in the audience. So, that was that was very nice. So, I want to say um
thank you for that. Um, secondary campus, Mr. Vil. Man, I tell you, I drink so much coffee during the day, I don't know what I'm going to do with myself. So, this Starbucks card is going to go a long way with me. And anybody that say we don't drink Starbucks, you can pass over this
way. I don't get paid from Starbucks. I don't get no kickbacks from Starbucks. But just saying, if you don't want to use those cards, pass them over here to me. And um this handmade gift that you gave us also um people think that buying a gift is important but anything when you make a gift that tells me
imagination, creativity and something from the heart. So because you was thinking about doing it so I appreciate tell you I appreciate that and thank you very much. Um Mr. Superintendent, you did very well on this these sports activities for the
winter time, but you forgot one >> one round wrestling this. >> Come on, man. Come on. So here >> you beat me to it. >> I'm a 1989 hold out from the state championship team. So I got to support the wrestling team. >> As I recall, they had a couple victories
this year. >> It's right there. >> It's right. >> They got No, she's perfect. >> You can say you jump back in. >> I had a lot on my plate. I've been the president. I get >> I get you. >> A lot going on. But if you guys want to
see some entertainment, come out and see the wrestling team. Yes, wrestling team is is out there doing and it is very entertaining. I would have to say so because u some of those guys are not wrestlers. >> So if you can read between the lines, but they're still winning. >> So you like WWE, WWF, whatever,
>> come out and check them out. But they're doing very well. That coach is doing great. Coach uh Coach Kevin, Coach Kevin TR is doing great with them. So that's wonderful. Um to my um board officers, congratulations as president. >> Thank okay. It is going to be something
tough to do. It's going to take a lot of time, going to take a lot of effort, but it's not undoable. It's not something that's that can't be done. You got to support staff. >> Yep. >> No, we're not going to let you fall or fail because if you fail, we fail. Okay?
So, that's not going to happen. But uh and I I say that because I am vice president, been vice president I guess many many years. So I'm probably the next one going to get voted off this seat. That's probably going to happen next. That's that's fine because I don't do this job for accolades. I don't do this
job for advertisement. I don't do this job for status. I don't do this job for a spring pool to go to the next level. I do it for one reason and that's these kids. That's it. And my son's a junior this year. I'm not planning on leaving after you graduate, but um I do it for
them. And everything I do, I don't do for you to pat me on my back. Trust me, I work with backs all day long. So, I mean, if you want to give me a massage every now and again, I'm good with that. But I don't do it for those things. But I want to say that because I want to say
um no matter what the president come to the podium and speaker say, and uh I know our decisions are already pretty much made up before we even get to this table, but um congratulations. All right. And like I said, you got you got my support. Uh but I don't think you never thought you didn't have my support.
>> Nope. Not at all. >> Even though you didn't vote for me for president. That's fine. >> All right. That's my comments, Mr. President. >> Thank you for your comments. >> Mr. Rickman. >> Thank you, Mr. President. First, I'd like to begin by thank you to the
students. Uh like like Dr. McFaten said, you know, they did an outstanding job to be in front of a bunch of adults that they don't know and then you tell them they're going to be on the camera. Um, you know, they were excited, they
were nervous. Uh, but they did a they did a great job and thank you for that. the cookie from last year. It took me six months to eat it because I don't need anything that's going to elevate
me. I'm I don't drink coffee. I don't need any caffeine. You know, I I have I'm on a natural high. So, that cookie took me about 6 months to eat. And this brownie or whatever, the thickness of that is probably going to take me about six months to eat. And I and I enjoyed
every bit of it. So, thank you so much. the the caps from um uh the administration. Uh I might talk to you about this this coffee card, man. We can do some bartering. You know, appreciate all the
all the gifts. Um I I showed Mr. Mr. Sheepard some of the things that I written down to talk about and the superintendent stole some of my stuff and um I'm I'm still going to say it anyway. Uh, congratulations to our
winner sports teams, both high school and the middle school. And I had emphasis on the middle school girls flag football team, cuz like you said, we're probably the only one in in the county that has a middle school girls flag
football team. And I I wrote that down. I showed it. Um, we're just beginning the second semester and that's like halftime. You got the second your third and fourth quarter
left. If you're if you're behind in the game at halftime, you put strategies together so you can catch up and move forward. I say that to our students that may be behind. Just because you're h
behind now, you can put in that extra effort to catch up and be on point. For those students who aren't behind, continue to keep giving your best effort because it all pays out in the end. Uh
getting good grades in some circles is not cool. Uh but achieving your goals is cool and one of your goals should be achieving a high school diploma and and think considering going on beyond that whether it be a
career uh a trade or junior college or a four-year university. uh all that work that you put in here 9 through 12 will will pay off for you as you continue your educational journey or whatever it is you do after you do from high school.
But you have to have a skill set to be able to be a productive citizen in this society. Uh, gone are the days when you can uh uh have a come out of school in the 10th grade and go to the automobile
factory and get a good playing job. Those days are over with. You have to have a marketable skill set in order to be uh successful uh in our current day and climate. So, this is what I I'm on this board for. I've been on this board,
you know, to do that to ensure that students are achieving uh that they should so they can be successful adults as they met m metriculate. We are one team on this board. We work collaboratively. We work
together. We disagree, we agree. Uh but once four votes are made, that's the decision and the directions that all seven people should be going in. And with that said, Mr. President, I would like to make a motion for unanimous
consent for reconsideration uh to reconsideration of my vote. Nobody objects to me reconsidering. I would like to change the no votes to yes to show unanimity
>> for the board. >> For the board president. >> Yes. That that's the only that's the only position that there was object. You know, it wasn't unanimous. So my motion is to unanimous consent to reconsider the votes from no to yay for the
position of the president. >> The motion on the floor. >> No, you just say if anybody >> does anybody object? Thank you. So that means So that means Paul's and Dr. Mcbettton's would be a yes. >> All three. That's why I said all all
those. Yeah. Unless they if they objected to it, they they would say objection. >> That's why I said that. >> One for someone to speak for me. >> I'm just saying. But no, I don't I don't eject what you're saying. Anyone
object? No objections. Passes. Thank you. And for Mrs. Hammond, I've been on the board 41 years. In June, it'll be 41 and a half
years. And all that time that I've been on the board, it has never been about the singular me. It's always been about the collective
we. Those are my comments. >> Thank you for your comments. I would like to thank the board for your diligence in voting me as president. I don't take that vote lightly and just know that I
will rely on every single one of you for your advice, for your opinion, because each one of your opinions matters to me as we move forward and continue our progress as one team and one voice.
I would like to thank Miss Lou, Miss McNeely, and Mr. Vil for their leadership and presentation today. during board appreciation month. It was great seeing the students on camera um
shy um as I once was at seinal uh at at one point in time during uh our presentations to the board um to maybe do a flashback those many years ago. I would like to thank Miss Cahoun and
superintendent for just being there during the uh breakfast for MLK. Um it was great with education being at the center of many of the things and speeches because we know that the work that we do is for students of our
district. I would say thank you to Mr. Pitman and Miss Gooder and their work and their drive for athletics. um it doesn't go unnoticed the work and the time and a lot of the overtime and stress that they
deal with um trying to move us forward in that department. To everyone who came out today, thank you for your just coming out just hearing what we have to offer as a district and I just look forward to continue the progress and standing on
the shoulders of Mr. Richmond. I know that I've always come to Mr. Recommended, Mr. McFaden for any questions or anything that I didn't I didn't know uh coming on to this board. I think that that will very much continue. Um don't get don't get tired
of my questions, text messages, and calls. I think that we will continue to work as a team to move this district forward and I just look forward to the work ahead. That's all that I have for today. >> M Mr. President, >> thank you. Real quick, Superintendent Roer said, "If you want to be
entertained, come watch a middle school basketball game." Dr. Beck Fatten said, "If you want to be entertained, come to the wrestling." I'm saying, "If you want to be entertained, come to the varsity basketball game." They got a hell of an announcer. And he's going nowhere, just so you
know. The voice. >> Hey, uh, Mr. President, I know you sitting that seat, but you got to go through it, man. And Miss President, bring me through it. I have to do my I got to do me. Okay. >> I was ready for it. >> Uh ready to come in. >> Mr. Ribbon been on this board for 41 and a half years. I want to make sure
there's clarity. He was not president for 41 and a half years. >> So if people think he was president for 41 and a half years, that is not true. Okay, that's all I got to say. Mr. President, >> thank you. >> Motion move by Oh,
moved by Miss Kahun to second by Mr. Rickman. Miss Kahon. >> Yeah. Mr. Kah moved. Mr. Rickman second. >> Mrs. Cahoun. >> Yes. >> Mr. Rickman. >> Yes. >> Miss Hammond. >> Yes. >> Dr. McFaten. >> Yes. >> Mr. Shepard. >> Yes.
>> Mrs. Walker. >> Yes. >> Mr. Walker. >> Yes. >> Meeting meetings adjourned at 7:28.