Okay. Good afternoon. We would like to call this regular meeting on 512 2025 to order. Miss, could you please call the role? Clark here. Cop here. Alvin here. Madison here. Scott
Harry here. And Tyler here. take take it to okay uh the agenda was provided prior to today's meeting and materials were also provided um without objection we pass a motion to approve the agenda by unanimous consent is there an objection
to doing so hearing none the agenda is wait a minute are we where are we at on time for individuals running We we don't need them. It was just for Q&A if we had any questions. So we're
okay. This is the annual. So the agenda is hereby approved. We'll go to item number three consent agenda. Three items on the consent agenda this evening. Any issues with any of those? Okay. Hearing none. Without objection, we'll pass a motion to approve the
consent agenda by unanimous consent. Is there an objection to doing so? Hearing none is uh the consent agenda is hereby approved. We'll go to our our number four which is presentations 4A students of the month Mr. Abdullah. Thank you uh President
Alvin. Welcome everyone. So um just to expedite the process we're going to start with the little ones with lesser. We do ask that family accompany the the student when the student is called so we could take some pictures. If you do object to pictures, just kind of signal
me because I do post them on Facebook and we reshare them on Instagram. Um, director North Okay, good evening everybody. Welcome to our uh student of the month ceremony.
I'm so thankful everyone can make it. Good evening cabinet. Good evening to our board. Thank you for having me. I'm going to kick us off with lessers. And this evening uh we will start with our two lesser rabbos who have exhibited the traits of Lesser Early Childhood Center.
Resilient, empowered, brilliant, ethical, loving, and self- assured. Our first lesson rabble to receive this honor tonight is Miss Eden Hamilton. Come on up, Eden. I have her teacher, Miss Brain.
Miss Brain. Oh, Miss Bra. I'm Miss Brain is here to speak to Eden's um character and Eden in class and and the reason she was nominated. Well, what can I say about Miss Eden? She's a joy to have in class. and she's
always greet you with her smiles. She's very ambitious. She's get everything right. Anything you ask her, she she's willing to do. And she's just a um lovely young lady and from a very nice family also.
We're gonna come over here and get a picture really quickly. Everybody, we're gonna face real. All right. Happy Easter. Okay, for our second student of the month, we have a lovely young lady who again is in Miss Bryant's class, and
she's going to speak to this young lady as well, and that's Miss Leila Fielder. Miss Laya Fielder, can you come up here, please? Okay. Leila is such a joy. She's very sensitive and she's very sensitive, but she she's a perfectionist. She wants to
get everything right and she wants to finish every task she's such a joy and always just a kind young lady and she also come from a loving and good family and I love to have her in our class.
[Applause] Come on. You get a picture. Can you see? Okay. [Applause] Thank you, M. Okay. So, thank you to my lesson rebels. We love you and we are so very proud of
you. I'm going to introduce my esteemed colleague, the principal of Key Elementary, Miss Principal Demila Prince. Please come on up. [Applause] Good evening. Thank you so much, Miss
North. I am excited to introduce our first student of the month for Key Elementary, and that is Miss Cameron Wilson. Cameron, come on up. [Applause] Cameron is a wonderful second grade
student who stands out, truly stands out in class. As student of the month, she shows what it means to be an exceptional learner. Cameron is always kind and respectful to her classmates and teachers. She loves to learn and ask thoughtful questions that show how
curious she is. She's responsible and hardworking. Cameron gives her best effort in everything she does. What makes her extra special is how she's always ready to help her friends, showing that she cares about others as much as she cares about her own
learning. Can we please give it up for Miss Cameron Wilson, second [Applause] grade for you, Cameron? Anyone else? [Applause]
And our next Key Falcon student of the month, I am going to call her teacher up, Miss Kill, and she will give you some wonderful words. So, come on, Miss Kale. And Miss K is going to introduce Miss Brooklyn Round Tree. Come up and
family. Brooklyn and family. Good evening everybody. Good to see everyone here. This is a surprise to her. We didn't even tell her that this was happening. So, she didn't even know why she was coming. Uh, but this is Brooklyn Roundry who I am honored to
present. I am so proud of her this year. She has made so many great leaps and bounds and accomplishments this year. She is my shy baby. She's still my shy baby. However, she has blossomed this
year and she is proving herself an individual. She's got a twin who I had last year. So, there's a lot of comparing between the two, but she has made her mark as an individual. So, I'm very proud of her. Um, she's a teacher's
dream. She is well behaved. She's focused. She's making significant growth every day. She follows the social contract on a daily basis and has been my behavior ambassador this entire year. So, her behavior is stellar. Sometimes I
and she does exactly what she's supposed to do. Um, she has been a pleasure to watch and she's grown tremendously this year. So, I am so so very proud of her. Come on, big brother. Put the tablet down. [Laughter]
He's taking his own ready. ready. Thank you. Awesome. awesome job to our Key Falcons, Brooklyn, and Cameron. And next, I would like to introduce Miss Pro Miss Sarah
West Prozola from Einstein Elementary. Good evening. My name is Sarah Provenzole. I'm the proud principal at Einstein Elementary School where we shine. And I'm going to call up Mr. Jeff. He nominated our two students of the month for Einstein. And who would you like to call
first? Okay. Sama. I was going to say come on up. Can we say her name one more time? Samir Hashim. [Applause]
All right. Um, so Samia is one of the most respectful students I've had in recent years. Uh, her politeness and patience does not go unnoticed. Um, she tries very hard with her academics and truly cares about her education. She loves
reading. Uh throughout the morning, we break up the day um and have snack time break time. While most of the class is playing games, doing whatever, she'll be reading most of the time. I don't know how she does it because it's quite noisy during that time, but she does it. Um I can rely on her to do the right thing
even when others around her choose to do otherwise. Seamia is a great example of an honorable and great student. And the best part is she exhibits these outstanding behaviors effortlessly. I am honored and grateful to have Sam as a student. So, thank you so
[Applause] much. Anyone else? [Applause] And next up I have Kalia [Applause]
Williams. All right. Um, Kalia is a force to be recognized. Um, she continues to display leadership qualities in and out of the classroom. Um, she's one of the few girls that is on the fifth grade basketball team. Not only that, she loves to compete complete
compete athletically in gym and at recess. I remind her all the time, let them boys know who's in charge. Um, and Clea certainly holds her own. Um, academically speaking, she completes all her work and does so with great care and responsibility. And Kalia
is an ideal student and great all-around human. I love having her in class. Appreciate you guys raising her. So beautiful. [Applause] Always want to say this. I yield my
time. [Applause] Next, it's my pleasure to introduce Mr. Emanuel Haley, principal at Pepper Elementary School. [Applause] Good evening everyone. Good evening.
I will now present um Pepper third grade teacher supreme, Miss Jennifer Matthews, who will be presenting our students of the month. [Applause]
Good afternoon. First, I'd like to call up Na McDaniel. [Applause] Naa is a hardworking young lady. She likes to get all of her work done. She doesn't stop until she gets it right. Even if she has to sit right next to me,
she's not stopping until she gets everything done and everything correct. She's a stellar student. I love having her in class. This is my first year at Pepper. She has truly made this year an awesome year. So glad I got to meet her.
[Applause] ready. Thank you. [Applause] [Music] Next up, we have my lunch partner, Hudson
Oliver. She's a very sweet young lady. She really truly cares about learning. She's a great classroom leader. She's always willing to help me, the students, anything that you call for. She's my greeter. She's my ambassador. She has truly made this year a special
year. I'm so glad I got to meet her this year. [Applause] There you go. There you go. [Applause]
I now present to you my friend and colleague, Mr. Douglas Island, the principal of the Oak Park. [Applause] All right. Good evening everyone. Good evening. My name is Doug Island and I am
the very proud principal of Oak Park Prep. And today I have the privilege of bringing two of our awesome seventh grade students to uh to be celebrated. Um our first student, Nia Bells. All right. So, Nia um teachers had this
to say about her that she was selected for student of the month because she is a flexible learner who adapts extremely quickly and smoothly to change in any challenges that may come her way. She approaches everything with a positive and versatile attitude that her teachers
believe allows her to thrive in the classroom. She is a true joy to have in class and we know that she will go far in life. Keep up the great work. Swag bag second
work. All right. [Applause] Appreciate that. Our next recipient, Mr. Joshua Bell. [Applause] And Joshua's teachers had this to say
about him. Joshua was selected for the student of the month because he shows incredible motivation and always tries to put his best effort into assignments. This is not only respectable but also inspirational to others. His continued commitment to
education leads his teachers to believe that he'll experience great academic success no matter where he goes. Keep up the great work. [Applause] Here we go, little sister. You want to
hold that for your brother? Perfect. That's great. Get it all out here. Anything else? They got all kind of [Applause] swag. Congratulations.
Thank you. All right. Next up is our awesome and wonderful and beautiful principal of Oak Park High School, Miss Reita Williams. [Applause] Good evening everyone. Good evening. My name is Reita Williams and I am the
principal at Oak Park High School and I will be presenting three scholars to you this evening. So, I'm going to try to be a little fast, but I do want to just give our scholars, our high school scholars, their recognition, uh, because they are very welld deserving. Uh, the
schol the first scholar that I want to present to you is Lance Mullins. So, if you notice, Lance is very well decorated. And this is this is not even all of it. Okay. So Lance was nominated by the Oak Park High School administration. He has demonstrated
exemplary academic performance, character, behavior, effort, social responsibility, and attendance. Most recently, he was honored by the Oak Park High School uh honors recognition and award ceremony for academic
participation in AP world history, academic performance, and financial literacy. Additionally, Lance was honored for being on the honor role with a cumulative grade point average of a 3.26 and he is a member of the National
Honor Society. Lance is described as being nice, kind, helpful, smart, dedicated to his academics, and making his mother very, very proud. After after graduating on June 1st, Lance is slated to attend
Grand Valley State University where he intends to study business administration or finance to continue his personal business. He has a lawn care service that he is currently running. His long-term goal is again to
uh be able to navigate the world of business in a way that he is literate and understands how to navigate that world. He enjoys sports, particularly basketball. Uh you'll find him as a power forward or small forward. It is with great pleasure that the Oak Park
High School administration recognizes and presents our senior scholar, Lance Mullen, as one of our recipients for the month of And this is his beautiful mom. Grandmother next to you. You can stand right here.
[Applause] Wait. Congratulations. So, my second scholar of the month is Kayla Henry. Kayla isn't here, but I'm going to just tell you that Kayla is a awesome scholar as well. She is also a senior at Oak Park High School, scheduled to
graduate in June. She was nominated by her ELA teacher, Mr. Staley. And uh Mr. Staley states that Kayla is a very hardworking young lady and she accepts constructive criticism is isn't afraid of a challenge at all. Kayla has uh de
demonstrated exemplary attendance, performance, uh character, behavior, effort, social responsibility, as well as attendance. Most recently, she was honored at Oak Park High School uh for being on the principal's honor row, which means she's a top 10 graduate of
the class of 2025 with a cumulative GPA of 3.96. She was honored for academic performance in her CASA courses, honored for academic performance in financial literacy, and honored for her participation in the Oak Park Marching
Legion. Uh, it is with great pleasure that the Oak Park High School administration recognizes Kayla Henry as another scholar of the month for [Applause] May.
And my final uh honore for the night is Gerald Wilborn. [Applause] He is class of 2026. Hi Gerald. Gerald was nominated by his world language teacher Mrs. Aila
Walker. According to Mrs. Aila Walker, Gerald is a role model and a positive influence on his peers, encouraging academic excellence and positive learning behaviors for for his peers. She states that it has been a true pleasure to have Gerald in her classroom
and he will definitely go far in life. During Gerald's 10th grade year, he was the recipient of the Wayade McCree Scholarship, which grants him a full ride uh to Oakland University, which he has decided he will attend after graduating in 2026, unless the school
offers him more money. Gerald attended Einstein and Opa. Let's go. His mother also attended Oak Park High School. His dad attended Roosevelt and his younger brother also attends Oak Park High School. His uh family lives a
legacy of Oak Park. Gerald is in the uh Gerald is a middle and high school math tutor. However, he is able to provide additional support in other se subjects for a small fee. It is with great pleasure that the Oak Park High School administration
recognizes our junior scholar of the month, Gerald Woolborn. [Applause] [Applause] And next we will hear from the principal of NOVA, uh, Mr. Derek Faulk.
[Applause] Good evening everyone again. Hey, my name is Derek Faul and I am the principal of Nova Academy and tonight we have two of our fine students that we want to recognize. But unfortunately, Sydney Cook could not
make it because she was ill. But we still want to let you know what Sydney is doing in the classroom, why she is so important. So, I'm having her online instructor come up and talk about it. Come on. Good evening. Good evening. Um, Sydney
Oops. Thank you. I'm thrilled thrilled to recognize Sydney Cook as our student of the month um for the online community at NOVA. Since joining the program a few months ago, Sydney had jumped in with determination and drive and never missed a beat. From day one, she has remained
on top of her assignments, constantly demonstrating responsibility, respect, and a strong desire to succeed. With that, we were able to nominate Sydney Cook as student of the month for the female [Applause] lady. Mr. Edwards, come on
up. [Applause] Here, we are proud to recognize Maris Edwards as our 12th grade student of the month at NOVA. Maris has constantly demonstrated maturity, focus, and
dedication throughout his senior year. His respect, attitude towards peers and staff stands out and contributes positively to our school community. Maris is a goal-driven u man with a strong vision for his future. He plans
to move to Houston after graduation and pursue a trade in either HVAC or plumbing. With his determined mindset and strong work ethic, we are confident that he will achieve his goals and build a successful life for himself.
Congratulation, Maris. Your hard work and character truly shines. Job well done. [Applause] You got the wrong family. [Applause]
Thank you. With that, that concludes our student of the month uh presentations. Um we seem like we still have a full crowd. You're more than welcome to stay with us if you like or I'll give two minutes for those who want to to to go ahead and go home uh without uh spending
the rest of the evening with us which I would we would love to have you but I certainly understand if you don't want to. So 6:35 we'll County Youth Assistance and we have Karen Beler. If I said that right. Yes, you did. Okay. Thank you. Praise Jesus because I don't want to get anybody's
name wrong. Okay. Uh caseworker OCYA to present to us this evening. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you very much. I um want to take a lot of your time. I know you're very busy. So, I am Karen Beer. I am the case worker with OKR assistance and I made there was a PowerPoint point
made and sent. I don't know if you guys got it, but it's fine. We're just going to go through really quickly some of the things that we do. Um, first of all, um, I just want to say it's a tri partnership. So, Oak, uh, Oakland County
Youth Assistance was started back in the 1950s in Hazel Park with a judge who had a lot of youth coming before him and decided we need to do something to prevent them from coming into the juvenile justice system. So it started out that way as kind of divers
prevention really to try to keep kids out of that system and I worked on the other side. I've worked at children's village so I know not a lot of good comes out of that. So I love what I do. So the three the tribe partnership is the county which provides me as the case
worker. the school, you guys are our partner and you guys offer us and give us inind um office space that we have and a lot of the office materials and the city is the other uh partner and they donate funds and also there is a
501c3 board of volunteers that work together to try to come up with programs for the youth in this particular community. So each municipality or school district in Oakland County has a youth assistance office. So it goes by the school district you belong to that
determines which office you go to. So we do have a small section of uh Royal Oak Township in Southfield that's part of Oak Park. So those students will come to us as well. So who we are, we just explained that the volunteer board of uh volunteers um which we have a few of
them a couple here. We have Cheryl who is our vice chair, our former chair. We have Kim Hampton and we have Leslie Richie over here. Pam um Jakovski is my supervisor from the main office up in Oakland County. So um our mission is to
strengthen youth and families to reduce the incidence of delinquency, abuse, and neglect through community involvement. And that's the key part. What I try to do, regardless of who is referred to me, I try to get to the root of the problem,
but then I try to figure out what it is they want to do and find something in the community that would lend to that. So, we try to prevent these things from happening, preventing, prevent uh neglect and abuse. So, like I said, uh it was
originally started in 1953 in Hazel Park, but Oak Park Youth Assistance you find some of the packets I gave you of some of the historical documents was founded in 1983. So that's when it was founded here
in Hope Park. Uh so what I do some of the casework services are um we are family focused. So I get the whole family not just the child. I try to get the whole family involved. It's confidential, it's voluntary and I try to make it accessible. Um it's shortterm
also. So what I do is um short-term counseling. I we try to have funds to get kids into skill building activities, whether that's a tutor, whether that's boxing, whether that's uh sewing classes. I've had kids
say they want to sew, those types of things. Find what they're interested in and get them plugged into it. Um and we also refer out for more long-term intensive therapy if that is needed. Um so we try have funds for limited funds
for emergency needs. I've had kids referred for truency and the underlying issue was their water wasn't on. So try to help them get their water on their their car wasn't working. We've assisted in getting cars fixed and those types of things. So that is those are some of the things we do. So some of the things that
we have come up with um recently uh are programs to try to get youth boost their self-esteem, give them help when they need it. We had a making it we call it And it's different things. First one was making it look good where during homecoming we got people to volunteer to
come do hair, makeup, haircuts for the boys, nails. It was all for free. We fed them while they were there. The kids seem to really love that. Um just this past week they started making it sound good where uh some sound engineers are
got a grant and they are at a reduced rate taking kids teaching them the engineering the back end of the music industry. They'll studio time to be able to record if they want to rap, if they want to sing. And um they're mentoring them. They got some of the Detroit Lions that they're friends with that are going
to come and they're feeding them. We have police officers escorting them there. The bus takes them there and brings them back. So that to me is a wonderful program for them to be able to gain skills. They get a certificate when it's over and it's all free for them. Um
so we like I said as the board which I am not a part of I work with them they try to find things that will engage the youth to to better them to to build their self-esteem and their confidence. So I also do skill building when I meet
with them oneonone. Some kids I go to the school and try to do activities to build self-esteem, anger management, those types of things. So, um, we have received grants from in the amount of about
$5,500, donations for about $7,600. The municipality of Oak Park gives us $5,000. Like I said, the um the school board we get about $7,000 in in kind for the office space and supplies that we
have. And so my for the case worker, this is not what I make, but in total is like 133,000 that is being donated as far as the partnership from the court. So the judges are over everything and um
they love to see each municipality prosper. We love the way we are able to work together with the school and we're trying to build that in um that relationship even I haven't even been here two years, but the relationships that I've built and the things that I've
seen happen is just it's just beautiful the way that this community wraps its arms around the kids and really cares about them. So, um that being said, are there any questions? Um if you have questions, my card was the first thing
on the list. Um then there is a flyer from Oak Park, one from Oakland County, another paper overall telling what we do and just some historical documents that were there. Um so coming soon um we want to do something like what you
did tonight but like student recognition try to recognize Zandra is trying to head that um to recognize kids that don't always get acknowledged in the community whether it's a small incremental change. It doesn't have to be you're the you know captain of the
team or you're the all a student and that's fine to recognize but we want to recognize them for you know incremental change. So it's a lot of stuff that we're trying to do fund raise to get involved in if anybody that's here is interested in helping us. Um you can
contact me if you know of somebody who you think would be good to be uh work with us. We do the pancake breakfast every year. Everybody knows about the pancake breakfast. That's um fundraiser for us and so yeah um if there any questions any any questions from members
of board trusty corporate um nice to meet you Miss Karen thank you I actually used to work for judge Saznik for the kids court for over 10 years and I used to love going to work because I was able to interact with those children and I'm
sure you remember Dr. Judge Saznik he passed on now I don't know if you knew him or not but We had the kids court and um the one question that I wanted to ask you is what is the data uh in regards
to the families um that have been utilizing uh this wonderful program. We did a you know what I have I thought it was on this
particular slide but it's not. Um I did some data together. I didn't actually make this PowerPoint. Someone else did, but I can get that information to you because we do have I just don't wasn't
so um so this is my super. So, when we talk about case work, what's your name? I'm sorry. I'm Pam Strowski and I'm with Open County Youth Assistance. Um, it's referred to as the county often, but really open County
Youth Assistance is a department of the uh sixth judicial circuit court family division. So, it's family court that's that sponsors the office. So, I know last year there were 38 families that
received direct casework services. Now, here's the thing where it gets difficult to talk about um like who's impacted, right? There would have been 38 families that we actually sort of registered and we're
keeping track of that data. There are many more families that come through the office that we never um you know, Karen never an official case because we don't ever turn families away. But they might, you know, she might refer them out to
say, you know what, you really need um some mental health treatment and we don't have psychiatry or we don't have long-term therapy. So instead of opening a case, putting them through the official system, so to speak, Karen will
work with the families to get them connected. We don't just give out phone numbers and say, "See you later." Right? We make that those families get connected and are doing well. Um, so there's a number of families that um
yeah, so all together she found a number 157 families have been uh impacted but I can't say each one had an open case. Does that make sense? Makes sense. That makes sense. Okay. And then the kids
that are in the making it program, you know, the kids that are making it sound good. The kids that are making doing, you know, making it look good. Um, who's impacted by the pancake breakfast that has had that as a family tradition year after year after year. We don't know how
many families are impacted, but I know when I go to that breakfast and I sit down and talk to people, they say, "This is part of our family tradition." You know, so it's like all the things uh the trick-or- treat trail they do, right? that you you know anything that's a
community sponsored event um youth assistance tries to get involved in that and to provide something to spruce it up or to uh pass out literature so I feel like the impact is large right um but in
terms of how many numbers of kids are impacted sometimes it's hard to measure that okay any additional questions thank you nothing else anything else from members the board. Okay. I do. Okay. Yeah. Please work with
me here. Um, so we have a member of our board who's also a member of yours. Yes. Yes, sir. Okay. And she has worked with you all for a little while now, right? Yes. Has she How has she performed? Oh my god. Above and beyond. I'm just
And I'm not even joking. She wanted Youth recognition is an event that is very um youth assistance not every youth assistance office does the same thing because the idea is it's not one sizefits all is what does your community
need what what kids in Oak Park need is not the same thing that kids in Holly need right might be different resources but most offices do what's called youth recognition and uh Karen mentioned it and at youth recognition we look for kids that maybe in the
beginning were D students, but now they're B minus students, right? Or kids who um maybe academics is not their thing, but they're the kindest kids on the playground or, you know, they've gone through some adversity in their
home life and they've stuck it out. So, those are the kids we're looking for to recognize. Um, Miss Zandre did not only say, "Let's do this." She created an incredible point proposal.
She's got some skills. Maybe I should not be sharing. I only ask I'm confused. There's a member of this community that's going to to great lengths to disparrage her in her work there. So, I just want to make sure that that's not the case. No, sir.
No, sir. Um, yeah. You know, we can't control what people say or people do, but we've been But this is a hard working group of individuals and I've been here from the
start of this board um and have been very proud. They've done incredible things in the last since like about this board kind of got reconstituted about 2017 18 right from sort of they rose up
out of the ashes because our old board members had been senior citizens and were not able to get out to drive and um They've really done incredible work and and just I see your hand. I just want to finish my question real quick. And then just I heard you but just for the
record, how much do we give again and money? What's our monetary contribution? So um the school district does not provide any funding. None at all. Zero. Okay. I just wanted to make sure I had that. Okay. Did you want to offer Oh, no. No. I I I just wanted to make sure that we
it was understood for the record that we don't provide any monetary cont. respect the tri sponsorship that was established back in the 80s. What you do contribute is office space, right? And which means we don't have to pay for that. Okay.
Right. And the whole model of having this tri sponsorship where the court provides the employee and the district is providing the office space and um the city's providing some funding typically
for a part-time secretary, but we're not we have that right now. Um, but then your nonprofit board of directors, every dollar that they raise goes directly to kids and families. No overhead, no salaries. This is a very
unique model, right? You won't find that at, you know, United Way or any other kind of um nonprofit agency because they have overhead. Understood. So, Oak Park Schools gives no monetary contribution and you think she's a rock star. Yes, sir. Thank you. Those are my key takeaways. Yes. Okay. Got it. Trusty
Corp. Um I just wanted to just say a little bit of that you're out of order a little bit. Not at all. Um because what what what rule am I breaking? I just I just feel that um you're out of order based on the fact that uh it seems as if there's a target. But I get it. Um is
there a rule I broken? Two other questions. Yes, ma'am. The other question uh the two questions that I had was Oh, does the mentor plus I think it's Mentor Plus, is it still around? So, Mentors Plus um is still active. I
was just reading off the Yeah, Mentors Plus is active, but right now we do not have a staff person. Um and so although I'm actually working with the current mentors, which is not really my role, but you know, we're all pitching in. Um
but we're not accepting any new mentors at this particular time. And the last question is I know that you all have meetings. Um like you know youth assistants have meetings. Uh how often
uh meaning the whole uh like do you mean the staff the coordinating counsel like because I know the mayor's a part of it? Uh there's you know it's a lot of um a lot of individuals that are a part of the youth assistance and they have I don't know if it's annually or monthly
meetings. Do you mean you mean board meetings for the board members. Yes. Yes. Because the board members meet monthly. Okay. And according to their the bylaws of the 501c3 that dictates
some of those kinds of things. I believe in the Oak Park bylaws. Um as with most youth assistance office, one um one person from each sponsorship is um you know usually serving the on the board.
So, um it's Miss Clark from the school board. The mayor is um serving from the city of Oak Park as a sponsor as are as are many other people uh that are on the board. Any additional
questions? Okay. All right. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. We'll go to item 4 C uh certification 2025 tax levy L4029 is James Crowley here. Mr. Crowley
is not here with your permission. Go ahead. The form that you greetings again members of the board superintendent community and district staff. My name is Sherice Foster. What you have before you is our annual tax rate request form for our millillage. Ultimately the purpose of this form well
first of all it's required on an annual basis in order for us to receive our state funding and our overall operation general uh general funding for operations throughout the district. Once approved what happens is we are to submit this form to several m
municipalities including the county and what they have to do is they're required to pay the portion of our millillage back to us. The most important part of this form, you want to always make sure that bottom number, that 18 is there. That shows that we are able to collect
on our full millage rate. So, you just need the approval to move forward. Thank you. Questions? Go ahead. Uh, I had a question in regards to um the the uh the percentage. Did it increase or
decrease for the taxpayers? Was it or how does itffect affect the um taxpayer for the I don't have the information but I don't I'll be honest I don't totally understand the question um
I was just wondering does does the does does this impact the taxpayer was the question does it impact the taxpayer can I please so the 18 mills is for businesses yeah so that has
not changed not increase um tax taxes on anyone. This is an annual thing that we do. Uh but we've not increased taxes on anyone. So is this five or five to 10 years or this is the mill the um remember when we
dropped like almost one and it's for um I believe we went up to 10. So it's 10 years. Yeah. So but actually I don't want to misspeak either. It's either five or 10, but it was for the businesses and the people renting. Yeah.
I just didn't remember if it was five or 10 because when Monaco was here, he had asked those questions about what you're hear. [Music] I just want to make sure I'm on. We'll put it if we're if we miss all
we'll put it in our just got we good additional questions. Okay. Any other questions from members of the board? Trusty Tyler. No sir. No. Okay. I thought you I thought you No, I'm good. Okay. All right. Come to the part of the meeting public participation. Come to
the part of meeting where the public has an opportunity to address the board if it so desires. Public participation is one way communication in which members of the public are asked to address the full board. understanding that board members themselves will not be able to respond. Trusty Param Tanks, can you please read the public comment
guidelines? Sure. Because the Oper 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 a school district employee that disrupt
the order of meetings and are totally unrelated to the manner in which the member or employee performs his or her duties. Speaker should be aware that if statements violate the rights of others under the law of defamation or invasion of privacy, such as 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. Thank you.
We have any public I have one. Thank you. I know the person Bailey, your the floor is yours. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon, board and guest. My name is Crystal
Bailey. I'm community member. I'm a member of the city of Oak Park as well. I'm very familiar with the board of youth assistance for Oak Park as well as Pam. I'm grateful that the school board has invited you all here to speak because all the questions that I had was
where is the meeting? Why can't I attend the meeting? I'm a community member. I like to get involved with I've talked to you Pam. You told me to this Oak Park has the strangest situation with youth assistance. Okay, that's fine. and the strangest youth assistance and with just
within the city of Oak Park and it has been very difficult for me to get involved with the city I mean with Oak Park youth assistance but I'm glad that you all are here and thank you for bringing them so that we could get more information. I wish I had heard the
whole presentation but thank God for the open meetings act that I will be able to watch the recording. I appreciate that. But I also feel that Oak Park uh school board should have the opportunity to have two um opportunities for public comment. This is not my first or second
time stating that. And again, um I am very thankful that you women are here uh to address the board and the community for youth assistance. And again, I would like some involvement to help with youth assistance because the youth is my
passion as well as mental health. And I think as I mentioned to the board that the opioid crisis we can definitely get into the schools and hand out more information about this that's happening with the students as well as the number one cause of the kids is going to juvenile which is auto um which is
retail theft. This I know because I work I volunteered to take kids on the jail tour as well as a men a mentor for the mentors plus program that I completed my application for back in
2020 under Julie Stit and um she's no longer there as you mentioned unfortunately because she was the best that was there and I've also got um um mentorship from her as well. So I thank you for my time again. My name is Crystal Bailey. Thank you.
Who else do we have? Um Kim Williams. Miss Williams. William Parker. Yours alumni relations. Miss Williams and Mr. Mr. Parker. Miss Williams and Mr. Parker and Mrs. Parker. Mer. Good evening. I'll be speaking on
behalf. I'm Dr. Tyloa Parker and I'll let them introduce themselves. My name is William Parker, class of uh 99 Oak Park High School. And my name is Kimberly Williams, class of 2001 Oak Park High School. And I am a 2003 graduate of Oak Park
High School. Um recently um under our founder um for Smash Foundation, Single Mothers are superheroes. Um we had the opportunity to have an alumni versus student game April 26th. Yes. Amen. And
so we just had some concerns. Um this will be our third year hosting the event. And um just to tell you some things, this is not just an event just to have. Okay. Um our first year we gave out an MVP award for the student in the cash prize. Last year we were not able
to be hosted by the district by the high school. Um I can't recall as to the reason why gym was under construction. That's why they're here. Um but we also gave a donation to the band who was raising funds for their endeavors. And this year um we had the opportunity to give two
MVP awards to students as well as she's a designer. She gave out a senior prom dress for a senior this year that's a McKenna Vento student as well as we donated um class of 2026 senior dues as well as a prom suit for a young man um
that's a junior for next year. So this not Thank you. Thank you. So this is not just again an event just to put on. Um and so the people that were there definitely enjoyed themselves, but we had some concerns um because we don't know where we fit in as alumni. Um we
didn't see anyone there. Excuse me. We had two um teachers there that supported us. No administration. The students weren't even there. the students who this is to to help and assist wasn't there because they didn't
know about it and we had been on this this this train since October. We asked since October and didn't really get any movement until March or April. Um there was a lack of communication. We had issues or um excuse me, not issues, but
we we had concerns about the background check. Some people didn't even know that they weren't allowed to play until they were on the floor. It was very offputting to be told that at the event that you can't participate because of
lack of communication. Um, and then the we didn't have to do this the first year. We had people that flew in and was told, "You have to do a background check. It's $70. We don't know if we'll be able to get back to you because you have to do it in state versus out of state." And I said, "Wait a minute. there's people that do
background checks from out of state that they can send that information up. Um, so this is something we do want to continue to put on, but with all the challenges, volunteer versus visitor
versus employee is very challenging and we would love to see it rectified. I don't know if an alumni association is going to be put in place or talked about or discussed, but we just would like to see more um unity with us as alumni to
assist our students coming back. So, thank you again. I'm Dr. Tyler Parker. Thank you. Thank you. Any other cards? No, this Okay. Um so, uh we'll go to item six then. Superintendent's remarks. Uh superintendent for Thank you. First of
all, I would be remiss if I can't if I wouldn't say anything about youth assistance who saved my life as an alumni as a sibling of four other alumni
of Oak Park up through Key Roosevelt Park High School. My brother graduated in 99. I'm not sure if you know him. Martin Martin Oh yeah, that's my guy. That's right.
Graduate 99. Youth assistant saved my life. I mean, I was a troubled youth. I was just at that. No. And and what they do, I hate to see it politicized because they are a
beacon. They are a beacon in the community. And I for one, thank you. And if they were to ask, I would absolutely give. If they were to ask, they've never asked, but if they were to ask for money, I would love to, but
sometimes they just want us to be there at the pancake or things like that. So, um, want to thank you for that. Um, the other thing I want to say I have to read because it's a press release, but
I'm going to read it. Oak Park Schools is proud to announce that Einstein Elementary and Lesser Early Childhood Center have been selected as 2425 Capturing Kids Hearts National
Showcase Schools. a prestigious recognition that [Applause] honors their unwavering commitment to fostering a positive school culture, strong relationships, and extreme
exemplary outcomes for all students. This year, over 2,000 schools applied, and we were one of few selected. The daily efforts of our staff to build positive relationships and an
inclusive envir environment truly represents what it means to be caring and collaborative school community. I'm extremely proud of everyone who made this honor possible. So, I want to congratulate Director North and
Principal Provenzola for their hard work. And and I just want to quote both of them. Um, here's what director Norris said. Being nominated as a Capturing Kids Heart National Showcase School is
such an honor. This year, our team has exemplified what it means to lead with heart by fully embracing the tenants of capturing kids hearts. We built more than just classrooms. We've cultivated a
community grounded in trust, connection, and purpose. Through every greeting, every social contract, every meaningful interaction, we fostered strong relationships amongst colleagues, between staff and students. And with our
families, these efforts have not gone unnoticed. Together, we've created a warm, inclusive environment where joy is felt. Academic growth is celebrated and families feel deeply connected. Our
captain kids hearts culture and climate stands as a testament to our commitment and she couldn't be any prouder. Provenzola principal proven states being named a national showcase school is a
tremendous honor. It affirms the hard work our staff have done to create a safe and supportive culture where students can truly flourish. The Captain Kiss Hearts program is woven into the fabric of our school from classroom
activities to staff meetings, ensuring that its principles guide our interactions, decision making, and overall culture. Through these efforts, we strive to create a community where relationships are prioritized, hearts
are captured, and everyone feels valued. This recognition places us among an elite group of schools nationwide that are leading the way in social emotional learning and relationshipdriven education. We remain
committed con to continuing our work with capturing kids hearts to foster connected, compassionate, and empowered learners. I for one am so grateful that that the schools and and if you walk
into our schools, you would see it. They talk about it here about social contracts. you could hear they they live up to it and and I'm so humbled just to be part of that. So that those are my
showcase awards. Um my reminder is in the month of June we have two board meetings and remember those two meetings are for the finance department um where we're closing out the budget and adopting the new budget. So if we
could keep those light be from request because um finance is taking a big uh chunk of that meeting. Thank you. Congratulations. [Applause]
Um we go to the next item which is uh action action items and we have item 7A which is second grade out of state field trip to zoo. Go ahead. Um, be it res resolved that the Oak Park Board of Education approve
the request of the second grade students of Einstein Elementary School to attend an outofstate field trip to the D the Toledo Zoo located at two Hippo Way, Toledo, Ohio. On Friday, May 16th, 2025,
students will depart from Einstein Elementary at 8:45 a.m. and return the same day at approximately 2:15 p.m. The motion was made by Trusty Corp,
seconded by Trusty Madison. Any question on the motion? Go ahead. No question hearing none. Greer, please call the role. Clark, yes. Coin, yes. Elvin, yes. Madison, yes.
Yes. And Tyler, yes. Okay. Motion passes with a 7B. Seventh grade out of state field trip to the zoo. Trusty Corper. The office of teaching teaching and learning would like to submit this request on behalf that would be
resolved. Oh, wait a minute. We have resolved that the Oak Park Board of Education approved the request for the seventh grade students of Oak Park Preparatory Academy to attend an of state field trip to the Toledo Zoo
located at two HIP away Toledo, Ohio on Friday, June 6, 2025. Students will depart from Oak Park Preparatory Academy at 8:50 a.m. and return the same day at approximately 2:15.
Motion made by Trusty Corp, seconded by Trusty Tyler. Is there a question on motion? Hearing none, Miss Griff, please call the RO. Tyler, yes. Yes, I got one. I got that one. Madison, yes. Clark, yes. Alvin, yes. And yes.
Okay. Item 7 C. 11th grade out of state field trip dusky, Ohio Oak Park High School. Is that 11th grade? Okay. I don't have touchcreen behind you. That's okay. Be be it resolved that the Oak Park Board of Education approves the request of the 11th grade students of
Oak Park High School to attend an out ofstate field trip. um at Kalahari in Seduski, Ohio on Friday, June 6, 2025. Uh transportation will be provided by the first student transportation with departure from Oak Park High School at
8:00 a.m. and return that evening at 900 p.m. Trust motion made by Trusty Corp. Is there a second? Seconded by Trusty Clark. Oh my gosh. Oh, this says age. I'm sorry. It's age signed by
trustee on there. Is there is there a question on the motion? Hearing none, Miss Gri, please call the roll. Medicine, yes. Yes. Tyler, yes. Culprin, yes. Yes. Clark, yes. Okay. Item 7D, 12th grade
out of state overnight field trip, Gurnie, Illinois Park High School. Trusty corporate. Okay. Is that on screen still? It it is. But um be be it resolved that the Oak Park Board of Education approves the request of the
12th grade class of 2025 students of the Oak Park High School to attend the out ofstate overnight field trip to Six Flags in Giri, Illinois. Um, under the guidance of instructors Dwayne Harvey,
Tana Washington, and Desiree Fuller, students will depart from Oak Park High School on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 400 pm and return to Oak Park High School on Sunday, May 18,
2025 at 9 at 9. at 9. Oh, there at 9:00 a.m. Okay. Motion made by Trusty Corporate. Second. Second
by Trusty Tanks. Is there a question on the motion? Why is it so short? Came right back. Why is it so short? Good. I'm glad. Hope you're right back. Any questions on the motion? Other
questions? Hearing numbers. Greer, call the roll. Helvin, yes. Tyler, yes. Yes. Clark, yes. Madison, yes. Tanks, yes. Okay. Motion passes. Go to item uh 7E, supportive budget, intermediate school
district 202526. Stressy pars. Whereas the O park board of education has been presented with the proposed general fund budget of the intermediate school district for review. Now therefore, be it resolved that one, the board of
education has received and reviewed the proposed intermediate school district general fund budget in accordance with section 624 of the revised school code as amended and by the adoption of the this resolution expresses its support
for the proposed intermediate school district general fund budget. Two, the Secretary of the Board of Education or his or her design shall forward a copy of this resolution to the intermediate school board or is it superintendent no later
than June 1. Three, all resolutions in so far as they conflict with this resolution be in the same are hereby rescended. Okay. Motion made by Trusty Pain. Is
there a second? Second by Trusty Clark. Uh are there questions on the motion? Yes. I poke fun at myself too. Um hearing none, Miss Gri,
yes. Madison, yes. Clark, yes. Yes. And okay. Um trust. So we're going to 7F. Uh we have Oakland County School Boards Association proposing amendments bylaws and
resolutions and trustee Clark is going to read those 7. Resolves that the Oak Park Board of Education hereby approves the proposed amendment, excuse me, to the OCSA bylaws
in its entirety as presented in this evening's board book. Motion made by Trusty Clark. Second, second by Trusty Corp. Are there any questions on that motion? Miss, yes. And I was a yes on the other one as
well. Yeah. Yes. Tyler, yes. Clark, yes. Madison, yes. Parents, yes. Okay. Resolve that the Oak Park Board of Education hereby approves proposed amendments to the
previous previously, excuse me, previously adopted OCSBA resolutions as presented in the entirety in this evening's board. Okay. Motion made by Trusty Clark. Second by Trusty Perman Tanks. Are any
questions on the motion? Hearing none. M Clark, yes. Crim. Yes. Yes. Madison, yes. Tanks, yes. And yes. Okay, that motion passes. Go to item 7G. Uh item 7G
notes that in accordance with the board policy requiring two readings prior to the adoption of new or revised policies, policy 50002, budget planning and adoption was presented for its first reading at the April 14, 2025 board meeting. The policy outlines
expectations for annual budget adoption, fund balance maintenance, and financial reporting by the superintendent. Following its second reading at the meeting, and with no further revisions recommended, the policy is now presented formal adoption. Resolve that the OAR board of education
hereby adopts of hereby adopts new or revised policies, policy 5002, budget planning, and adoption. Are there is there a second on that motion? Motion B myself, seconded by Trusty Clark. Are there any questions on that motion? Trusty question. Um I was just
wondering now, but I was going to ask my question in regards to June, you know, being our budget month. Um why we wouldn't do this um policy in June. I I don't Yeah, I don't think it would
um impact us at all whether it's now. It's just typically it's just consecutive meeting. We didn't you know we do our budget just I was just trying to make it so um Dr.
Foster had more time to do a presentation Q&A and all that. The the less that I have in there as action the more time she has. So you want it to be now so that way you know she'll just have to so she'll just do her stuff.
Yeah. Additional questions here. None. I've been advised that I am derelict in my duty and must read the whole thing. So I'm going to not be lazy and read the whole thing. The board is required to adopt a budget prior to July 1st of each year to
be in place for the ensuing school year. budget is a formalized statement of anticipated revenues and expenditures in 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, published in
conformity with the most recent applicable governmental accounting standards board gazby gb requirements and will maintain an end-year general fund balance that should not fall below 15% of the preceding year preceding year's revenues. The superintendent
shall at an open meeting provide justification of any budget that reduces the end-year general fund balance. The superintendent is responsible for preparing the budget and its timely presentation to the board. Following adoption of the 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 to the board. When in-ear 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 of between 13 and 15% shall be replenished over a period not to exceed one year. Defic deficiency resulting in a minimum fund balance between 8 and 13% shall be replenished
over a period not to exceed two years. Deficiency resulting in a minimum fund balance of less than 8% shall be replenished over a period not to exceed three years. prior to presenting the board with the budget that results in the school district's in-year fund balance failing below falling excuse me
falling below the fund balance minimum. That's when you get old knee glasses 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. Okay, that motion was made by myself and was seconded by Trusty Clark. Are there any additional questions? I have one question. I I do remember asking this question last time, but I don't remember the answer. If we were to fall below, where would we
um ascertain that money from? Where would we get that? So, we're currently at approximately 23%. Um the state wants all districts to be above 5%. At the point that you're approaching that, you're at risk of
needing loans, not making It's a big deal. So, um, unless something just egregious happened, we're really really healthy right now. But just to answer your question, 5% is the lowest threshold. At that point, the state gets involved. It can be a state takeover, etc.
Additional questions. None. Miss G. Yes. Medicine. Yes. Tyler, yes. Cop. Yes. Yes. Yes. That motion passes. We're at item 78, certification of 2025 tax
levy L4029. We heard about this a little bit earlier. We heard from about this at our last meeting. So that said, resolve that the OPAR board of education approves the submission of the L 4029 form to to the county clerks or uh equalization department and each
township or city clerk. Any Is there a second on the motion? Motion second by trusty clerk. Any questions on that motion? Hearing none. Tyler, yes. Alvin, yes. Clark, yes. Corporate, yes.
Madison, yes. Herman, yes. Okay, that motion pass. We go to item 8A, uh, information items, legal, uh, legal input on background check policy and legal opinion definition. Mr. D. Thank you, President Elvin. Based on the direction of the board, we reached out
to Miller Johnson, who writes our policies. Um, I asked them to review the the meeting just so they could understand the full context of the conversation.
Um, our attorney, Adam Bllelock, sent me this email. I'm going to read it. Did copy President Alvin on it with the revised suggestion. right now there's nothing that we have to do anything but
just it's in that folder that you have. So he said good afternoon Angel attached for your review our draft revisions to board policies 612 and 7009. We reviewed the relevant board
meeting video and put together what we think are common sense revisions to help alleviate those concerns. Let me know if your thoughts uh and if you like any additional review. I've CCD uh President
Alvin on this as it came up as part of our discussion earlier this week and I want him to be aware of the proposed changes. Um so he kind of simplified it because there are some some um MCL's
were all over the place uh based on that. And so what he highlighted was for 6012 when an individual is on school premise or at school related activity
for purposes of volunteering including but not limited to interacting with students. Policy 7009 volunteers is applicable and hence the background check is triggered. Um
and so that was his clarity. Uh no individual will be permitted to volunteer if he or she has been convicted of a misdemeanor described in or a felony that is listed offense as defined in MCL and all that. So um I
just wanted you to know that I did take your direction did reach out to legal. this was their correspondence to us and then uh if you have any other questions uh it doesn't have to be right now if you want to review it and then email or
if you want to discuss it but that's my report on that matter um it reads and um on the agenda second it
says legal input and legal opinion. Wouldn't that bring the lawyer here for us to ask him questions? Because when I read this and if it is so that it is enforced
as a policy, when did the board approve this? We we have it. The the the changes we have it. Okay. So are you talking about the initial the
initial policies or this one here? So this is for us to see that's this is this is Adam's uh attempt to clarify this is incorrect then I mean it's not in place. This is not the other one. I
know I didn't read this the last time. Yeah, the other one was in place but it it created confusion. Right. So this is Adam's attempt to simplify it. And maybe I should maybe I should have said something at the beginning. At the beginning, remember the board voted to
have this policy review. Everybody remembers that? Yes. Okay. So they have reviewed the legal has reviewed it and have though felt it was fine on its own made some updates red. We call those in the legal
profession red lines that the board can approve or not. But those are to make this a little simpler for understanding. Okay. But I had questions. Um, you know, when we do policy changes, usually the lawyers
here. That's where I'm confused. Like cuz this is going to be a policy change. Is that what I'm saying? It doesn't have to be. This is I'm sorry. What did you say? He's saying he's not changing. He say he revised it to make it sound easier. That's what Well, you can't make
it sound easy without changing it. I would. So the the request was for review and for to to to look at whether it needs to be updated and that's what he did. If the board wants an attorney here, then that would be different. If
that's what the board wants. Yeah. I I mean I would think that Okay. So let's go back to policy. Anytime there is any policy changing or updating or or explaining layman terms, the lawyer should be here because no one on this
board is a school board attorney. No disrespect. I'm not a school board. You're right. You said that. So I believe that it would be important for the attorney to come and address our
questions, please. Okay. Uh, is is I heard her. I heard Trusty Corp and Trusty Tyler. Um, okay. So, I thought when we reviewed this and it came over that once you all spoke to the attorney, I thought he was coming in. Our attorney
was coming in. That's wrong. That was not my understanding. I didn't ask for him to come, nor did I asked to him to not come. So, I didn't I didn't I didn't do either one. So if that is the will of the board for the attorney to come to
provide a you know verbal discussion on this we can do that or if not this is you know would be considered a first reading is that if that's what this is and we can ask for the attorney to come to the next meeting where we approve it if that's what will of the board is
point of information did we vote on the attorney coming no or do okay so what did what did we we voted just for clarity Right. We voted to have our policy reviewed to to determine whether updates need to be made and these are
the updates that the attorney provided. So then things were that's why he should be here cuz Yeah. because the the old policy it didn't like usually when they even make adjustments the old policy is attached. This is it's not even attached
to this. It's not but it is because these are just red lines. So the old policy is there for you. But I I understand your point. But it doesn't say red line. Okay. I understand your point. So uh is that the will of the board? Is the board the rest of the board wants the attorney to be here like
the next meeting? Yes. Go ahead. Okay. So um I think that with this this is my my only concern definitely for the volunteers. if it's not the will of everyone. Um, but for the volunteers, I think we just
been having a lot of issues with volunteers. As we see here today, we got another alumni group with the same issue that we've been having now for the last I believe six months to a year. And I think that just for clarity for everyone
just to be on the I don't know not to saying that everyone's not on the same page but I think we keep having concerns from our alumni and I think if we want to be a school to welcoming our alumni
group to always come and give back how is that we going to adopt something without I think the attorney telling us giving us right guidance that's just And so we just been having a lot of issues with volunteers. I mean, and this
is a new group. Um, and I was just It's the same. It's Let's let Trusty Tyler finish. Let's let Trusty Tyler finish. Let us let Trusty Tyler finish her comments, please. Thank you. Trusty
Tyler has the floor. Trusty Tyler, you done? I think I'm I'm pretty good. remembering something like sometime I'm a little I think I'm pretty good with that. Well, we see we see I can't but go ahead. Okay. I think this is a different group from
what we just had. If I'm not mistaken, this is a different group than the group before that came before us. And so it's been it's been two to my what I see it's been two separate entities of of alumni
coming to give back and they just been giving and they all said the same thing they've been giving I'm sorry they've been getting the runaround or not not not say runaround they haven't been giving me clarity because I was at the
event with the smash um and so it wasn't a lot of people it wasn't a lot of students But it was a nice event, you know, and they did give back. But I think that our alumni is the base. We got our superintendent that graduated here. Here she is a doctor. And I think that just
for them as alumni, we can at least give them that. And I think that's where I met with it. Okay. All right. So, look, to make this life make life much simpler, can we get the attorney here for the next meeting? So the the the meeting was recorded and
I asked them and he charged us to review the whole I know he did. I know he did. He charged us money and the alumni I I beg to differ. They've been not getting the runaround. We've been over backwards for them. And you have two people here
that will attest to this group. We have bent over backwards for the smash organization. But that's not what they said here. No, no, it's not. But we're not talking about them. Our
job. So our job is to ensure that our children that are being educated are protected. For sure. And sometimes sometimes it rubs people the wrong way because they have to follow procedures.
Unfortunately, that's how the world works. You have to follow procedures and protocol. Understood that. And so that's definitely understood. So when I asked him to review something that to me was already clear. Okay. already it was
already clear but we had this hour and a half discussion and we paid money that was supposed to be for our students but now we paid it for legal. Now we're asking the same lawyer to come here and
bill us for travel time for this for that for something that I'm not confused by it. So who's truly confused by it? Look, Pat's not confused by it. Derek, who's security director, is not confused by it. Human resources, is not confused
by it. So, who's really confused by it? So, the b the bottom line is that that doesn't really matter at this point uh in order to move this along that is there a way to get him here? I would like a vote. Excuse me. I'm sorry. That's out of
order. Trusty Pyramid Tanks had her hand up first. I got to go to her and I'll come. The only thing I was saying I think when she got up there she was talking about like the timing of everything, not necessarily our policy. That's what I gathered when she got up there and talked about well they told us
at the last minute this and that. That's what to me has been the problem. Period. Not this. It's the communication. Yeah. The communication is what's been the problem. So, okay. That's what I heard her say. She was like, "Uh, they told us at the last minute this and they told us
at the last minute that." That's where if we got to clean that up, we need to clean that up. But I understand the visitor involunteer thing. I'm just kind of confused on that's what I heard her say. Now, who will volunteer in the um visitor? Maybe that's what we need. They
need to be explaining this part. That's what you just stated, but we that's what's been do they get this? This is the question. I don't know if they get this or not. Okay. I'm sorry. So they can understand this is what you know visitors and volunteers do they get that so they understand that maybe if they
get this and we not just verbally telling them maybe they need to read it. It is on our trusty go. So the bylaws is what I brought up which is 602 visitors. This Michigan code does not
match even what he put into layman terms for us to understand. it doesn't match. I have taken a lot of time with this uh by visiting uh the attorney's general office. I have taken a lot of
time. This needs to be addressed to the attorney. Please, if that attorney or the attorneys that you spoke with took it upon themselves just to look at a video but not hear from the
board, they are who we pay. And I don't believe at any point that this should be a money issue. It is a serious issue. And the issue that I believe that Michigan code does not say that you can
do a background check on a visitor. I've been asking that. That's why I want that attorney to come because we may have questions. You are able to ask him a question. Why can't we why can't we ask just it's just a question. It is it is
nothing other than a question. If it's a question, it's a question to the fact that the Michigan code does not that
ML38 1137. It doesn't match. Meaning it it doesn't say Okay, I'm looking at the code. Go ahead. Yeah, me too. Okay. and and this code that I went I went over even with board uh board attorneys such as uh MASB
board attorney um Mr. Rad bonassic there. This code it doesn't even fit what they're saying because there is no code that are you why are you looking that way? You see something I don't see?
Yeah, I'm puzzled because it says what are you reading? It says power parents illegal guardians policies or guidelines that it fits exactly what this is. No, we're talking about background checks on visitors, not a parent. We're talking about visitors such as your your uh
anyone who's coming in such as um your career fair. You have uh those individuals. You have the alumni. You have visitors. I don't understand what visitors volunteers. We're not
talking about volunteers. We're talking about visitors who's coming into the school. That's HBCU. That's coming to teacher fixing a stat that's I don't know visitors people who visit that's what it says visit so what
is the definition of a visitor is not just a parent or a legal guardian or is it because if that's the fact then we are limited I just want to I mean okay why don't you make a motion to get to I would like I would like to have a motion
okay go ahead to have the attorney to not just explain it to the for it, but just explain it to the community, our stakeholders, our people who voted for us to understand what the policy is as far as
the Michigan codes because yes, we can adopt our policies. I I I read the the the bylaws. Like I said, I've taken a lot of time on this. I promise you. And even this is incorrect. That's why as a certified board member, an attorney
doesn't just send us this. they have to have an attached to what it was and what changes that they want us to vote on. That's why I didn't understand what that was. So, my motion is to please have the attorneys come just to explain and that
way, you know, our community can can be at can be at ease. Okay. to to have them come to have them come and explain why what in the in the um in the um the Michigan the school codes where in the
school codes does it specify that we can do background checks on visitors and for it if it is so then can he also explain or then we you know make the policy
because I thought we make policies uh to our that is our main function. Let me answer before we go to the motion. That is our main function, right? But when you see the final sentence, the superintendent may promagate administrative regulations to enforce this policy. That's a catchall phrase
that allows the superintendent to do that. Now, if you don't like that, you can ask for that to be removed, but that is what allows the superintendent cart blanch to manage this policy as he sees fit. Where where did this come from? That's that's already in there. In
where? In the policy. In our current policy that's been in that policy. Well, um visitors. So you like you could easily say I don't want that language in there. You could ask for it to be removed. Yeah. Then we'd have to vote on that. Well then if that is the case then
that would become prejudice because I know that there are it would be up to the superintendent to enforce this policy. That is what that is reading. Correct. Not only to enforce the polic it's his job to enforce all the policies. It's this one allows him to
have the ability to set rules that he needs to to adhere to the policy that we set. Right. But isn't there more to this than just the sentence? No, that's just that sentence. That's a pretty broad statement. Oh, yes. I see it at the
bottom here. So then if that's the case, again, because I've known that there had been visitors that had not been background checked and that some have been background checked. So yes, I would like to amend that on another motion. Um
because by So let's let's start here. What motion would you like to make first? First, I would like to have the attorneys come to address the board in regards to to explaining the codes versus how we're going to change this
policy because it sounds like this policy is going to be a change. We want the attorneys to come to explain the visitors policy. No. Yep. And the volunteers policy or just the visitor policy? Just the visitors policy. The visitors policy because the does the Hold on because I don't see the whole
You okay? No. continue, please. Let's go. Okay. Sure thing. I'm just making sure that that um Okay. So, for visitors, I don't see that statement for the superintendent under under our bylaws
under volunteers. I don't see that statement. All right. Stand by. Give me a second. I just like to make sure that we govern this board accordingly, not just, you know, willy-nilly because this is our future. This is, you know, this this has
an impact on our students achievement for sure because they need to be active and involved. All right. So, there is a motion on the floor. While I look for this, there is a motion on the floor to have the attorney come and and
provide clarification on uh policy 612 visitors. Is there a second on that motion? Second. You made the motion. Oh, sorry. Is there a second on the motion? Okay. Trusty Tyler second the motion. A motion made by Trusty Corp. Any question on
that motion here? Now, Miss Gr. Madison, no. Perman Kang, no. Tyler, yes. Coin, yes. Alvin, no. And Clark, no. Okay, that motion fails. All right.
Now, I'm on 6012 visitors. And I see that that line the superintendent may promagate administering order. Why are we voting for a lawyer to come that we pay for? I thought because you made a motion. Well, that's only because you said to make the
motion. You didn't have to, but Well, I don't want to. I I I um I bring back that motion. I take back that motion because it's already You can't take We don't need I can I can table the motion. It's off the floor. It's already been decided. So, you So, you played the
Okay. All right. And I said that in the beginning. Why are we making a motion for the lawyers to come when we already pay them? I said that. And then you said, "Well, you got to put a motion." I didn't say you have to do anything. The superintendent may promagate administrative regulations to enforce
this policy. That's already in there. Now, do you wish to make another motion? Yes, I would like to make another motion. Okay. The motion is to uh to ask the lawyers about the uh to
ask the lawyers. No, I would like to amend because this would be amending the policy. But we can't amend the policy until to the correction that the lawyers whatever this I don't even know this is so what I what I will do to make life
easier is make sure we have the current version of what it is spelled out for you cuz you can't and we will then have a red line version. Now would you like that line stricken from the policy? You can't even do it until this you can't
you can't do it that way. You just can't. This policy first it has to be changed. It has to it has to be changed. Meaning it's a correct way. I'm sorry. First they need to send us the old policy.
Have you ever seen where policy changes? I just said we will make sure that you get the old policy. I agree with you. Not just me, but it's it's that's just make sure the whole So I would like for this to be properly uh changed. Okay. All right. Anything else? I agree with you. We'll take that.
That's it for right now. Have it. So, let's add that both of them attached a motion on the modified one along with the current. Thank you. Okay. Uh we will now go to
information item 8B OAR schools emergency operation plan presentation. is here. That's okay. What else? Good evening everyone. Good evening. My name is Derek Faulk and I am the
director for the office of culture and climate here in Oak Park School District. And next to me I have Tiffany, director of operations. Thank you very much. Okay, we have passed out um some cards for making sure that uh we stay on
task and on time. So, please write your questions down and we will get back with you. The questions will go to Mr. Abdullah first and then the team will work together to answer your questions. So, at this time, we're going to turn it over to Cal Meyers with IMT. Uh Cal has
been working with the emergency operation planning team on updating the district's uh EOB. Cal. No, you could go ahead. I I just want to make sure because it's for the board. Can you just give me Yeah. 10 seconds? Let me just see where
everyone went. Just give 10 seconds. to the rest. Let's go. Correct. My apologies. It's fine. sincere.
Hi, I'm Cal Myers. I'm a critical incident and emergency operations specialist with IMT and I'm part of the Oak Park School's emergency operations team. I'm going to review the process and the status of updating and adopting
your emergency operations plan. It's a multi-step process. The school board, the superintendent, and the principles all have an important role under the plan. The board of education will adopt the plan. But prior to doing so, there are some very important steps
involved. The first step was the superintendent's formation of the emergency operations update and the planning team. The team commenced a comprehensive review of the and update of the current plan and the superintendent is a
integral part of the team. We're now ready to begin distributing the plan for coordination and collaboration in accordance with federal and state regulations and best practices. We then incorporate all of the information and the feedback we
receive into the plan and we will present a comprehensive plan to you for adoption. And this is planned for your June meeting. There's a lot of planning and coordination that has brought us to this point.
We have a video here that's supposed to be playing. [Music] We had a video presented here. It looks like the video is not going to play. We're just going to kind of go through this. Um, the story of a safer school, it begins with a plan, right? Michigan law
requires that all school districts have an emergency operations plan. It has to be in place and updated regularly. Your school's EOP must have guidelines and procedures in place for school violence and attacks or threats of violence, bomb threats, or threats to school sponsored
events, fires, weather emergencies, intruders, and building related issues such as power outage and water main breaks. The guidelines must also include plans for reuniting parents and students and training teachers on mental health and improving building security and
more. The allhazard approach ensures that all school personnel are prepared to handle a full spectrum of crisises including internal and man-made emergencies as well as natural disasters. If you're in the room, you're part of the plan. Advance. One
more. We'll let this catch up. Okay. So, we started with a collaborative planning team and we use the core principles of EOP development. We utilize state and federal best practices including the recommendations of the Michigan State Police Office of
School Safety to systematically update your your EOP. But what do we mean by systematically? We did a comprehensive review and assessment of the current EOP and all of your district's policies and procedures, and we're bringing everything into
alignment. It includes stakeholder collaboration, which is what we're doing now. And it includes integrating this information into the final revision. It will then include adoption by the board and training to all stakeholders.
A systematic review also means that the EOP must be feasible. It must be accessible and it must be acceptable and actionable. But what does that mean? It means that it has to be specific for Oak Park schools for things that can happen
here and it has to be adaptable and it has to be easily implemented with the resources that you have. This means that we have to create a comprehensive plan that prioritizes safety while fostering a supportive and inclusive educational environment that addresses the special
needs of everyone in our educational community with an emphasis on transparency and open communication. Our plan addresses how to prevent and respond to a wide spectrum of threats and hazards. We did this by a process called vulnerability and risk
assessment which has numerous steps. This is what ties everything together. You've heard of lockdown, evacuate and shelter, but we go much farther than that. We have a plan for responding to threats, roles and responsibilities, prevention and
mitigation, evacuation and shelter, recovery, communication and emergency notifications, training, and so much more. Because the purpose of the plan is so important, we want to intervene
before a situation or a person becomes a threat. And we do this by use of threat assessment. Your EOP has a very robust threat assessment protocol which includes both threat assessment and behavioral threat assessment. Threat assessment is looking at the entirety of
the situation. Behavioral threat assessment is looking at the individual and finding out if they pose a threat. based on their behavior, their intentions, and the circumstances. Both are an integral part of threat assessment.
We want a plan where everyone knows what to do, where to go, and why. And where everyone has an important role from the board of education to the superintendent, the
principal, office staff, teachers, and instructional assistants, counselors, and mental health professionals, health care professionals, custodians, and maintenance personnel. food service, transportation, and volunteers, and
everyone with a role in Oak Park schools, including students and parents and caregivers. The structure will allow all stakeholders to know the plan because safety is everyone's responsibility. It's broken down into
core sections, which will be available electronically. This allows everyone to have instant access to the most up-to-date information. It's the superseding safety policy for Oak Park Schools. It outlines the roles, the responsibilities, and the
expectations of all stakeholders in the district. And once adopted, we won't stop there. We will continually improve. And that means that we will train and practice and review and refine. I want to take a moment to recognize the
dedication of the core members of our emergency operations plan team. Despite already carrying out significant responsibilities in their daily roles, these individuals went above and beyond. They've devoted over 400 hours across more than a year, including weeks of
intensive training. You see the picture there of some of our training. Their commitment and their perseverance and leadership have been instrumental in getting us to the critical point that we are now. I'd also like to thank everyone here on the board for making that happen. This is accomplishment. This is a very good accomplishment. You should
be very proud of it. It's a direct reflection of your extraordinary commitment to the safety and preparedness of Oaklark schools. I'd like to thank superintendent Angel Abdullah Tiffany Caval director of operations. See where Derk is. Derek
Folk, director of culture and climate and principal of Nova Academy. Zanetta Mcatti, school safety and support coordinator, and she's the one that's helping me with this presentation today. And I'm going to hand this over to them at this point. Thank you very
much. Be a wonderful presentation. Board, please, if you have any questions, please write them down and pass those over to Mr. Abdullah so that we can answer your questions as a team. This is a big undertaking and we have
spent a lot of time and please just write questions down. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any questions for members of the board? Okay. Hearing none. All right. Thank you for that presentation.
Um superintendent had I'll follow up with you my stuff. Uh we have item number nine, communications. Any communications from members of the administration from members of the board. Although u Mr. President, I would
like to request the administration guidelines. I'm sorry. The administration guidelines. What administrative guidelines? The ones that we the superintendent made from gates
administrative regulations. So those regulations are posted, correct? I mean they're they don't have to be posted. Not posted, but you have them. Absolutely. That's those guidelines. I would like to see those. Anything else? Oh, yeah.
Actually, there is something else. I had the opportunity of going to Mino Island over the uh weekend and uh the attendance of the B uh summer workshop and it has great um and it was
great hearing from school board members from all over Michigan. There was a strong turnout and it was helpful to see how other boards are handling similar challenges that this board has. I
brought back some useful material that I gave to um Miss Greer to pass around or distribute it um to the board and hopefully that'll be a benefit um to our board. That's it. Thank you very much. Trust Trusty Clark. Um mine will be
brief. I just left I'll tell them later, but I want to thank OPA for coming. Um I know that they had a lot of information and I'm glad pass that along. As they mentioned, I am spearheading the youth recognition
committee, which I am calling the ripple effect. Um, it's not ready yet. I still have to meet on Zoom with a few members that have decided to help me, but um, all I can say is that for the teachers
in this district, please be on the lookout. You will be getting some information um, and we will be planning a very big I'm very passionate about and I am very proud of. And I also a little ahead of myself, but I
just wanted to offer my congratulations to everyone in this district. Be it if you're moving from elementary to middle, middle to high, high moving forward. Um, it's a great accomplishment to get to this point. Even our professionals as they've gone to further their education
and are graduating in this season. I just wanted to offer my congratulations um and praise. It's very hard work to get to that point and I hope that you are proud of yourself and you continue to do whatever your future dictates.
Thank you. Anything else for members of the board? Trusty Tyler. Good evening everyone again. Um just a couple things. I attended I think last week I went to so many events in Oak Park. My god. But one, um, I really had
a joy of Yes, you did. a whole lot. She'll see Tyler. Uh, I went over to Leer this past week to the Mother's Day tea and it was just amazing. It was truly amazing. Thank you to Miss Nor.
And so, um, definitely had a great time. There was so many kids, but it was so many Oak Park former kids. I was like, I was trying to run out. I'm like, "Okay, you got kids. I'm glad I'm all I'm gone. And so it was just a great time to see um a lot of the Oak Park uh students and
they uh children in Oak Park and just um and that then I went over to um the high school several times um had an event with the National Art Site and then the spring concert was just so phenomenal. That spring concert was so phenomenal as
well. I stopped by a soccer game. Um the soccer game was fun watching the kids. I only My concern there was there was no security there. There was no security there on that particular day and we had an incident where the referee had to stop the gate and so um that's one of my
concerns um there um with that particular situation. But Mr. Carter came out and just took care of it. So they had to stop. Then I was stopped by the track meet um the track um man was so many cars out in park. They had to park miles away just to get here. And so
um that was phenomenal turnout as well. Did not see any security there. Didn't see not one security officer there. And so if anyone knows me, I say it all the time, security is my passion. Um because we have to we have to make sure our kids are safe all the time. And so as well as
um that incident um that we had um the other day at OPA, I just want to just make sure that we have training on top of training um to where that could have been just a tragedy that we don't want. So we just make sure that our security is always being trained um on a constant
basis. So, I'm excited and um just want to see in the upcoming um communication what are we doing for recruitment recruitment um for our uh school district because um Miss North had over man was so many kids there but I think it would have been a great opportunity
for our elementary school principles to be there um just to you know say hi to the kids and I'm just sad that I'm not going to be able to be at the father's day that she going to have coming up. That's close. as well. Okay. Thank you very much.
You know, just Hey, can we have something? Right. as well as um I've been attending um the basketball games on Thursdays and Saturdays and just a great turnout with parents and so um I just would like you know for us to you know continue to just do those community
things throughout the week where we able to you know um capitalize on our school but people are seeing what we have going on and so that just a great thing where I mean lots of parents at our school from 9:00 in the morning till 3 and so um that's a great um thing and I think
Saturday is our last one coming up and so I'll be there as well. So I'm just excited as well as u just a couple things and just making sure that we are are together for these kids and they safety. Thank you Trusty Tyler. Anything
else for members of the board? Trusty Madison. Excuse me. Okay. Um, I have a few questions about the uh event that they put on what was called. So, so you can let him know what your questions are.
You can't do that like go into the answers now, but if you have questions, you can ask. Okay. My questions were one did um was this group um was the smash and park district
event. Keep going. And two, I was wondering if they had to pay for the space. [Music] Um that that I would probably go on. Was it a collaboration? And what was the
other one? and did they pay for the space? And um it just seems like at this point it's more of a of an alumni issue. Like maybe they
just don't want to be the ones to get background check because I don't really see what the issue would be, you know, especially if this might be the many been tested again at least two. So if we already know that they have to
get back, why are we waiting till the last minute? So those are questions that you can ask them to come back and get. Oh, actually that was my thing about that. And um
um yeah, that was it. Okay. Thank you. Trusty, do you have trusty corporate Um, vice president had uh reminded me to ask this question. Um, our career fair um, has it been
scheduled? Did we schedule career fair? Well, to be fair, I'm just writing down all the questions. I don't know if we know. So, I I And then I will get Oh, wait. I'm sorry. This communication problem. It is, but I was but I was indulging. It's okay. I I I'll abstain
from my So So no, they'll give you an answer. Thank you. Okay. I know. You could just No, no, like he'll send either send it or he'll communicate the answer. All right. Is there anything else for members of the board? Come on. Well, she says she attends so many things and like a lot of things
she's saying, I don't know. I don't know. So I'm like, how do I know? Are we missing something on a fair point? I don't know how to get any question. So my point is what um trusty permits is saying is
that trusty titer is attending so many events and she clearly knows about them to attend them and trusty parain saying she doesn't know. So if there's a way that we can include the board on these sort of events that we're if we're not currently doing it we find them online
or whatnot. Well online and um relationship with teachers relationship with the parents and That's how literally I have a lot of family members literally in all the schools literally. So if there's a way to communicate to the board more information about events
then that would be helpful. Okay. Anything else for members of the board? Hearing none. Uh the time is now 8:12. Without obje to adjourn the meeting or the what what's the next meeting? I'm sorry. The next
meeting of the board of education will be held Monday, June 9th, 2025 at 6:00 pm in the boardroom at the administration building. Time is 82 without objection motion to adjourn by unanimous consent. Is there objection to doing so here? No, we're hereby day 12.
Thank you.