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it wonderful all right start thee good evening everyone this is a meeting of the Southfield Board of Education and public for the purpose of conducting the school district's business and is not to be considered as a community meeting
there is one opportunity for public participation during the meeting and comments are limited to 3 minutes per individual the board will listen to comments but may not respond during the meeting if you wish to address the board please submit a comment card immediately roll call Ashanti Bland board president
good evening you vet word Deval vice president happy Black History Month good evening Leslie L Smith Thomas for secretary good evening tiisha Bel board Treasurer ammani Johnson board trustee
Jillian Holloway board trustee good evening Michaela beckord student board representative good evening Eric spragin student board representative good evening Jennifer green superintendent and taking minutes this evening is Miss Caroline Foster our
media is being provided by M1 one Studios may we all stand for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge alleg to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for all boore matters um at this time I I do have a few board matters the first being happy Black History Month everyone um and to um our community every school in this
district has something going on pick one find one and get engaged um I can't name them all cuz I do not remember them all but please check our website we do have um a a running list of things that are
are happening in the district for Black History Month and um we' like to uh say thank you to our partners for our community and for our teachers that do such an amazing job really getting our children immersed in both Black History
Month and of course next month is uh reading month so we have a jam packed couple of months ahead um the other thing that is a board matter um we are in the process of Kindergarten Roundup um so many of our schools are having
Kindergarten Roundup right now um if you know of anyone looking to enroll their child in kindergarten trying to find the best fit please contact uh Rebecca lington pupil accounting if you need to get enrolled in the district and if you
are just looking for which school might fit you please check our website we have a running list of everyone who is conducting Kindergarten Roundup right now um also we had an open house this evening at UK 12 I do know that the
application period is open and Dr Green correct me if I'm wrong we will be extending the application period past the date that we previously had um listed on the kios Dr Green if you want to give that extension information yes recognizing that many families will well
all of our families will be off on winter break next week we're hoping that um those that are interested in applying to the school can Garner the letters of support and the um test documentation that they need to apply next week so we will take that through the 21st of feary
of February the test the exam will be on March 1st that is important to note because there is not an alternate date for the admissions examination um last but not least the uh deadline for Wolverine Pathways in our
district is February 28th Wolverine Pathways is open to 6th and 9th graders it is the program that gets our children immersed early with the University of Michigan go BL um and if children complete the pathway
program they will be granted a 4-year tuition scholarship to the university Michigan an arbor Dearborn or Flint campus so for any parents interested there is a um there is a process um I
believe the last informational was on Thursday February 6th but right now students are being asked to get your um your teacher reference done and there is a link on the website that you can click on that'll give you all the information
to complete that form so that was all I have for board matters is there anyone else that has a board matter this evening yes ma'am uh good evening Community um during the last week um I had the opportunity myself um trusty Denson
trusty Holloway as well as Dr Green went to advocacy Institute we went to DC um to advocate for our children on the hill um so with that said I'm just going to ask a couple of our um trustees if they'll just give a little bit of insight on what their experiences were so if you would just bear with us for a
few moments and thank you trusty Jensen so good evening everyone uh good evening through sh uh this is uh my first um conference and and I just want to say thank you so much to superintendent vice president trusty
Holloway um for giving uh so much information to help me um through through the space and through the time um one of the most important things is I intended a session through Civic now um it highlighted the critical importance
of civic education in our schools um not only just presidential election but local elections um and it reinforced the understanding that as board members uh it ex stands Beyond academics um we must equip students to be active and informed
citizens um and through my professional experience in civic education I hope to bring my skill set to the district um to focus on uh supporting comprehensive civic education within our district uh I also intended a student
voic in sess which I think you two would have loved um it talked about the importance of bringing student uh body presidents student members to the board uh it talked about the importance of ADV advocating designing selecting and
training a framework to increase student voices uh in some of these different states throughout the country um they talk about voting privileges they have inputs on policy and they also help students with scholarships um and so we connected with them and through the national student
member Association uh we plan to see if we can bring any best practices um to our district moving forward and last but not least uh our presence at the advocacy and Equity institution U was beneficial uh the Southfield District uh
held a meeting and led a meeting with congresswoman Rashid tb's office uh where we we brought direct issues such as uh needs for at risk special needs English learner students um and concrete steps for advocating for an essential
and increase in funding um so we met with them um and to me this underscore the importance of a role um that we have in the local state and federal federal level trusty hway yes one of the sessions that I did
attend was hold on was the um indoor air quality it focused on poor indoor air quality for our students and as well as teachers and any other employees within the school distri district
um it impacts the students as well as teachers and others in the building some of the bullet points I had was it impacts the health respiratory illnesses spread spreads infections diseases long-term health problems reduce
productivity attention span academic performance it also impacts the acceleration or deterioration of the school building and equipment I never thought about that but yes it does um some of the things to to improve the
indoor air quality um these are just basic things they have more intricate things but these just some basic things um air ducts open uh let fresh air in if you can let your windows open let them stay open a little bit let some air in
um it says for allergens and Asthma triggers such a found I found out that um sunflowers they emit some typee of allergies for the students so if you have those around your schools take them down they're
allergens um uh consider low or no chemical policies the EP EPA also provides I AQ tools for school action
kits also there is a Grant application I found that out it's called it's from the gold green initiative they um have a grant program out there that we could qualify for and we will try thank you ladies in the interest of
time I just wanted to wrap up the fact that um we all go um from different counties and it is very important that we are not just boots on the ground here in Southfield um we have very similar interests and needs um as that was pointed out here um by our trustees so again um pay attention to who you vote
for even on the local level which was pointed out um that's very very important to the education of our students Dr Green is there anything that you wanted to add thank you uh the last thing that I want to
mention um as you all know um we are about to get hit with some more wonderful weather yay Michigan we are just rocking and rolling with winter um so um it it has been decided that we are canceling
all after school programs for tomorrow um to the parents and and any staff watching and to our our building leaders in the audience please encourage and direct your students to take everything
home Wednesday night there will be a remote day of learning on Thursday so for all of those parents asking about what is remote day I know we have some kindergarteners um or some people that are new to the district your leaders
your teachers will send out links um to their classrooms children will log on and they will work remotely with their teachers and their classmates again it sounds like we're supposed to start getting this weather around 1:00 we're going to be monitoring it um very
closely um but for all parents babies need to bring everything home so tell your kids to get their s out the locker um because you still will be attendance will be taken so children need to be
logged on when school start so it's not a day to sleep in um you log on at 10: you're absent um for those previous uh hours so I just want to remind everyone to log on Dr Green thank you BP the other thing that um I wanted to lift
regarding the timing of the snow tomorrow if it starts to snow at 1 p.m. and especially looking out in the audience and seeing our transportation Partners here that means that our buses may be delayed to drop off children at home
particularly tier 2 and tier three and that is because they will go slow in order to ensure the safety of our Scholars so parents you have GPS you can see where the buses are in real time but please be mindful that they are going to go slow to ensure the safety of all that
they are transporting and just a reminder to the community when the stop signs go out on a bus y'all got to stop you can't go around the bus sometimes children have to walk it is a ticket sometimes children have to walk across
the street 600 ft I just want to remind people I see it in my community all the time people rushing to get to work and they literally just will bypass these children as they are getting off the bus and our bus drivers can only do so much I see them waving their hands out the
window so to the community please be respectful we're trying to keep everybody safe including our bus drivers they can't do it all when the stop sign goes out and the red very bright lights are flashing you can't go around the bus so that's just a reminder because it's
going to be hard for people to stop um there's already ice on the ground so um I appreciate everyone for just being cognizant of that um board president ma'am also on the other side of the street they can't yeah agree yep can't
travel as well stop just stop please just stop um I I don't understand and our buses travel on major roads 9 Mile 10 Mile just slow down and stop our kids can't always see coming around those
buses we don't have crossing guards please stop the end um there was one more thing that I had to lift um on the news they found two children um who had passed away their
mother was homeless um they were found in a van um in a casino parking lot um and they died of hypothermia um I want to let this community know that we have Services if
you are experiencing um a tumultuous time if you're getting evicted it is cold outside I know that everybody is sometimes prideful don't want to tell folks your business but that's why the
Department of Education is so important we have a lot of services we have a lot of Partners please reach out to your building leaders reach out to the administration we have she just walked in the door our director of uh social and emotional
learning you can um we have a lot of resources I just want people to know that there's help there was no reason for those babies to be sleeping in a van and to pass away at 2 and 10 um so please if you know anybody that's struggling encourage them
to reach out um and that is all from me um the report of the student board Representatives Michaela Beford from UK 12 ladies first thank you you're welcome good good evening everybody let's start
off by saying Happy Valentine's Day to all and to reiterate happy Black History Month here are the reports for this past month on February 5th we had a legendary musical experience we had a Detroit jazz
legend wend Harrison at University his Mastery of the saxophone and clarinet brought the magic of jazz to our school thank you to Mr Harrison for sharing your incredible talent and inspiring the next generation of mus musicians February 7th was divine nine day students and staff from grade SC
through 12 came together to Showcase their fraternity and sorority Pride or the organizations that they aspire to join a huge thank you to Gamma gamify Delta for stopping by and reading to our kindergarten through fifth grade students your support and mentorship
mean the world also I know we have at least one sority member on the board so let's acknowledge that as well three on the board sorry sorry we have three three is it confirmed three all right let's say
we have three sority and fraternity members on the board so let's just give them their props yes on February 11th we had our open house today and pep rally just came from there it was an incredible night for University K12 Academy our open house was a massive
success offering incoming students and parents a firsthand look at what makes our school a top tier in stute institution some of our qualifications will be we rank in the top 25% of all Michigan Schools and we boast 100% graduation rate every year from student
council to National Art Society to various student leg clubs attendees got to see many opportunities available at our school special guests include our cheer team our band and Southfield an's athletic director Coach Q who brought high energy and excitement to the event
a huge thank you to everyone who attended and made this night Unforgettable the the women's basketball senior night is also tonight a special shout out to our very own Kristen banks for her dedication and hard work as she represents the Chargers let's cheer them on for another big win
tonight and for our high school highlights January 29th we had our blood drive thank you to our community for donating blood and to our student council for hosting their first blood drive of 2025 under our new advisor we surpassed our goal of 18 donors meaning
we are saving up to 60 lives also our graduating seniors if you donate or volunteer please check check out the website versatile leers forlife.org to see if you qualify for a graduation CT under them uh the deadline for that will
be April 15th so also the university chorus makes their debut our AC capella group University chorus had their first ever public performance at the MLK brunch at Blvd restaurant in Southfield we have a member in the audience with us
tonight miss NE kudos to miss Barrett and the entire choir for a phenomenal debut also some senior class fun and achievements on January 17th the seniors marked their halfway Milestone at the skating rink in campus Martis a fun and slightly ungraceful
event no more coming from me on that front January 24th the senior class hosted a hip hop Bingo a thrilling music based game where students raise to get the songs and win prizes also another senior shout out to Mr T Tanner
Harrington for making it to States for the swim team which is a huge accomplishment so congrats to him yes I know we've all heard that name a few times congratulations Tanner also we have our Valentine's Day sweeter grams where you can get personalized song
chocolate and a video message for just $6 sales started on February 7th and they will continue on until tomorrow I would like to say Mill school highlights January 16th 8th grade cheer senior night it was University versus Levy and
our eighth grade cheerleaders had their very own version of senior night making a special milestone in their cheer Journey the mhsaa cheer competition congratulations to our cheer team for securing a top
five spot in the mhsaa competitive cheer competition also class of 2025 is gearing up for their junior prom with 95 % of the eighth graders voting for the Detroit Princess as their venue their prom is set for May 16th 2025 fundraising is in full swing with
Chipotle night pizza kids cookie sales Urban Air outings and so much more also congratulations to the you's fifth and sixth and seventh and eighth grade basketball team for their big wins on January 17th as well for elementary school highlights we have third grade
partners with Forgotten Harvest our third graders help repackage potatoes for those facing food insecurities thank you to the amazing parent volunteers that lend a helping hand on February 14th there's a Valentine's Day bake sale during Elementary School lunch grab a sweet treat with the prices ranging from
50 cents to $2 some upcoming news February 14th Love On Wheels the high schoolers are heading to bond Adventure skating rink for an afternoon of skating unlimited Pizza pop and Unforgettable memories also on February 14th show off your Valentine's Day Pride by wearing
red pink pink or white to celebrate love in all its forms on February 21st we have the talk listen and connect Workshop which is about Teen Dating Violence awareness it will be from 10: to 11:30 a.m. February 28th we will have
our HBCU day rock your favorite HBCU colors and gear and for my seniors please show off where you have applied and where you have been accepted um from February 1st to February 21st as stated earlier our fall applications are open they have been extended to the 1st and to reiterate
March 1st is the testing date February 12th will be count day which is tomorrow's and we're doing it in a pajama day sense so wear your pajamas tomorrow also National arm Society is holding their box food dry from February 5th to February 13th please donate our
non perishable foods like cereal rice Noodles Etc to support local food pantries we are aiming to do a domino effect with all the boxes we collect and to surpass our goal of 260 boxes from last year February 12th the high school
versus Middle School Family Feud fed hosted by a club in the auditorium during seminar to watch is $5 to play is $7 and there are only 14 spots availables for both teams from February 10th to February 12th Greenhouse Club will be having a Valentine's Day uh
flower pre-orders $4 per flower which includes the rose candy and a customizable message delivered on February 14th February 17th through the 21st will be our midwinter break February 27th when we return will be our black history month program March 24th
to 28th will be career week with daily activities to explore future careers I excited to say May 24th will be our senior prom with the theme being Enchanted Oasis and Eric has been saying it for the past few months now is my
turn June 6th is graduation it's finally here and that's all I have for my announcements thank you so [Applause] much trustees any questions yes one can
you clarify the Detroit princesses the eighth graders for their junior pro yes they're starting their fundraising early so they have yes it's going to be class 2029 eighth graders thank you yes I also have one more thing to say um our debate
team I brought it up earlier at a pre previous meeting but just to reiterate the debate team is going to Howard Howard lied Harvard University yes the Harvard in Boston to celebrate to compete at the Harvard National speech
and debate tournament where the best teens across the country come to compete us AKA and the topics that they surround are black issues and centering just black topics and hopefully they qualify for Nationals at the University of
Kentucky and May and let's wish them all good [Applause] lucky good evening everyone I'm going to jump right into it the deadline to purchase cap and gown
and the the pmer cover is February 28 2025 say it one more time the deadline to purchase graduation cap and into P cover is February 28th 2025 so Eric if I can just stop you for a second students
canot walk across the stage if they are not in proper regalia if you do not purchase your cap and gown and you show up on the date of graduation unfortunately you will not be allowed to
walk across the stage it is a very um it it's a special time in your life it's a ceremony that should be uh maintained with the most dignity and Grace and those that have followed the proper
process shall be respected as such no one will be allowed to interfere with your day how much is how much money do they have to bring $95 parents $95 February
28th there's no leap year this year don't get it confused March 1st is too late please bring your money by the 28th you can't have your baby walk across the stage without it $95 right so before you move on from
that we do recognize where we are in this economy and we do recognize that there are some people that truly need support that is separate and apart from those trying to take advantage of the situation so if you are truly in need of
support please reach out to your building level leaders who will in turn contact central office and we will pair you with one of our partners to ensure that Scholars that have done everything that they were supposed to do to walk across the stage and receive their
diploma will be able to do so in the same manner of every other scholar um additionally to add on to that this will no online payments are no longer available for for your cap and gown purchase you must do so um by going
to the main office or having your student payt it to Miss Tucker who serve as our class sponsor for senior events um due to the weather um that is probably going to be a snow day tomorrow um Thursday oh Thursday Thursday remote
day for clarification tomorrow is Count Day all Scholars should be in school tomorrow on Wednesday Thursday will be a remote day of learning all Scholars will log on to
their computers and say hello to their classmates and teachers in real time and we will return in session on Friday pending the roads are clear okay let me let me rephrase on Wednesday evening due to a
supposed the snow poos to start Wednesday evening we are postponing our senior pinning ceremony into that Wednesday after break that will be February 26 um that will be that week after that winter break we will have our senior
Penning ceremony then um our double good popcorn sale we are doing a class fundraiser for the class of 2025 to help with expenses that will run through winter break February 25th and through 28th and it will be an online only fundraiser and plus we all can enjoy
some good popcorn our senior prom will be Thursday May 29th at 7:00 p.m. a.m. at the marinian and Farmington Hills our graduation ceremony will be Friday June 6 6 2025 at 10: a.m. at the reant Franklin ampath theer in Detroit and all
parents and students who are out there yearbooks can are being sold and there are $8 that is you only can make payments online so we ask that you do make sure you get that in before that deadline due approaches our academic achievement and student highlights it
program congratulations to miss ball and her it students for winning the national no proo challenge Angel a two-time national winner and the team secured a cash prize the NF Academy at Southfield aent offers career focused programs
starting in 10th Grade other career Pathways include business Culinary Arts Engineering Finance Health Science and more you can contact your school counselor or look at our newsletter that was posted for February that email should be from Miss kagin with more
information about those spend going to our blood drive success on January 31st 2025 student council collected 41 PS of blood that have not been something we have been able to do for two decades we had we were able to
save 123 lives with that blood in total twoe 99 pints have been collected so far with one more blood drive scheduled for April 17th 2025 now to athletic report wrestling
Kenneth Brooks um in our OA conference received first place Aiden Sanders Dukes received second place Horton Aaron Kenneth Finley and jeriah Forest all received third place the team placed second at districts and competed in
individuals districts on February 8th at gr High School Kenneth Brooks a junior came in first place and is on his way to Regionals for swimming Tanner won first place in individual events um the relay team also secured a first place win and
their senior night will be on February 13th 2025 at Ferndale high school at 6:00 p.m. Tanner is headed to the state championship something that have not been achieved in our in our district since 2001 so we are very proud of him
and these young athletes who are staying and giving us that Warrior Pride for boys basketball the team is showing resilient throughout the season their senior night will take place on February 18th 2025 so please come out and support them our girls basketball team have won
five of their last six games including an overtime Thriller against Berkeley The Stand Out players are christien banks with 35 points and 15 rebounds Jordan ushery kayah Harrison Somaya asford Erica and stutler and niaya
Ellison are all of the stand out players that were listed and their senior night is tonight um at South Hood an and if you guys have time you can come out and support our competitive cheer the team is preparing for their competition Oxford and districts the Middle School
competitive cheer team will compete on March 1st 2025 bowling despite graduating key members the team remains competitive and their focus is now preparing for regionals unified basketball the team continues to improve each game they
recently defeated West blomfield after a strong comeback and spec special recognition to Christian banks for supporting the team for two years years for boys golf anyone who any students who would like to be join who would like to join Boy golf team should see coach
hlla and room c200 preseason conditioning have already started and more information about that is on our newsletter that was posted for February Fine Arts achievement the South an Warriors band leaders represent as well at districts at the
msboa which is the Michigan School of bands and or orra Association the festival was held at Novi High School the band earned an impress of 11 straight one and received 11 blue ribbons congratulationses to all for their hard work and dedication some
upcoming dates girls bastetball SE night is tonight February 11th the boys bastketball senior night is February 18th and the next blood drive will be April 17th and just some personal news I couldn't wait till May 1st but I am so excited to announce that I have been
accepted to morehous and that is where where I'll be attending for college additionally another good news former congresswoman Brenda Lawrence appointed me to be young dem's chair um for my respective political party and so I'm just so amazed and want to thank you all and for southw public schools for
positioning me to be a scholar for Success so with that being said as you see our wonderful Scholars who are uh prepared for Success um we are opening up the application period for our 2025 2026 student board
Representatives um we are going to open that window beginning let's see here Monday March 3rd you must have your information subm committed to your school principal there is an application
and a letter of interest um that must be uh provided to your school principal by Monday March 3rd the applications will be available through your counselers and your building leaders so this is open to all Rising seniors so parents if your
students are Juniors this year and are interested in sitting in those two seats um then we ask that they contact their school principal and our counselor get the information turned in and then we
will have our interviews on Wednesday March 26 and Thursday March 27th we will announce the new student board reps on Tuesday April 15th and thank you Miss Foster for coordinating everything so
wonderfully for us so that is um news and considering who's sitting in these seats you will have big sneakers to feel but we look forward to meeting our next 2526 um student board Representatives with that being said are there any
questions for student board rep spragin I have a a question for both of them I'm wondering if the interest of your peers um has increased or if you've noticed or if anyone's been asking you about like what you do here and how they
can apply s about that um yes uh when I show up to school the day of the meeting I always wear my Oxford and everyone's like oh you have your name on your butt up that's so cute and then I say wait it's not just my name you know I tell them my
title what I represent what I'm here to do and for applications I will be speaking to my Dean because I know it was a pretty Rocky process for students of my year to um learn about this opportunity I will be having a um assembly with the entire juniors in the
auditorium so they all have the same opportunity I want everyone to have the same fair fighting chance to get this seat it'll be a hard seat to fill but as they exit I would like to um thank
our um council president um former board president um councilman Charles Hicks as we were sitting here he is always tuned in and I am going to quote him verbatim in Michigan drivers who don't stop for a
stop School Bus can be fine between $ 100 and $500 for a civil infraction the fine is doubled if the violation occurs in a school zone he said we proudly enforce in Southfield so I just wanted to make sure that I got the correct
information out there because people are watching and people are listening um moving forward to the report of the superintendent Dr Green and the amazing Southville Public Schools Employees continue um all of our great student
reports are coordinated at the behest of our staff they are the ones that facilitate the learning in our district each and every day we are not able to do what we do without the wonderful staff members that show up and show out every day we have two here this evening that
we'd like to lift I wish I could bring them all before you every month but we have to narrow it down to two one our employee of the month and one our partner of the month and it is with great pride that I bring before you Mr Douglas cook our district plumber for employees of the
[Applause] month [Laughter] behind this is a surprise I like to say I want to first
thank my Lord and Savior for this opportunity I want to thank thank Dr Green Joe my boss and you know sometimes when you think that it's all about money it's really not about money you know I mean when you get recognition and you show when I came to the school seven
years ago my thought was I don't want a school to close on my watch meaning Plumbing you know it took a lot of pride in that I still do right so this is a great honor for me I want to thank the board and thank my
boss that's it and Doug before you leave is it also my understanding that we have some Apprentice working in the district yes yes we do and you're training up the Next Generation in that regard as well that's important to lift because people often think that the teachers are the
only ones in our District that are Educators whereby everyone in our district is responsible for educating the Next Generation so I wanted to acknowledge that because you are a teacher as well thank you thank you all [Applause]
[Music] right excuse me gentlemen Hi how are you please is it my birthday I don't know is it your birthday when's your birthday then I'm here to surpris you as the employee of the month
well thought he was am I in trouble in he go green want you to meet his my office at noon I'm like oh it's fin happen I'm goingon to get that pink slip listen you been you I was going to
say you've been with me my entire seven years that I've been here and I've never once given you a pink slip well let my start now okay well as long as you keep doing doing the great work that you're doing we never have to worry about that right I appreciate that you never have to worry about that hi I'm Joe corus Chief Operating Officer of South public
school and I nominated Doug cook our uh master plumber for the job that he did most recently uh to help us fix a waterm break that happened at Southville an high school we learned of the waterm break around 1:00 or so that day uh but
Doug took it upon himself to orchestrate getting the water turned off by the city getting a subcontractor in here to tear up cement ashalt dig the hole find the leak repair the leak get the water turned back on by the city and he did
all of that by 8:30 9:00 that night uh in doing so he allowed us not to miss a day of school which we've already had a fair amount of snow days this year so it was important to be able to do that so we're glad to have Doug and we appreciate his cont contribution and
glad that he was named de play of the Monk [Applause] [Applause] equally as amazing and per our
conversation regarding our buses this evening is very appropriate that we have Mr Jimmy driver here as our partner of the month I told Mr driver you set the stage for our Scholars every day you are the first person that our students see in the morning and you are the absolute
last person that they see when they're headed home in the evening so you are the one responsible for the type of day our Scholars will have within southw public schools in addition to keeping them safe while they're traveling on the road so please join me in acknowledging Mr Jimmy driver
[Applause] as a gentleman before me as he said I do give glory to God for me standing here today and I want to say this too you know I not wanted to be out front and it was a surprise for them to nominate me you know for this position because I
like to be behind the scenes in way but I want to elaborate what the young lady's saying here before I leave because my wife told me rest my coat in the Hat I said if I get too comfortable I am not going but I just but I just want to elaborate when you said about
the red lights yes sir in the bus yes sir please stop please stop and see I drive for a special need and my boss is is sitting right here and my vest is right here see I have to get off the bus
yeah and some of the drivers when we moving the kids from the bus it's on the ramp and I be Ling them or Rising they drive right on by you know and that's a no no and the red lights is on too but
I'm G to get back to this I really appreciate it and I thank you for the honor and which you have given me for the seven years that I've been here I've been enjoy doing what I'm doing I have three sons that graduated from South high school and I appreciate for all you
[Applause] do good afternoon good afternoon Interruption I please forgive me Mr Jimmy driver Mr driver this is uh
superintendent green Dr Green truly a pleasure Mr Jackson how you doing I'm doing great so Mr driver I'm actually here to see you today that's right that's right okay I wanted to thank you for being our partner of the month for February of
2025 I always say that the drivers are extremely important to me they are not only the ones responsible for getting my children here safely but you set the tone every morning your first face they see and the last face they see when they get off the bus so thank you I'm surprised I'm here but thank you anyway
I enjoy what I'm doing well it it shows and all that you do and we thank you for bringing out hello my name is Maurice Johnson I'm the location manager for First Student the transportation company that picks up all the kids in Southville taking them to
school and taking them from school back home I had the opportunity to nominate one of my drivers as employee of the month and I nominated Jimmy driver I nominated him because of his customer service um his safety record and his
performance he's been with first student approximately 7 and A2 years there's been absolutely no issues no accidents or anything like that he's just one of our finest employees customer service he's the first person that the kids see each and every day and he's awfully good
to them so that's why I nominated him thank [Music] [Applause] you and I'd also like to recognize his wife in the audience
[Applause] we and without further Ado we have the amazing ladies joining us from Adler Elementary School principal Dean please come up joining you you can introduce
the team good evening everyone I have joining me at the podium Miss Crystal towns and Miss Tracy Jennings so a fun fact I have to back up a little because most people know this is not my favorite thing to do you guys know me
you know that I'm from an athletic family my husband played college and high school sports my kids did as well and then the world of Athletics we let our games speak for ourselves we don't go around bragging about what we do we say look at my
stats however with that being said the world of education is different as we are competing in for our young scholars I understand my assignment nobody can tell you about Adler like I can and these ladies standing here so I don't
really like to brag but today we come before you just to beep beep we come to toot our own own horn because when I tell you as I was gathering the data to give this presentation we do a
lot and we just we're like Nike we just do it so without further Ado let me tell you about Adler so you see us there this is Adler and you ask who are
we we are a K5 Elementary School home of the Eagles not the Super Bowl Eagles but the Adler Eagles we have either two or three sections of each grade level we have a
K5 resource classroom we also have a self contained ASD classroom we have art music and gym we are a stem and secl focus school and as of most recently can I hear the
crowd Roar we are a community school that part right there that part right there this is who we are and I understand it's really important for us to come before you and just to be across the community
telling people about Adler recently for Kindergarten Roundup we had a Community member who came to the school for a tour who did not know we were there I was so shocked and as it turns out her husband
is a former student hey Mrs L but for them to be in the community and not know we're there that's bothersome to me so we got to do a better job Tyler we're about to be real cool real real cool cuz we're about to tell people about This Magnificent
Community School called Adler so the Eagles have landed in a brand new building please forgive me I'm not 100% but I'm always up for telling about Adler you see those lockers there we have brand new lockers our gym is
amazing and you see the young lady at what we affectionately called our hydration station that is not a water fountain look at that backdrop that is a Hydration Station okay it is absolutely
gorgeous it's like a piece of artwork so let me tell you what you're looking at here when you walk in the front doors you are in the secure vestibule that's one of the enhancements that we have is that our building is now more secure you
come into the secure vest vestibule and depending upon your business for that day you may either wait there for your scholar or you may be buzzed into that brown door which is the office if you come through the double doors you come into a warm welcoming
environment we have lots of seatings that our Scholars use as well as our parents and and staff we also have benches that we affectionately call where we have our our best office meetings because we always sit on the on the benches and we talk about what we
need to do we also have a way to get into the office and that is what you see over there with our two administrator of assistants Miss Williams and Miss Watkins in the center you have our media center forly Media Center which is now
our eagle nest and thanks to miss lay she has helped us to be able develop to develop an environment for our children to come not only our children our adults come in there too to come rest get themselves together we also allow the
class to come in or a scholar can come in by themselves if they're just is having a particularly difficult start to their day they come in there we have I don't know if you can see it that's why you got to come over but we have bands across the chairs we have all kinds of
things um in there to help um with fidgets and any other emotional um situation you may be dealing with in the back you can see two bikes sometimes our Scholars go on those bikes and they do their work there it really helps them
with that in the top um box you see the teepe sometimes they just want to go in there and be by themselves and at the bottom you see ironically our fifth grade um spelling be winner Aubrey but she and Denver are
doing the morning announcements we have an amazing new announcement system too okay I had to put the bathroom in there the top take a look at that potty that's in our kindergarten bathroom I can't help
it y'all it's so stinking cute look how cute that little potty is and this is aide he's one of our taller kindergarteners but even even the sink works for him is so is so adorable and we have a bathroom in both of our
kindergarten classrooms a't it cute seriously and then at the bottom take a look at that that's in our regular bathroom mm it's a handsfree water station handsfree washing station so at the top you see also one of the
enhancements to our classrooms you see those floors they're gorgeous and we also have flexible seating and enhanced technology I feel like a real estate agent that was your
room this is our Pride and Glory our Eagle land our Scholars have the most amazing time out there actually we all do because it is absolutely gorgeous it is brand new equipment and I what I love
for our kindergarten students is this is their expectation they know nothing different than Eagle land and everything all the other enhancements that are um are in our new building so thank you all again so as we move to the next phase of
it it's important that we tell you how we soar so we are a beautiful building we are an amazing group of people but we're in the business of teaching and learning and we always we have a good time but we always say I'm laughing and joking but I'm not
playing these are some of our young people who were studying for the spelling B and then just in all of the pictures you can see just some different types of learnings that go on we do have lots of small group instruction we move back and forth from whole group to small
group at the bottom on the left hand side you see one of our third grade teachers she's actually in the Commons area she's doing a whole group lesson but we call it the third grade takeover because all of her reading groups go to the different tables in the Commons area
and that's where they do their studying we also have in the center pure buddy reading and we we understand that children learn better sometimes from each other than the teacher they can be honest with themselves when they're talking peer-to-peer and so we do a lot
of that as well we also have some fun as you can see at the bottom bottom picture we have technology enhancements we have lots and lots of small group learning we are a let me get it right two to one correspondents so our Scholars have Chromebooks that they keep
at home but they also have a set of Chromebooks that are for the classroom so you quite often will see the children working on the Chromebooks at home I'm sorry in class we also try to make learning fun you can see a lot of Hands-On activities here and when I tell
you I have to pick and choose the pictures it's so many the the two on the far right are from Halloween so they were doing some pumpkin learning in the center you see when we were doing um when we were having elections we had some of our
kindergarten students running for various roles so we try to bring what's happening in the real world into the Learning Community we have a very very very dedicated staff and they work collaboratively with the district on the
curriculum team to develop best practices review materials and hopefully a district adoption we're part we were part of a pilot for Invision math program we used it for a year scores
went up and now we use it as a district right now we're piloting the Hagerty bridge to writing we also piloted the um bridge to reading and one of the things we talk about at level at scale in the
building is you can't complain about something that you didn't use with Fidelity so that's one of the big big big things that we have in our building we're going to use it we're going to use it with Fidelity we're going to use it well we're going to learn from each other and we have so much District
support the the literacy coaches are in our building every single day and we welcome them we have um all of the support from our curriculum team and we're so so grateful they just came over and helped us with our spelling be last week so at the top you can see Mrs
Jennings playing a math game um with her children that's also an important component of learning sometimes children think they're having fun but they're really learning and they're very very competitive we had a really fun event where Miss Jennings had her parents there I think this was at Christmas time
was it and the kids were going up against their parents and the parents didn't always win I'm just saying and then at the bottom you can see our fourth grade teacher Miss lockage leading a small group of reading so we do a lot of reading um a lot of small
group learning because we understand that that's how we can Target the different levels that our children are on so I'm going to pass the Baton over to our second grade teacher Miss Jenning because you just can't hide that eagle
pride and so we're not just doing amazing things we got the data so hi I am Tracy Jennings and outside of the um plumm that's in Adler I've probably been there the longest for like
a long well they updated it now so maybe not that long but I'm like the oldest not well person in the building I don't not necessarily the oldest but I've probably been there the longest so I've seen it EB and flow as most things do so
we are grateful for the physical enhancements and all of that but we don't want it just to look good we want it to be good so you have to put some work into that so I'm I'm just going to go over a little bit of data because I got a whole big notebook because that's the only way you can prove what's
happening you not what you know but what you can show so let's talk a little bit and this is just basically I ready for those of you who don't know I ready is an assessment given three times a year and it shows growth in math and reading in grade K through five I don't know
what happens in middle and high school because I don't go there but for elementary what I don't for elementary school that's what it measures three times a year there is um an opportunity for students to practice um I ready it's
prescribed every single kid right where you are way down here or way up here every single kid it's prescribed um according to curriculum Associates which sponsors I practice 30 about 30 minutes
a day for each student really increases your score and it does which is what happens with our score so let me tell you a little bit about what's going on I'm not going to go over everything but um like any other National Norm this one
has one as well currently 79% of the students at Adler have met the typical growth and we're only at midy year just a little bit past mid year that's huge 79% part of that of of course it's the staff working really hard parents
supporting let let's go on I ready 30 30 minutes um I don't want to hear about that I know we all got a dead blind mule but let's do this 30 minutes of I ready that's one thing the other thing is the curriculum um summer and Jessica huge
shout out to them and their willingness to listen to and I know they got tired of me I'm like let me show you this let me show you one more hegerty came when we um grab a hold to hegerty our vocabulary and phonic scor
sword and TR historically in our district that's where we suffer was with phonics and vocabulary they had a fix for that we showed them the research and we P I was like just I'll be responsible for it just let me give it a try those
scores went through the roof and I felt like a proud mama because although we are not where we should be we are a far cry from where we were and you can see the trend going getting to Great level getting to Great level getting to Great level and that's what we are here for so
I'm very pleased about that it's not always easy it's very rarely pretty but over time just slow but steady slow but steady and then you see the kids and other coming from maybe um second grade they're in art and they're trying to
decode a word and they have all these strategies our teacher like what are they doing I was like oh yeah they're just sounding it out and then they get there and then you get these results back and you're like having your colleague I got my colleague next door to me I was like make interpret this for
me let's just make sure I'm reading this correctly so the data is there as well all right that's just one thing but let me tell you something else Mrs Dean if you could just um go to you can stop right there if you want look at the third grade reading score if you don't
mind at this point 92% it's only 8% left to um have made um their growth toward the goal the typical goal so National Norm for third grade which not only helps with ir ready and looks good on a chart like that what
does it do for mstep you see what I mean and this is just from fall to winter we haven't even gone from Winter to yes our biggest jump you will see come back and see us in May late May and see what happens so slow but steady wins the race it's it's just a little bit it's a
little bit it's a little bit um at every grade level minimally there was a 30% growth minimally at every single grade level and that's just from we didn't do these assessments like I don't know what we start maybe the second week in
September and then we we just finished or our finished no we're finished Friday Last Day end of the testing cycle and this is just where we are now okay um if you would go to the
pyra there you go if you look um so this explains how many kids are um one below grade level at grade level above grade level if you look people you might initially look oh that's absolutely horrible so many children below grade level but look at the right look how
they moved and the trend is going forward so the gaps are getting smaller and smaller and most of the kids are one just one grade level before and you know how that how we close that Gap slow but steady keep sending the kids to school
keep allowing teachers autonomy to use small group add more staff members to the building use the resources that are research based um are easy to use and they work and then you keep closing the Gap you keep you keep closing the Gap um we live in a world where there will
always be a whole bunch over here A whole bunch over here but the majority in the middle we want to move everybody to the middle so we can get them over that hump and that's what happens when you just stay the course and you just keep going and that's what we do at Adler we just keep going forward can you
go to the next slide um oh same thing for math it happens it's same thing for math the progress you see it in reading and you see it in math again you would have to look at mstep scores for science and social
studies since that's what grades three four and five now um go to the one that says I ready distribution because I want to talk a little yep you can go back I want to talk about that there was a shift and almost all of the students moved towards grade level during the
winter testing cycle which is the ones we're completing now 9% of students were two or more grades uh 9% fewer were um closer to grade level okay so we're closing the huge gap and it's
always easier to fix a smaller hole than a big old hole so if we can take care of it at the lower grades levels kindergarten first and second then when they get to third grade it's not such a huge push it's really really hard when there are two or more behind and there
are some outside factors we don't have control of like attendance or parental support so we do as much as we can as often as we can um the one thing that stands out is just
just one year below just one year below we can make that up just keep going Extended Learning after school small group tutoring title one who our title one teacher I don't know if y'all know Russell Wilson U Mr Rufus Wilson he is
amazing day in and day out an extra 30 minutes every single day for those students who are right there and just need a little push that's what happened to the numbers yeah so it particularly in my class we had a
big problem with tital one it was a good problem to have my students have made so much growth that we try to work with the ones in the middle so we can see some faster results I was stuck I didn't have any more kids to send to title one so
that was a very good problem to have very good um the other thing we I have to remind myself as well because I can be type A sometimes [Laughter] um most of the time but it works and
there are the numbers um change comes over time it doesn't come overnight the graphs and tables they show measurable data but there's a lot of thing that it doesn't show they don't show the Improvement in a student's self-esteem when they came in not reading it all and
all all of a sudden they can read a multi- cabic word and they're like I I'm like did you tell read it again say it again again so those are the things that the data doesn't show it doesn't show the number of strategies when a a kid knows one way to add or one way to
subtract then all of a sudden they have three or four things they can pull out of their toolkit this data doesn't show that CH charts and graphs don't always show student Partnerships or collaborations or that's not what we're supposed to do and let me find a
different way certain things as a classroom teacher I don't even think I need to be a part of I don't need to bother with technology they have each other for that so we have a tech team I I don't know they they figure that out those charts and numbers on the graph
don't show that all of these things combined give you a perfect profile of an Adler student and although the students aren't everybody isn't at grade level they are trendy in that direction so we appreciate the support with
curriculum resources I want to give a special shout out to Summer and Jessica for listening um to our concerns and accepting our suggestions as it relates to the um resources we have and of course I have more suggestions on how
you can app um provide more support if you're interested I am at Adler 19100 Filmore I'm there I'm there okay as we move forward question going to talk about what we
are we're selling and Miss town is going to actually talk about that portion of our presentation good afternoon well good evening it's been a long day for me so please forgive me I just want to say thank you to everyone who's here um I want to introduce myself my name is
Crystal towns I'm actually working in the capacity of academic engagement and social emotional learning officer at Aller it is a prize and also to a very uh accomplished position for myself because I really do believe in seal and
if you're wondering what is that that is social emotional learning I am very privileged to be in this position because I myself embody this whole process so I just want to talk about what is the purpose of having seal we can't just do the academic part we
really have to set our students up for emotional intelligence and we want them to have their own tool belt to pull from when they don't know what to do so if you take a look at the slide these are some of the things that I actually do dayt day all day um throughout the
building so I'm going to talk a little bit about how it looks or how I integrate um SEO throughout the day we start first by welcoming the students in to do a check in how are you okay today how are you doing better day today and
just words of encouragement as soon as they come in also too we have morning announcements that are Le led by our students every um month we have different student leaders ERS from every grade level from five down to three and then the last month we choose second
graders so we have students who are ready and waiting to be the announcers for atler so this is a everyday practice for us during the announcement time we start with the pledge we also do breathing techniques we also do PBIS which is the we take a trait our this
month our trait is Karen so we try to give examples and expectations of what does it look like to be Karen so in case you didn't know we try to set the intent for our students every single day and of course applaud those students who are showing those um traits for us so we
want to make sure that we don't just expect the kids to know we actually want to show we also want to give them examples of just that too so also to for our um announcements we have um again these are student Le these are students
who come to practice and do the monthly um daily menu birthday celebrations and all of those things so if you're ever in our building please get there by 8:25 or so we would love to have you as our guest also too um it looks like seal for
me I'm actually pushing into the classrooms where where I do literature um explanation of what that looks like for seal self-awareness and so when I push in we may have what would you do moment and these are real moments where
we need to talk about um how do we deal with other people or how do we show our emotions and we need to be able to tell other people when we feel offended and to do it in a healthy way what does that look like what does that sound like and so I love being able to um read stories
to them but I love being able to ask the teacher what topic do you need me to talk about today and so the students um really gravitate we've been using in Explorer and also to Compass Learning um for our district initiative but I'm
there to report this daily minute by minute when you're having a hard time what does that look like and so Miss Jenny's just reminded me that every day I always tell the students to take a breath for yourself and other people around you sometime we know what that looks like because we have to deal with
each other but it's really really important that we set our students up for not just academic success but for this emotional intellig intelligence it's crucial it's crucial because we're all involved in relationship
we all want to be able to handle um what life has to offer for us and as we have young scholars who are getting the academic Foundation we want them to be able to interact appropriately respond appropriately regulate themselves
appropriately so we need to be able to not just tell them because they're watching us we need to also model for them what that actually looks like so I wanted to just um just share with you we have a couple partnership um in our school that actually helps
outside of just miss Town's being there to remind you to do the shark fin if you need to take your breath if balloon breath if you need to we did the elephant trunk this morning and so as we're leading these things we want the students to be able to be able to pull
for themselves at any given time so I always ask that they do entere explore and also two compass learning at home it don't have to be just done here the soundscapes are wonderful two minutes two minutes what do you enjoy what's best for you because we're all different
and so I want to um lift love laces is actually a program that comes in to our school we have a select population that actually goes to see of Love laces love laces is a program an anti-bullying program but it's not just for that it's actually for appropriate interaction
social interactions so for students who are a little um adjusted in a different kind of way they need to be geared back and so this small group setting teaches them about empathy about compassion what does this look like so we use the term
bullying all the time but what does it actually mean because sometime it's misused we also too have sound body Sound Mind as a after school program where the students are getting an extra dose of seal um they have a particular vocabulary word that they're working with every single day um in that program
so those are just for students we also too through for from our district um help Miss Paula Lighty we also too have parent guidance which offers a um Parent Connect to our parents into community so we have different layers and we're
trying to build this emotional tool belt sometime I ask the kids to fill their tool belt and they're like I don't have one it's right here so when you think about that when you're afraid what do you need to do when you're not feeling so well what do you need to do if you need to let
somebody know don't do that again how do you tell them that how do you let them know that you're offended how do you let them know that this is complex for me or I'm feeling um perplexed and so we want to make sure that we use the emotional vocabulary and that comes from training
I always tell the students I wish I had what I'm giv at the time of of my time when I was in elementary school and when I was able to actually have a foundation we have to all think about that because again the students
will one day be adults and we want to be able to show them how to cope how to live and we can do that through social emotional learning thank you you're [Applause]
welcome sometimes I'm coming down the hall and I'm feeling a particular kind of way and the kids will tell me Miss Dean you need to breathe you need to do some shark fans so what is the wind beneath our wings and as you can see on the um board here
is really about relationships peer-to-peer relationships relationships with our students it's no secret that I know all my kids I think that's a very there's one of our partners I think that's a very important component to
know our children and not just know them as learners but I'm in the lunchroom with them I'm on the playground with them because I need to know them as a friend I need to know how they interact with each other we also have a very strong PTA we have lots and lots of parent engagement again just like I know
my students I also know my parents that is another very important component we also have a tremendous amount of support from central office as well as our Partnerships but at the center of it we are absolutely doing what we love and
loving what we do and it shows we I I always say I hope they're not looking at the security footage because we clown sometimes m Jennings and I were children of the 80s so every situation has a song so we'll break out into song and dance in the middle of a hall and I go uh oh
the cameras are on but we still know the songs and the commercials we know the songs to the commercials so this is just a a few pictures like from our career day we had our Southfield um fire department and police department one of
the things that was so important to me um for our career today is our parents participated at the bottom right hand corner you can see Miss K she's showing the children how to do CPA um CPR Lord it is tax season guys so we do have
a CPA as a parent too but she's showing the children how to do CPR we have our in the center uh Scrooge Who came for Christmas time and went around the building we on the left hand side we have our kindergarten students doing
a friends giving which was put on by our parents we have Trunk or Treat in the center we have our high school coach who partnered with us he came over from Southville A&T to read to our children tell them about um his career and just
really poured into our little people at the top right hand corner we usually have every year we go to the Southfield police department and we decorate with children's artwork and one year I think it was last year the children did a
badge for each police officer with their B uh ornament for each police officer with their badge number and it just touched my heart to see these police officers looking on the tree for their badge number it was so sweet at the bottom you can see again uh one of our
events with our parents too many to name too many to name we have another one of our partners are in the audience today Jordan and Kimberly we have a free breakfast program that is absolutely amazing one of the things we learned postco was how important it is for the
children to socialize breakfast time they think they are Starbucks and I have to tell them all right get eat your bagel and gone to class but it's really important for children to learn how to be with one another in a social setting and just have a good time fellowshipping we also have principal Dean I I don't
mean to cut you off because we can go on and on and listen to Adler all night I'm so it it's like the whole board meeting you're not about to stop me are you no I am not but I want to interject in the commercial of Adler by letting people
know before they get off the screen that you are open right now for enrollment is that correct come on over okay so I just thought before we went on and on she said the commercial the commercial because commcial truly we don't have to
sell Southville Public Schools you heard from our Scholars I don't mean I mean it's the people right people don't You' heard from our Scholars you're hearing from our staff you see the evidence
before you Southfield Public Schools position Scholars for success by the staff that we have assigned to the building so kudos to team Adler and all that you're doing one of the things that I didn't see there and you probably
didn't think you can announce it yet is that Adler is also the recipient of the new Volkswagen Fab Lab that will be one of the first in the fast forward of Michigan it's on here oh you did add it
okay all right all right y'all about to be sick of meisten this was a takeover at Imagine Theater on February 1st we had a family event at dog man but um I'm going to fast forward to what my super attendant is talking about
isn't this gorgeous to sits in the lobby of our building okay I'm going to fast forward so Rising Eagles our goal is to increase our Partnerships we also as Dr Green just indicated are the recipients of a
Volkswagen elabs we have already identified a place for it we also would like to consider a planetarium curriculum some new updated book books and a therapy dog
so we think bethoven at Levy and Stevie at stev in need of first cousin these are some of our Partnerships but we want to increase that so we would really appreciative anywhere you go anything you're doing tell people about us tell them to come
on over to Adler look at this this is the planetarium that's not down the street from us that's down the hall that is in our building so we would love to build a planetarium curriculum and I'm going to end on this little cutie
[Laughter] pie we would love to add him to our seal component but we appreciate having the opportunity to present tonight and to just tell the board and our superintendent our community Southfield
and lri just what a gym we have we are next to a Golf Course did I say that part just come and check us out because it it just saddens me to think that there are people in our community who don't even know that we're there we are nestled in the neighborhood but we are a
gy we don't just look good we feel good and we are good so thank you guys you are great are there any questions that we might be able to answer I know we just had a 96 slide presentation through the chair but if there are any
questions that you guys for us we're happy to answer them team Adler I have one comment and two questions first of all thank you so much for leaning into seal it is truly important to help our kids understand relationships because Rel any relationship by Serge your yourself is difficult my first question
is can you give a tip to our parents as you're open for enrollment on how they can um nurture their incoming kindergarten kindergarteners coming into um your school and my second question is what type one good tip what type of parent support do you need in order to
continue the trajectory that you're on for reading and math oh that's a great question um so I'll let Miss towns answer the kindergarten this is a former kindergarten teacher but one of the things we want parents to understand is
just show up just show up come to the building come to the door and don't show up when something's wrong show up when it's right and just partner with us we we are not the enemy we are the friend we are the we are the everything it used
to be a time when people went to the church for help now they come to the schools so we just want parents to show up support us and just partner with us but I'm going to let Miss towns answer the part about the kindergarten sure I would be happy to so just as a a teacher
of close to 25 years or so so I've not only acted in the role of social emotional learning but that's that's what parents can do as your students are getting ready for kindergarten we can do the academics but the social skills and
the social interaction is what's needed we're a community it's more than just one so we need the students to be prepared developmentally of course socially to be able to receive information from other people and to be able to follow so that's how you can
help because the academics part will come we just need the support of the social skills than you and we are open for enrollment we also have another great partner in the audience Miss lettington they her pupil accounting team do an
amazing job of pointing people in the right direction because our kindergarten enrollment um had already passed some of our families that that um Adler as their homeschool went to Kindergarten Roundup at other schools and she was able to lead them back to us and we appreciate
that no any other questions thank you team Adler as you st you were good you are not good you are great we are amazing come check us out guys thank you guys thank you um Team Adler I just want to say
thank you for the amazing appreciation video that was really nice thank you so much again as you've heard from our Scholars our staff Southville Public Schools is a great place to be and our students are truly excelling in all that they do and
we can tell everyone and we will continue to tell everyone and now we know we have ambassadors to tell everyone but we've also recently received an accreditation that speaks to the great work Happening Here in Southville Public Schools so I am incredibly proud to share that our
district received a s a full systems accredit ation through cognia which is a globally recognized organization stating that southa public schools operates with the highest standards for academic success and that we are committed to continuous School Improvement I
recognize that we have work to do I think we all recognize that we have work to do but we are committed to that work and to receive this recognition by the highest organization in the US it speaks volumes to the commitment that each and every person here in Southfield
has to the success of our Scholars so thank you to all of you and our listening audience thank you to those present and thank you to our board of education for supporting us in this initiative next but definitely not least as committed um to our community we will go through the Staffing update and you
will see that we have progress also in your packet later I'm sure it will come up that we have receive it receive the notifications for those who plan to retire for next year and I will speak to that when we get to the personel action report on our plan for how we uh will close the gap with Staffing for the fall
so going through this current Staffing model for February 11th moving forward uh we have the same individuals as referenced last month for Adler and the ladies can speak that the individuals that are in those classrooms have been in those classrooms all year and are doing extremely well in those positions
the ASD Teacher the ASD PA professional and the speech pathologist McIntyre still has the myai PA professional and the gym vacancy the Spanish vacancy at Stevenson is currently being covered by a substitute
teacher at Bernie we have the ASD Teacher the EI vacancy and the EI PA of professional again those individuals as I mentioned last month have been in those positions all school year so our our children do have um consistency in those classrooms and the teacher I'm
sorry the principal as well as um the students are pleased and the parents are pleased with the work that those individuals are doing those three individuals as I mentioned last month are also in alternative routes to full certification as we currently speak um Thompson has one ecdd resource resour
resource room teacher I'm trying to go fast to make up for time uh one ASD Teacher one science vacancy one social studies vacancy three resource room teachers and one secretary who I'm pleased to announce um a candidate has been identified and a an offer has been extended um for Miss Porsche
Eubanks and Levy has one resource room teacher vacancy Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology one resource room and one secondary transition coordinator and for those that are not familiar with that terminology a secondary transition coordinator is that individual that assists our students
with IEPs to transition to their next phase of Life uh Michigan is one of only five states in the United States that Services Scholars up to the age of 26 and this individual works with our Scholars that are beyond the traditional age of 18 to help them transition to The
Real World um and career focused positions next University K12 that is not a typo all positions at University K12 have been filled thank you Jesus KLC thank you KLC uh one next step
teacher three siix teachers and two sxi par professionals busy two speech pathologists again those are both currently being filled by a partner and one ecsc our early childhood special education teacher districtwide we are still in
need of a chief of talent management but we have received some additional resumés and we'll be interviewing those individuals as soon as we return from winter break thank you very much any questions so I don't have a question but I will say when we get to the Personnel Action
Report um I have been speaking with Dr Green at length about getting these positions filled and the reason why I said we need to sell our school district is because this is a competition people go where the culture
is good I don't care how much money you pay somebody when they see Adler and they see the staff and we sell it as such how does a Community member who came out of this community not know Adler is there it's a problem and so
that marketing piece is important so we have to get that to the Forefront because there's somebody in the school that's not happy and we want to bring somebody who is willing to give your students everything that they deserve to a school that they want to work to you
you see what I'm saying you go where you're happy and you all are happy I can see it and I tell people at a time you know you treat your new car a little different than you treat your 80 81 Pinto right and so the environment
matters and so we do need to sell our school district as one that you want to come to so we going to try to get these positions filled and to Dr Green thank you for working so tenaciously to get it done because I know this is a big feat um to the Aller staff I do want to say
one thing um one thing that I love about you principal Dean is you wake up with gratitude I see it on your face you are grateful for that building and it shows and you are grateful for your students you are grateful for your staff
and I did want to say that I truly appreciate don't don't but I appreciate you and it shows and so we going to bring some more grateful people over there to feel some all all these vacancies Dr Green all
right and I see table beaming in the back with pride because you know that was his project over there list T you you you on you on deck he is on Deck so moving right along uh Grant Awards some additional great news coming to our district um n December when I gave the
grant report I mentioned that we we had applied for some grants in the district since that time we have been awarded you heard uh principal Dean mentioned that they are now a community school I am pleased to announce that Levy is also one of our newest Community Schools so
kudos to both Adler and ly our ultimate goal is to expand to become a Community Schools district in every school within Southville Public Schools we're very proud of that uh we also as I mentioned um Adler received the Volkswagen EAB
it's a fabrication lab um so proud that that you will be one of the first in the state of Michigan only two school districts in the state of Michigan were awarded these Labs Southville being one of the two so we are proud that not only Adler will receive one Stevenson will
receive one Thompson will receive one and we are bringing one to the elementary portion of University K12 by the Fall so if that isn't enough uh we apply for the summer Discovery learning our families enjoy having a place to
bring their scholars in the summer to not only experience academic support academic enrichment but they also come and experience a plethora of other opportunities we received a $1.28 million grant for summer
programming for the summer of 2025 so we are quite proud of all of uh the work that our team has done to get that taken care of take a breath right team Adler take a breath um having said that I will um
just share with the community that we do have a water main project going on this is not Southville Public Schools project no let me say again this is not a Southville Public Schools project this is an Oakland County water main project
that will run adjacent to Southwood High School for the Arts and Technology why is that important you heard Mr for us um mentioned earlier about Doug and having to do the water main break and digging up the property well the county is
coming in and they're digging up part of the property that runs along the subdivision adjacent to Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology and we know that when anything happens on our property everyone thinks that it's a district project this is not a district
project it is a county project and they will start the work just end of June end of June um again it may interfere with some of what we're doing but we will be monitoring this closely and we will uh bring you updates as to
what this work entails and so thank god um we have a former board president who sits as a county commissioner who I I had the pleasure of um of of sitting on a panel with over the weekend and I lifted this to her so commissioner Jim
Nash for the community is over that project um I have asked that um the Water Resource Commission reaches out to Green Acres get some information and also provides a school district with some information so we'll know how we're
affected but I know members of that Community do watch this board meeting so we do want to let them know that we are advocating on all community members behalf to make sure that everyone understands exactly what this means for their neighborhood so we will hopefully
get in touch with um commissioner Nash and get some more information to everyone regarding that okay thank you board president um the one thing that you lifted last month and it is we're at the precipice of this closure so I'd ask that you relift
it the $696 project okay y'all it's imperative that we keep our families in I'm just going to be a Shanti right now it's closing every weekend so I do want everybody to know that March first the freeway is
closed which means that all of our all of our rows 10 11 12 mile for those who have people that work at the GM Tech Center that are coming through Commerce all the way down 12 m is going to be a whole mess right that's the alternative
that even those big companies are sending out in mass emails take 12 mile take 13 Mile right there's no other way so for those of you who who have children give yourself some extra time it'll be a bit messy be kind to our bus
drivers it's going to be a struggle to all of you I want to remind y'all that this close cuz I'm one of those people that forget and then I get right down the ramp and then I test my my strength cuz I'm like let me back up but I don't
do it but I do want to say it's closing almost every weekend cuz they're doing prep so I know cheer compet ition swim we're in the thick of all these competition Seasons so start kind of mapping out your roots and Dr Green if
you can talk to our um coaches because I know our buses are leaving on Friday nights rushing to gets to space you not going to get there that quick so when we come back we have what one week of freedom from 696 and then March 1st it
shut down from ler to 75 going east you know the West bomb mess was last year when we couldn't get to the mall I mean why would they do that um so M BP if I'm not mistaken it is a threeyear project it is a twoyear
project yes ma'am so two years it'll be shut down um so you know get your bikes just wanted to lift it keep everyone informed maybe Vespas will come back into style people with scooters
okay okay all right I don't bus's director report okay bus's director report um uh Dr Thompson fell ill earlier today so she is not here this evening however in your uh binder trustees you do have the full report you also have the instructional framework uh
for busy Early Childhood Center so if you would like to review those documents and uh forward any questions that you may have to my attention I will get those answers for you and for our trustees let's just I want to make it very clear that we are working extremely
hard on marketing busy absolutely um getting some organization so that we can start getting those Scholars back in there is a very large conversation that is that is surrounding busy right now I know we had some deliverables we will discuss those at our study session I
just wanted absolutely and BP to um your point there's a very large marketing campaign that is um underway um in the planning phases and you will see deliverables for that relatively soon thank you no thank you um
that thank everyone at the table um that concludes the superintendent report wonderful public participation if you wish to address the board regarding a school related issue that has not yet been resolved by School administration please submit a comment card immediately comments are limited to
3 minutes per individual as a matter of fairness speakers with complaints against individuals I asked not to mention any persons by name complaints concerning employees pursuing to board policy 99130 should be brought to the attention of School principles or administrators before coming to the Board of Education your cooperation is
appreciated Edmond rushon Mr rushon will you please State your address for the record uh that's 22165 uh Parkside in Detroit that's a beautiful neighborhood I know it very up um up so I'm I'm going to try to
keep this to 100 seconds flat okay this it's short but it's a little scary um I'm actually here to talk about uh private school vouchers um I spent a lot of last year in Texas uh fighting the American Federation for children and
Club for Growth um right now as it stands both those groups are funded by Betsy DeVos I know y'all said no names but is it okay if I mention her oh you may cool all right um it doesn't work here uh right now in Texas they are Betsy
DeVos and her cabala capitalist Jackal are about three votes short of yeah I I picked up my vocabulary in public school by the way um oh no that's right they are about three votes short in the Texas House of earmarking $2 billion in public
education funds for private schools um now we're we're still a little bit in the balance in terms of whether or not we know they're going to get those last three votes uh we know the governor wants it but regardless of whether they do or whether they don't that group has
its eyes on Michigan as fertile ground for a private school boom uh in the 2026 election cycle um two years from now the house uh the State House is obviously already Republican and speaker Hall owes his majority to Betsy DeVos as she
funded most of his campaigns last year uh odds are our next Governor will be a Republican uh given that we have an independent candidate who is probably going to take more votes from the left than the right uh which means that the senate in our state uh will be Betsy
DS's Battleground she uh will be flooding this state with our estimates say about $15 million in campaign cash um and that means that if the Senate flips in 2027 the new Administration will introduce a
school choice Bill and earmark at least $1 billion for private school vouchers that will clear the house if the Senate flips to be Republican it'll clear the Senate it will make it to the governor's uh desk and he will sign it um now I know that a lot of the folks in this
room um are frequently in conversations with parents who are concerned about the Department of Education in Washington and I I wish I said I knew what we could do to stop that process um but given where we stand in Washington DC right now I don't really have answers there
but but as for this upcoming fight and this over a billion dollars that could be earmarked for private school vouchers that could close schools and leave children's education in the balance that is something that we can stop uh if we
stay focused and if we stay Resolute and I I I'm sorry to show up and just bring the Panic alarm like that they're not going to be here tomorrow but like they will be here relatively soon so I just wanted to make youall aware that that when parents bring up the Department of Education if you could bring up uh private school vouchers as well as
something that's on the horizon um that that would be useful so I appreciate it thank you very much Miss Foster were there any other thank you action items consent agenda approval of minutes from January 14th special
board meeting org meeting uh regular board meeting the 21st special board meeting student hearing January 25th special board meeting board retreat and January 28th special board meeting study session is there a motion on the floor
to open and approve the consent agenda for items one through five I motion that we open and approve consent agenda items one through five support it's been properly moved and supported is there any discussion surrounding
this hearing none board secretary whenever you're ready please call for the vote truste Bel yes yes trusty Glenn yes trusty Denson yes trusty Holloway yes trusty Johnson yes myself yes trusty
RAV yes unanimous motion carried thank you report 6345 masb 2025 board of directors election trustees Miss Foster has graciously printed out the candidates for Region 8 MB um o ocba
also sent out the Forum um video we now have a decision to make from the following um candidates Jason babage Alan Park Public Schools Anisha Hannah Pontiac Paul colon
Bloomfield Hills rodri means Westwood community and Scott Wallace Frasier Ursula Rogers ramula ramulus Community Schools Lisa Valeria nowick Clintondale Community Schools and those are our
choices trustees is there a nomination or a recommendation for who we should move forward with and can we open and approve report 6345 first I motion that we open and
approve report 6345 masb 2025 board of directors election are there will be discussion um so um trustees um we spoke about this more than once um I am
familiar with rodick means um I also am familiar with Anisha Hannah um and and so those would be two of my recommendations um for this I would like
to state that um one of those school districts is having some internal issues so we want to make sure that the representation that we choose Is On Solid Ground um I
did throw out both names because I am familiar with both but I would like us to also consider the school district as a whole that be will be representing our region we need them to represent the region and not just their school
district so that is my um commentary on that trustee um my recommendation is for Anisha Hannah I'm familiar with her as well I've seen her over the uh past few years really step up her interaction and
engagement and advocacy with masb um as well as be mentored uh within her District to serve and I believe she would represent the region well through the chair yes ma'am I'd
like to recommend um rodri means um had the opportunity of meeting him um during the advocacy Institute I'm just having some Dialogue on his position and how he plans on supporting Ms masb um and um the
counties is there any other discussion trustees it sounds like both Rodrick means and Anisha Hannah are the two candidates that we look are looking to support um we can use um um our tool of
how we conduct our vote um is there a wish to go with one or the other before we vote since we do have two candidates that it sounds I I am in support of either quite frankly um it
sounds like trustee Smith Thomas is leaning toward um Anisha Hannah and um vice president word of all rck means does anyone else have a strong support of either one of those candidates trusty Holloway I have like
to support behind Okay okay yes ma'am so um I know we you just mentioned about the process that we use and um last no during our Retreat I mentioned
um logging on for one of the sessions with masb and actually what was recommended is that instead of going with one and then taking the vote as we do allow each trustee to State the person understood
and then take the count from take the count from there understood um they they recommended that for all voting including organizational and those types of things where we have to elect understood trustees at the recommendation of the the district
matters got it yeah um recommendation of the board secretary is that each um trustee um States who they would like to support for masb Region 8 um trusty Denson for the record if you
would begin and we will go down the line support thank you trusty Holloway support thank you than you sorry Johnson I'm sorry rodri means as well thank you um my support would be
for Anisha Hannah from the Pontiac School District thank you trusty Bel Anisha Han um Hannah for me as well thank you trusty s thas uh my support would be for um rodri means Westwood Community
district and my support will be for rodri means Westwood Community School District trustee please call the vote what what do we have so that would be five 52 52
52 the representative for Region 8 that we will submit our vote for will be rodri means of Westwood Community School District thank you all Miss boster do you have that okay thank you so
much report 6349 Personnel Action Report come on Doc board president and all trustees you will see that we have a lot of names listed um many of which are retiring as
of June 30th 2025 as you may be aware we had an incentive for our staff to notify us early regarding their retirement to ensure that we are properly prepared to backfill those positions um have had a number of conversations not only with
board president but with the uh HR team upstairs the instructional team and we've decided to do several things one we are sending a letter to all retirees from the Southville public schools that have retired over the years to let them know that while they are enjoying their
retirement we welcome them to come home to Southville Public Schools as the law now allows us to bring back retirees with their uh similar compensation to what they had upon their departure so um to all those that are in earshot of this communication if you are a retiree from
Southville public schools and are interested in being added to that list that is one Avenue that we are going to pursue the Second Avenue that we are going to pursue is posting all of these positions immediately for effec of the fall of 2025 so our positions for the
fall will be posted as soon as possible um by March 1st of this school year so that we can begin interviewing because we're not only looking to bring back retirees but we are looking to those that are coming into the field we are looking to those that are looking to transfer within the district as you
mentioned earlier board president the culture and many of our buildings are different from one another and some people may want to transfer to another school so this will allow us an opportunity for those individuals to voice their desire to transfer
now effective in the fall and allow us to backfill those current positions so that we don't have a domino effect the first week of school and last we are working uh diligently with our college and university Partners to ensure that we have exposure to those individuals uh
that are graduating from the colleges of education so what you see in front of you takes us through June of 2025 and then of course we have some individuals that uh received some additional steps on this personal action report as well um
there are some people on this list that I am very sad to see on this list um it's going to be a huge blow for one particular space um My Hope Is that we can get well
number one let me just say this um the exit interview is important we we've spoken about this for for years at length um my plea is for those who are
retiring I I really would love for you all to talk to this District about your experience and your why and that that's coming straight from me um I know that we've had some trouble in the past with
getting people to come and actually give us their why um My Hope Is that we can get some certain people back um but I I am glad that we are taking a proactive
move to get people to come back um and and my My Hope Is that we can retain those who have made a commitment to this district and they know that they are valued um so um I look forward to seeing
what we're able to do I also um am am going to hope that we can move on this quite quickly um because quite frankly if come August we experience the same thing that we experienced last year um
the the idea of accountability is going to look very different for us and I say that to say that it's not just about who didn't do what they were supposed to do it's about losing our community and losing our district and
separating kids some some of these kids have known each other forever and they are doing this because parents are afraid of the instability that's my concern um my best friends are still the people that I
started school with as shos we a we a split up um our our parents had a confidence in the district and while I understand there are so many options out here I think what Miss Dean and her team have proven is that home is still a good
place to so Dr gr I look forward to seeing how we navigate this with the lessons that we've learned um over the years and to those who have elected to retire at this juncture I know we will see more in June
right um I I hope and I pray that you will consider coming back to us in the time frame that you are allowed to come back um so thank you for that Dr Green trustees are there any questions regarding the Personnel action before
before Dr Green continues no I did just want to uh highlight number 15 on the back yeah I I saw that is definitely an accomplishment for our district um that position is extremely difficult to F so the fact
that we were able to get someone and according to that building leader they are doing amazing work already so I did want to highlight that that position wonderful maybe we can get Tyler over there to do something with that position so great so the community will know that
we now have this available that's a huge one that is MHM so definitely want to lift that wonderful trustees is there any other discussion surrounding the Personnel Action Report hearing none board secretary
whenever you're ready yes yes ma'am who who support who oh oh we didn't oh report 6349 is there a motion FL to open and approve I motion that we open and approve 6349 person support
it's been properly moved and supported we had all the discussion sorry secretary trusty R yes myself yes trusty Johnson yes trusty Holloway yesy trusty Denson yes trusty plan
yes trusty Bel yes motion [Music] carry um next we have information at items so trustees you had some very detailed bid packages in your um agenda
packet we have report 6350 um B package for number 16 Thompson K8 International academic uh Academy renovation these are bond funds we also have report 6351 which is uh Bernie K8 School Red
Renovations bond funds and then we have 6352 which are the renovations for Levy I'm assuming there's a whole crew here it's like three musketeers Tavo you shaking your head like you not getting up to say anything but I do
see the tag team I tried to talk them into and and for the community the person that we are referring to um some of you may see him he drives around in trucks a hard hat a vest jack of all trades
master of everything too um he's doing great work and he's not only doing great work but he comes to our district with a great attitude he is supportive he is kind and to Tavo we thank you we see what you're doing um you're doing great work and your team is a reflection of
your leadership as well haven't met a person that did not speak didn't hold a door didn't ask how they could help we truly appreciate your team thank you oh and here are our favorite people good evening good good
evening how are you today doing well uh I guess we'll start with uh Thompson so they have visuals oh so what we what we intend to do we'll talk about all three schools this is for the Middle School Renovations Thompson
to start so Thompson will have four new upgrades in no particular order uh new elevator uh new gym floor um your favorite terazzo refinishing uh secured entry uh all new
flooring all new um carpet in certain areas new office space there will be some additions to this particular building um in addition to that all new HV um this particular project in a nutshell will be a longer duration because we'll
be working uh as I've been explaining this for 20 days bless bless um this particular project will start second shift in the spring okay and it'll it will not be intrusive to the occupants of the building that will be to prep for
our mechanical installation and electrical installation during that time then when the 24 2024 2025 school year concludes we will do construction in the summer that will primarily be ceiling and above work so new ceilings new
lights as well for that work and then we will start back on second shift once School resumes for the 2025 2026 School season then phase two will begin the second summer that's when we'll conclude with the remaining of the HVAC all of the flooring um the new Hydration
Stations in various locations um everything that we have on the construction to be completed including the offices the additions the elevator etc etc and I would like to point out Thomson is getting an elevator so um I
know that Thompson is no longer the Titans but I can say I hobbled up every flight of stair when I spray my ankle cuz there was never an elevator so I think that's huge um for our community and now makes us ADA Compliant um which
means that our kids with special needs needs will not be able to move to both floors as needed um safely so that's exciting I guess I should add the other exciting part is although you're getting new heating ventilation and air conditioning Jesus you will be getting
the air conditioning portion of it oh the air conditioning the air conditioning trustees any questions they heard air conditioning have no questions um so if we can unless Dr
Green slob the Builder had anything else to add Barb the Barb the Builder I like that barb the Builder no Barb doesn't have anything to add um there are a lot of contracts within this bid packet so I
did want to lift that this is a comprehensive bid packet whereby the team went through no less than 50 post bid interviews for each of these um so they did very extensive work to bring these recomend commendations forward to
the trustees um we can move over to Bernie K8 School Renovations now yes Bernie K8 had their HVAC Renovations I believe in 2021 2022 so this particular project would
be very similar to all the upgrades again a new gym floor uh new Partition wall inside of the gym uh you don't have trazzo at Bernie so it will just be new BCT flooring uh Ed entry uh the office will be refurnished revised
in that fashion again new lighting I forgot to mention on the previous one and on this one we're upgrading the fire alarm system as well oh awesome with the electrical system and all new exterior doors and and and glass glazing
okay trustees any questions about Bernie yes new secured entry okay so Barbara the Builder would like to lift the fact that when um he mentioned the glazing that is to slow projectiles so all of our all of our windows will have this
special glazing to ensure that any projectiles coming toward our building will be slow there is nothing to date that is book that Pro but it will slow and then we all we have the secured entries going into all of our buildings as well I guess one thing that's unique
about Bernie that's different from the others is the kindergarten hallway where there will be some additions of to rooms in certain we will be adding toilet rooms to ensure that all of our Kinders have them inass little potties the little potties they like
that perfect and last but not least Levy our Jaguars yes Levy will be our favorite project or T's favorite project um ideally pretty ideally for ly that'll be your Airbnb where the occupants would
um be out of the building for the year duration we're renovating that entire building as far as uh new HVAC again um no elevator single floor right new terazzo new tile we needed uh new secured entry new exterior doors new
glazing as she mentioned previously um I believe there's a couple of toilet rooms I also forgot to mention for all three schools there will be a bit of a renovation inside of the locker rooms so um new lockers for all three uh new
lockers for Thompson lockers for ly for Ley lockers for Ley remember that is the one thing that the scholars there have been asking if you've been in Ley lately you will notice that the lockers are so narrow
that we cannot fit any coats in those lockers I don't know how people people were built when the school was built because nothing can fit in there yeah we were wearing Triple Fat gooses I don't know how they fit into the lockers because Scholars not put anything in
there that being stated Levy is getting a 12in locker throughout the entire building to make it uh compatible for middle school students um Bernie is getting new Lockers in three wings of the building
and Thompson's lockers are the newer lockers of the district so they are getting their lockers uh refurbished and painted correct any the uniqueness to Levy different from the other three is that one will also be getting a a uh upgrade of no no I'm
sorry the stem Labs oh the stem Labs yes so miss wil is very pleased with that work wonderful so levia is getting a stem lab as well as an Esports lab as being one of our community schools so yes
awesome trustees are there any questions surrounding report 6352 51 or Dr Green is there a ask for us to make this actionable so we can get started with
um yes ma'am I do have a question yes ma'am um I wanted to ask about the U contractors that were awarded the bids now I see unless I'm looking at this wrong there are contractors that were not the lowest bid that reive the the uh
the the award now am I missing something over here that would show me why they received it should be written in the report if written on yes the the on the award recommendation if they're not the lowest bidder and they were awarded usually the biders below them either had
a mathematical error and withdrew their bid or the bidder below them did not provide a complete and full bid meaning they left something out of their qualifications so we could not accept their bid right but where where is that where is that it's on the cover letter that goes
each okay the docents trustees that were emailed to you there's aover letter with each of them and it will tell you who was disqualified okay just to make sure that there's full Fidelity um typically they will go through the process of
interviewing the lowest two biders and bringing them in um assuming that you have the least responsible bidder at that point then you could Award with them again as Dan mentioned there were folks that did not have um they they were missing major components or had
math Medical errors um we then went down to third and fourth extended the interview process um several days yeah through through Friday of um just so the awareness of the trustees
um it looks like um the team has put this important information where there are some uh qualifiers to the different um contract houses in black fine so that's an easy way to identify um what stands out yes ma'am no
problem were there any other questions from the trusties the superintendent has requested that we make these three reports actionable this evening is there a motion on the floor to make report 63
50 through 52 actionable I motion that we open and approve report 6350 6351 and 6352 supp it's been properly moved and supported any other
discussion hearing none board secretary whenever you're ready trusty Denson yes trusty Holloway yes trusty Bel yes trusty Johnson yes myself yes trusty
wav yes trusty Bland yes unanimous motion carry thank you everyone thank you TJ thank you Dan appreciate you guys uh our treasure our Treasurer will now come forward um with our financial report and
monthly bill dispersement um per our Retreat we identified that there were a couple of spaces that we wanted to ensure that the community knew um that are being paid attention to uh one of those was Grant Awards of course and
then any type of fluctuation that would impact the district negatively um and just some of the standard items so trusty belt thank you um time has been well spent so I just want to lift a few things um um currently um our budget
does align with our district goals I wanted to hit um the revenue we discuss revenue on we sold property and have closed on brace and Magnolia um with an expectation um of closing Leonard soon to be determined um
so that would be Revenue coming in as far as expenses because we have sold those properties we won't have the maintenance and the upkeep of those properties so we should see a decrease in our expenses there um tonight I really wanted to lift um a potential risk that I think we may have and that's
with the tariffs that's being talked about with um TJ and those guys coming up um talking about that we are um potentially at risk for increas in materials um specifically steel and other materials that we're using to
update and build on our buildings so I just wanted to lift that to the board as a potential risk um as far as the bond updates we already had a great presentation but for series one I wanted to make sure we understood it's approximately $75 million All
Professional Services and construction um is under contract to date as well as all invoices that's been received they've been approved to date so that is um amazing work might add um trustees do you have any questions after reviewing
the financial report heing that you for treasurer oh I'm sorry for secretary where would you say we um are in alignment to with our expenses um for where we are in the school
year I think year-over-year um actually as I was going through um we saw a lot of Maintenance with snow removal and all of those things but that's typical for this time of year and with the upcoming storm I'm sure we'll see more expenses but I think we're aligned with what we
normal cost to the district nothing is like blaring out that we should be concerned with at this time future meeting Monday February 17 to Friday February 21st there is no
school yes everybody is stay well not everybody I gotta go to work but please remember Monday school is canell No Buses nobody's going to be at the door no
nothing stay home um as a reminder once again tomorrow all after school activities are closed give our bus drivers some Grace if this snow hits around 1:00 it will be a slow go um
Thursday virtual remote learning parents have your kids bring everything home tonight um staff will give the links to those remote classrooms those virtual classrooms most likely Wednesday night
Wednesday midday I know remind Class Dojo um sometimes email all of those things I'm sorry I was just projecting um so please um be on the lookout for those links
parents take their lunch boxes oh yeah y'all take your lunch boxes home all your snacks all your ramen noodles um your your Mochi all all of your items your Stanley all your little
expensive Stanley take them home please um and I believe that is it Tuesday we have a special board meeting on February 25th we are adjourned at 9:18 p.m. thank you everyone