good evening the time is 6 o'clock we will call the April 14 2025 board of education meeting to order miss Greer would you please call the role clark here here elvin here
madison scott here curry man here here okay uh the uh approval of agenda is next we have the agenda that was sent to us prior to today's meeting was sent uh late last week uh in accordance with the board meeting materials um last week as
well any questions on this agenda okay hearing none without objection we'll pass a motion to approve the agenda by unanimous consent is there an objection to doing so hearing none the agenda is hereby approved we will go to the consent
agenda uh that also was included in the in the materials um there any questions on the consent agenda without objection we will pass a motion to approve the consent agenda by unanimous consent is there an objection to doing
so hearing none the uh consent agenda is hereby approved and we will go now to uh our fourth item which uh is students of the month uh Superintendent Abdullah thank you um director for North
Miss North good evening good evening welcome to our student of the month everyone so glad to get excited okay hello to our board and our cabinet so grateful to be here and have an
opportunity to present to our wonderful babies today we have earned student of the month for March so I'm going to start right here miss M is going to help me we have our first student which let me start with this both of them are
lesser rebels so if you know me Rebel is resilient empowered brilliant ethical loving and self- assured and all of my children are exactly that so I'm so excited to introduce our students of the month my first student of the month is a
young name a young man Roman Lewis who is in Miss Whitfield's class come on up here Roman okay let me say a little something about Roman yes come on so Roman is a part of our Oak Park
family as a lesson but we also have his wonderful grandmother here who works at Einstein yes so they're all the way interwoven into our Oak Park family roman is a wonderful student roman has come so far this year both academically
and social emotionally he has built wonderful friendships in his class and his teacher says he's an integral part of their classroom community he is helpful he has learned to use his words to express his feelings as well as his academics have grown immensely roman
comes in and puts his best foot forward every single day and we are so proud of this young man and we love him with all of our souls so let's give it up for Roman [Applause] okay now if you're a Lesser Rebel you're
a little spoiled okay um so here Roman we have your award for today you have an award from Lesser you have one from Oakland County um you have your Lesser t-shirt your Lesser Rebel Bear and some um sunglasses for you to put on okay for
when you go out on the playground so we're going to take a picture with grandma and all of your stuff okay okay [Applause] i kind of want it babe okay look at the phone babe look at the phone [Applause]
all right so is my next student of mine is she here bella Staples bella Staple i don't see Bella yet so I'll just go ahead and give her her shout out so Bella Staples is in Miss Guy's class bella is such a gem she is
helpful she is thoughtful she is always looking out for her classmates helping them with work helping them problem solve using her six steps of conflict resolution she She's able to talk so many of her classmates through problems she is so peaceful to her energy just
the way that she addresses situations kids can be very upset and she speaks so calmly to help them deescalate the situation she's a future um social worker therapist something we're so proud we're so proud of her just her her whole energy and spirit so we're so
thankful to have Bella and again she has grown both uh oh she's grown she's I'm loud she's grown both uh academically and social emotionally as well they're hitting she's hitting all of her targets for our preschool program so I want to
take a moment to shout out Bella Staples we love her and we are proud of her yes Bella okay so I'll make sure she gets and if she comes in before it's over I'll shout her out again so what I'm going to do now is pass it to my Okay
pass it to my uh esteemed colleague the one and only principal Prince from Key Elementary who's going to come up here for key thank you thank you so much Miss Norris i am Miss Prince the proud principal of Key at Key
Elementary and today I have a few friends with me i would love to introduce to you our wonderful students of the month um and before we go to our first one Mr patrick Avery I'm going to bring up his teacher Miss Tianda who
will be able to give you some words about Patrick good evening i share Patrick with Miss Thomas um but she was out today so I get to I get to take all the credit all right
patrick Avery is a fun kid full of fourth grade rima for those of us of a certain age just check out his shirt no time to be bored he himself has no time to be bored since he is an avid gamer who by his own admission plays a lot
he is a big fan of Roblox Minecraft Fortnite and Demon Slayer patrick is friendly and always willing to help out his classmates whom he believes will have his back kids like to be around Patrick because he is kind and generous and always has a smile he's one of the
few students that can be partnered with anyone else and it won't be a problem because everyone likes him patrick also likes to mess with his mom for fun he will often barge into the room where wherever she is and break into dance and I think that that must be an awesome
sight to behold i give you Patrick [Applause] Avery ready beautiful is that a black and gold balloon oh look
at that what lovely colors on the balloon all right so our next student of the month Mr cameron Willis cameron [Applause]
Cameron is um our kindergartener in Miss Blakeley's class and Miss Blakeley had some very kind words to say cameron is kind to his peers and is always willing to help he is a hard worker always putting forth his best effort he has
made good progress this school year and has become more competent and willing to take risks cameron is respectful responsible and safe always demonstrating the principles of our classroom social contract cameron is a
joy to teach in the kindergarten class i present to you Cameron Willis [Applause] time to go back [Applause] all right next I would like to bring up the proud principal of Einstein
Elementary Miss Sarah Prozella [Applause] good evening i am the proud principal at Einstein Elementary School where we rise by lifting others so that everyone can shine as bright as we shine at
Einstein and um I have with me one of our lovely shining teachers Mr anthony Gatewood he is our second grade teacher we actually have a family uh affair today because uh my two teachers come up to me and say "We really love this family we don't want to have to bring them back multiple times for student of
the month." So we have our twins here and our older student here so we have um Liam Jones Landon Jones and um Logan Jones all here and I think we can bring them all up and Mr
gatewood is gonna read about all of them all right thank you Miss Pro West for giving me this opportunity to speak um I want to just say one note real quick about um the Jones i had Larry he's an eighth
grade now I believe and Larry he's one of a kind but then I found out that his brothers and you know that saying you know Bab don't fall too far from the tree these guys are all golden apples
and I don't say it like these boys are amazing amazing so let me just u I'm going to read I'm going to start throw um Landon first uh Miss Jackson is his third grade
teacher landon Jones is the epitome of greatness he is respectful accommodating wonderful and full of motivation ling treats teachers classmates and staff with courtesy he is in I'm sorry he is
incomparable in his compassion for others which makes him stand out from the rest landon is naturally driven to learn and succeed he is truly an asset to our class we are blessed to have Landon and our class amongst the stars
[Applause] now I have the twins Liam and Logan and they are really dear to me i have a twin myself and when I say dear to me I call my brother he's in of Texas and I talk
to him saying "These boys are fantastic." I don't compare him to us but these guys are the boys we wish they I could have been liam and Logan are eager learners they consistently seek out challenging
opportunities to expand their knowledge they actively participate in class discussions demonstrating a thirst for learning and a genuine interest in the subject matter furthermore they have consistently met and often exceeded ex expectations in their
classwork and assessments showcasing their dedication and commitment to academic excellence beyond academic achievement both Liam and Logan are valuable members of our capturing kids heart second grade class they are always willing to help
their classmates offering assistance and supporting when needed liam and Logan are also role models for their peers demonstrating respect kindness self-direct courage teamwork responsibility empathy and perseverance and they are posit their positive
behavior in all interactions these guys I tell you they are nothing short of amazing ladies and gentlemen and I'm so proud of them and I am so honored to have them in my class i you know I see even though I didn't have
Landon I see him i always say hi to him they're so respectful these guys are always I cannot express my just I'm in awe when I see Larry and
Brandon and Liam and thank you so [Applause] much standuch [Applause] next it is my honor to introduce the
amazingly wonderful proud principal of Pepper Elementary School Mr emanuel Haley [Applause] what up though shout out to the board
president for that amazing speech he did at the senior pinning um good evening everyone as it was stated I am Emanuel Haley and I am the proud principal of the Dr james and Pepper Elementary School located at 24301 Church Street
and I am just honeymoon happy and and to be here tonight to share with you um some of the jewels of Pepper Elementary School what you all have to understand is Pepper Elementary School is not just
an elementary school it is a way of life so without further ado I will present one of fi one of Pepper's finest teachers Dr omatola Olaw
[Applause] thank you Principal Haley good evening everyone good evening it's a great pleasure to be here as a doctor okay the last time I was here I was Mrs now a doctor
thank you thank you and um I'm the proud very proud teacher for students with autism spectrum disorder at Spect Elementary School like Mr has u introduced me and um it gives me a great
great great pleasure to be here and the first student that I'll be recognizing today is Brillin Berkeley brillin is not here today please go ahead brillin is not here today but I have his mother's permission to share
because I actually asked her I said "Do you give me permission to share about Brilling how brilli." Okay so when Brillin came to Pepper Elementary School two years ago he faced significant challenges it was so significant and he
exhibited lots of challenging behaviors which I think I'll just keep but you can imagine every day almost every day I went home using medication and I also changed my heels
for my gym shoes so I won't tell you what he exhibited you know the behaviors that he displayed but you can imagine for me to change my shoes and brillian came he made it clear that it was just
at Pepe to watch YouTube nothing but YouTube maybe so get this work off me now and um today I I'm very very pleased to tell you that Brillin has made
remarkable progress and he comes to school happily then he used to tell us that I hate school i hate school but now I have even brailing on record saying I love school i love school and his
attendance and reading have really really improved and he tells us that I just love us and shout out to you Miss Lockat Brillin's mom for all the support now I'm going to move to the
second person because Brillin is not here and the second student of the month is [Music] Zion my first contact with Zion was on May 18 2022
three years ago at Key Elementary School when I was invited by Principal Morphy now director of curriculum Director Murphy to come support the classroom in all honesty I came back i went back to
Pepe looking for my medication because Zion was just running around the classroom daddy and I have your permission to also speak you remember I asked you this morning i said "Do you give me permission?" And Zion was just running
around and we were trying to get him by the time we go he will move to another place and I went to Principal Haley i said "Please do not allow Director Muffy then Principal Murphy to ask me to go over
there." That's a joke i did not really say so when when Zion showed up the following school year as as I was standing in by the door to welcome the students the very first day of the
school year and this boy showed up i said to myself "Thank you Oak Park Schools." And guess what i we had to I actually had a meeting with the staff with my par educators that we just have
to change our behaviors so as to better support him zion is just a student that needed more support and love and we were able to provide Zion that today as you can see he's not
running around now he's standing by me zion's attendance have improved his academics and his behaviors have significantly significantly improved and
Zion is very very mannerable he comes to me sometimes and he goes to the support staff and he will say "Thank you Miss O thank you for helping me." There was a day he actually took the palm of my hand
and he kissed it and he said thank you and that was what Zion that was more than a paycheck for me and so Zion is also a great
mathematician he's now working on double digit addition and subtraction with regrouping in fact he has mastered that so both Brillin Berkeley and Zion Ward
are wonderful testimonies that students with autism spectrum disorder can achieve great success with the appropriate support and lastly before we take the picture I'm going to give a shout out to
my wonderful par educators Miss Coy Miss Jones and Mr amazing for their dedication to our student success because without them I will not be here doing this today and a big thank you
also to you Miss Simpson and you also gave me permission to say this right in fact I asked you this morning I said is it okay for me to say that despite your being a single mom and you said Dr oh
add full time right uhhuh she said add fulltime despite being a full-time single mom of three wonderful boys she takes care of business of supporting Zion we have a
very very strong home/chool communication communication and connection so thank you everyone for inviting us to be here today well we invited ourselves
so I present to you Zion World if you can come out for pictures thank you let's do it let's go thank you which means thank you in my lang Nigerian language josiah
and come on [Applause] grandma a [Applause] thank you oh sure 100% yes i like
It is now my pleasure to present the proud principal of the Oak Park Preparatory Academy Mr douglas Island has been holding down your phone cut off
all right thanks uh Mr haley appreciate it u my name is Doug Island the very proud principal of Opark Preparatory Academy and this evening I have the pleasure of honoring two of our wonderful students all right our first student of the month Adrien White come
on up Adrian [Applause] good to see the family and representation up in here today yeah all right so um Adrian's teachers had this to say about him he has
demonstrated the ability to maintain focus during challenging social situations in the classroom he is committed to achieving academic success and consistently shows respect and consideration towards his classmates adrienne's teacher states that he is a
true leader with a bright future ahead of him keep up the excellent work man congratulations we got some [Music] swag come on up let's get it let's get it come on we got yard
that's my baby came deep let's get it right there take a few Got it [Applause] y'all give it up one more time for Adrien White
[Applause] our next student of the month Miss Trina Trinity Staples sorry [Applause] trinity's uh teachers had this to say
about her she exemplifies both academic and social leadership she consistently demonstrates a commitment to educational advancement and makes sound social decisions that positively influence her peers her teachers state that she is a
true joy to have in the classroom keep up the fine work [Music] we got some wag [Music] man we represented that there you go
i pray all right coming up next is the wonderful and beautiful principal of Oak Park High School Miss Reita Williams [Applause] good evening everyone my name is Reita Williams i am the
principal at Oak Park High School home of the Knights and I am proud to present our scholars of the month for October our first scholar that I want to present to you all is Muhamad El
[Applause] Marbarak so this is Muhammad and he was nominated by his teacher Mr han mr states that Muhammad is one of the most dedicated students he has ever had he is
a 10th grade scholar who is enrolled in AP English English language arts uh and composition he uh is also taking uh AP statistics yes um he shows up every single day on
time and works tirelessly to do very very well in addition to academics Muhammad is a threeseason scholar uh excuse me a threeseason athlete but he does not let his athletic abilities and his interests get in the way muhammad is
a whole package the whole package mohamd demonstrates excellence in academic performance character behavior effort social responsibility and attendance and you didn't hear it from me but he's on track to be the valad Victorian of
the class of 2028 [Applause] it is with great pleasure that the Oak Park High School administration presents to you all Muhamad our April Scholar of the Month mr dad did you say AP
classes is that what I thought I heard oh okay that's okay i just want to make sure I make sure I wasn't misering congratulations congratulations [Applause]
thank you so much and my next scholar of the month is Christina Dude [Applause] now before I introduce to you who Christina is she has an awesome personality very vibrant spirit a
beautiful smile and she just she loves school she's a beautiful student christina was nominated by her teacher Mr orlando mr orlando states that Christina is an amazing young lady that is self-motivated to learn and is also
willing to help others who are in need christina loves 3D art she is developing she is a developing artist uh and interacts with digital programs such as Blender ZBrush and Substance Painter her favorite subject is English and she
loves writing she's the second youngest of five siblings christina has good grades and plans to attend either Yale or the University of Michigan to follow in the footsteps of her two eldest sisters who both majored within the
healthc care industry unlike them she plans to study criminal justice with hopes of becoming a lawyer christina knows she has a promising future ahead of herself she has supportive friends and a very supportive family it is with
great pleasure that the Oak Park High School administration presents to you our ninth grade knight [Applause] Christina Congratulations
great job [Applause] thank you and next I'd like to present to you all Mr derek Faulk the principal at Nova Academy [Applause]
well good evening everyone my name is Derek Faulk i am the principal of Nova Academy and today I brought some staff with me i brought the fabulous Dr dennis Miles and also the fabulous Brunson and our new counselor Mr stevenson we're
going to introduce our wonderful students two fantastic 12th grade students who have done fine work here in Oak Park so I'm going to have Dr miles and Mrs bernson to come up
[Applause] i can go first ladies first all right i am Couture Britson and I have the honor to present our student of the month at Nova Academy Ariana Cash
Bore our wonderful senior here to read our little tidbit ariana joined NOVA during her second semester of her freshman year while the transition to a smaller school environment initially presented its challenges she demonstrated resilience and adaptability
through her participation in summer school and the credit recovery program Ariana took initiative to get back on track academically since her sophomore year Ariana has shown consistent academic growth maintaining a strong record of
mostly A's and B's for grades upon her arrival at Nova we always get a kick to talk about this ariana was quiet reserved often keeping to herself she'll come in with her headphones on and just walk you know she'll speak and say hello
just listen to her music she's sitting alone during lunch but over time she began to flourish socially and emotionally and today she is a vibrant presence in our hallways in our
school so you can often now see her dancing and singing in the hallways oh well tick tock and she's always engaging and so willing to help the staff on a regular basis including her peers when we asked her recently about what prompted her
change to this pos this positive transformation Ariana shared that she began to feel more comfortable and built relationships and made some friends looking ahead she has identified several career interests including
becoming a fashion designer attending maybe a welding trade school or pursuing a flight attendant she also stated that perhaps other plan would be becoming an American Sign Language interpreter this was a
path that inspired her by an ASL class that she enjoyed here at NOVA so we are incredibly proud of her we are proud of her growth and we are confident that her future holds timeless limitless possibility class of 2025
i can do it grandma bring it here oh she want a picture of her phone great grandma she said "Let the record be." All right [Applause] hello hello hello
i'm Dennis Miles the dean of culture at Nova Academy and I'm here to present our student of the month Mr nehemiah Black [Applause]
nehemiah a student athlete at Oak Park who transferred to Nova during his junior year he consistently demonstrates a strong drive and focus in the classroom and readily offers support in both to both his peers and staff
members nehemiah is heavily sought by colleges throughout the country he has 18 acceptance letters and 13 football offers nehemiah aspires to pursue a collegiate football while earning a degree in
either sports medicine or mechanical engineering since enrolling at NOVA Nehemiah has maintained a record of academic excellence earning mostly A's in his classes and whenever absent he quickly makes inquiries regarding missed
assignments we are proud of Nehemiah's dedication and the measures he take to continue to invest in his academic success [Applause] y'all this family So at this time that will conclude our
presentations thank you very much and you all have a wonderful evening thank you all right thank you good okay uh we've come to the end of the meeting part of the meeting where the public has an opportunity to address the
board if it so desires i want to remind uh those in the audience of public participation is one way communication at which members of the public are asked to address the full board with the understanding that board members will not individually be able to respond um if you would please read the uh the
public comment guidelines trustee Perman because the Oak Park Board of Education values public meetings not just meetings in public we welcome public comments on school issues speakers are asked to express themselves in a civil manner
with due process for dignity and privacy of others who may be affected by public comments the public comment portion of the mean meeting cannot be used to make personal attacks against a school board member or a school district employee
that disrupts the order of the meeting and are totally unrelated to the manner in which the member or employee performs his or her duties speakers should be aware that if statements violate the rights of others under the law of
defamation or invasion of privacy such comments may result in legal liability most comments can be concisely stated in three minutes and the board respectfully asks that comments remain focused on the topic or issue and not be directed at
specific personnel or board members are there any members of the public who wish to address the board um we have Crystal Bley at the podium okay the floor is yours good evening everyone i'm happy to be
here as always i'm here on behalf of the city of Oak Park Junth committee and um I have been passing out flyers while we've been in meeting and it's about the Junth expressions so we have students
that can express themselves and talk about what Junth means to them and they can win a prize of $500 there we have 15 um entries that will win the 15 the $500
only 15 people will win the $500 and you can do a poem you can just however you feel like expressing yourself a poem you can write something you can speak you can record and it needs to be at least three minutes uh I also am interested in
youth assistance as always youth assistance and I feel well I I won't go there but I feel like we need some more programming for youth assistance i'm not able to get in the youth assistance
meetings have not been um told when they are youth assistance meeting i know we have a liaison on our district uh board i wish we could get that information so that the students can get information about vaping anxiety the opioid
addiction retail crime which is the number one crime amongst youth is retail crime most of our children are spending time in juvenile for theft retail crime and at risk behavior uh sex trafficking
ADHD and all of these issues are happening before they get to juvenile so there should be some intervention programs for this how much money is the district contributing to youth
assistance haven't found that out yet would like to get that information if one of the board members the liaison hopefully could reach out with that information and provide it so that these students in our district can get the proper care and preventative information
in their hands as well as their parents thank you thank you uh any other uh cards i don't anyone else wish to address the board okay hearing none we'll go to our
action item we have we have one action item this evening which is the approval of key elementary abatement flooring and paint project um Miss Kevin do you have any anything you want to say or do you No
okay are there any questions on on this motion from the board okay Miss Greer would you please please uh Well first of all let's read the motion um John Clark would you please read your motion please of course the operations
department solicited bids in March 2025 for the abatement of hallway flooring installation of luxury vinyl tow and painting of hallways and classrooms at Key Elementary and whereas bids were received by the March 18 2025
deadline and the following vendors were identified as the lowest responsible bids key construction for painting 124,250 plus 10% contingency equal to 136,475 yti office flooring
$76,980 plus 10% contingency equal to [Music] $84,678 certified abatement services uh 52,500 including 10,000 contingency therefore be it resolved that the board
of education approves awarding contracts through the above vendors for a total project cost not to exceed $273,853 with work scheduled from June 16 2025 to August 8th 2025 okay the motion was made by Trusty Clark
i'm sorry i did have one question need a second second okay so it was seconded by Par heard her first okay now we have questions go ahead i wanted to ask about the warranty um excuse me Miss Tiff the
warranty that that they're giving us for the work do you know what that is i can send it to you okay appreciate it thank you okay uh any other questions one quick one how's it How we
paying for it where's it coming from okay uh all right miss Greer please call the ROS i'm here yes and Scott yes
okay the motion passes thank you for that um item we'll go now to item 7 A OPS board policy 7009 and
612 um these these policies basically I'll read it policy number 7009 governs volunteers within a district buildings um speaks to safety of schools school district students and the need for volunteers to undergo criminal
background checks policy number 6012 discusses visitors in our schools and notes the superintendent may promulgate administrative regulations to enforce this policy i asked for this to be on the agenda because there seems to be some confusion about these policies and lots of questions so I want to make sure
there are no questions and there's no ambiguity at this point trusty Corpin are we good on these uh no actually we're not okay what what are your questions okay so the first one um that you spoke
which is I believe 61 the first one was 7009 oh 7009 so 701 709 talks about volunteers but when you click on the actual U
Michigan codes it doesn't speak on um it it it doesn't match what our policy says so if you wish you can pull it up and you go to um I have it up i just got Oh yep go to your 700s go under
volunteers and when you click on that Michigan code it does not match to what it's telling us in regards to eye chat and uh what the procedures are mcl wouldn't talk about procedures it
talks about the law it's Yeah I'm looking at the legislative i'm looking at the But our procedure is what I was talking about about what it's actually um it didn't match to what I was reading so I I want to respond to
that to that question for you talking back you as you as a question cuz I I don't know go ahead you asked a question though yes okay so I want to respond i'm listening okay so those sections that are embedded in there
speak to people who have been convicted which is exactly what it's talking about in the section correct who to be convicted it doesn't speak on volunteers it talks about in like people
okay people right okay conviction of a person holding board approval for certain crimes um there was another one so should we read this because you're saying it speaks about people if Yeah which is a person if they hold a state
bar approval has been convicted it's not it's speaking what people cuz this just said a state bar approval each one of these everybody has a state bar approval or are they talking about are they talking about the people because it says
if a person who holds number two state board approval you talking about the teaching one okay let's person holding board approval for certain crimes I clicked on the Michigan codes that's uh actually I'll
tell you the number that I'm looking at here is chapter 380 if you go down It starts talking about under 380153 it says convictions of person holding board approval for certain
crimes who is the board approval is it the val the the uh volunteer person state board approval state board who I'm saying state board approval who's the person
or you're not answering my question the so state board approval would be someone who's in the education okay so the volunteers are they employees or they're from the outside
this one is referring to volunteers and this is the one that's connected to our policies so my question back again was or my concern was that these policies doesn't seem like they match up to what our policy reads their listed offenses if so the no
individual may be permitted to volunteer if he or she has been convicted of a misdemeanor described in or a felony that is a listed offense in those sections so really what we're referring to is we're going to the the misdemeanor and the crimes that are listed any
felony any of the following misdemeanor and you list those so if you go under A and B one two three four five that's it and then that that even on section five it gives you references to other sections so uh and then there
are others below that so if they are convicted of one of those crimes then yes that's a bar for them to be able to volunteer in our school okay thank you the other question was how long because it doesn't state like how far it goes back far as the criminal history if you've been convicted of one of those
crimes you cannot volunteer in our school correct so what if a crime comes up and it hasn't anything to be related to that and it was let's say 1971 is it one of those crimes nope then
perhaps not okay depending i mean I would have to read the whole thing so I do have a parent who gave me a call um I'll give that information to um Mr by superintendent because that parent had
been previously um volunteering and then when it when her check came back it was the same thing but then she was told she couldn't volunteer so that's why I was asking who's the person but I understand the criminal offenses um for the volunteer
okay thank you okay so are we are we you said as long as they so is no see that's where the confusion was because it speaks of criminal acts specifically to what you read is that a parent yes sir okay so let's go to the parent section
right and one of the things I noted when we were talking about the parent that's the next section um they fall under visitors right and the superintendent may promagate administrative regulations to enforce this polic policy that's a pretty broad statement that gives the
superintendent the right to to create regulations to enforce that policy are you talking about visitors or I'm under 6012 now but this is but this is where they start talking about parents oh so you're saying it's referencing to
parents this is where they start so what if it's a cousin what if it was a sister what if it was a brother it is not just parents uh that is that is that are affected by this one but it's it specifically mentioned Eric well it it's actually a grandmother i'm sorry it's a
grandmother and the superintendent may promulgate administrative regulations to enforce this policy so it's not just related to only parents no I get that but what I'm saying is to volunteer i I understand that
i get exactly the crime that or the offenses excuse me that are followed behind um when the background check is done however if a sister or brother come in and they don't have those cuz this is the the point of purpose that I'm making
here is that any of these crimes that's listed was not a part of the background check so you answered my question in regards to because it it actually happened so I thought maybe I was missing something um when I was reading it because I didn't see
where I mean how she was why she was violated and or told that she couldn't go superintendent Abdullah had and this is a oneoff a oneoff situation so I don't know that we need to get off into it i just that's why I move on when
I in an email if you could communicate with me the the issue that in in my emails when I I asked you who is the person so I could reach out and I copy well at that time that person didn't
want to even be bothered but but you're bringing it up in public but I said let me reach out because I have the authority to discuss things that maybe the board cannot discuss or nor would
the parent want to discuss their background in front of everyone in a publicly held meeting that's why I said to you if you could give me their information I'll reach out and I said that to that person and they didn't want to so that's why that Did they give us
permission to discuss that person here i didn't I I I didn't discuss a person and I said it was a it wasn't a person meaning I didn't say the person's name just like every person in this community is a a aunt a sister a
brother a grandmother so that's what I stated i didn't state who it was okay so So moving on to the next one okay um can I ask something sure sure are you wanted to like find out what like how far background checks go does it go all the
way back to the 70s or is that the is that the is that your question like are they waiting for it to finish what type of crime are they violating or just like what entails in this background check what are they well when I went to the
the Michigan codes as um President Al um read it off it it stated those specific um crimes but with the person that I spoke to none of those crimes fed those descriptions so that's why I brought it
up because I thought maybe I was missing something in the policy or maybe I didn't comprehend well but however well how far back do they check i asked that i didn't get an answer i'm sorry i asked that of whom I asked I
said how far does it I was talking I Oh yeah the point is if you've committed one of those crimes it it is what it is so it it goes back as long as you've committed that crime as long as that background check can can get yeah she didn't ask no she was asking clarification if that's what you were
asking no did you just not just ask how clarification okay well he said as long as that as long as it's on your record is that okay to say as long as that crime is on I would imagine so um Miss Fenderson has some something she wants to say go ahead oh just for
clarification if there is a background check and an individual goes to have their fingerprints process or we go and pull a background check record from I check if it exists and it and it's listed it will show up on the background check so some so the law does
specifically state that felonies any felonies or any listed offense which could be criminal sexual conduct child abuse those are offenses which we can allow someone to be employed or to volunteer within the district in addition to that there are some
misdemeanors that are listed offenses as well so I don't know who the individual is that we're speaking of but if it is a misdemeanor and that misdemeanor is a listed offense then that individual would not be permitted to volunteer within the district and and I and and
I'd like to just quickly I know you want to say something uh Trust Corp There are a whole lot of other references to other parts of the Michigan Penal Code that are not listed right here specifically so maybe there's a catch all in one of those so you know if you want to I don't know if you sat there and went through
each one of them but it may be there it may not be but go ahead i was also going to say going back to the um our policy um it it lists those three uh codes you know
380 515 34 I mean 35 39 35 again 39 again so I I'm wondering perhaps I will bring it back uh to amend because it's confusing because they all speak the same thing because when I read them all they all speak the same thing and I know
why these were put here because when we uh switched over um or we went from Miola they basically put these codes here because before they had them listed so everyone can read them so now they made them you know links so you can go
but I just want to know why they it's like extra it's like they're it's it's doubled so it's it's not really extra if you click on one of them within that one I see seven more MCOs's
that it references it's deeper it's It's deeper but so as as a allow me to finish oh sure as a as a district our job is to protect the students now in my experience as a
superintendent I've seen firsthand where people mislead others and not fully disclose things that we are privy to i'm not saying this occurred i'm saying sometimes people don't share the
complete um truth with us but as a district we have to protect i mean I have three parents here of children if I allow someone to volunteer that has a criminal
I mean all bunch of offenses and yet they're interacting with your children how would you feel that's that's my con how would we feel i I know I would be livid as a parent that someone that has this was allowed to be
interacting not only with my children but other children i would be mad and I can finish because I interrupted go ahead what I said was if you look here it it's doubled so can we just remove what's doubled it's printed i just read
it it's right here you see 3801535 then you look You see 3801535 well that's A and then that's B that looks like A and A to me sorry it's A and B i don't see a B it's B
here's a A and there's a A yeah they mean two different things no they they repeating it but it's two different they're referring to it twice but they're not the same thing those sentences are not the same the sentence
each sentence is saying to go to it's just referring to the same thing i did it are there any additional questions relative to either one of these um policies okay either one which one the two that
the two that we Okay go ahead the visitors one you're talking about yes it is so on the visitor one it says that well first uh we had an alumni class come and spa
specifically state that they had been background checked i want to know can you show this board the policies to get a background check for
visitors that's the second one of the two that says what second one they're not visitors if they're coming in to interact with our students they're volunteers so if they're playing a basketball game with our students that is not the
definition of a visitor that is a volunteer hence 70 applies whatever so then if they're volunteers then that doesn't then that everything applies background where's that policy that say 7009
no no no no no this doesn't say if you come and do a single event that you get a background check it doesn't have to say that it just refers to volunteer wait to volunteer so wait wait i'm confused now so you're saying that any event that we have in this district
everyone's going to be background check no that's what you're saying no I didn't say that i asked the question there's a difference between visitors and volunteers okay and I'm asking how is it they're a class coming in to play a basketball game versus our students are
not visitors so where is a visitor a visitor is Miss America Miss Black America coming in and visiting our schools and saying hi to our students there's a difference so she's a visitor absolutely so you're saying there's a
function if there's a function then you get background checks what he's saying is that the for the specific individual purpose that you just asked they are not considered considered visitors they're considered volunteers and hence 7009 applies but that's not what that doesn't
read it a volunteer i want to see where it says that if you Okay where is the the procedure for when you uh pay for the exhibit is that on the information so so here's here's here's No that was a
question i don't want my question to get un unheard okay go ahead and ask your question again i'm sorry when a person comes in and they say "I'm interested in renovating or
utilizing your facility." So so when they come in to utilize the facility what is given to them and if what that is that's given to them does it say that those people have to have background checks so we have a person by
the name of Big Shine he attends and graduated from Cass Tech he comes in all the time and donates money he shows up with other people donating money so you saying that he should be
background check he hold on a second i'm not done he comes in here here I want clarification on your what you're saying i'm I'm I'm making a point and I'm trying to get a clarification on what you're saying does he come so the point the I just said he goes to C so again just give me a second let me finish
because I already said that he comes he goes to Cast Tech you said he graduated from Cast Tech and I said okay I'm not about to go this way that's what you said i said he graduated from Casttech he comes back to Casttec and he supports
Casttec he has an event coming up I think in a couple of weeks or so so my question is is that I'm getting understanding so because I don't get the volunteer and visitor combining if you renovate our facility but if you're
playing with kids then you're a visitor or if you're not is it only does it only happens when you are involving kids because we've had events where kids our high school students have attended these same you
know events is he renovating what is he doing is he changing our blinds is he changing the carpet is he painting the walls cuz what is he renovating this hypothetical does not apply to our school he doesn't so again I I didn't
finish but it's okay you did finish no I actually didn't you did cuz I Okay so you can't ask questions and ask and ask 10 of them and no one can respond so why don't any other district do a background check
on We absolutely do we can't speak to any other district but you got smart and said that I interrupted you so I'm sorry wait wait hold it hold it conversation this is It's totally disrespectful right now and I apologize when I interrupt you but you just did it so you going to be
the cat calling black it's fine so back to what I was saying i don't know why it's so confusing because I'm explaining this but what I don't understand is that it's a single event and why can't I as a
board member see it and read it but you said that it's somehow correlating y'all can somebody else tell me how a visitor and a volunteer is the same go ahead superend here's the difference
if someone in the pol in this procedure has not changed Pat has have we changed this procedure on you no so this procedure has been precedes me okay predates me so
someone wants to come in and rent our facility because they want to do a Junth event no problem please work with Miss Pat do they have to do a background check no
because they're renting our facility but another group comes in and says "We would like to partner with you to play a game with your students and we want to give you some money back and we want to interact with
our students volunteers." Hence 7009 applies my frustration is it's clearly written here but people misunderstand it instead of asking
clarifying questions they take it to a public meeting and want to make a show so I'm going to ask this question am I wrong Miss Pat with what I explained has this been would you say 10 plus years 10
plus years okay so so you're saying that this uh has been there for 10 years that we've done background checks on those who have that's volunteers okay volunteers okay you're they're interacting with your your daughter went
to school here your Would you allow her to interact with a student that has a criminal sex so I'm glad you said that you brought my daughter up thank you so we're going to Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
hey hey we are going to stick to the topic we are on the topic okay so we're talking about this policy listen I'm talking let me finish you'll see i'm talking about the policy you don't have to be so defensive i'm not i'm telling you you've been defensive since you started though wow
okay wow it's It's turning into an argument it doesn't have to do that statement sorry are you done so what are you doing is that a a joke let's stick to the Let's stick to the topic okay what is you doing are you Are
you Do you have something is it okay for you to just sit there and stare at me do you have something that you wish to say relative to the topic Trusty Corp but please say it if we're in the district let me finish if we're in the district she's talking she's got the floor give me a second she's got the floor let her finish her and I'll come to you school is being renovated
by whomever our students are in the community they're going to attend so you saying that if our students attend these events and these other people are still there so should our students not attend these events that's that if their school is
being rented and our students choose to go that is on them that is on their parents that is not something that the district is is responsible for at that time the sh the liability for that event shifts to the ones who rented the the
facility okay go ahead take a five minute break i'd rather we power through this because we got more to go so we're getting ready to bring this to a close okay okay i
think that we're going back and forth and hold on President we're going back and forth because I I'm starting to have some clarity because it's going in a different direction i understand I worked under
the superintendent for over 14 years and some stuff now is coming into play that and I've worked very close to it several of them very close and some stuff now is just coming up and I don't and I hear me
and I'm not trying to be you know go back and forth uh with with policies but some stuff now is just coming up when we're starting to get a turnound uh alumni coming to our district and
understand if anybody know me I'm number one thing here is safety definitely hands down with me you want to talk about safety that's me so I think that um some stuff I think now is just coming
up that we're starting to get more alumni not that we didn't actually when Dr was here we we had a whole lot of them and they were here all the time breakfast lunch and dinner and um and in the evening and so I think that before
we start to just um put a lot of things in place I understand things happen but before we just start hammering down on stuff a lot of times let's look at it is it going to hurt our people coming in um to volunteer to come back and give to
our community that's Well that's really where I'm at i don't want that the alumni that has graduated in vehicles we got some great ones that are definitely starting to come back so our safety is definitely our number one priority and
so um has all of this been implemented for years and years to come i don't know as all of it has and I'm only having been the chief of security probably now going on like four years have it all just been implemented enforced um all
the time which it should have been if it wasn't and that's and that's and that's my view if it had not if it should have been then it should have in the past and so that's my only thing I just don't want that for us to make it to where our
alumni does not want to come back to us that's it thank you trusty Tyler the the question the the um the polic has been in place as we've established for quite some time i wasn't I've been on this board for five years this is year five
in year five and we didn't touch this policy relative to this since I've been here so it's been on uh predates me predates uh Mr abdullah had as well right so that's exactly what I think his point was we didn't change anything so maybe if it wasn't being enforced like
you as you noted then it should have been i can't speak to what other superintendents did or didn't do i I think that we just I think that we just need to just make sure if we're going to do this across the board let's just be consistent and not wait until a event
happened and then we got to bring it up and then it makes it seem as though the board is is is after Abdullah no we're not all together and or either we're not assisting our community i mean just when you come in Oak Park and say a family
city I just want us to be yes we're going to be difficulties and all family fall out but we had to agree to disagree at this point thank you Trusty Tyler uh any before I come back to Trusty Corp any other trustees have anything to say on this matter okay how much do how much
does it cost each time we do it cost how much does what cost the the charge we're not charged for we're not okay corporate Florida so the question that I asked I just want to get clarity
can you show this board the policy to get a background check for visitors i need I need that to be retold to me uh because you you stated something about they were like congruent with one another so you asked about the policy
for visitors which you have it right 6012 this if you click on that It talks about teachers you talking about 612 yes sir visitors that's visitors so you if I click on the
you click on the link yes it says powers of parents and legal guardians okay that doesn't talk about teachers no you read go down it does it started to talk board of a school district public school
shall ensure that parent or legal guardian responsible for the care and custody people enrolled in the school district may do the following review the curriculum test teaching materials of the school be present to a reasonable degree and at
reasonable times is subject to reasonable restrictions controls and limits and the board of a school district public school academy university school or animated school district may adopt reasonable policies or guidelines under section okay what is your question so my question
is where does the policy show about a background check for visitors you didn't read that it also it it it it says underneath so
that we're clear the superintendent may promulgate administrative regulations to enforce this policy that might be one of those so that so then I believe that these bylaws need to be a little updated to be clear
because it's not clear but you're not but in all fairness in all fairness we're not background checking over there we're not background checking our parents for for the purpose of being present for
visitors now if they volunteer let's just say for example for example So for example a parent wants to volunteer and um their student is in there we're allowed to just do it
one time for the year for that parent because that parent is volunteering to be a chaperone on a field trip but now they're volunteering in this regard that they're also not just seeing o uh overseeing their child but might be
assigned to five kids and because they're assigned to five kids then a background check applies they're not visiting someone comes into our building
um wants to give a um a speech they come in they're not interacting they're invited by us by the senior sponsors to give a a speech visitor
that's why it is is left up to us to decide because every that is it's discretion for it says at the at the end the superintendent I'm the person that you've hired to to ensure that the
district runs smoothly you're acting like I'm just somebody like let's just say say the judges the judges so it says the last sentence there says the superintendent may promulgate administrative regulations
report thank you okay so are are we all set no I want to I want to address this is going to kind I want to address something that's gerine to this okay but we're once you do that we're going to move on
so these things about visitors and and and uh volunteers it needs to be a little bit clearer cuz if it was clear you like to make a motion if if it was clear then I wouldn't probably be having this
conversation because I have been on the board long enough that I've never had anyone come to me saying that they're a visitor and they're being background checked so did anyone sit down and speak of that
cuz you did you said "Did you want to make a motion?" I was talking i was trying to help help me shut up no that's not what I was trying to do that's what it sounds like i'm just calling it as I said i think you're being a little too You want to have something written out
with a visitor and with a volunteer is that what you want like a No no it ain't what I want it's it's the community no that's what I'm passing oh yeah cuz it's not what I want i I actually understand the safety cuz again my daughter was a person who was violated here in this
district so I understand safety no doubt i believe me I understand it but again I was asking for it to be seen that that the policy need to say background checks on visitors however we just had this
spoke this talk and and it's a discretion thing so I didn't I didn't get that out of what I was reading that it's up to so you the administration that what you're saying would would you care to make a motion for us to to to edit these i I would like Yeah I was
going to I thought I had to do it at the but yes I can do it now now's the perfect time i would like to um make a motion that uh is it Trum who who's the is it Tilman who's who is our attorneys for for our
policies i'm sorry miller Johnson because they changed Miller and Johnson so I I make a motion that perhaps maybe uh once we have the um the policy written out for them to
look over it and then uh make it where it's a little bit more understandable for those two sections for those for se for uh 620 I mean yeah 6020 visitors and the uh 7 009 for volunteers motion's on
the floor um is there a second second okay motion been made by Trusty Corp seconded by Trusty Perman Tanks uh Miss Greer could you restate the motion for us uh trustee would like to have Miller
Johnson look over the policy and for 1620 and 709 009 7009 for volunteers to um clarify and simplify it was 612
all right is there any question on the motion first do you have any more com do you have comment on that motion no okay any questions on the motion what are we She wants to have in essence she would like and you can tell me if I get it wrong section 612 and 7009 review
for clarity and and updates sound about right that's exactly right okay um Miss G please call the RO clark yes yes elvin no
madison no scott yes perman you got to come up you're going to answer yes tyler yes okay motion passes please i will I will have them come out here and
do a presentation to explain to the board to the difference between a visitor and a volunteer and that's why I make a request when you get information from the community pass it along to me
so I can reach out but when people don't pass the information on to me how can we address it i understand your point let's just have them take a look at it have them come out here and we'll pay the money and have them Let's have them take a look at it for clarification if
there's if if it needs to be any more clear than it already is let's just have them take a look at it and and make recommendations e that they either feel like it's on its face clear or that there's some language
we can in include to make it more clear okay all right let's move on we got another policy to talk about uh update to board policy 50002 budget planning and adoption to replace existing policy 50002 superintendent yep so uh if you
recall during the superintendent's goals meeting we discussed safeguarding the district's assets fund balance etc been working with Miller Johnson our our policy creators
um language we went back and forth i had a a group review it with me uh we looked for loopholes we came up with this we sent it over to legal to review what we're presenting for you is our
recommendation for adoption and replacement to safeguard the district's assets okay any questions okay i have one oh I'm sorry i when I looked I didn't see it go ahead
when you say to protect our assets uh can you elaborate on that financials right so elaborate like because I believe it stated uh in regards that if we were to drop below Yeah okay so if we
do drop below where would we where would we draw that money from to to make it at that percent you you reassess what you're doing your spending so okay in and in in an example of that you're at home you're overspending more than
you're bringing in therefore you need to review how much you are spending and make whatever adjustments you need to so you don't spend more than you're bringing in understood definitely great so the community enjoy that
okay why Why wouldn't they why would why wouldn't the community welcome safeguard their own tax money why would the community not welcome that i'm talking about you explaining it sir i'm not talking about nothing else other than how you explaining it sorry okay Miss
Miss Greer well the policy helped manage the money wisely and um and to be open about it so they can reach the long term in the educational okay any other questions okay this has got to come back
to us anyway um so this is the the first go around so we have to pass it or we have to vote on it I should say so you got to read it as a first read you got to read the first read yes
please yes I am okay 5002 budget planning and adoption the board is required to adopt a budget prior to July 1st of each year to be in place for the ensuing school year the
budget is a formalized statement of anticipated revenues and expenditures of the school district and includes all district fund categories that are used to carry out the school district's educational goals and objectives the budget will be prepared and published in
conformity with the most recent applicable governmental accounting standards for GAD requirements and be maintained and will maintain excuse me an endyear general fund balance that should not fall below 15% of the
preceding year's revenues superintendent shall at an open meeting provide justification for any budget that reduces the year general fund balance the superintendent is responsible for preparing the budget and presentations to the board following adoption of a
budget by the board the superintendent will inform the board quarterly of the budget to actual expenditures and anticipated variances that may occur during budget implementation and recommend any action that may be required to be taken by the board when
endear fund balance falls below the minimum fund balance the district will replenish shortages deficiencies within the following time periods deficiency resulting in a minimum fund balance between 13 and 15% shall be replenished
over a period not to exceed one year deficiency resulting in a minimum fund balance between 8 and 13% shall be replenished over a period not exceed two years deficiency resulting in a minimum fund balance of less than 8% shall be
replenished over a period prior to presenting the board with a budget that results in the school district's in-ear fund balance falling below the fund balance minimum or at the board meeting following submission of the school district's audit with a fund balance below the fund balance minimum
the superintendent shall present to the board a plan on how the fund balance will be replenished in a publicly held meeting thank you for that wonderful reading i appreciate it take us away the water you earned it um again no questions so we're going to move on then
to item 7 C Oakland Schools 202526 budget uh not you do you want to speak to this at all um we you received it um and I think Pat put it in but you could put it as
anformational item if you want more time to review it if you're ready to adopt it uh or to approve it then you could make one of those two motions or you could just take it as anformational item correct and then review it and then
bring it up to a vote it's however the board would like to proceed i think we could leave it at information unless somebody wants to make a motion for approval to tonight we can leave it at information and deal with it next meeting okay all right
uh item eight call close session uh for ease for the ease of uh getting through this um I move pursuant to section 8 of the open meetings act for the purpose of for the purpose of discussing strategy and negotiation related to collective bargaining
agreement that we go into close session at this time motion made by myself second by trustee Clark any question on the motion miss Greer yes scott yes yes tyler yes
yes trusty Scott oh I didn't hear you i'm sorry okay okay uh I trust Mrs fenderson is going to Yeah just wait because we have the camera people here