Board of Education meading to order please call the rooll here good we do have a quorum on recitation of the district mission and vision Zandra Clark trusty Clark go for
it I know you got it ready I'm ready our mission is to create an inclusive learning community that provides the best academic and social experience by educating whole child one child at a time our vision is cultivating Visionary leaders and compassionate citizens engaged in the global Community thank
you uh the agenda was was uh distributed prior to today's meeting uh any questions on the agenda without objection pass a motion to approve the agenda by unanimous consent is there an objection to doing so good then the uh agenda is hereby
approved we will go to item number four approv consent agenda have two items on the consent agenda this evening the min September 9th and the action person Personnel action today any questions on those two items okay without objection we'll pass
a motion to approve those items by unanimous consent is there an objection to doing so hearing none the consent agenda is hereby approve we will go to item number five reports we have one this evening from our superintendent thank you uh president Alvin so I just want
to um make a few remarks regarding what the marching Legion did over last week at uh their competition also a change in the school
calendar and what our objective is there and I believe truste Clark will talk about the city partnership with um trun crre during her remarks so our band was able to perform together
and they manag to get first place in the drum line drum major Class B division small band and
won the grand champion overall title this is this is a band that has grown in the last two years from non-existence I mean what what
um our our band director has done with um tons of family support the parents the the band parents they I think they're the most active out of all parents that with potluck and
supports and all that um and and Mr Aus with what he's been able to do uh I'm so proud of all of them um and what they've done and I think people are realizing that because we
also had an organization donate to Einstein 60 band instruments 60 um and I do want to give them a shout out
but it and it wasn't even it's it's like good things are happening and people are finding us and it it it's nice that's not like we're going out there soliciting asking for that people
are just partnering with us and it's humbling um it's it's it's humbling to to see that also our our pepper students got a chance um to wrap up some some
discussions with their experiment with the International Space Station and and working with that so that's awesome uh with what Pepper's doing um on October 4th we had a calendar
change uh which is also um and I did follow up with with the tickets for so for the homecoming game but the tickets tis will be for any OAA division so they're dropping that off for you guys this week uh but the day of a homecoming
game we are doing PD and team building um and they've been planning this for a year and a half so it's great where we are trying to bring um staff
together um and get them to buy in um into what we're trying to do so um a lot of good things are happening it's exciting
um and I believe I had one more apologize president I have one more oh you're gonna you're you're going to talk about um and so oh I worked with
um um city manager Eric Tungate they're they're creating a plaque for us um that is going to go in the front um when you're pulling in uh an updated one with all the
Championships it says City of Oak Park home of Oak Park High School and it just names off all these years of championships um so um I know Eric has been working hard he was texting me different pictures and and stuff like
that so we do appreciate the city manager there um doing that for our kids our kids deserve that and we'll be honoring them soon here um as some things arrive so that's all I
have question for superintend I I have one quick one and I I'm not asking for specifics but are are we on par with what we Ed for uh enrollment so we have total enrolled
around 3,300 but that doesn't mean anything so total enrolled we're up y but that doesn't matter it's how many people have I seen y so what we've seen actually is bearing
between 2900 in 3000 okay which is AAR from last year but it wasn't where our goal was our budget goal was to increase students by 50 well we shot for a higher goal even
though we budgeted for only a 50 plus we shot for 150 more so if they all show up it'll be 33 almost 3,400 students will be which is a 10% increase however we also have turned
away a lot because we've changed some of the enrollment criteria uh and we will know once count day that's like our official um yeah I I didn't I didn't needan specific that I just I mean I didn't catch you up
as but yeah we're not far from that Target of actually what we've seen but we had a higher goal that we're Shing for thank you um all right uh nothing else we will go to item number six which is action
item um it is the approval of Oakland County School Board Association proposed bylaws Amendment uh truste SMI can you read that sure resolve that the oakwalk Board of Education approves the proposed amendments to the Oakland County School
boards Association OS ocba bylaws as Incorporated and referencing excuse me as Incorporated and referenced in this meeting second much made by trusty Smith
second by trusty corpin I only saw one um unless I was missing it it was only seem to be one it yeah okay so yeah I me straight forward any thoughts so reading the
rationale that was shared with us by the ocba board um I'm concerned about changing bylaws to address a specific situation that happens to be going on right now so one of of the longtime members of the ocba board
Carol finlin was elected to the Oakland Schools board Mark Catz is already there there is a bylaw that says that that you can't have have more than one board member from a board on the ocba board
that's there for a reason so to change the bylaws to accommodate this specific situation for this specific person seems to me unjustified um and so I am not in support of so of this bylaw they they're
statement that they have a hard time recruiting people to serve on the ocba board I I think there's more they can do to invite absolutely um people from other districts to participate and I think that should be done I think that
that's where the resolution should be rather than changing bylaws to to accommodate to accommodate the move um anything else members of the board m g please call the rooll Smith no Madison
no Elvin no no CL no and no okay the motion fails we go to item number seven public participation public participation is one way Communication in which uh members of the public are asked to address the full board with
understanding that board members will not be able to respond to them um Mr Smith can you please read the public comment gu yes because the O 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 the dignity and privacy of others who may be affected by public comments the public comment portion of the meeting cannot be used to make personal attacks against a school board member or School District employee that disrupts the order of the meeting and is 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 asked that
comment be remain focused on the topic or issue and not be directed as specific Personnel of board members thank you I do you have any cards Madam mayor hi uh welcome and thanks for having me I want to congratulate the Oak Park High
School Mark marching Legion on its first place designation we're proud of you and delighted with other great news from the district while we're talking about Awards um the innovative 9em redesign
project was awarded by the southeast Michigan Council of governments Saka you drive by and you see kids playing and adults walking you also amazingly see groups of leaders from other cities
coming to uh take notes on what we did on 9mile road because it was so successful um the city invested in what had been a rundown blighted Street and turned it into an award winner we
invested in narrowing the street from five Lanes to three adding bike lanes and parking better lighting fresh Landscaping three mini Parks a linear Parkway with the ninja Challenge and a pass through Park
inviting Neighbors South of nine to come and enjoy uh soon because of another Grant you're going to be able to ride a bike all the way through Oakland County from Hazel Park all the way to Farmington Hills and um Novi and another city way
at the other end are joining us so you can ride a bike all the way through Oakland County [Music] um this project was also one of the four best chosen by the Michigan Municipal league for Community Excellence we
presented to hundreds of Municipal leaders all over Michigan on MAA Island and we're feeling very proud of how far we've come as a city we're holding ribbon cuting for all the new businesses that have been attracted to locating on
9 Mile Road because of the improvements um Pai Pizza the nine Apartments which is a Transit friendly Apartment project um Forest Bakery upscale Bak Goods Hansen's Hall and more
more are coming bringing a lot of energy to um back to 9mile Road um the Democrats of South Oakland County are planning their third annual nonpartisan registration drive at Oak
Park High School Board president Al Elvin was the featured speaker at the first one strongly urging students to register and vote because there are voter suppression activities going on in
many areas that we know about we need to get our teens into a habit of voting regularly in elections at all levels of government once registered they need to make a plan to vote if you're a
firsttime voter you don't know where to go I don't know where to go go to michigan.gov vote I don't know who to go with go with a family member or friend your one vote matters elections have
been lost by one vote so if you approve this event will be held at the Oak Park High School auditorium October 15th at 9:30 thank you for your time thank you are there any
others no um here item eight which is a call for close session um pursuant to section 8C of the open meetings act for negotiation s is related to the negotiation a collective bargaining
agreement uh is there a motion to go into the V session motion made by trustee VOA uh to go into close session pursuant to Section 8 of the open meetings act the Strategic discussion related to the
negotiation of Collective finging Agreement is there a second session second by truste Clark any question on the motion he miss gy SC mad yes yes yes
Smith yesin yes yes okay we'll go into close session at this point [Music] um e e e
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you no I we are at information items and there are none so Mr President yeah go ahead can I make a motion to amend the agenda
yes sir I move to amend the agenda to add two action items um one to approve the letter of agreement between the Oak Park Board of Education and the Oak Park Board uh Oak Park Education Association
regarding Opa pay incentives and new hire signing bonus and another agenda item to approve the letter of agreement between the Oak Park Board of Education and the Oak Park Education Association regarding
modification of the 2024 25 school year calendar support motion made by TR supported by try Smith any question on that motion yes yesin yes yes Madison yes and Smith yes okay thank you that's been those AC
it been added to as items 11 A and B moving down uh Communications item 12 item 13 item 14 um uh so we will go in order
uh actually item 11 a letter of agreement between o Park School District Board of Education and the O Park educational Association regarding uh Opa pay incentives and new high signing
bonuses signing bonus is there a motion to approve so motion made by truste He Is or second second second by trusty Smith he was faster on the gun um he just got to beep her voice any any question on the
motion heing now miss gri is coloroll Clark yes yesin yes yes Madison yes and SMI yes okay motion passes we go to item 11 b letter of agreement between the O Park School Board of Board of Education
and the O Park Education Association Education Association not educational or education okay regarding modification of the 20242 school year calendar uh spring break is
there a motion to approve AO motion to approve so move excuse me stand correct technically so move is not aemotion did you know that yes I did know I move if those you don't start it with those two words it's not emotion we're going
to you know uh that ain't worth the inate anyway that's that's Robert's Rules all day share with mea o p EA ABC p e g FBI CIA all people don't matter
that's Robert's Rules right there in any case that's the new addition motion is motion made by um by trusty corpin is there a second secondly by trusty Clark is there uh any conversation on the motion hearing Miss
GRE call the rooll Madison yes yes C yes Smith yes yes El yes yes okay the motion passes we will go to item 12 now which is board Administration Communications in ad any communication from Administration I forgot to mention the
name of the organization that donated the instruments that was Detroit Harmony so thank you to Detroit Harmony got it thank you anything else from the administration anything from the board truste
Clark um I would like to on behalf of the school district and in collaboration with the city I would like to announce that myself and my family will be participating in trunk Retreat for the third year um thank you Mr Abdul for
trusting me to do this um thank you to marily Lee and Oak Park recreation for being the point person for this the event will be on October 19th and the water tower district in the um parking lot behind mother handsome if you would
like to donate candy please let me know um and we invite everyone to attend I'm donate candy thank you I appreciate it how much candy do you need we'll talk okay get at me quickly cuz I don't do the shopping I'll give it I'll give it with
you thank you um I have one question wait hold on are you done okay well it was four okay trusty Clark um do they if they want to participate where would they go to participate for participation is is to be found on the recreation
website there is a vehicle sign up sheet you can sign up um they ask that you are there by 11:00 a.m. and be prepared to pass out candy by I believe 1:00 between 1 and three um all are welcome all you
know mildly scary themes ours is not scary this year so any contest or they just just just keep fun to all the beautiful understood thank you anything else from members of
the board okay we got item 13 agenda in the agenda item 14 which isour TR Davis is not here Smith you want to give us the information on that yes the next meeting of the Board of Education will be held
on Monday October 14th 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the boardroom at the administration building thank you if nothing G OB will pass a motion toour by unanimous consent is there an objection to doing so hearing we are here by