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Part 1 (Video ID: FHjMJVJ99Fw):
- 00:04:15: Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance
- 00:21:31: Review and Approval of Agenda Items
- 00:22:54: Student Leader Recognition From High Schools
- 00:35:57: SE SEG Foundation Education Excellence Award Presentation
- 00:40:00: Recognition of 2025-2026 TCAPS Retirees
- 00:45:19: Public Comment - Kate Madigan: Modernizing Michigan Schools
- 00:49:11: Public Comment - Yara Brown: Teen Pregnancy Awareness
- 00:51:07: Public Comment - Eric Hotton: Naming Central Track
- 00:53:20: Public Comment - Michael Radkey: Student Academic Success
- 00:56:56: Public Comment - Bill Weer: Explicit School Books
- 01:00:32: Superintendent's Report - District and Legislative Updates
- 01:10:47: Committee Reports - Curriculum and Finance
- 01:17:31: Committee Reports - Executive and Community Connection
- 01:20:42: Committee Reports - Student Advisory Council
- 01:24:17: Approval of Consent Calendar and School Safety Update
- 01:26:41: Recognition of District Retirees, Resolution Adopted
- 01:29:09: Teen Pregnancy Prevention Awareness Proclamation
- 01:35:19: Naming Traverse City Central Track Facility After Lober
- 01:46:29: Approval of Gone Boarding Curriculum Expenditure
- 01:50:39: Northwest Education Services Operating Budget Resolution
- 01:53:26: Northwest Educational Services Open Enrollment Agreement
- 02:06:46: Closed Session: Attorney Consultation
- 02:28:33: Board President Closing Remarks on Study Sessions


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down. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. the board of education to order. The board would like to welcome the audience and thank you for attending. Viewers may watch TCAPS board of education meetings and committee meetings live or on demand

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at tcaps.net back/board. Uh please rise and join Miss Brown's fifth grade class from Cherry Elementary in the pledge of allegiance. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands.

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One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> We're a little off this class. >> Is everything. >> Oh, okay.

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>> Okay. We are to the review approval portion of the agenda. I do know that there are um some requests to move consent to discussion. I specifically received two separate requests for items CD and E that would be the bids for gone boarding

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and two resolutions uh in regards to what I said on the operating budget and open enrollment. So uh without any opposition I will be moving those to discussion. There's uh items uh 9,

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E, F, and G in the order that they were originally on consent. Um, is there any other changes to the U with that? Do I have a motion to approve uh as amended? >> I have a motion that we approve as

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amended. >> A second. >> Okay. Um, Tam, please go for local vote. >> Um, trusty Ballinger. >> Uh, trust Trusty Pek, I think. >> Oh, Trusty Pack, I'm sorry. >> Um, yes. >> Trusty Ballinger.

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>> Yes. >> I, >> Trusty Majaras, >> yes. >> Trusty Hardy, >> hi. >> Trusty Moon, >> yes. >> Trusty Schmidt, >> yes. >> Yes. Motion carries. Moving on to the first item, recognition refer to Dr. Mang.

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>> Okay. So tonight we have uh some of our student leaders from Trevor City Central High School and Traverse City West Senior High School with us. Um so I'm going to pass it off to Dr. Jesse Hton to introduce our principles. >> Absolutely. So we have our two lead principles with us tonight. They are

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recognizing the leadership from our two largest student organizations at both of our high schools, our National Honor Society presidents and our student senator governors. So uh Mr. Brian Gwinny and Mr. Benberger, if you guys want to come up and recognize your students for us, please.

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>> Good evening everyone. >> Thanks for having us here tonight. My name is Brian G. I'm the proud principal at Trevor City West. And we're going to start with Good. If she would come up, our student senator So Add's been in Senate for four years

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and uh served as the the leader of Senate this year. She's also in NHS, excuse me, NHS. I'm just going to kind of run through a little bit of her resume here. So Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Uh she's in a member of our global academic community. Varsity

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wrestling, too. That's impressive. Um, her current schedule, AP statistics, AP environmental science, AP English literature, honors physics, 3.95 GPA, headed to the University of Michigan in the fall. >> Um, so those are just the vitals, right?

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Uh, a little bit more color to her story is that when you attend West, um, our student senate, um, has a huge impact on how it just feels to be in the building. >> Um, they bring a ton of positivity. They bring joy. They bring They bring hope

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when in in the darkness of February and January when there's no daylight when it's dark. You go home when it's dark. And on a Wednesday afternoon, she is organizing and overseeing karaoke in the cafeteria, right? And it may seem like a small thing, but it I I can assure you

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it is no small thing to our student body. Um, so all of the work that goes into organizing things like our bleacher teacher student section, our Patriot game, the charity work around the Patriot game. Um, she sits at the top of all of that. Um, I have a ton of respect

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for Addie. Um, I think everyone that I'm looking at right now right now knows um, how demanding leadership can be and um, she has experienced that this year, right? sometimes making the the the unpopular choice or the the more

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difficult choice is the right choice and she's lived through that. She's navigated all those difficulties of leading her peers and she's done a phenomenal job of it. So, I'm really proud of her this year and um you know, she's she's worked incredibly hard and I

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think the work that she's done at West will equip her well as she heads off to uh bigger pastures in Ann Arbor. So, um, add to good. >> I did want to mention too that Addie is here with her folks, uh, Katherine and

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Christopher good tonight. So, thank you. Trey Stewart. Trey is our NHS president and Trey is here with his folks uh Kathy and Troy Stewart. So thanks everyone. Welcome. So Trey is again our NHS president. Um

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he is in Corairs. He is in Westman. He's done choir council. His current schedule is AP biology, AP English literature, AP US history, AP statistics, AP environmental science. as a STEM community member. He's a global academic

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community member. Um, Academic World Quest, which he was just in DC very recently for that, Washington DC, varsity tennis, big brothers, big sisters 4.0, and he's headed to Brown University in Providence, Ivy League.

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So, I do want to point out that Trey also has one tardy this semester, second hour back in February. Um, I don't know if that shows that he's imperfect or if he's actually perfect. So, I did want to include that. Right. Full

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picture is very important. Um, I think the highest praise that I can give Trey is I heard one of my staff members recently say, um, I think the adults in the building could all benefit by being a little bit more like Trey Stewart, >> which I I certainly don't disagree with

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that. So, um, he's also kind of known as the voice. All right. once all he jumps on our morning announcements and he has um just like this this the golden tones of Trey Stewart and I think our students just kind of like follow it or they're soothed by it. It's it's a combination

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very unique combination. Um but Trey is just someone who like he's value added everywhere he goes in every organization that he partakes in. So um we've been super fortunate to have him at the top of NHS this year. Um, so again, Train Eddie, phenomenal job this year, you

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guys. Our senior classes has done a a phenomenal job this year. Got a little bit of time to go and things are going really well and it's because of people like you. So, appreciate you guys. Love you. Thank you very much. Thanks, Mr. Goodwin. Now, you guys get

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to stand up there. You don't know me at all, so this is great. I am Ben Berger. I am the proud principal of Central High School and I've got a couple honors as well. And I was building the stat sheet this weekend and I've got three really

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powerful women to introduce tonight. And I was on the ground playing with my three kids, all girls. And I thought each of these young women possess a core attribute or trait that I just hope my girls have a fraction of. So, I'm going

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to go through the stat sheet, but I also want to highlight a core attribute about each of these young women because they're like once in a career type students. So, it's really, really important to me. And I'm probably I'm going to try and keep it together. I rehearsed with Liz this weekend. So, my first one is Amelia or Mia Nikki, our

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student senate governor. All right. So, and Mia's word is grace. And I have learned a ton of grace from her this year. She just the way she carries herself and how she conducts herself in good times and in bad times. Like she has single-handedly changed

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student perception on both positive and negative events in our building and allowed us to have a calm that I haven't seen since I've been there. So her word is grace. So her schooling, she went to Eastern Elementary, go Stars. She went to East Middle School and then Central High School. She's here tonight with her

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parents, Michelle and Jamie. Um, she's got a 3.69 GPA. She's taken seven AP courses. Um, she's been in Student Senate all four years and a member of executive board of student senate for two years. Um, and and C club Eboard,

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NHS member, and participated in volleyball and track. She's most thankful for in TCAPS the strong relationship she's formed with all the staff. And Miss Johnson, her former Senate adviser, when asked about Mia said, "From the moment Mia joined Senate as a freshman, she displayed a rare

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poise and maturity that has never wavered. It's been a joy to watch her lead as student senate governor with the same levelheaded, open-minded grace she's carried since day one. I've worked with many leaders, but Mia is in a league of her own. It's been a joy to watch her reach this height while

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remaining the same grounded, remarkable person she's always been. Next year, Mia is going to go to Michigan State, go green, to study sociology and entrepreneurship. Mia Nikki. And next up, we have one of two of our NHS co-presidents, Miss Bridget Beldin.

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So, Bridget's word is well-roundedness, and I have never seen someone who is as kind as she is smart. And she just connects as a rare combination that's allowed her to be one of the most successful editors we've had

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for our student publication and be one of the most powerful girls in the STEM program. So, this this well-roundedness is like super super rare. So, I want you to keep that in mind when we're talking about her. Bridget's been in a lot of TCAPS buildings. Central grade, Holy

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Angels, Eastern Elementary, and we're only at third grade here. Central grade again, East Middle School, and now Central High School. She's here tonight with her parents, Megan and Jim. She carries a 4.0 GPA, has taken eight AP courses, and has done multiple dual

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enrollment courses. She's the NHS co-president. Last year, she served as historian. She's been the BGQ's editor-inchief for two years. She's a varsity rower rower, global studies officer for two years and STEM community member and a model UN participant. She's

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most thankful for meeting new people and trying new things and putting herself out there during her time in TCAPS. Miss Ross Kelly, when asked about Bridget Beldin, said, "Saying weird things is my calling card, is something that Bridget Beldan uttered in the Black and Gold quarterly classroom years ago, and it

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perfectly encapsulates the funny and quirky personality she has. At the same time, Bridget is incredibly vision-driven, passionate, and patient with others as she naturally guides students to become better writers and people. She's so good at what she does and she always does it with smiles,

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sincerity, and occasionally an infectious laugh that turns into a snort. Her presence, especially in the BGQ magazine staff, will not go unnoticed and she'll forever leave her mark on this school. Next year, Bridget's planning to attend Michigan to double major in mathematics and physics or some kind of humanities. Bridget

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Beldin. And next up, we have Miss Abigail H. And Aby's word is determination. And I just wrote, "Don't get in her way." So, I've known Abby since she was 6 years old. And when she sets her sights on something, she doesn't quit. And

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she's a relentless defender of what she believes is right. and her voice has resulted in new clubs, outlets for people to be heard, and a greater student organization than has ever happened at Central. So, she spent time at Willow Hill, Westwoods, and Central

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grade School before going to East Middle School and Central High School. She carries a 4.0. She's taken 11 AP courses as well as multiple dual enrollment courses. She serves as our NHS co-president, captain of varsity swim team, varsity debate captain, STEM and

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global studies communities member, and a model UN member. She's most thankful for the support and commitment from her teachers and friendship from her peers during her time in TCAPS. When asked about Abby, Miss Pucket, her math teacher, says Abby is the definition of a dedicated and dynamic leader whose

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impact spans from classroom to community. Academically, she's a resilient learner who tackles challenges with intellectual curiosity and a genuine respect for her peers. The same purpose-driven energy that carries into her life outside the classroom. Whether

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she's mentoring a local student, as an NHS big sister, competing in the pool as a swimmer, or earning accolades in debate, Abby leads with poise and a deep commitment to service. Aby's planning to go to the University of Michigan to study mathematics and political science

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next year. Abby Hoden. Oh, >> Brian. Brian, you got to get in the picture, too. Get a little tighter and a little >> There we go. >> Ready? Okay. One, two, three.

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Thank you. >> One more round of applause. >> I know. >> Okay. Next, we have a presentation from the SE SEG Foundation and the Education Excellence Award. I'm going to go ahead and hand it over to Christine Thomas Hill to introduce our guest.

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>> Thank you. So, Traverse City Area Public Schools was named one of 12 2026 Education Excellent Award winners, receiving a $2,500 grant for the program Student Support Network. So, I'll ask Cassie from Setse to come up and Katie Cubish from Student Support Network to

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come up. All right, thank you guys. Can you hear me? Okay, >> you can. >> Excellent. Thank you. Hard to follow those wonderful students. I will be brief. Um, but my name is Casey Kiltman. I work with sets employee benefits and I'm here to deliver the educational

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excellence award um to TCAPS. So the educational excellence awards are hosted in partnership between our setseg foundation as well as the Michigan association of school boards and the education excel exc excellence awards honor each winning district of which

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TCAPS is one um with $2500 for educational programs. The setseg foundation is the philanthropic arm of our setseg entity as a whole and it is fueled by its mission to enable students to pursue enrichment opportunities that

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advance learning, leadership and civic responsibility by providing scholarships, grants, and financial support directly to Michigan public schools and their students. So, I do have some bullet points here. Um, but I would love to turn it over to the student support network coordinator,

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Katie Kubish, to tell us about the program. >> Sure. Thank you. So, the student support network removes obstacles for students that are facing barriers to their education, whether that's hygiene items to be clean and ready for school, clothing, uh, full participation in

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sports and activities so that all of our students have an equal opportunity to be the leaders that we saw earlier this evening. So, we're honored tonight to to be the recipient of this grant. And I want to thank Katie because this this program as it is wouldn't be

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possible without her. Like she basically started it from the ground up and it's become what it is today and and she still has such a vision for the future. So thank you Katie. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Yep. Come out and get a picture

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at the front. the heavier one. >> You guys just scooch this way. >> There you go. >> Thank you. >> Thanks again. >> What do you want? Okay. And next uh this evening um

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traditionally uh in our May meeting we recognize our 2025 2026 TCAPS retirees. And so I'm going to go ahead and pass this off to Secretary Josie Ballinger. She's going to read off the names of all of our retirees that we have listed.

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Okay. Tamara Bacha, Spanish teacher, West Senior High School, 27 years of service. Andy Bowman, Spanish teacher, West Senior High, 31 years of service. Julie Brought, elementary education teacher, Eastern Elementary, 10 years of

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service. Julie Clark, elementary education, Central Grade Elementary. TAG, 16 years of service. Annette Cole, elementary education teacher, Central Grade Elementary, also the talented and gifted program, 28 years of service.

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Freddy Cook, bus driver, TCAPS transportation, 19 years of service. Cynthia Cuba, extended day assistant, Eastern Elementary, 14 years of service. Michelle Dancingberg, licensed programs and noon noon duty. Corteade Elementary,

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27 years. Kelly Dong, elementary education teacher, Long Lake Elementary, 22 years. Tara Denhurder, science teacher, West Middle School, 23 years. Dr. Victoria Dirks, elementary principal, Cherry Null Elementary, 31

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years. Joseph Esper, high school principal, West Senior High School, 18 years of service. Amy Fulis, elementary education teacher, Cherry Null Elementary, three years. Tom Ford, guidance counselor, West Senior High

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School, 32 years. Lisa Foron, lead administrative assistant, Willow Hill Elementary, 27 years. Karen Hartell, administrative assistant, Blair Elementary, 18 years. Stephan, excuse

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me, David Isbel, lead custodian, Corte Elementary, nine years of service. Stephanie Jackson, elementary education teacher, central grade, 28 years. Deborah Kho, health and physical education teacher, East Middle School,

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25 years. Susan Mayfield, elementary education teacher, Central grade, 20 years. Daniel McGee, health and physical education teacher, Central High School, 35 years. Deborah McMaster, special education teacher, Blair Elementary, 33

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years. Eileen Makowski, music department administrative assistant, Central High School, 11 years. Tracy Morgan, math teacher, East Middle School, 32 years. Rachel Morowski, Cook's assistant, Willow Hill, 13 years. David Nuller,

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English teacher, West Senior High School, 31 years. Christine Novak, kitchen leader, Long Lake Elementary, 14 years. Jean Patterson, cooks assistant and daycare assistant, central grade elementary and central high school, six

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years. Sharon Patech, licensed programs, great start readiness program and noon duty assistant, Corte Elementary, 16 years. Amy Polar Polarski, preschool assistant, Willow Hill Elementary, 15

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years. Amy Rickenberg, athletic department administrative assistant, West Senior High, 21 years. Dan Rosenberg, history and social studies teacher, West Senior High, 30 years. Tammy Rosenberg, math teacher, West

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Senior High, 34 years. And Rybeck, art education teacher, Trinity Lutheran and Immaculate Conception, 5 years. Jamie Shu, administrative assistant, East Middle School, 18 years. Gary Schwitzer,

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elementary education teacher. Cherry Null, 27 years. Wes Soden, director of business services, TCAPS administration, 25 years. Randall Stein, custodian, East Middle School, 11 years. Maria Taplan,

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math teacher, West Middle School, 22 years. Todd Tester, health and physical education teacher, East Middle School, 26 years. Paul Twing, director of capital projects, TCAPS facilities, 12 years. Liz Vogel, Monasuri education

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teacher, TCAPS Monasuri, 23 years. Eric Wangaman, music education teacher and coral director, West Senior High, 13 years. Heather Wes, science teacher, West Middle School, 27 and a half years. And Jill Warren, science teacher, West

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Middle School, 27 and a half years of service. Collectively, these folks have put in thousands of years of service to TECAPS. And I think this has been the highest number of retirements I've seen in six years. Um, we knew that this

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demographic bulge was going to happen and it's bittersweet to see them go. So, I just think we all want to say a very sincere thanks and best wishes for the best chapter in your lives. Thank you. At least we've got a backup

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now for graduation speakers. Okay. And any more on >> we'll have some more, but it'll come when I do my report. So, okay. Um, moving on to the next agenda item, public comment. Uh, I assume I see some cards. So the board has set aside this

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time for public comment. Individuals addressing the board shall have one opportunity to speak and it shall be limited to 3 minutes. Individuals should not make personal attacks unrelated to actions affecting the school system and we strongly encourage common courtesy and constructive feedback. Detailed rules and procedures including a

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complaint process are outlined in board policy 25504. Tammy >> Kate Madigan. >> Good evening. I am very inspired by all of these amazing students and educators. I'm Kate Madigan. I'm a TCAT parent called Trojans, but I'm here tonight in

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my professional capacity. I'm working on a statewide project called the modernizing Michigan public schools initiative that I wanted to tell you all about. I'm working with it's brand new. We're pretty much launching it right now. And I'm working with the Michigan Alliance for School Opportunity Violates Energy on Dant K12 and other

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organizations. And it's based it's from a it's through a grant from the state of Michigan. And this project is based on three needs and opportunities. First, Michigan schools, as you know, I'm sure, face rising utility costs and aging facilities. The average Michigan school

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is 60 years old. Many are much older than this. Um, and a statewide study found that schools have Michigan schools have 23 billion in deferred maintenance and seven billion dollars in each use alone. So, this is one of the reasons why we're doing this project. We're

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working. So, I'll tell you more about that. Um, the second is that schools can take advantage of new elective pay tax credits to earn 30 to 50% of project costs on certain clean energy technologies. This can be this is a direct cash reimbursement for installing

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technologies like geothermal, solar, and battery storage. And elective pay makes the upfront cost of geothermal heating, for example, less than gas boilers in most cases and lowers oper operating costs. It's a way to bring

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federal dollars into Michigan into our community and into our schools. To give you one example, Ida public schools, a rural district in Michigan, just finished a project. And by utilizing these tax incentives, the district was able to install a ground source heat

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pump system for their middle school and high school for 100 or sorry, $1.5 million less than the cost of just replacing the aging boilers with new gas boilers. And this alternative also allows them to have air conditioning now

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for that price. So the third reason we're doing this project is because to meet our state's carbon neutral goal by 2050, we cannot be invest in investing in fossil fuel HVAC systems in 2026 when those systems have a 30 plus year

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lifespan. The math just does not work especially in Trevor City where we have city and TCL has climate goals. Um it's a great opportunity for us. So, I know I'm, you know, late to the party um with the central grade school conversation.

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Um, but we what we're doing is we're this initiative is looking for 10 schools to be part of a cohort over the next year, year and a half. We're providing three comprehensive energy plans completed by top energy performance firms. Thank you. Free

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financial analysis and helping schools with the tax um the tax credit. So, if you're interested, be happy to talk more. We can also bring in experts to present and just support support you as well. I'll send you an email tomorrow so you have my contact information and a

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link to our website. Thank you. Yo Brown, hello. My name is Yarao Brown and I'm the executive director of Generations Ahead and we're a small nonprofit in our region that serves teen parents, both moms and dads. I'm here tonight to thank you for your resolution and rec

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recognition of one of our most vulnerable populations, teen parents, and May is teen pregnancy prevention and awareness month. Over the past 5 years, there were 163 births to teen parents in the three counties that TCAPS covers. Teen parents face unique and complicated

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challenges as they navigate the journey of parenthood while facing adolescence. They are at an increased risk for numerous detrimental outcomes, specifically regarding their education. Teen moms who get pregnant while in high school have only a 50% chance of getting their diploma by age 22. Teen fathers

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have a 30% lower chance of graduating than their peers. Teen parents are more likely to live in poverty and have poorer health outcomes for themselves and their children. Many face mental health issues including depression and severe anxiety. Their babies also fa face significant issues that should be

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of concern to everyone in our community including starting kindergarten at a deficit. At generations ahead, we believe that empowering young parents while they are still teens helps them overcome these obstacles. With the guidance and support of community like ours, these young parents will become

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more resilient and be able to leave thriving independent lives. Thank you for your ongoing commitment as a school district and the board of education to serving our students in our community no matter their needs and situation. Eric Hton Hello everybody. My name is uh Eric H.

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Hotton. I'm here today to speak on um on behalf of the uh discussion point later today about the naming of the Traverse City Central track in honor of John Lober. Um I thought this was going to be a little easier, but I noticed that coach Lober is here today, so I'm going

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to do my best to hold it together. Um so I met coach in the spring of 1993 as a middle school runner and he encouraged me to come out and continue running. Fast forward past my high school and college days and coach tricked me into coming back to help coach and 20 years

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later I'm still here helping as an assistant with the boys cross country program at Traverse City Central. Um, so I only have three minutes for public comment and that's just not enough time to go through the litany of awards and recognition that coach has received, the

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athletes he has coached, regional and state championships he's won. Um, but I want to talk about two things um that stand out most to me about Coach Lober, and that's positivity um and the inclusiveness. So, coach put up signs around the school

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to encourage people to come out. The Uncle Sam signs, we want you. He wanted over a hundred guys on the track team every year. Um, fast, slow, big, small, didn't care. Just wanted people out. and he encouraged us whether you won the

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race, set a personal best, dropped a baton, lost the race, didn't matter. He was always there and always positive for us. Um, and he was very inclusive, like I said earlier, always wanting to get more and more kids out for the program. And it wasn't just boys, it was boys and

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girls, it wasn't just Traverse City kids, it was kids from the whole area. He helped start the Record Eagle Honor Roll Meet, which is now named in his honor as well. and his inclusiveness um spread to other coaches um helping other coaches help other athletes do better.

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Um he's known throughout the the state and the Midwest um as a legendary coach and there's no better way we could um honor him by by naming the track after after him. So, thank you

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>> Michael Radkkey. Well, good evening. What a what an amazing evening it is. Um, superintendent, uh, staff and board members, I, uh, I'm here just to

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recognize this is a really special season for schools. It's one that many professions don't do this once a year, but here you are uh, celebrating the growth of accomplishments of students, but also teachers and staff and parents

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uh, and the community. As I think about student success, three questions stand out for me. I ask them to the students, who are your friends? Because strong relationships with friends help students feel connected and

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bring them to the classroom. Second one is who is the adult in the school that you trust? because every student needs an adult in the outside of the home that they can trust to talk to

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and and become um express their their feelings about. The third one is what subject did you get excited about and what subject did you succeed at? Academic mastery builds confidence and

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the competencies for a future of success. I believe many of our students can answer the first two questions quite positively. My concern and I believe the concern of many parents and our community members

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is the third. Too many students are moving from grade to grade without strong proficiency and foundational skills especially math and to a lesser extent English language arts. These are not just testing categories. They are

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building blocks for future opportunity, confidence, and participation in civic and economic life. Academic confidence matters. Students who experience success begin to see themselves as capable learners, but also

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as capable people. Students who repeatedly struggle often disengage over time. I commend this board for establishing clear academic goals and our community is hopeful that this year's results will

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show measurable progress and stronger academic trajectory for all of TCAP students. But the community is also looking for urgency and sustained improvements. Families want to know that we are equipping their teachers with

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strong instructional resources. effective practices, monitoring student growth closely, and supporting students early when they fall behind. Parents want students to learn. Our students deserve schools where

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strong relationships and academic outcomes go hand in hand. The community stands ready to support this work. >> Mr. Time's up. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Billner

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Bill Weer Traverse City and uh just bring up this sign again. Ask Decaps about takeback theclassroom.com. to protect children, empower parents. Um, it's got the email address of the board. Hopefully, people will send their

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concerns, but if you check there, there's over 200 books at TCAPS that are considered sexually explicit or pervasively vulgar. Another term would be child sexual assault abuse material. Um, so you've already admitted in a

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study and I commend you all and voted for it to show that child sexual assault abuse material is harmful to elementary, middle school, high school. I would urge you to add adulthood, too.

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And the adult should be setting the example here. And you have a great opportunity just like Texas did for the whole state. they outlawed the sexually perverse stuff even though it's still on this list. So, I'm not sure how that's going, but um you you can vote it out.

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So, please do that. Um and this flyer is one that I gave out at the film festival, Fresh Post at the Opera House. And uh the the quote at the top um says they changed the truth of God into a

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lie. And that's from the Bible. Romans chapter 1 verse 25. The exact verse in New King James is who exchanged the truth of God for the lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the creator who is blessed forever. Amen.

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And this young lady uh Mary Oliver um she says, "I got saved by the beauty of the world." She wrote poetry, very beautiful, about how beautiful the earth is. And uh but

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that's uh there was a Bob Dylan song that said you've got to serve someone. You serve the creation or the creator as that verse said. Um so down point three or there's some quotes that she made. You can read those. in Romans uh the

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third part says the problem of paganism they're all religious beliefs but the pagan religion is that there's not one creator god and uh read through those verses I've highlighted the main parts there that are stood stood out in my

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mind and then the fourth part is a it was my train wreck conversion by Rosario Butterfield and she was a staunch uh LGBT defendant And the story is incredible how she changed. It took her two years studying

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the Bible and she changed. One last thing, this is a handout. It's from massresistance.org. You can go there. Why LGBT GASA gay straight alliance clubs must be banned from all schools. Read those 10 points and you'll understand why.

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Massresistance.org. Thank you for your time. Okay, that is concludes the public comment. Uh, thanks everyone for the public comment and superintendent report. >> Okay, I have a lot and I'm going to go fast. Okay,

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>> so uh start out for district highlights. Uh, congratulations to our TCAPS bus mechanics who recently received a 100% score on our mechanical inspections. bus service uh is provided to appro approximately 50% of our students um including local private and prochill

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students. Routes include more than 3,000 bus stops and 300 square mile area and drivers travel more than 7,000 miles per day. The annual Michigan State Police inspection ensures that all of our bus fleet is ready to safely transport our students to and from school events. So, congratulations and thanks to our

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mechanic team. Congratulations to Trustee Tishment. Uh he has earned the level one certified board member award and the level two award of merit from the Michigan association of school boards for his efforts to improve his leadership skills demonstrate his commitment to student achievement and his own continuous improvement. Awards

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are earned for classes completed in the MASB leadership training program as well as for conference attendance years of service and leadership activities. So congratulations TCAP celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for the new afterchool clubhouse and fieldhouse on May 5th. We are excited for these opportunities.

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these new spaces will create for our students, families, and the broader community through expanded learning, activities, and engagement opportunities. All 16 TCAP schools have earned the Michigan Green School Certification this year. We are one of only two districts in the entire state of Michigan to

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achieve this distinction across all of our schools. This accomplishment reflects our district's commitment to environmental stewardship and our sustainability education, including our sustainability 1.0 plan. Graduation ceremonies for our three high schools are quickly approaching with

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Traverse City High School graduating on May 29th, Central and West on May 31st. We're excited to celebrate our students as they earn their diplomas and begin the next chapter of their journeys. Central High School was recently awarded a grant from the Allen Foundation to build a greenhouse on campus. This

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exciting addition will directly support the learning opportunities and programs and many courses including our TAI program, environmental science, and our biomedical science program. We are incredibly thankful for this investment in our students and staff and the expanded hands-on learning opportunities it'll provide. Middle school students

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from East Middle and West Middle and nth grade STEM students from West and Central High Schools recently spent a day at Inland Seas Education Association in Discovery Cove learning about the Great Lakes. Students participated in hands-on environmental and science learning experiences that deepen their understanding of the unique ecosystems

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and the importance of our local waterways. Eighth grade students from East Middle School recently earned multiple high honors through the Michigan Interscolastic Press Association Awards Program. Congratulations to our talented students and special thanks to Jodie Mackey, our teacher of digital media at

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East Middle School for her leadership and support of student journalism and creativity. Both West Middle School and Central High School choirs were recognized at the state level through the invitations they received to special performances a part of the MSVMA Allstate Honors. We're very proud of our

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student musicians and grateful for the dedication of our choir directors in helping students achieve this outstanding recognition. West Middle School teachers Eric Quin and Maria Taplan were awarded more than $3,000 in grant funding recently from the community foundation to support

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innovative classroom activities. We appreciate their commitment to engaging learning experiences for students and are grateful for the community partnerships that help make these opportunities possible. Congratulations to the West Senior High girls track, Central High School boys track, and the West Senior High and Central High School

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girls tennis co- champion teams on winning the board big north conference championship this season. Their hard work, dedication, and outstanding performances throughout the year led to impressive conference titles and continued success for our athletic programs. Also, I want to recognize um

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we have many students u this time of year at our career and technical education program um with Northwest Ed that participate in end of the year culminating um award uh opportunities. So, uh with the um state uh future

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farmers of America um we had winners uh and I I'll list their names um Gretchen Arnold, Grace Foron, and Jack Matchet for Agra Science. Um also had um Octavio Serrano for the FFA broiler contest. We

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had um with Michigan FFA agricultural skills Gretchen Arnold, Grace Foron and Jack Matchet and also uh Jack with the state proficiency award for FFA and our Scholastics Art and Writing Competition Noah Bailey and Emily Hos. a part of the

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mites construction um uh awards um we had uh Noah Eno, Javier Flores, Paul Ford, Sebastian Yang, Corbin Butcher, David Dintier, Dylan Kotana, Saurin Lor,

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Evan Remy, Samuel Rice, Nathaniel Nathaniel Russell, Jackson Schlistol, Jonathan Valdez, Brooke Admazic, Noah Duran, Cameron Baker, Donovan Guerrero, Philip Len, Roberto Martinez, Logan Miller, Gabriel

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Norris, Brady Reamer, Nicholas Schuler, Ethan Wood. Also a part of nights, Noah Bailey, and Kendall Tacter with graphic arts. And then Skills USA for aviation, we had Cash Dawiki, Wyatt Goodrich,

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power equipment, Chris Foresight, and Lincoln Padet. Um a part of the early education program uh we had Brean Kelto and Annalie Greenwood a business careers Logan Whitney robotics Preston Halverson

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and engineering Walker Dress Luke Schlaggel and Andrew uh Srant and so all of those students were awarded a part of our uh CTE programs and so we want to um congratulate them on all the effort. uh

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thank all of the leadership, Pat Lamb and team over at the career center um as well as all the staff. They do an outstanding job. Our kids have such great opportunities and so we just wanted to make sure to recognize all those students. So that is what I have

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for my uh district update. um from a legislative update. Um at this point, um let the board know that we do have um budgets across all three uh pieces of of the the government with the governor,

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the Senate, and the House. Um some varying differences, but um very much a lot the same. So, we feel pretty good about where we're at going into our budget projections. Um I will be in Lancing tomorrow u meeting with both the education appropriation subcommittee

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chairs as well as the education um committee chairs as well um see to get any more insight on what is happening in Lancing. Um also u beyond budget one of the things we're still waiting on is to see if there will be a bill moved for

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forgiveness for additional um active god days also known as snow days. Um, so we're we're hearing maybe possibly tomorrow they may have something ready to move. We're hearing that the bill would be based on districts that had um uh um days in which that they were under

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an emergency declaration by the governor um which we would have that qualify. Um we also believe we may have some within the state aid language this year. There is some room based on the amount of professional development you had that may allow for some instructional hours to be counted. Um I'm still just

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officially wanting to confirm that with the ISD. But either way, we plan on having a communication out Wednesday um to our families on where we're at with hopefully to be able to announce the last day of school knowing that's coming up. Um but again, we're hoping to actually see the bills move that would

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absolutely confirm that. But uh I'll know more tomorrow uh meeting right face to face with our legislators on what that looks like. So um essentially we've got just a few weeks left. We anticipate there will be a budget by the end of June which will be very helpful for us

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um just to again know exactly what we'll have um unlike the previous year um and so uh we are hopeful um that we'll have that information um as you know it directly impacts especially staffing um and what we do but again we do feel very close right now there's not a ton of

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variance really between the three budgets there is some structure and ways with some weighted formula things there's a little bit money in transportation one and the other. So, we're going to advocate tomorrow down in Lancing for some of those things that really matter uh to our kids. Um but we'll keep you updated as that moves

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forward. So, question >> quick question. Yeah. What were the proposals for the per pupil foundation? >> Yeah, they were the all three the same for the per pupil foundation of a two >> $300 increase. >> So, 10250

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>> is what it would bring it to. So, that was one of the unique It's been a while since I've seen a budget. All three had the same purpful foundation. Where the where the the details lie for us though is in the categoricals as we talk quite a bit about and especially there's a real debate in a weighted formula that

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does provide more funding in certain areas for students that have um more needs our English language learners uh students that need special education services um our students in poverty there's different categoricals that are within that that there's a formula

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that's been created long ago a part of the the school research finance collaborative transportation since that's been added to that though. So that's where there's some variance in there. One has some possible dual enrollment money in for us, some one doesn't. So we are again

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trying to look and see if we can see what that, you know, kind of evens out to because it does have some variance matters for us. Um especially when it's targeted funds for our most um at risk or our students that we want to find great opportunities for. We're trying to

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advocate for those things and so we'll let you know. >> And I believe that is all I have. >> Okay. >> Uh next uh agenda item is committee report outs. First out curriculum committee reporting out by 1200. >> Okay. So our last curriculum committee

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meeting was on Tuesday, April 28th and um it was a a packed agenda. First up was elementary mathematics as part of our learning series. Um, just to remind everybody, we're in the middle of a six-year contract with Math Expressions

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for our kindergarten through fifth graders. Um, this year there was a change uh with the publisher with a new addition. So, uh, 14 of our teachers across the district piloted the new edition and the idea is that next year

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that will be rolled out districtwide. So Erin Sorenson, who is our um math and science curriculum leader for elementary districtwide, talked about um how the district is planning to really reinforce

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best practices that have been identified nationally with um instruction with the new um addition. Uh I think importantly she she also answered our questions and among them was um just to the extent

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that there were really changes with the curriculum itself and she said it was pretty limited. The biggest changes are at the kindergarten level and the online platform for all elementary students. Um with that we moved on to our personal

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finance and economics course which you know to date in our district has been uh an elective. Um, but as you all probably know, for the class of 2028, this year's high school sophomores, it will be a graduation requirement. So,

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um, the Michigan Merit curriculum will require topics like budgeting, saving, credit cards, debt, taxes, investing, insurance, all those great financial life skills. Um so basically TCAPS is just tweaking what it is already taught

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to meet the MMC requirements. It will be it will continue to be a one semester course but it will actually give kids one full credit half for economics half for personal finance which is really interesting. Um, third, we talked about

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Gone Boarding, which is a new elective curriculum that is hands-on, and it integrates design, construction, and use of active sports boards. I'm literally talking skateboarding, longboards, surfboards, and snowboards. So, this

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will be uh taught te by two teachers, team taught, in other words, in the innovation and manufacturing centers in our two traditional high schools. um in the in the next school year and each each high school is anticipating about 30 students uh for this first

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year. The finance committee also talked about the cost associated with this. Um so I will let Trusty Hardy cover that. And then we got on we moved on to our strategic plan goal updates for uh

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academic achievement as well as um positive student behaviors. So, you might remember a couple of trustees requested some information in advance of our board study session on the preliminary budget this Wednesday, May 13th. So, if you haven't had a chance

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yet to watch the curriculum committee meeting, I highly recommend it because it was a very good discussion for about 45 to 50 minutes. Um, I will not do it justice here with any kind of little summary. So, do take the time if you haven't already um because uh Dr. H.

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Hotton and Mr. Tisworth um really laid out all the different instructional uh activities that the district has had this past year as well as plan for next year or extended for next year. Um the only thing I will I will uh also just

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extract or lift up from from this conversation because they asked for our feedback as a curriculum committee was that um based on Mr. Tiesworth's Teach Michigan trips to Mississippi where you know it's been the miss Mississippi

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miracle for elementary reading. Um TCAPS would like to pilot at Traverse Heights next year for kindergarten through 2 graders to take their third PE class and instead let them have a an extra half

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hour for reading every week to help improve those um the early childhood reading scores. So depending on how that pilot goes, it could be expanded to Blair Elementary and other buildings, but that's where we're starting. Uh so

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with that, we also had our our celebrations and successes as usual. Um and lastly, we had our public comment uh at the at the close and we were visited by Mary Van Balen who is a tutor at Travers Heights Elementary and she did

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express some concerns about the elementary math curriculum and materials. um and she is a former educator. With that, um our next meeting will be Tuesday, May 26th at 8:15 a.m. at the

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administration building, formerly known as Saven, which is on Cass Road. Thank you. >> Okay. Any questions on curriculum? >> Um finance and operations reporting out

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by Trusty Hood. Well, let me start by saying I hope this summary of our meeting is shorter than our meeting and our meeting was short. Um, the gone boarding um program was approved by finance committee and moved

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on to the consent calendar where I am here. We're going to be discussing that as an operational item. We also were introduced to Anna Brawn who I think it's important to note will be the new director of business operations replacing we hope uh Wes Sen. Um and we

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got a capital projects update and a finance update most of which you heard tonight from Dr. Van Wagner. It'll be adjourned at 8:45. >> Can I add I misspoke earlier. I actually got it backwards. So the foundation is 10,300.

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It was a $250 ad. >> I said it backwards. >> It was 300. >> I said it and I went, "That doesn't sound right." >> I was saying it right. Then you corrected me and I was okay. You know, you're stretching out my report. So,

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>> um, our next meeting will be May 28th U at Sabin at 8:15. >> All right. Um, board executive committee reporting out by trustee. So, we met on April 30th and um basically all of our

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procedural items are on discussion and so I will just move right through those. Um and then uhformational items. Um Connie Taylor gave us an update that uh we are currently working on filling open positions for next year. There are 13

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elementary positions open, numerous secondary positions and support staff uh positions available. Uh, human resources currently has interviews scheduled for these positions. Um, and open uh, but if you're continue to apply if you're

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interested, continue to apply. Open interviews will be held at the new TCAPS administration building which is on CASS. uh May 6th from 3:00 to 5:00 and May 20th from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Um and then we also were reminded that the

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TCAPS retirement celebration is going to be held on May 28th beginning at 4:30 of which hopefully a lot of those names that uh Secretary Ballinger read off will be there so we can celebrate their um time here at TCAPS. Uh, and with

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that, um, we did discuss, uh, a possible study session, uh, in the summer to work on our board governance, and I think we're going to talk about that later. Uh, and we adjourned at 4:55. >> And as a reminder, we will be moving that meeting from our regular scheduled

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time to 10:15 directly after the executive committee. >> That's right. um to or I'm sorry after the uh >> finance >> finance committee in order to be able to make the retirement ceremony. >> That's right. So Thursday, May 28th at

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10:15 uh as our next board executive committee. So yes, thank you. And that will be held at uh the new administration building. So thank you. >> And I have been selected for jury duty that day. >> And uh but I have to be there till 1. So now I may be able to fit it in and hopefully I'll get kicked off and I can

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be there for their time and reception. >> Fun day ahead. However, we can help you. >> Just keep it coming at this point. So, uh >> you >> um the uh next report out is the board community connection reporting out by

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Trusty Mumo. >> So, I had a community connection at Central Grade School. Uh it was their um reading night. Uh, and I had no visitors, um, except for an awesome fourth grader named Caleb who sat down

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and proceeded to tell me all the positives and negatives about Central Grade and it was awesome. Um, and I had some great conversations with parents. Uh, and uh, just some some parents I know that that work there. So, other than that, I didn't I didn't have any visitors. Um, again, we might want to

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revisit how these community connections are working. I just I don't know. I'm just kind of at a table by myself. No one really knew what I was doing until Caleb tried to get people to come talk to me. And >> good job, kid. >> He was great. Great kid.

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>> He's amazing. Amazing kid. So anyway, that that's my report out. >> Okay. Um the superintendent board student advisory council reporting out by trustees Heidi and Pack. Do you have a method of uh >> it was sparsely attended

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because there were so many other things going on at the end of the year. >> It's a tough time. We have a lot of track kids that are a part of it. We had some music stuff going on. It just about you know every activity that kids have

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this year we had on that day. So we uh ended up >> which is pretty unusual, right? Because the turnout has been >> we've had good Yeah. This was this was one, but I think it was the perfect storm of getting just hit with the spring sports and and other as well as some music things that were happening.

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So, um you know, it was something for us this time of season. It's just a little tough when you have almost 100 kids on each of the boys and girls separately, track teams at each high school. >> Um you know, it it a lot of activities. So, uh but good conversation I think for the students that we did have.

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>> Yeah. I will say this is the second one I've attended and I continue to be amazed at their willingness of students to be frank and honest and um really discuss some issues that they think are important to them. Um so I think it's a

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tremendous format and I think Jesse does a good job of facilitating that conversation. Um so on a whole even with very few people there there was still a robust conversation with the kids who did attend. So, I I wholly support this

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and I like the concept and I wish there had been one back in the ancient world when I was in school. >> They saw the need since we left. >> Yes. >> So, we normally get 20 to 25 or even 30. How many?

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>> But even Yeah. Even each year though as we get to that last one, there's just so many activities that our kids are in that's always a little bit tough like and doesn't matter what date we pick. >> Yeah. like it just, you know, >> you thinking maybe right before spring break or then or right after spring break would be,

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>> you know, they start they start the week before spring break is when a lot of the spring sports start. >> Yeah, I think I was at this one last year. >> Yeah, >> that was my first one. Yeah. Was lightly attended. So, >> and say we have a number of students in the crowd out there. It's it's fun to

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get involved in this. If you want your voices heard, you have to speak up and you have to do it in a format where somebody's listening. And I I think it's totally worth the effort to get involved in this. >> Maybe after sports season for late May, early June.

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>> Just throwing it out there. We go home after school. >> But we'll continue to brainstorm. But >> you know, it's always a tough time of year. >> Then what was the topic this year? I mean this month. >> Um we were the >> we were talking about the transition from middle school.

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>> Yes. middle school to high school high school which was a little um funny too because one of the students looked at us and said well during middle school it was co so I don't know I was online the whole time >> this was one of the last crews that we had that were middle schoolers and during co coming through so but um so

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they they had a little bit of a different perspective than maybe normal because we're trying to you know we see there's a lot of data about the transitions from elementary to middle and middle to high some districts large even do freshman campuses you know in this concept So um we had some good good

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conversation though about um things that really kind of matter to them. Um you know I think you know what counselor's role are different than middle school and high school for them continuing a little bit on that thing we've had a lot of conversation on this year. Um so it was uh again while it was smaller number

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really robust conversation. >> Okay any other questions? All right moving on to consent. Uh again, items C, D, and E were removed and discussion. So, do I have a motion to approve the consent calendar as amended? >> I move the board of education approve the consent calendar as amended and

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without discussion. >> Second in favor say I. I. >> All those post say nay. Motion carries. Moving on to discussion. Um first is school safety update.

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>> Okay. So, um, our assistant superintendent, Christine Thomas Hill, and our safety and security director, Patrick Mcmanis, recently returned from a national conference focused on advancing safety and security within the K12 educational environment. The program provided comprehensive insights into

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critical areas including the development and refinement of emergency operations uh, plans, the implementation of effective behavioral threat assessment protocols, and the exploration of state-of-the-art technology and physical safety enhancements for our school facilities. So, they'll take a look at what they learned from that and bring it

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back in the summer. We'll continue to evaluate our practices and uh and make sure that we're implementing those best practices across our district. Also want to mention um I had the chance last week to attend the um child safety summit

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that uh um we had uh some some help from Scott Hardy on our board as well as uh um some of our local uh legal professionals. um had some great presentations from law enforcement with Michigan State Childhood Advocacy

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Center, um some online cyber components, just really robust. Um had some great feedback from parents I know that emailed me. We did record that session. Um so that's something that we're going to work uh to figure out how to distribute that. Um but definitely some great professional development that I

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think um you know we all can continue to learn from and talk about um how we can find ways to um inform our parents of many of the dangers and things that are out there as well as best uh protocols and safety continuing to look at. So uh

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I feel like it was uh very successful and we've already talked about maybe next year being able to re repeat that again and and just appreciate all the work that went into that for our community and and the support with that. So that's what I have for safety and security. Any questions?

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>> Um, okay. Moving on to uh recognition and the resolution in recognition and appreciation for districts 2025 2026 retirees uh defined to well any discussion. >> Do we need an introduction on that? So,

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I will just say um again, we uh had the opportunity to read off all of our uh retirees for this year. Yes, there's a lot. Um and we really appreciate all of the work they've put in. And each year our board um reads a a a resolution in

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recognition of our district retirees. And so, um we'll ask uh that um that be read to recognize those uh retirees for this year. >> All right. Traverse City Area Public Schools has been fortunate to have a dedicated staff committed to the mission

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of the district. Several members of that staff are now about to embark on new adventures and life away from TCAPS. Members of TCAPS board of education wish to extend our utmost appreciation for the work that these staff members have done to make education an exciting and

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joyous experience for the students of our district. The board of education wishes to extend our sincere best wishes for every happiness in the future to those staff members who will be leaving the district at the end of the school year or prior to the end of the 2025 2026 school year. TCAP's board of

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education recognizes and appreciates the service of those employees departing the district and wishes them well in all future endeavors. And further that this resolution of appreciation and support be duly recorded and spread across the minutes of the TCAPS board of education on this 11th day of the month of May in

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the year 2026. >> Thank you and thanks all of our retirees. Um we do appreciate you and you will be missed with that. Do we have a motion? Any any other comments? >> I move that the board of education adopts the resolution of recognition and

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appreciation of the district's 2025 2026 retirees. >> I second that. >> Second. >> Tammy, please get out to roll back. >> Um, Trusty Mir, >> yes. >> Trusty Varas, >> yes. >> Trusty Ballinger, >> I. >> Trusty Hardy, >> I. >> Trusty Pek, >> yes. >> Trusty Schmidt,

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>> yes. >> And trust, >> yes. Motion carries in your second eye. >> Joy's switching it up. >> It's catching on. Um >> uh move on to the uh next agenda item uh teen pregnancy prevention and awareness

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proclamation. Um to find Connie Taylor. >> Yes. So every year in May, we come to the board and requests that you adopt a resolution um which identifies May as the um pregnancy um prevention and awareness month. Uh included in the

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proclamation and resolution are multiple statistics as was shared during our public comment today and also calls upon not only Trevor City Public Schools but our parents and community partners to continue to put focus on training and awareness around teenage pregnancy

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prevention. >> Okay, any questions? >> Just again want to thank all of our partners with generations ahead. Um I think most of you know that um we have them as a partner in our building at TC High and uh Margie Rich who's been the

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executive director and former TCAPS board member for many many years has been supportive um Yaro Brown had the chance to speak. She's a new executive director and I've known Yaro for quite a while and her previous role with Housing North, but really excited to have her on board with this and uh again just appreciate all the work and support they

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give to um teen parents and working on that the the education of of the teen pregnancy and uh just very very quality um people doing great work with kids and so appreciate their support. Uh, Trusty Beck, if you'd like to read

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the resolution. >> Whereas the well-being and future success of our youth are paramount to the prosperity of our communities. And whereas teen parents face unique challenges and responsibilities as they navigate the journey of

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parenthood while still adolescence. And whereas between 2018 to 22, there were 163 births in our community to teenage parents, highlight highlighting the urgent need for support and

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resources earmarked for this population. And whereas teen parents are often unable to complete their education, only half of teen mothers receive a high school diploma by age 22.

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And teen fathers have a 25 to 30% lower probability of graduating high school than teen males who are not fathers which later results in un unemployment undermployment and dependence on public assistance.

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And whereas teen mothers often seek prenatal care late and therefore can suffer increased health risks and their babies are often born premature and at low birth weights. Whereas it is imperative to promote

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awareness and education about the consequences of teen pregnancy including its impact on the physical and mental health, educational attainment and socioeconomic outcomes. And whereas empowering adolescents with

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the knowledge, skills and resources to make informed decision about their sexual health and relationships is essential in preventing unintended pregnancies. And whereas fostering supportive environments that encourage open

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communication between adolescents and trusted adults, including parents, guardians, educators in the community. It is crucial in addressing the root causes of teen pregnancy.

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And whereas supporting teen pre uh parents in our community is essential to ensuring the well-being and success of both the parents and their children. And whereas despite the challenges they may face, teen parents have the

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potential to thrive when provided adequate support and opportunities. Now therefore, let it be resolved Traverse City Area Public Schools of Traverse City, Leon, and Benzy counties does hereby proclaim the month of May as

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teen pregnancy prevention and awareness month. We call upon parents, educational institutions, businesses, nonprofit organizations, healthcare and human service agencies,

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and government uh governmental entities to join together in raising awareness, providing education, empowering teen parents, and implementing strategies to prevent teen pregnancy. >> Thank you. Any uh questions? Uh, do I

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have a question? >> I would just like to make a quick comment. One of the thing John alluded to the conference we had last week and one of the things that was crystal clear was the way we deal with young adults who've gone through a pregnancy and and

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have actually fostered the children. How we deal with them affects the rest of their lives. And it was a very clear message delivered at that conference that we need to be much better at at the way we deal with it, not as victims, but as

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understanding their thoughts and the impact that's had on their lives. So I really appreciate this and just want to make sure we also deal with kids on the other side of that. We haven't prevented teen pregnancy and now we have to deal with the repercussions. >> Right.

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>> Thank you. the age of dropping out of school and going away is over. >> Um, do I have uh any other questions or motion? >> I move that the board of education supports the teen pregnancy prevent

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prevention and awareness proclamation resolution as presented. >> Second. >> I think Jersey got it in there. Um, but uh Tammy, please conduct a roll call vote. >> Trusty Moonar. >> Yes. >> Trusty Ballinger. >> Yes. Yes. Trusty Veraris. >> Yes. >> Trusty Hardy.

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>> I. >> Trusty Pack. >> Yes. >> Trusty Schmidt. >> Yes. >> Trusty Nim. >> Yes. Motion carries. >> Uh moving on to the next discussion item, the Travis City Central Track Facility name. And deferring that to Dr. >> Okay. So, you have a request in your

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packet. Uh we received a request um from the Traverse City Track Club um for a consideration of uh naming our uh Central High School track facility um after Mr. John Loberg. You will maybe remember from a year ago we had a

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similar request um for our tennis facility at Central and we do have a board policy that um is very narrow in scope in consideration of these kind of things. um essentially um getting the board that you know for future that it really should be done very narrow in

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scope and and very special consideration. So, I'll tell you, um, in my this is finishing my sixth year in TECAPS, and you know, in my time in Traverse City, there's some names that you hear with Traverse City. Um, at Central High School, we have, uh, offices and wings of our school named

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after football coach Jim Mully and Governor Bill Milikin, um, Don and Jerry Olden. Um, and and we've had Larry Nikkerk, who's just a legend in tennis support. Um, I can promise you that there's nobody more respected um, in the track community in the state of Michigan

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and renowned across all of the state of the nation and track and field um, than Mr. John Lober. I've had the opportunity to get to know John in my time here and see him volunteering officially. He's retired I don't know and not really from track and field uh, you know, and still

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is out there working with P Walters at both high schools. Um he's just the guy that wants to see kids succeed and be happy. Um he's got countless numbers of former students that are constantly posting on social media of their um

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appreciation and support um of him and and also I've gotten to know his brother Bob well as a longtime coach at Central High School as well. And so, um, I I will tell you I don't really take this policy, um, you know, very, um, light-hearted in how much we should do

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that, but, um, if if there's ever a consideration of a facility to do something like this, um, John Lober is second to none in consideration here in Traverse City. So, um, it would be my recommendation um, to support the Traverse City Track Club and their request. they will as we have requested

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um pay for any kind of uh any kind of signage and and memorial to that as we go forward with our policy. Um and that would be the upkeep, you know, would be required of the club um if the board were to approve that. Um that's something that I will make sure that uh

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Jesse and I work with um Justin, our athletic director at Central High School, um to be able to do that. So, um I know that John is in the audience here tonight and just uh again I can promise you that there's nobody that is uh more worthy of of an honor such as this. So,

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um I would give that to the board for consideration. >> Okay. >> I mean, I would like to just add I I've known John for a very very long time. uh he was there when I went to Central uh high school as a coach and even though I

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was on the girl side, John um has always been there coaching girls and boys. Um and just as much recently that I moved my daughter out of college and I go through Cadillac on my way home to catch us a track me. It's raining. It feels

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like it's going to snow. I'm wrapped up in my daughter's like dorm blanket and who should be there but John Lober in the rain cheering these kids on. I mean honestly just brings tears to my eyes. There there is nobody um more deserving

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of this. Um cheering all the kids on all the time. Um just encouraging the um uh Mr. H. Hotton spoke of positivity and being inclusive and that is so true. And so what an honor to to um support this

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as a board member to to name uh the track in his honor. So >> I'd like to speak from a different angle and that is I think the more you support sort of identifying people that should be mentors for the way you'd like

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students to approach life. This is a good opportunity to do that. And rather than just calling it sinful track field or whatever, which has absolutely no ring to it, it's nice to recognize somebody who's

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done a good job and kids should know. >> Yeah, I would I would support that, too. I may go back to Ida Tommpkins in terms of naming, but um I think he's done an incredible job and I'm just grateful we're not calling it the memorial track at this point.

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Sure. >> I'm just going to make a point like I fully support coach. I mean he is an extraordinary individual uh who has contribute and and improved the lives of many many of our kids. When I look and read the policy 3310 in general the boar

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shall refrain from naming facilities. You know I think John is not a general person. He is a special person. So, I think in this case, um, that, uh, we should go ahead and and do this. And if we can do it during the the the Record

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Eagle Honor roll, uh, track meet this year, that would be that would be really cool, too. >> Yeah. We had a student actually come up at our last board meeting and said, you know, I really hope you can make this happen and I really hope he can be honored at that record eagle track meet.

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and um you know and we're talking a current student, not you know an oldie like myself. So >> yeah. >> Yeah. So thank you. Thank you. Any other comments? I I have had a few but we met earlier in the week of the

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groundbreaking as well but uh few personal but the name has been mentioned an awful lot to me as well. So thank you everything that you've done for the district and uh the kids that you've have come through as well. So, >> I move that the board of education supports the naming of the Traverse City

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Central Trent facility, the John Lober track and field stadium as discussed. >> I'll second that. >> All right, let's go. Um, Tammy, please conduct a roll. >> Uh, Trusty Moonore, >> yes. >> Trusty Hardy, >> I. >> Trusty Beras, >> yes. >> Trusty Ballinger, >> yes.

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>> Trusty Pack, >> yes. >> Trusty Schmidt, >> yes. >> Trusty Nail, >> yes. Motion carries. And thank you again. Congratulations, >> Coach Lbert. >> I'm not going to stand up and sit there. I want to come up here. May I? >> Yeah. Yes. Coming up.

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>> You do want this, Greg. You don't know that I was hired here in 1969 to be a teacher and a coach and I just did my job.

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But you also don't know in the ninth grade my favorite sport was basketball and I got cut. And so I said, "Could I be the manager?" And from that day on,

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I realized that I was a little mighty Mike. And to me, Mighty Mits are the ones that I try to recruit on my teams. And

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each one of those kids was me. And I found that once I could coach them that it changed their lives. That was 62 years ago. In an hour and 15 minutes ago, I just

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changed another kid's life. God has blessed me and put me here to be a coach, but most of all a teacher and to try to help little pea brain

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kids. That's you guys to understand how things should be and to treat everybody with respect. teach them something that they can feel good about themselves. And I'm blessed to have the energy at my

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age to do what I'm doing. One thing though, I did flunk retirement. I flunk retirement cuz I thought I was going to retire and I couldn't I couldn't I couldn't retire. I had to be

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with those kids and and I love what I'm doing and thank you for hiring me this um spring to to coach again because I had stepped away and and I got phone calls and people wanted to help and this and that and it's in my blood. Why track

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and field? Nobody gets cut. See, I got cut. But it shaped my whole philosophy of teaching and coaching. And so I'm going to shut up now. But

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I sat back there and I'm going like the athletes I've had, the assistant coaches I've had and I've been an assistant to others and to lead to this

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to what just happened. I can't tell you what my kids and grandkids are gonna I mean, this is just blowing me away. And the most most I can say to you folks here and everybody that's been sitting

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where you are, you've been very supportive of the athletic program that has changed lives like you wouldn't believe. And I'm not minimaliz minimizing

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minimize min minimizing the academic program because you see coaching after school that is academic and don't let me get started and talking about track and all this because you're

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going to be there a long time. I just want to thank you and uh from the bottom of my heart I I I am just I I reviewed 62 years of coaching when I was sitting back there just like

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that. And I'm going to shut up right now and God bless you all. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um thank you again and uh we have a few agenda items that were moved from consent. Uh the first one uh item E is

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bid services and for the g boarding curriculum trusty pack you had a question. >> I have a couple of questions. One of them is is there a prerequisite to this class? No, no prerack for this class.

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>> And secondly, um is it one or two semesters? Is it does it go as one semester and you get the credit for PE and math at West and then you get the credit for what is it? Economics and

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>> they're going to do business and physics at Central. Um, so the course is going to be designed to be taught all year, but students, as always, they might take it for a first semester and say, gosh, this isn't the right fit for me. I'd rather be in the more traditional, right? Not blended course. They can make

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that option. We also have kids who say after a semester in the traditional, "Oh, that looks really cool. Can I get into that blended course?" So sometimes at semester's kids will change courses. So that'll be an opportunity there, too. Then my question is, will you be getting enough boards

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for that first year depending on what happens with your enrollments? >> Yeah, right now I was actually just looking at the course request. We are, as Dr. Vag Van Wagner said, we're right around 30 kids on both sides of town. So that amount we have in the budget will cover that. All the materials that we

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need to get this off ground and to get our staff trained. They're going to training in June for the program, too. And that part will be very interesting to see how that goes. >> Yeah, we're we're really excited to see what this potentially could turn into. I mean, this is similar to the TAI program

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and the idea of doing school a little differently and responding to the interest of our kids, too. Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. Those were my questions. >> Okay. >> So, I move that we approve the onboarding expenditures.

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Good. >> I'll probably have you withdraw that motion because it does need a specific dollar amount. Here's a >> here's one that I wrote just in case. >> So, withdraw that if you will, B, if you can with >> I withdraw my my attempt at doing it earlier. >> Okay.

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>> Hope you can read my writing. >> I Okay. I always take guidance. Let that be a lesson to everyone. Even at my age, I take guidance. I move that the board of education approves the purchase of gone boarding curriculum in the amount

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not to exceed 59,398 including a temp 10 10% contingency funded from the general fund curriculum account. >> Second. >> Perfect. >> Um any other questions?

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I just will make the comment that is an annual purchase. So, >> right with the license, >> there's an annual fee to the course, but the upstart is significantly higher than what the materials will take each year. And our sustainability plan is that as this as we sell the boards, the students

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make that will then fund the course for future years. That's what the school district that currently is running this curriculum is able to do. And we have hopes that that'll work. >> With a caveat, if we get big numbers, we'll come back and talk to you. and and you'll ask for more money. So, this was discussed in finance, but if this is

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truly an impactful program, we will you will come back. >> We don't need the kids stock goes see Tai on a board. >> If we're selling if we're selling those items, we've got a good environment around us to

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>> You will not see Beth. No. >> Just a quick question. The students aren't under an obligation to sell their boards, right? They could keep it if they want to. No, they can keep it as their own as they Yep. >> Okay, so there's a motion on the table.

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Any other questions? Uh Terry, please conduct the local. >> Trusty Pack, >> yes. >> Trusty Moonmore, >> yes. >> Trusty Beras, >> yes. >> Trusty Ballinger, >> yes. >> Trusty Hardy, >> I Schmidt, >> yes. >> And trusty Newman Bale, >> yes. Motion carries. Uh the next item

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move from consent is the resolution to support Northwest Education Services general operating or general fund operating budget. I define Dr. >> Yep. Just a technicality for this to come over. I I give credit to uh Secretary Ballinger. In the resolution, it does require a motion and a second.

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Um so therefore, it couldn't remain on consent. So no changes whatsoever. Just for the record, we need those two. So um we would ask for a motion and a second for the the operating budget. >> Okay. >> For approval of the effort. >> For approval. Correct.

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>> I didn't draw I didn't write this one out. So does I have a motion? I think I can >> we put it together. >> I move that the board of education approve the Northwest Education Services ISD proposed 2026 to 2027 general fund

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operating budget. >> Okay. >> Second second. >> Any other questions? Well, I mean, I'm just going to make a quick comment that if if that is what we need to do, then I would advise just to put it straight on or refer to administration to put it straight on and

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>> it was an over. It was an oversight. >> Yeah, >> I agree 100%. >> So, next time it just goes straight to >> and I think we have in the past and so we just debated it there and I didn't catch it there. That's why we hadn't put on the past. >> I don't even know if we need to talk about it at uh executive if we're going to talk

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about it here. Do we need to do it twice? That's been our again that's been our practice but that would be up to the board if we were to change >> go to the finance committee to get on >> this was on this was an exact >> I I'm I'm or was it finance >> yeah and we can talk about >> make I was going to say make notes of

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this be a good example for >> operating procedures >> board operating procedures >> I will say that talking about it exact might be good when again previous port tenure there that budget was not always passed it was not it was hotly debated.

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Um we had any number of lengthy conversations about the ISTD budget because of the shared revenue implication. >> Yeah. And I want to have those discussions, don't get me wrong, but I mean I think if we if we knew do need a motion in a second that that can happen here, >> right? >> Um because we actually had a pretty good

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discussion during the exec. Yeah. >> But it sounds like we don't need to have that discussion again. >> We don't right now for sure. So I I think I mean part of it is obviously we watch we expect members to watch committee meetings and cover it on there and the public available too.

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>> Um so we do have a a motion and we do have a second. No other questions. Um we have a motion on second. Yeah. Is that Tammy? Please roll. >> Um Trusty Ballinger. >> Yes. >> Trusty Hardy. >> Hi. >> Trusty Beris. >> Yes. >> Trusty Mmore. >> Yes. >> Trusty Pek. >> Yes. >> Trusty Schmidt.

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>> Yes. >> And trust. >> Yes. Motion carries. Um now the next item on the agenda is is consent again is the Northwest Educational Services open enrollment agreement Dr. >> Okay. So this is a little bit of a

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different beast. So um we in our ISD we participate um in what we call the interd district cooperative agreement for school of choice. that is that we um allow students from within the five counties of our intermediate school district to attend any other school

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district within that five counties. There is a a part of the state law called section 105 and then section 105C. 105 is essentially an agreement for the district, but there's a lot of paperwork that has to be passed back and

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forth and funding back and forth. And what we've learned for the years looking through all of it, it's always come pretty much to a negative a a sum that was that didn't make a difference really. So um years ago the ISD created its own interlocal agreement and didn't

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participate in the state section 105. They just had this interlocal agreement. Well, it was pretty um wide open as a truck and not very specific for many years. Not followed well. And so, um, a couple years ago when we started having conversations at the ISD level, we've

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always thought it need we needed to work with TRUN to redo it to a make sure it was legal and that it had all the components that we all felt were downfalls of the previous agreement. There is also a part called section 105C that does allow you to do school of choice outside of your intermediate

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school district. Um, the hard part with that is um the cost of special education services. you have to go to the district that the student resides in and negotiate what they will pay for or what you have to pay for in which our taxpayers provide services to kids

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within our ISD but another ISD necessarily doesn't and it really is is is contentious and often can end up with some very costly kind of things for kids that don't reside within your service area. So for quite a few years TCAPS has

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not um participated in 105C. We don't get a lot not having a border of our district with another ISD like some of our outlying school districts do. So, um we are continuing at this point to not participate in 105C, but we are in this

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new interlocal agreement. And what it does do is it it it provides some guidance for us as districts on when we take kids and when we stop taking kids into the district under the agreement. And what we were trying to do in the

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agreement is come up with some things that were troublesome to many of the districts such as um in the the last few weeks of school we would all of a sudden have kids that maybe parents get disenfranchised and they would leave their district go to another district and after two days they didn't like that district they'd go to another district

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and this is all well after school had started and so we just don't feel that's in the best interest of the kid as a collective as an ISD. So, we've worked with Trun to create this document, but as we all really started to get into it over the last couple weeks, we recognize there there's some differences between

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some of our our districts that are out of formula districts. So, that they don't get any funding for kids that come into their district because they are funded by their property tax dollars much like all districts were before 1994. Um, all of the Leland Peninsula almost for this point is are out of

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formula. Elk Rapids is, but those of us that are not out of formula that collect a foundation grant are very different in school of choice taking students in the summer months. Well, the document I didn't recognize until some of our other superintendent either stopped allowing

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us to take students after the end of June. And so July and August when times when many parents maybe move, make some decisions, job changes, those things would couldn't have done it at all. So we had the we the first opportunity we had to get back with trun and um the lawyer from trun that helped us was

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Friday with our superintendent roundt and collectively we voted to make some changes and so that's why the lateness of this document with that and so essentially there are just two sections that really have changed section a the application window um you can see in the red areas that we provided it was

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previously June 30th now the window ends 15 calendar days before the fall count So essentially that's a couple weeks one into the school year that we can still take students in for various u things that they may choose. And what it does

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do is it also creates a second window of winter registration um that we have. So what we've done is forformational purposes only at the end of a um we've already had our window open traditionally um and it started February 12th um and we are proposing

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that it ends september 22nd which is 15 days calendar days before the fall count day and the winter application window would open December 1st and would go to January 26 27 2027 which is 15 days before the supplemental count day.

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However, there's also a section and section E um that does allow essentially um the parties uh to have final enrollment decisions, but what it does do um is it changes this allowing um the

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superintendent to make a decision to still enroll students up until account day um under uh extenduating circumstances. Um, and essentially if for some reason another district felt you weren't following, they could let the ISD notify the ISD and the superintendent of the ISD could have a

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discussion with a superintendent that didn't follow the intent. Um, but essentially it it allows us if there's a special circumstance, a family, maybe somebody lost a job and maybe a new job and the only way they can really get a student to school maybe is, you know,

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where the district in which they're working. It does give the superintendent some autonomy in that situation. And the one thing this document does do and has had is um we are the only district that runs an alternative education program especially with dropout students. TCI is

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completely exempt from this document. We can take students at any time um at TC High um and uh and be able to count them under our count as well as under section 23A which allows us to do a monthly count after the count for those that were a dropout um or previously not

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enrolled in the district. So essentially it creates that so the board tonight in in approving this interd district cooperative agreement will be um approving those dates that I have put in there forformational purposes only. Um our window is open but it gives that closing um and it allows us to be able

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to do 15 days before the count day and then I have the authority to accept a student under extenduating circumstances. So those are the differences in the document as of Friday. any questions you might have >> just in I think it's one e where you do

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the 15 days you're talking about >> I would add the word before so 15 days from before the last day of the applicable application window >> I appreciate that but I cannot change this document this is a document approved by all of the the IFD so if

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there's any changes that the board felt had to be made I would have to we would have to table it and I'd have to get back to try and get all of the districts to agree to the document. >> The way it's written, you can't figure out if it's before or after that. >> So, I talked there's a little bit of a deal with the five days, but that's

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meant for intent for those districts that have a lottery. And so, I have agreement with the ISD superintendent, which would be the mediator that she agrees that that is uh the purpose is to try and not have kids switch after five, but it clearly states we have the

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ability to 15 days before. and I have the autonomy up to the count day under an extenduating circumstance. >> Ty. >> Yeah. So the other change from what we discussed, we discussed that executive um as well. But one of the other things that there was a placeholder with the

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number of students and so now this the number is 575. >> That is purely a guess. It says right in it. It's estimated and it can change at any point is merely to give the ISD an idea of what we think it might be. >> Exactly. So that I just want to be clear like those are the those are the students that we think might be coming

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out. >> We simply use the number from last year of students from other district came in. We use that number. We thought it's the best number we had. >> I figured. Yeah. Great. >> Yep. >> To be clear that 575 is within any of the districts that are >> that is the number from last year we we

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had 575 students from other ISD ISD districts come to TCAT. >> So to use an estimate I don't have a better number. >> No, that's fine. >> But it's again it's not binding. is just to give an idea to the ISD of what they might be looking at for pupil accounting purposes.

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>> Okay. >> I move that the board of education approve the interdist in inter interd district cooperative open enrollment agreement 2026 to 2029. >> I second that. >> Second. >> Any other questions? >> Other discussion item. Each year we will

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be be bringing the dates for that window to the board that we will each year and we would we now plan on doing it after this is approved at the uh organizational meeting in January to decide those dates. >> Okay. >> But still leave it open as the motion 26 to 29. >> Correct. Yep. The document we're

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approving is just we will be identifying those dates each year. >> Okay. I see. Um, any other questions on that? Uh, time, please roll over, but um, >> Trusty Mmar, >> yes. >> Trusty Varas, yes. >> Trusty Ballinger, >> yes. >> Trusty Hardy,

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>> hi. >> Trusty Pat, >> yes. >> Trusty Schmidt, >> yes. >> And trusty Bale, >> yes. Motion carries. So, the best part of the evening for a good chunk of our audience here is we have finished the non-closed session portion of our agenda. Uh, thanks to uh a

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semi-efficient government term. here. We are going to get you out a little early. So, if you would like to come up and we can sign away with just come to any of the board members over here. >> Oh my goodness. >> How are you? Come on up.

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Okay, everyone. >> We are >> now at the close session portion of our agenda. May I have a motion for the board to go into close session? I move that the board of education go into close session for the purposes of

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consulting with an attorney on pending litigation. Kimberly Gilbert as personal representative for the estate of Jason William uh Po Hogavine versus Traverse City Public Schools at L case uh 24-C

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01329 in the United States District Court Western District of Michigan as allowed by section 8E of the Open Meetings Act and to consider a privileged written attorney client communication under MCL 15.243 243 1G as allowed by section 8H

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of the open meetings act. >> Okay, second. >> Second. Any discussion? >> Tammy, please conduct a roll call. >> Trusty Lmore, >> yes. >> Trusty Pek, >> yes. >> Trusty Veraris, yes. >> Trusty Ballinger, yes. >> Trusty Hardy, >> hi. >> Trusty Schmidt, yes.

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>> Trusty, >> yes. Motion carries unanimously. So, we are now in close session. We will return to this room and online feed when we are in close session. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat.

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Heat. Heat. section. We return to open session. We are now in open session. Um second public comment. Uh any over there? No. Okay. Uh board president closing remarks. We do have currently have a

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uh study session on August 24th um as scheduled and we we have had some discussions. I know there's been just uh in a couple of committees, but I' I've talked to John and Tammy and just there's a lot of kind of board operational procedures that would be

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good to um we are documenting, but there's going to be a lot of questions and really we're documenting it as is not with changes that could be made, but I think there's certainly beneficial changes that could be made. So with that, we were I think it would be good

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idea to have a study session. Uh July would we talked about having one in July as well. There's been mentions of one in July. Um I'm okay with August 24th or moving it forward to get it away from the beginning of the school year when I know everyone's there's no great time in

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summer. But um does anyone have an opinion on on what is the best date for such a study session? >> Sorry, can I ask a question? Is this a clarifying question? Are we still having one about bond? >> So

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that would be no as of this point with that. So, >> I thought that I originally thought that's what August was for. >> We did have a conversation with that, but this is one that's come up >> vote. Oh. Um, I can open up the entire calendar. We could set the next couple as well.

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>> Can we just call us on this? >> We can, but if there's any questions that would be better to have as a group, now's the like this is the only time I can ask as a group of any opinions on the subject matter. I don't have a clue

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for schedules in July and August. So you set the date and I make every effort to be there. >> So coming back to the bond meeting of obviously we've we've talked about that. That was your thought in August for that too. Yeah, I'm very eager to talk about

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the next bond vote just from a funding perspective and the future especially of this building in Oak Park because it'll be in that time frame and we had talked about childcare centers but we didn't really make any decisions but for bond planning there certainly are needs beyond the current bond um especially

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after we complete central grade and central high school and when we're looking at the financial scenario dropping below 3.1 mills could potentially hit us in 29 29, possibly 30, but if it's 29, that's an odd year and we don't typically go out because

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then we bear the cost of the election. And so my thought is to have a conversation about a potential 28. >> Okay. So they're currently as scheduled. And I guess I we can put a poll. We don't have throughout dates right now, but >> okay. >> It would be nice to have

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>> the subject matter and roughly the time frame so we can then turn over Tammy to poll everyone and figure out when that one's available. But we do have August the current current schedule is uh obviously we have one in two days. So we'll be back in less than 48 hours. Um

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we have one scheduled for August 24th and we have one scheduled for October 26th. Um those are the two remaining three if you include this week >> two remaining study sessions. So,

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um, you can also move the later date one up as well and move them both up a month. So, you do July and September if if September is not too late for bond discussions. >> Um, that would be one option as well. Uh, September.

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>> Can I just ask Christine a question? So for 20 a potential 2028 capital bond would like only 2027 be viable for you or is that >> it's really late to approve the ballot language and have a whole committee. We

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typically get a yes committee that um are very active and then we're out participating with a lot of community meetings >> for like an August of 20. It would be in August 2028. >> 28. So you'd want to formulate all that earlier in January 2027.

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>> And you're talking two three years of you know again is this something the board wants to do. I mean all those things have you talked about you know to start thinking about what are potential projects all those kind of things. I mean you're three three to four years generally out to do it right of beginning conversations

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>> too because we have to review our analysis of what we got before which is now old. We got that information in 2023 I think the facility study. So it it's um already three years old and we need

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to update that based on what we've done, what we found. So I need to permission to do that gathering of information and especially if there's any expenditures attached to it. >> Um >> do we have two study sessions in August? August 24th and August

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>> 14th. >> 14th. >> Yeah. But I didn't hear that mentioned so I just crossed it out. >> So 14 does not >> I did not show >> there was a Friday. >> I have it in mine. I don't >> you have here >> Oh, I don't know why that's on there. It

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shouldn't be. I'm going to delete it right now. >> 14. >> Well, I mean you could keep a Friday night. >> It's a Friday in the summer. >> I could do it right now in the summer. I won't be there Friday night. I can do it maybe zoom for an hour but

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>> so delete the 14th >> now on the 24th it was uh strategic plan annual review was marked on that >> August 24th >> was August 24th >> what's that

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>> 5:00 >> yes >> well let me just ask about the timing of our goal one standardized test scores will we have all of that by >> I don't know September is generally like we even at late September last year. >> So then maybe we want to postpone the strategic plan update until

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>> I would say late September. >> That would free up August for a different topic. >> Yeah, >> I would prefer not to have a July study, Sasha. I mean >> July is busy. >> It's so busy. >> I mean, is August much better?

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>> I was just going to say no. Remember you we only need a corn? >> I know that's true. We could have four, five or six. >> Yeah, but we don't operate that way. We all try and be >> I know, but I'm just being realistic as we want to get these meetings scheduled and we just have to face reality that

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yeah, the summer is not >> we want to be outdoors like everybody else. >> Make one more case for ad hocs. I know we don't use ad hocs, but again over 60% of the school boards in Michigan use them to do work. And I hope that this study session around but you know board

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operating procedures is a work session. Um I know again I pitched this I don't know five six seven times. I think there's a way to do it with uh an ad hoc to bring work to the board. I know we

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don't have a process to appoint uh ad hoc members. That can be the perview of our president. It can be random. The city does >> they have board operating procedures. The city does it all the time. I'm just saying I don't want this to be another study session where we we learn. I I really want this to be a work session. I

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think we need clarity. >> My intent was to have uh to put everything in the documents that were provided by board members to update it with how I believe the district does it now and how I've operated and therefore have a document to review ahead of time

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for everyone to meet up and adjust. So it to your point, yes, a working meeting. Um, >> yeah. So, and I know we have other needs. I mean, this is an important discussion as well. Like, this is a big discussion. So, if >> I mean, I'm not opposed to an ad hoc

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committee. I there was a reason why we thought it wouldn't be a good idea and I'm struggling on why why >> I don't know. >> And just because an ad hoc again brings a recommendation to the board, it like it's it doesn't mean that the board has

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to approve it. you I mean it's there for discussion, refinement, editing, but it brings something to work on. And Scott is a busy dude, >> right? And Scott initially said this will come in October. I think there's things that have happened between now and then where there's just a lack of

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clarity around how we do our governance work that's getting in the way of the things that we've all committed to to achieve by 2030. So, personally, I think there's some more urgency, >> which is why I wanted to bring it up >> in in Yeah, in October. >> July or or July.

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>> Well, I wanted to bring it up as much as possible. So, I planned a working meeting in July to have it pretty much ready to go to approve in August. >> So, that's on the third. We have a July meeting on the 13th. >> Yeah, I I was going to it would either be an a special meeting or I'm actually

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not opposed to an ad on this either. >> I can give you one other option. >> Yeah. By law, we're only required to have a meeting in July every month. We could I don't know that we have that much we would have to bring from a business standpoint in July.

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>> July's central grade bids. >> Well, we could just have that and and then do, you know, and and we as the only action item and the rest be a work session from that standpoint. have just given you your options, you know, like there there are like the state board does not have a board meeting in July,

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>> you know, but as school districts, we're required to have one every month, but again, it can be a work session, you know, for a meeting, you know, for that. to take to take what you just said. Um I mean the other option is to to we could have the board appoint uh a

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three person ad hoc for a single just meeting to kind of work through some of the document to prepare it and then and present it in August on the August meeting or July meeting whichever one it's going to be ready for. >> I'm in favor of that. I think an an ad hoc of maybe three to spearhead a um

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>> so be a public meeting would be where >> I mean but >> could we do it by July 13th? I mean I don't know. >> I Yeah, >> but you have to have a board meeting of more than four in July. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> But that way we can do some of the work

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>> separate. >> You can do however you want. >> Yeah. some of the nitty-gritty of just wording and then therefore when we when we have it >> so do your July we could just do the central grade and then you could have the rest of the time to completely flush all that document everything out we would we would take off all of our

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superintendent for all those kind of things and just have it be that and then your work time yeah for the month of >> but even within hook you still have to have a public meeting with >> yeah it's yeah it's like a committee meeting you know with three that you'd have but again it would be what works

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and we would post but you know, >> I mean, >> which we can video if you want, but it just a bunch of people on the table. >> That's the other option. The other option is it's basically equivalent to having bullying. Whoever shows up shows up because you're not passing anything anyway. You're just passing a recommendation to the board. >> You guys' car.

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>> It depends how many people want to do it. >> I'm just giving the option. >> Okay, let's take maybe who wants to serve on an ad hoc. >> So, yeah, obviously I I will be on there documenting a lot of stuff >> for your stuff. I mean, for definition of roles and responsibility, >> it's beyond that. It's it's like

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literally how we like for instance how we select alternates to board meetings and because we put a lot of structure in to like just take out a lot of the whatever's convenient whoever wants to do it to like make sure it's fair and it's organized and there's no way to manipulate the system. Um things like

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that I think TA's got some separate conversations but they go into what I wanted to do on that document anyway. And there's been a couple provided by board members which are very helpful and I think it would be good if I put as much down on paper as I can. So, um I'm

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good to do it. Uh >> the ad hoc you're talking about. >> Yeah, for me it doesn't necessarily matter if we call it depends how many people. If there was three people wanted to do it, we could call it an ad hoc and do it that way. If there was if there was people who wanted to do it maybe more than that then we could just have a

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board meeting understanding that only we only need participants as long as we discuss that as a board that as long as we get I mean technically speaking well we have to check that because we had that discussion of whether we can even con have a board meeting with less than a quorum even if no decisions are made

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because obviously you having me you do have standard things like minutes and everything you have to do so that so yeah we would have to either choose it to be a board meeting and have four people or an ad hoc which we can then do with three. So that comes back to who who wants to

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be part of it. Again, this is documentary. >> Three, you and Erica and Ty. >> I don't know. I don't know if anyone else I said um >> Erica. >> I think you just got appointed. >> Not volunteer. Volunteer.

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>> Yeah. So it can be it can be um uh two or it has to be uh three. I don't think you can have two board members bring something to the board. I think that would sound >> I would like someone to meet and make

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some recommendations and bring it to >> and I'm going to do it. Ty's >> doing it. >> If anyone else want to do it, I don't think Eric does. >> I do not for if anyone wants to do it. policy is not my thing. >> No, you procedure.

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>> I mean, we'll figure it out and it and we will post it because it will be a public meeting. Yeah. >> And um and maybe we can figure it out. >> But it sounds like we're moving towards that. I hope we can at least get some sort of working draft by the summer. Then we can flush it out over. >> That is my strong goal. >> Yeah.

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>> Like a very strong goal. >> Yeah. And you might have heard me say this at executive committee if MAS maybe MASB or NSBA have some >> we've got guidance documents. >> We've got some we've got samples um very good samples. They're two different but

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good samples that we just need to merge. Um >> is that >> okay? Is your mic on? >> It is. >> Oh mine. >> Oh, sorry. Okay. >> You're you're the third person. That would make sense. >> Not a board member. Yeah. >> Well, but it doesn't have to be. You

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could have two in a >> Yeah, we could. So, here here's here's here's how we don't have we don't have a we don't have four board members who want to do this. She say what we're >> going to leave this we leave this that we will have this as a separate meeting

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that will be publicly posted that will include me and Tai and if another board member wants to do it >> if you >> if you want to do it that's fine we can do it with two we will post whatever everyone does we're going to move forward with the I can do this under I can said I can set this up I just want this discussion

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>> and we will treat it just like a July committee >> committee meeting yeah I was going to say I don't think it needs to be recorded I It's it's >> what we do with all meetings. >> Okay. >> But alls it is is just you're sitting there. >> Yeah. >> Mhm. >> But I mean if it's working session, you don't have to. >> Yeah. I just don't want to like

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>> you don't have to do any of it. But it's the board. >> We can we can figure this out. I've got enough guidance from the board. Uh no one really wants to come except for me and Ty that if anyone changes their mind or wanted to save up. I think I think Beth said she would not

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>> I volunte without any objection that would be how we >> my suggest at this point you Beth Ty and Connie will be available as a resource if you have any questions >> that make you happy >> whatever you guys need I'm just joking >> yeah what we need

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>> it's what you pay me for >> so um so we'll move forward with that the more to come on that I think I've got enough and then we will also work in the plan to include the study session for the bond planning uh as well. >> Yeah. And we had just there has been a couple things that we've come across

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where we don't quite know. So if we could maybe send those >> send them I've also sent a lot to Tammy to compile them into a document. So, like we've got lists of things already over the last year, even before even January, I think we started to make >> uh going into the operational meeting, I

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started to send Tammy uh things that >> I I chunked off a list of them in the organizational meeting, but there's more and we have more come in and everything that everyone sent in has gone into that document. So, we have two working documents that we're going to try and merge, update with all of this information and then go through.

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>> Perfect. And then the board can go through and say this is how it is and I want to change it. And then the organizational meeting will be more of this is our organizational document. >> Is there any changes? >> Yeah. >> And that's um be better off going forward. >> And one of the reasons why I mean for me

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to participate, right, I'm on my >> you know my last leg here. And so it's rather have voices at the table that if they want to impact change or make change that >> Well, we're looking for your years of experience. >> That's gone. That's it.

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>> What's good for the goose is good for the gander. >> Just got myself out of a lawsuit. I know. >> Um, all right. I will. So, yeah, I think I've got enough guidance that I can uh put together and there'll be a kind of a followup in the next week or so and

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we'll figure out some times on that. Um, >> so then to be clear, August study session still keeping that date. >> Yep. And right now we're thinking more bond for that conversation and then we'll take the recommendations from the ad hoc committee and absorb that into

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most likely one of our regular meetings in either July or August. Some most likely >> probably we have one more study session in October as well >> that we have scheduled right now >> which probably will become the strategic plan >> which could be moved forward a month or

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left there at the same time. >> Yeah. >> So there you go. We've actually achieved quite a lot this today. The whole whole season done. >> Um, okay. With that, do I have a motion to adjurnn the meeting? >> I move to adjourn the meeting. >> Second. >> Second. All those in favor say I.

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>> I. >> All those in favor oppose say nay. >> Meeting adjourned.