Call the regular meeting of the Monsters Board of Education to order. Please call roll. Mrs. Cahoun here. Miss Hammond here. Dr. McFaten here. Mr. Shepard here. Mr. Walker here. Mrs. Walker. Mr. Rickman. Yes. Here. Quum has been
established. Next on the agenda, pledge of allegiance. To the flag of the United States of America to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Next item on the agenda, citizens comments. This is the portion of the meeting where you the citizens of the Montlus Community School District can address the board any questions, comments, concerns. If you would like a response to your particular uh inquiry here, we ask that you fill out the form
and turn it in to Miss L. Also, be mindful you have three minutes to which make your inquirs. You may not receive a response this evening. Last but not least, ask that you address all questions, comments, concerns to the chair. The agenda is now open for
citizens comments. Yeah. Go to the microphone. You're you're on stage. I have a concern about name and address, please. Um Junia Aquario. Qu U E R I O. My address is 39 Lincoln Street, Mount
Clemens. Right. I have a concern about um students who are going into sixth grade who have reading deficiencies and I wanted to know if there's any help for those kids once they get into sixth grade.
So I don't know anybody can answer that question right now. It doesn't after I talked to you, it doesn't sound like there's anybody available for any help for sixth graders with reading deficiencies. I don't Are you asking like interventions in addition to what's
happening in the classroom? Um I don't know that I do know that we have those some intervention positions posted that we haven't got applicants for. um some PAR app um roles for um not just
sixth grade but for all students. So there's a few parah interventionist type of roles that are posted on our website but we haven't we haven't filled those yet but you haven't had any response for anyone for sixth graders and they've been posted for some time now. Well I
hope that we can put some effort into um getting somebody for those kids. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. The agenda is still open for citizens comments. Last call for citizens comments hearing. Seeing none, moving the agenda.
Next on the agenda, agenda item five, consent agenda. Under the consent agenda for this evening, item 5A, approval of the minutes. A1, the June 11th, 2025
committee of the whole work session. A2, approval of the May 21st, 2025 regular meeting. A, excuse me. Item item 5B, approval of
bills for payment. B1, made bills for payment. Agenda item 5C, food service renewal contract. Agenda item 5D fiscal year 2024
2025 approval of all amendment above all all budget amendments excuse me agenda item fivee fiscal year 2025 2026
propose all proposed budget agenda item 5 settlement of Batista versus spiking. Agenda item 5G, marketing mix for FY FY20 2025
2026. Chair would entertain a motion relative to the consent agenda as written. I move to approve the consent agenda. Moved by member Walker to approve the consent
agenda as presented. Is there a second? Second. Second. Member Sheepard. Any questions, comments, concerns regarding the motion on the floor. Again,
I just like to say that we're um everything that we have in the consent agenda this evening uh we talked about uh in detail at our work session last Wednesday. Um the two budgets uh were
also under the consent agenda this evening. Uh we had we had the public hearing uh for both those budgets uh prior to opening the regular meeting. So all these agenda items have been discussed uh in detail with the board on
a couple of times. So that's why the board you know feel com feels comfortable with uh putting these these items under consent agenda. Any other questions, comments, concern regarding the motion on the floor hearing seeing or seeing none. Call the
role please. Mr. Walker yes. Mr. Sheepard. Yes. Mrs. Cahoun. Yes. Miss Hammond. Yes, Dr. McFaten. Yes, Mr. Rick. Yes. Motion carries. Item six
under information items this item this evening uh six the business committee 6A. Are there any questions on the financial reports? Any questions regarding agenda item 6B, contract listings?
Hearing seeing none, moving the agenda forward to item seven, superintendent comments. Mr. Superintendent. Yes, sir. Good evening again, um, board, staff, and community. Thank you for for being here tonight. Um, I don't have
much just uh a few things and people we wanted to acknowledge. Um, I'm sure Mr. I'm going to forget somebody and something that something great that took place and Mr. Walker is going to uh steal my thunder and share it. So, but I
think I'm going beat them too at this time. Um, we just u feels good to end another great year. There was a lot of growth, a lot of uh great things that have happened um overall in our district. Um, we we're just feeling
really good about going into next year with a uh positive momentum uh in in all aspects. Feel like we've done a really great job this year. Our staff, both buildings have done a good job of uh getting the climate and culture in
order. And uh as you know, you know, we brought on Dr. Lewis to really start focusing on that curriculum and instruction. So, we're looking forward to that impact in that classroom and then academic side of things. Um, with that being said, uh, we we've gotten a head start this year. We've gotten jobs
posted a lot earlier. We've been doing interviews like crazy, um, which kind of contributed to a little delay in you all getting some things, uh, before last night, um, with our new structure in HR
and uh, and, uh, and and finance. But, um, we've been interviewing like crazy. So, a lot of great highly qualified certified candidates, teachers in in different both buildings, both levels. So, um we won't jinx ourselves and just looking forward to some of those people
have already joined the team. Um and we are uh we're really excited about next year. So, it's been a great year. A lot of great things happening and I'll share a few of those. Um, we wanted to just acknowledge all the staff that came out and and
volunteers and every everyone who uh contributed to our promotional ceremonies, our graduations, they were all beautiful. Uh, the as you all most of you all know the graduation in the historical uh auditorium was still feels
good. Still get chills looking back at pictures and and and that night was just beautiful. It was awesome to pack that place. Next year we said we got to have to open the balcony. Um it was a lot of positive feedback from families and the students felt just special and it was just a special day, a special night. So
the high school staff and that committee that really worked on that planning that the whole year, our facilities team that helped get that place in order and make those everyone who made that that night special. Um we just we want to acknowledge them and appreciate them in our in our building leadership who you
know um made sure there weren't barriers in the way of those things happening and again facilities for really um turning that that auditorium around so so quickly. Um we also had our uh kindergarteners had
their graduation there which was amazing as well. just going from seeing the high school kids to seeing the babies walk across the stage and me praying that no one tries to jump off into the pit that I ain't somebody here u was special. Um
eighth grade promotion uh honors assembly, fifth grade graduation. It was just it was a beautiful time in Mount Clemens uh community schools and uh it's been a great year. Uh we I had even how when I had a teacher come to me who's been here for a long time and said,
"Wow, I feel good not having to have uh police outside on the last day of school. Kids just dismissed, went home without incident and knock on wood, pray, whatever you do." Um but it was uh it was a peaceful end of the year and we got a lot of things um ready to go and
and looking forward to next year. Um so thank you to both buildings, all the staff, all the people who put in the hours and the meetings and the committees uh to make those special day those special moments for our students. Um we're excited about we talked about enrollment a little bit earlier. I
talked to our people accounting um uh person this uh earlier today, Mr. Pitman. Um we have he has 17 new enrollment packets on his desk right now. We haven't even started really pushing our marketing. So, the the marketing of doing right by our students
in this community and families is is is starting to gain some momentum of its own. Um, so we're really um hopeful for what that's going to look like once we really start pushing into the summer. So, um and and shout out to Mr. Pitman
for getting those things going. Um mural dedication and you all may know that. So, the Anton Art Museum, we partnered with them and they were working with our students on a mural in the hallway right outside before you leave. If you haven't seen it, they finished it on the way out the door, the
first hallway stairwell going upstairs. If you peep it, peek in there, you can see it on the wall. And so, um, it's also pretty cool because it's a decal if I'm not mistaken, where it can be taken down and placed somewhere else if we if we need to do that. And they worked on that throughout the year with the Anton Art Museum. We partnered with them. They
came in, our students put in work and designed it, brought it to life. And then, unbeknownst to uh myself and our principal, the Anton Art Museum invited some local uh um community leaders and
uh politicians to the ribbon cutting. We thought it was just going to be our students. And uh so it so we had Mark Hackle here, Mayor Crop, and uh Commissioner McGarity came out. any other dignitarian politicians or
dignitarian some other commissioners I so and maybe some other commissioners so forgive me I don't remember everyone's name but we it was a really nice I'll send you all some some pictures I I didn't want to get I didn't want to go because I wasn't planning for that or I would invited you all there as well as
you if you see the pictures and you see me in a t-shirt and jogging pants and mules you know why Miss L made me go participate but I would have represented us a little uh a little neater, but it was awesome for our kids. They were the fact that they came back
uh to do that and they're done with school and and had that moment just let you know how special it was. Um summer school, we're really excited about uh our numbers. Right now we have 68 about 70 in row secondary and elementary. That's probably almost 70
more than what we had this time last year. Um, one of some of the things we did to be intentional was that that we also got a head start on marketing that to our families and community. Um, getting that out to uh our families earlier in the year, flyers and and recruiting those kids in addition to
what we think is contributing to um largely uh contributing to the impact um is in the past we had a longer gap between the end of the school year and summer school starting and you know things happen. people will start making plans and doing things and it's hard to
get kids back after I think about three weeks, four, you know, almost a month then oh, summer school. So, they had this week off, summer school starts next week. So, um we're hopeful that 170 show up if not more. So, question. Yep. Go ahead. And I know you can't make it
mandatory, but yeah. Was there any extra emphasis or push from anybody to parents and students for those students that were behind? Yeah. secondary especially um you know we began our intervention this year as you
all know with uh trying to target those students that are at risk for dropping out or falling behind. So you know we put emphasis in meetings with their parents and that was a a piece that was offered as a opportunity to try to close some of those gaps that they may have
had and um so all those things we hopeful are are hopeful and believe have contributed to you know increased enrollment. So yeah, definitely for secondary for sure. High school, um, elementary it's a little not I'm not going to say easier, but you know,
parents are looking for something for their kids to do. So, yep. Um, Mrs. McNeely at the simar wanted me to give a special shout out to Miss Johnson, our PE teacher over there, who did an excellent job facilitating and putting together field day. That was a
huge success for our kids. Um, golf outing. Uh, the flyer is out there now. The corrective flyer. Thank you for everybody who gave me feedback on the wrong flyer going out. Uh, I think Miss Kahoon emailed me and said, "Where do they register?" Because we posted the wrong flyer without the registration uh,
piece on there. So, we took it down and got it back out. Um, it's going to be September 12th. It's going to be a great weekend. We, um, in collaboration with the uh, all alumni um, group, we've been meeting with them. that is the same day that golf outing is the morning of the
rec bowl all alumni event September 12th. Um so we're hoping that's going to be like the kickoff for alumni and as you know one of our goals is try to build that bridge back uh collaborating with our our alumni and um so that'll be the kickoff to the all alumni event at
the rec bowl and then Mr. Pitman our athletic director has coordinated a football game the next day. So the following Saturday we usually um there wasn't anything um and so there's going to be a I believe a 1:00 football game. So we'll have a tailgate tour the
buildings and then into a football game. So the alumni feel like that's going to be a huge draw for people coming back in town. Have a whole weekend of events. So we're looking forward to that. So mark your calendar. September 12th golf outing at Rambler Golf Club. Um
just uh as you all know if you live in this community or shoot anywhere uh in in Michigan right now the the rain today flood waters were crazy. So, uh, you know, hopeful, you know, just praying for our families and that may have been affected in their homes. But, uh, we've
had some some issues in the buildings ourselves and if you seen some trucks outside, we're we're draining a lot of water from our building here, Washington. Uh, some of those pretty solid. Um, but, uh, yeah, so we've been affected as well. We're just hoping our families and everyone is safe and their
things are good. Last but not least, um we're just very proud of our graduation rate. We have 51 seniors. 50 of those seniors were four-year seniors. And uh out of the 50 of our four-year seniors and then that's how they do
graduation rates. They do like a fouryear, fiveyear, how depending on how long it took a kid to graduate, we only had one kid that was not a four-year senior. So um out of So we had 54 year seniors and 49 of them graduated. But we also got a fifth year senior to to
finish and graduate. So we got one kid um that is finish going to hopefully finish this summer. Um and I know there's been a lot of narratives and different stories about graduation rates and I mean we're we surpassed the state average. Um I don't you know some people
say well it was only 51 kids. It doesn't matter. It's the percentage right? It's a and if it was 100 we had 99. So, uh, that's my belief and, uh, we're just very proud of the team. We were really and and you all were really adamant about that and so I was and so our our
building leadership was and our counselor was adamant about, you know, catching those kids early on in that safety net and doing those check-ins. So, there were that that dropout intervention prevention that our counselor met with those kids that were at risk and their parents early on
putting plans in place to try to, you know, um, catch them. But we're very proud of that and very proud of our kids. It's been a great year. Um, and they work really hard. So, uh, kudos to all the teachers, all of the staff, everyone who, you know, made sure those
babies got across that stage and and started off their the next chapter in their lives. And, uh, and that's all of our success. I tell the staff this all the time, you know, and that's why I'd like for our whole staff to be at the graduation. I don't care if you're in in finance and central office. Everything
that we do from budget to to my assistant to board secretary, everything we do is for that in this in this field is to get kids across that stage. And so that's all of our success. And it's imperative that everyone sees that, feels that, and is a part of that. Um
because sometimes when you're not touching kids on a regular, you you may forget what the whole goal is, what the purpose is, and that's the purpose. And so we're proud and uh you all should be proud, too. and because of you um make clearing the way and making sure that uh
you know there were no barriers to getting those kids across the stage, they did it and we look forward to next year. And uh those are my comments. Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. Uh before we go to item eight, there was an
oversight on my behalf on the agenda. It should have been an agenda item. Oh, I got something. I got to acknowledge something else. I'm sorry. I did document that. I I would be remiss because I'm I I I
would be remiss. I we want to acknowledge I want to acknowledge on behalf of our district. I want to acknowledge uh Coach Wallace and his wife uh Mrs. Wallace. They um they give out scholarships every year. Usually it's like a $1,000 scholarship. This
year they gave out $8,000. They gave $4,000 to Cheyenne Jefferson. um $2,000 to uh Sharia Johnson and $2,000 to Jalia Steel. So we uh if you're watching or you watch this video,
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, Coach Wallace, that was on behalf of their their business, the uh Wallace Properties, and uh we just really appreciate that and and they didn't get the proper acknowledgement during uh ceremonies. And uh so I wanted to just do my due diligence and deliver that that that
sincere appreciation. And that that doesn't go that doesn't do half of it with the amount of time and effort and other funding they they bring to us and put into our kids through track throughout the year. So to the Wallace family, thank you very much. You
appreciate it and uh our kids appreciate you and you make Mount Clemens a better place. Okay. I'd like to um move that the board hold a special board meeting Wednesday, June the 25th at 20 Wednesday, June the 25th,
2025 at 6:30 p.m. for the purpose of the superintendent's evaluation. Is there a second? support moved by member Rickman, second by member Walker. Any questions, comments,
concerns on the motion on the floor and it will be here in this sec in this second. Hearing none, call the role, please. Mr. Rickman, yes. Mr. Walker, yes. Mrs. Cahoun, yes. Miss Hammond, yes. Dr.
McFaten, yes. Mr. Shepher. Yes. Motion carries. Agenda eight. Board comments. Miss Hammond. Are you What did I miss something? Oh, that's just
Oh, we talked about that at the workshop. Yeah, I was done. But we talked about that. They make You're making me talk. I didn't choose to talk about I got uh I just We just There's really nothing. We talked about this at the workshop last week. the u the date and I are talking
about uh date what's the date 8th and 9th 8th night you all are aware of that miss has been in communication we still haven't decided location yet but to be determined but we're working on that and topic so more information to come
now member H thank you president I just want to say congratulations to the senior class of 2025 that's all I have thank you go home. Um, just have a great summer. Thank you to the Wallace family for
their donation to the kids and just have a great summer. Thank you faculty. Thank you, Mr. Walker. Thank you. I'd like to thank all the staff from the district uh for your hard work this school year um in getting us to the 98% and just for your
dedication and effort to the children that you serve every day in in outside the classroom. Um I'm looking forward to the golf outing. Um seeing how many people we can get to support. Um and
also with the uh mural um you see the picture uh it's very um eye opening um because it is a picture of Don Williams um who we all most of us know um who was a former student class
of 20 class of 2020 um who had a great impact um on the whole student body during those years um even myself as a a also a friend of his um in many efforts in the community and I'm just looking forward to what we have coming in
supporting students and staff for the 2526 school year. That's all I have. Thank you, Mr. W. Uh pretty much echoing everything else uh everybody said uh congratulations class 2025 and uh looking forward to a
good summer. Hope everyone has a uh relaxing one and uh takes advantage of going to summer school if you need it or even if you don't need it. That's it. Thank you, Mr. Sheepard. Dr. McFat, no comment.
Just keep going. He said he's going the man. Then he going to be like you. I got you know you sure about. All right. I'd like to say, you know, sound like a broken record, but congratulations to
the class of 2025. Outstanding efforts. You know, at 98% uh that that that's outstanding. Um, ironically, I I I sent the that information over to the news reporter
and I said we had um we had surpassed the state graduation rate. Uh we had we were at 98% and he re immediately piled back how many students
and I sent back that doesn't matter. We had 98% of our gradu graduating seniors that graduated. So, who knows how the article will be written if it's written. Um, but that's one of those success
stories that never get the headlines and rarely gets the by line. But let something negative happen, that's headlines um uh in in the newspaper. But, you know, that's that's how it is. Um to to the staff
uh to our support staff, to our administrative staff, uh congratulations on another on an outstanding successful year. Um you can um sort of exhale and um take a break for a little while. Um
but as we know, this work never stops. Uh it's continual. But um enjoy your time away. Um, do something fun, do something invigorating to to recharge the batteries because again, excuse me, this work never ends. Um,
congratulations to uh the members of the Lady Bathers track team and the Battling Baylor's track team uh that qualified and competed uh at at the state meet. uh outstanding performance uh by by those scholar athletes um and under the
tutelage of uh coach coach Wallace. So congratulation goes out to them. Enjoy your time away. It's summer time. Today was one of those anomaly. I got two I had two and a half inches of water standing water in my basement that I
have to go address after I leave this meeting. But enjoy the summer. Enjoy your time away. And uh hey, we'll be back at you. Those are my comments. Move to adjourn. Moved by Dr. McFaden. Support. Second by member Hammond. Call
the roll, please. Dr. McFaten, yes. Miss Hammond, yes. Mrs. Cahoun, yes. Mr. Shepard, yes. Mr. Walker, yes. Mr. Rickn, yes. Motion carries. Meetings adjourned at 7
20 15 p.m. Thank you ladies and gentlemen.