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but they get on the bus at 3 25. we missing school time so yes sir Dr P could come up here for a little bit and just talk about how that mechanically Works um [Music] yeah so just given the number of students that we have to move in transportation just with all the buses uh Crown pickup so the dismissal starts a little bit early uh it was if you remember back in kova times when we had similar problems we started the dismissal process a little early as well I will say teachers have been very creative and they've uh in fifth grade for example they have kind of uh not redistributed but we did some creative scheduling where they do the math science and literacy during the course of the day and they incorporate some of the social studies standards within literacy and they all teach social studies at the end of the day so it's that 10 minutes is technically taken but not in the overall big picture and Dr P typically at Huckleberry and at Center School dismissal started before the technical end of the school day correct that's my understanding because remember contractually the teachers are done at 3 35.
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so Joe and Yolanda are going to be there from nine to eleven well like we're gonna do I can only do nine to ten so if someone else could have joined Joe for over 14th I had a conflict but let's keep that on the ship October from 9 to 11 and yeah you're gonna be okay all right all right so I interrupted um but um I was at actually I was at Rob's house I guess it was about a week and a half ago now like an end of summer thing and yeah I was talking to representative Jack Lewis um and really I was with my friend Maggie masoki from from area and both of us were talking to Jack and Rebecca Carter from home to homes and um about the um the humanitarian crisis that's that's happening in Framingham right now I know some of us have probably heard about migrants and refugees coming to Massachusetts um and Framingham has taken on a number of of um of refugees that they are housing and trying to get the kids into schools and you know these are families that are literally coming um to our country with nothing and so um area had done a a had put the word out and I did as well area had collected three carloads worth of items toiletries coats clothes shoes um and and I took over a car load today to um to the shelter from all the generosity from everyone at the Farmers Market on Saturday so which was heavily appreciated my friends at Smock who I've been working with they are very appreciative of all the the generosity of our community so I know areas putting together one more um one more collection and the drop-off is going to be next you know by next Friday the 29th so I can get information to anyone who is looking for where to what to bring or where to take it and I can I can provide that to folks but yeah it'd be good to know we can get it out there push it out there so it's it's um it's very by next Friday yes by the 29th so um and um just a couple other quick things our comprehensive plan uh steering committee meets tomorrow Yolanda and I and Michael and um the gang will be meeting with our the gang of 29.
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gotcha so we have to if we my teachers left at 3 35 and I started bus dismissal I would be left with just me and 1100 kids so I can't do that and our teachers have been great about volunteering their time yeah teachers have been fantastic about amazing helping yeah so that's it Mike so how would you like to get how would you like to get input you want us to uh when do you want to bring this back and then when do you need input for almost um probably if if in the next week before next Friday the board members could email me individually Lisa and me individually we'd love to get your feedback on it and then if there's any adjustments we can make based on that you know there's some oversights or some ideas we'll talk to the committee about it and then I could bring we could bring back a Incorporated draft okay draft two I guess for the October 18th meeting we haven't heard that from anybody wow there's because now the next year it's the 20th that's the 20th I'm surprised we fight for that I know Mrs Burrell puts on a big Easter spread and always wishes she had the Monday off but um but that if that's feedback we'll certainly take it [Music] would happy to okay or if you're not ready to the November meeting exactly it's nice you can look at how long that agenda is but I can tell you I did get back to that uh individual who emailed me and let them know you could start planning your vacation even though the board hasn't approved it gave them the process it looks like we'll be starting after Labor Day they were very relieved let's tell you the truth so it's very happy I'm glad someone's planning a vacation all right thank you again taking the rest of his life off there's no old business uh we did public comment at the beginning next is the three main points that do you have any thoughts on I have lots of thoughts um yeah we did a lot of different stuff um I'd like to highlight some of the opening of school updates from all three schools try to combine it into one big update um I thought the Desa update was important and then I thought I would combine um I don't know how but combine Athletics and technology updates that's the third one [Music] no we don't have to we don't have to cram it like in order to get everything it's sort of like supposed to be sorry supposed to be sort of like I guess the three that we want to highlight right so in that sense I would kind of lean more towards Athletics and all the awards yeah um yeah were you gonna say I was I was gonna say it was a long meeting we had one this month and the board could call it the four main points for this month to three main points we can also give yourself a little flexibility here so if you think it's that important right yeah I like Rosa's idea though of highlighting Athletics is the third one and maybe not so much Tech and why don't I just suggest we just do a separate post on the graduation date that could just be a little blur post that your District puts out there well because I feel like the 3 three main points really affects every grade level right and I'm sure Mr Blanda will be putting a note out quite quickly about the graduation day because I know he's got a lot of he's receiving quite a bit of email as well as to when the graduation date is so just to recap well the school opening then Athletics yeah everyone okay with that yeah all right Tom sounds good and upcoming events all schools are closed this coming Monday September 25th for Yom Kippur and Monday October 9th for professional development cles has picture day on October 17th whiskaneer has open house coming up grade six is tomorrow night grade 7 is Wednesday September 27th and grade 8 is Thursday September 28th I believe those are all 6 p.m Mr Renda uh 6 6 30 6 30 in the cafeteria and whiskey near also has picture day Thursday September 28th and the walkathon Thursday October 19th and Brookfield High School has the Lake Compounce trip for seniors on October 6th and they have a spirit week coming up October 16th to 20th with the homecoming game on Friday October 20th and the homecoming dance at the Amber Room on Saturday October 21st that's all I have [Music] okay thank you all right so without objection we are adjourned thank you all for staying with us thank you everyone thank you everyone [Music] thank you
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you're the gang of six um we'll be meeting with our consultant JM Goldson who we had interviewed for our kickoff meeting with with them and I'm excited to kind of really get our hands around what this project is going to look like I think um I think they're going to do they're going to be great for our community so I'm excited about that I would encourage folks that you know we have a the room in the library at seven o'clock or we start at 6 30. we're going to start with the consultant at seven o'clock I would encourage folks to to um to connect on Zoom it's it's a public meeting we want people to be informed it's there's not it's not a public forum so it's not an it's not a time for the public to be able to interact with the consultant or the um or the group I just want to make sure we set expectations because I know Community involvement's great and we want people to be engaged but um we just also want to make sure that the public realizes that this is this is our our first meeting with the consultant and that's the primary focus for the for the meeting so um and just the last thing um where we talk about the food pantry a simple gesture is doing a collection um this upcoming Saturday it's a great way to be able to donate to our Ashland food pantry if folks want to sign up basically you put a bag of items out on your front porch or you're by your mailbox on a bi-monthly basis and it gets picked up and taken over to the community center and you can sign up if you Google simple gesture Ashland they will drop and sign up they will drop off a bag to you or you can just put out a like a paper bag full of full of stuff this Saturday and it's a great way to to easily give to the to the Ashland food pantry and that is it for me so thanks Joe yeah stay dry through your neighborhood you give them a call okay thank you Mr chair briefly we've had a couple of meetings um with the traffic study committee group um talking about a bunch of issues that pertain to safety and sidewalks speeding um that we've had issues with on on East Union Street Cedar Street lower level traffic studies were done we're going to do another traffic study in that area again some of the residents were not uh really believing that the figures that they had were were accurate enough but this was uh East Union Street by um Cedar Street and uh Higley Road this was uh it was a 14-day study that was done and the amount of traffic that was going through that specific area was over 67 000 cars in 14 days what sixty seven thousand cars in 14 days well ways now sends people that way from our side of town I understand to miss 126.
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and that's where the traffic issue was coming from coming from Framingham coming in this way um so yeah there was a or rooting people that way right so once people learn especially after Higley learned about Cherry Street dump it out onto Pleasant right there yeah oh so those that came uh so that study was done via uh DPW and Kevin so I appreciate all the effort that he put into that um so now they're going to well we're going to redo that test uh that that um let's study again and uh hopefully we have uh better results um so that and then uh affordable housing trust will be meeting on the 28th we uh summer Hiatus is over with we've been working individually trying to uh find new ways and new things to get people to be affordable and try to build with us and work with us it's not easy it's not easy as as Jason said earlier people want to make money and this is the time to do it nobody wants to leave money on the table because we're looking for you know affordable housing so with that Habitat for Humanity we'll be working with us closely and hopefully we can get something off the ground sooner than later so we're keeping our fingers crossed with that and then like Michael said uh Ashland day the 35th annual uh celebration will be this Saturday starts at 10 o'clock to uh 4 P.M and all the vendors were shy 28 vendors when we had 2019.
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so we have actually 70 70 vendors with some really really uh happy to see that you know after a three-year Hiatus that you know the interest is back so uh yeah and you know two with Hoven and covet and then we last January we said you know they were still traces of covert and we didn't want to take any you know unnecessary chances so we said no we'll give it another year and uh little did we know that the vaccine was going to work and but anyway long story shot we're here uh it's a little shot smaller version of what it is but we have a lot of food vendors this year from Mexican Italian um Indian cuisines sandwiches Lions Club will have the food tent there they'll be uh doing a breakfast and all the different types of sandwiches and I understand that they may be doing a lobster roll oh wow who's doing a lobster the Lions really yeah interesting so come on down and there's new ice cream vendors and we have new ice cream vendor uh legendary and it's Le g-e-n-d-a-i-l-y that's their name yeah yeah it's called legendary oh yeah that's there oh okay you did not know they should see so they're the they're the new folks that are going to be yeah um next to next Pizza yeah so yeah and they'll be there next pizza will be there uh Pizza mine Pizza Palace will be there all different types of sandwiches and stuff so come on down yeah if you're hungry that's the place to be so hungry we're looking at it and we have six rides a couple Inflatables but hopefully we don't have a wind because anything over 35 to 40 miles an hour they won't they won't uh inflate so Joe I wanted to labor on your first uh on your first Ashland day that's how I remember when it got started oh you don't want to get started we had army tents we use you know those uh damp dreary brown colored cloth that weren't waterproof and they had the tents up and it's pouring and you could have just stayed outside the tents because now you're inside a wet hot damp tent sounds like the summer in general in Seattle but that was in Fall so anyway it's uh but those were those were fun days those are fun days and you know it's uh we're still going at it and you know the motto is still the same take pot and be proud We have uh we have two very uh distinguished recipients for the citizen of the year and Phil Marshall and those are surprises but uh we'll uh I think people be very uh very happy to see those individuals uh and a group get get to get the awards so keep praying for good weather and uh I'll see you guys all on Saturday yeah so thank you I'll be reading the proclamation yeah you shall honored to do so thank you just a couple things I want to Second everything that Claudia said about the Mendes and the project and the people that worked on it it was it's been an honor to be part of that group and to see the the building come to Frisch and we still have some work to do with the fields but um it'll be nice and the turnout for the opening was great um select select Board office hours as Brandi said it was great talking to different people and hearing their concerns and what I love is every time I go I feel like we get more feedback more people come in and are willing to talk to us and and give us their feedback so that was good a couple things coming up so the Metro West Regional collaborative we have our we've sort of taken the summer off we're having our first meeting in September it'll be Thursday 9 28 via Zoom we start at 8 A.M until 9 30.
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so if anyone's interested in coming and listening and and seeing what it's about let me know and I can send you the the the registration link yep um and then this is not just for Ashland but the haunt is coming in October this is a joint celebration haunted town between the Metro West YMCA and the uh Hopkinton Center for the Arts where they are creating a haunted town at the Metro West outdoor YMCA there's about seven or eight little vignettes you come in and you walk through there's the bed and breakfast there's the town hall there's a library there's a bunch of other stuff so a couple things one start looking for tickets that'll be happening the weekend of Friday Saturday and Sunday so the 26th 26 no 27th 28th and 29th leading up to Halloween so maybe don't go Friday but go Saturday or Sunday but the other thing is they're still looking for volunteers so if you love Halloween if you love dressing up they're looking still for people for some of the vignettes as well as to help with parking and ticket sales and just directing people so if if you're interested reach out to Kelly Grill at Hopkinton Center for the Arts or reach out to me and I can connect you with her and Grieves Y at ashlandmass.com but yeah that should be a lot of fun and I will be there all three days helping out so great and and that's it I don't know if I have to be yet we'll see am I going to be okay okay I thought I was going to be behind the scenes and she's like oh no no we've Incorporated so I'm going to help manage timing and stuff some of my production work and she's like oh no no no people are gonna see you so I'm like okay I gotta start figuring out a costume well thank you no one mentioned porch Fest which I know is going on but I don't have the details is it next week it's the September 30th from three to four or three to sounds exciting three to five and then it's closing out at the corner spot with the road dog so and I gotta um imitate from I think Helen and Tony Lewis on did you guys get that one it's there so they're host yeah the Washington Street so I don't know there's all sorts of stuff going on so check that out that's September 30th the other I also attended the community center reopening and the Mendes so that's a lot of great projects at the same time so that was great um yeah I did want to call it just to you know we got those funding letters from representative Lewis and Senator spilkas that was really exciting news great you know uh so wanted to thank them for their efforts um one thing close to my heart was you know representative Lewis had ident had got through the budget is it 175 000 I didn't have it in front of me but for the trade 150 000 for the upper Charles Trail specifically in the state budget so that was great to see so we all got that I think specifically for Ashland yes Trail okay perfect yeah very nice yeah good for him just one question do you would you like me to like write up some correspondence back oh that's a good idea I think so thank you yeah yeah that'd be great yeah thank you for that and um oh and just an update we did um uh representative zapper Charles Trail did meet with the school committee was it last week or the week before I was I and Tony Lewis did you watch yeah and uh Judy Rosenthal and actually it went very well uh Tony spent some time reviewing with them and it actually been I couldn't believe it was something like six years ago that that they had appeared before the school committee and went he went through the whole Trail and asked about support in the high school you know trying to Route it and he went briefly through the different routes possible scenarios to go through the high school and they were very receptive they had their concerns and um in the end they they did pick one of the members volunteered to work with the upper Charles Trail committee helped route the trail does anybody have a guess who that would be fall he does a lot of bike riding like he does trail riding and stuff like that so so it was very pot it was very positive meeting they were very supportive they had issues and concerns it's not going to be easy but so that was a good so the good news Rob now now with Paul Kendall on you you're gonna get a trail I know exactly yeah exactly anyway so that's and uh so that's my report so I guess entertain a motion to adjourn this just slipped my mind uh when you swing by Saturday at Ashland day if you see my better half wish her a happy birthday okay I don't want to tell her how old she is because she'll probably kill me but yeah now she will but swing by and wish her a happy birthday we'll do that thanks a couple days before my birthday too it's a couple days before my birthday too so all right we'll do the same for Yolanda all right motion to adjourn I will second that all those in favor say aye aye aye see you Saturday at Ashland day yes thanks everybody good night everybody thank you foreign thank you foreign
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2023 meeting of the Ann Arbor renters commission the purpose of the renters commission is to advise the city council and the city administrator on matters affecting renters in our city the Ann Arbor renters commission is made up of voting members who are appointed by the mayor and approved by city council uh two non-voting city council Liaisons two non-voting members representing different landlord perspectives and a non-voting representative from the University of Michigan Student Legal Services to speak during any of the public comment opportunities you will be able to speak either through the webinar link or by phone for phone access please call 877-853-5247 and enter the meeting ID 935-8080-1941 that's 935-8080-1941 um to be called on to speak renters must press star nine if you're listening by phone or raise your hand if you're viewing through the web link and the link is a2gov.org forward slash renters commission meeting that's capital RCM so the capital of each word renters commission meeting uh you will then be called on by City staff and you will have a 30 excuse me three minutes to make your comment and when you have 30 seconds left staff will indicate that so moving on to roll call agenda Point number two uh so I'm going to go through the names here and please state the city uh and or you know in the state if it's outside of Michigan from what you're attending uh commissioner Chen it's not here commissioner Peterson on here commissioner Kelly absent commissioner doubleman uh president in Ann Arbor commissioner else is absolutely commissioner Lowe's president Ann Arbor welcome commissioner Tibbetts here in Ann Arbor welcome uh commissioner Rosen here in Ann Arbor a great to see you commissioner Ratcliffe here our present Ann Arbor welcome commissioner Thomas absence commissioner Pitts here Ann Arbor welcome commissioner good here Ann Arbor right and our two council members council member rodina he's not here uh council member Harrison wasn't here yet also I am here obviously calling in from Ann Arbor foreign so we can move on here to 0.4 approval of the agenda is there a motion to approve the agenda as presented so moved so we first have to move it and and second it and then we can propose to amend it we've gone through this a couple times so thank you uh Jeff do we have a second okay second by rosanita um so now the agenda is open to either be approved as it currently stands or to be amended so if you want to amend it you can just say I move to amend the agenda to add this item or for example um I moved to amend the agenda to add um three items the green Fair um planning for the next agenda of the runners commission and um the rent control ban in the Michigan State Legislature right so green Fair um let's would you be all right if we did Green Fair rent control ban and then uh agenda discussion at the end [Music] okay so that's um all that is moved by julium um do we have a second for that oh second second by rosanita thank you all right so all those in favor of amending the agenda to add those three points say I I all those opposed say name you know what actually I'm just not realizing uh Kristen do we have a quorum I think we do right six right um yeah yep that's fine okay I'm sorry um I'm gonna double check hang on okay yeah I just want to check before we go into this meeting and make sure that uh we do have in fact have a Quantum avoiding members believe it says if we don't have a quorum we can still talk about stuff yes yes so we have 10 um appointed members and coral behalf plus one so six great okay awesome we just met it thank you Chris I just want to make sure all right so uh we amended the agenda adding those three points so just one more time um that was a discussion of the green Fair discussion of the proposed rent control ban in the state legislature or rather the repeal of that ban and finally a discussion of our next meetings agenda so now that we have the amended agenda in front of us uh we have to uh vote on whether or not we uh accept this amended agenda so all those in favor of first of all are there any other Mo any other motions on this agenda before we go forward no okay so all those in favor of um approving the agenda before us say aye hi always supposed to say okay great so this agenda is the amended agenda is approved wonderful so that moves us on to the next item number five the approval of our last meetings minutes which was on July 20th I believe uh 2020 three and uh so is there a motion to approve the last meetings minutes one correction I would I was listed thank you I move to accept the minutes with the correction of Gail's attendance second okay so uh yeah all those in favor of amending the minutes uh as was stated just then um say I okay all those opposed and a great so we're just gonna mend those um I suppose do we have to take another vote on whether we accept the minutes okay great now we could just do a correction that's fine okay thank you so we have just uh approved last minute minutes thank you Gail for checking those okay so that brings us to item number six the first general public comments so Kristen whenever you're ready public comment can be made by phone by calling 877-853-5247-488-788-0099 and entering the meeting ID 935-8080-1941 it's an opportunity for members of the public to address the renters commission about any topic for up to three minutes you can also join the meeting with the zoom link and that is a2gov.org renters commission meeting and if you are calling you can press star 9 to raise your hand and if you are joining from the web link you can use the raise hand feature there are no callers or attendees I think we can close public comments thank you we can move on to item number seven um our business so uh we can begin with 7-a kind of education committee discussion so someone from the tenant education committee can you please give us um a summary of what we discussed yeah I can do that so we uh August 24th and we had a pretty in-depth discussion about rights and duties and booklets um we kind of went over just a reminder of which sections um City staff has the ability to edit in which sections need to go through the city Charter um we were kind of talking um hoping to somehow be notified within the process when City staff does make a change um to the handbooklets and Kristen had said that we could um be notified in part of that process um we did talk about fines how they have not issued any fines um for landlords not providing the booklets as the ordinance says that they're supposed to um we we talked about the green Fair we did some planning um we also talked about the um housing code we kind of touched back on the discussion that we initially had with um can't remember the name of their department now um but the group of folks um from the city that does the inspections in that process and handles complaints um and I guess to sum it up we were really interested to kind of reopen that discussion with them I know from our last meeting they had been really awesome and you know seems like they really wanted to collaborate with us and um we were hoping to kind of just um touch base with them again to see um like in what areas we could maybe I don't know look for opportunities to partner with them as appropriate I guess to say it summarized um and I think Kristen was going to work on that um once the new season of everyone moving in slowed down a little bit and that was about every everything I don't know if I missed something from the meeting if anyone else wants to add or if anyone has questions I I think uh two of the items um that you touched on or things we might want to discuss as a whole and one of them what you were just talking about it was like with the housing inspectors and it clearly seems like they're understaffed um and I think it's in our um realm of consideration to see if there's ways to look at funding and so one idea we talked about is trying to figure out like what the uh cost of having the certificate of compliance of occupancy is um and how much that's been raised over the years [Music] um and talking about how many fines are collected in comparison of what how many fines were collected in the past and whether that has to do with better compliance or whether that has to do with just not really collecting fines anymore so maybe before I go to the next point and I don't know if we want to talk about this or if we want to push this as a specific agenda item for next time um Zachariah the the fine issue specifically um as part of the greater issue of enough funding for enough inspectors oh there I go okay that was abstract stuff there for a moment on your on your camera um I think these are very good points um I think I mean just a question to you Julia how do you think we should start that conversation do you think we should go to rental Housing Services and ask them how they feel about their funding um sure I think it's also okay for us to look at the past I don't know if that's an easy thing to pull up you know like in 1987 they collected you know x amount of fines and today they you know collect X and is if that gives us any kind of information John yeah so I had a question were the fines associated with tickets or some sort of administrative fine if you know what what was the basis for the um imposition of a fine was that inquired into because I'm looking at section chapter 105 which is our housing code section 8 colon 525 information concerning Kenneth's rights where landlords are mandated to provide those so are we talking about landlords who haven't gotten the booklets to the tenants and there was a complaint and then there was a ticket and then there was an adjudication and then a finding find cost is that kind of how those work if you know Julia um no we weren't specifically talking about the booklet we were talking about housing inspections in general okay non-compliance with the housing code those things generated for non-compliance so not specific to the booklet but the General Rental inspection all right thank you do you have stats just on total amounts collected or do you have stats on total infractions or total counts issued or issued per so it's a lack of CFC or failure to make there's all different because I deal with those tickets in court so I'm just wondering what data you had uh is info the rentals commission is interested in getting kind of a discussion about the best way to get it I talked with Sarah a little bit um Sarah does the foyers and like it's not super easily accessible it definitely exists but it will take a little bit to get to it um so if you have some specific questions I think it'd be easier to request kind of specific numbers um instead of kind of like broad budget or if there's other like specific budget questions that you have another thing you could do about is yes that you could ask the district court administrator for like hey uh what what violations code violations on civil attractions for eight five eleven which is inspection related or um lack of CFC or improper registration uh which is 8517 so there are different code Provisions under which an infraction is issued in the um the district court presumably would have that I'd want to know how many rather than total amount of fines and costs which may or may not be helpful I'd want to know how many infractions and for what offenses they're seeing that might be helpful data too over time and how many inspectors now like relative to first okay oh I mean Kristen um do you did you receive a response from staff about the booklets is that something that they can keep us up to date on or um definitely um if the clerk's office is aware of it which we would very likely be aware of it um unless there's some reason um like a specific reason not to I don't think it would be an issue okay thank you maybe like if there was like legal advice or something then we would follow that so then can this go to an agenda item for um next month the report on if we're and I guess that's Eucharist and Gathering any stats yeah I will see what I can find um and then I'll do an update book like before the meeting um to both you and Zechariah and see um if it is worth having on the agenda the next meeting is the 19th should be able to get um more information then the other thing I wanted to add from the um education the tenant Ed committee um is um kind of the whole issue of the um white section of the tenant rights booklet and at that meeting there didn't seem to be a lot of interest in doing a rewrite and I think it's come up a couple of times in emails and at meetings um and I don't know whether people want to talk about that again or whether we're just putting to bed the issue of rewriting the white section so that sounds like oh there we go yeah yeah I was just gonna chime in and say I think for me I don't see it as a big priority at least right now but that's just my opinion so I don't know if anybody else feels strongly about when writing it so my recommendation would be that we put it to bed until like next spring and see if we want to think about it maybe during the course of the winter things will pop up and we'll realize oh we should do that but right now it doesn't seem like it's worth talking about anymore um and then part of the work plan um is the education piece and a chunk of it was educating ourselves um which I think we've done a pretty good job on having the Human Rights Commission come and talk and having the housing inspectors Come and Talk um and I'm kind of wondering if there's any interest in doing any sessions um specific on the white section on Ann Arbor's existing laws for tenants um I mean there isn't a lot uh of law in general but you know like if we wanted to do something like have a session going over what the state law is on eviction and how it plays out in local courts or you know things like that how the security you know maybe one meeting just have something on how the security deposit Works in Ann Arbor um so that was one I other idea that came up from the committee and and I just wanted to mention it to see if anybody in the larger commission was interested in that hey Jimmy yeah um I would definitely be interested in that I think another thing kind of related to that that I would be interested in is um like not just the law like leading up to eviction but and I don't maybe this would be um a little off topic but I would be kind of interested in like the eviction process like from a tenant's perspective I think that would be um helpful for me to understand yeah Jeff um yeah um you mentioned something that um just kind of clicked in my head and that was um regarding security deposits um and just it just kind of dawned on me that you know some places have you know really really high security deposits sometimes up to you know a full month or more of rent um I wouldn't mind knowing a little bit more about how that might affect people's ability to get housing as well um that one might actually take you know getting somebody from one of the social service agencies to come in and talk a little bit about it because it is huge to pay you know a lot of places are a month and a half which is the maximum under state law paying the month and a half and security deposit plus paying first month's rent and plus paying who knows what kind of application fees and all the other stuff that seems to be um bubbling up around now yeah John I saw your hand up yup Julia mentioned it you don't need me here she's got MCL 554.602 at the tip of her uh tongue uh security deposit shall be required to maintain an accordance and shall not exceed one and a half months rent so um yeah the the state law state law addresses um how much a landlord can charge a tenant for a security deposit so we'd be preempted from laying in on that much like we are currently for our rent control um so trying to keep us on thank you John and thank you everyone for coming in here um I think we should try to keep on track here about you know I think Julie if I understand you correctly you're you want to well I've heard a couple different ideas I mean from Jamie you seem to be interested in getting more education about the eviction process is that right so would that be to the general group here the commission as a whole of a like a speaker for example yeah I think that makes sense okay and Julia can you can you uh remind us Larry to explain what's you're interested in having happen um I kind of just wanted to see how other people felt about it I you know I worked in tenants issues so I which I'm probably the only one of the voting Commissioners you know um so I know a little bit more of the law than other people so I just I'm guessing and so that I I didn't want to make that assumption so I wanted to see if other people felt comfortable with their knowledge or felt that they'd like some more information around that oh um what was it I'm not as versed in the state law here so I wouldn't mind that um especially when it comes to the security deposits not the how much it is per se but getting it back um which is a I think a tenant issue for for some is when you move out I've heard some really like horrible stories of tenants unable to get any of their security deposit back even when they did have some proof that the you know the apartment looks the exact same way as it did when they moved in so I think some clarification on that would be good yeah I agree resonates I think my roommate is unfortunately dealing with that where he still hasn't received the security deposit and it's been over a month um so I know that there was a training about eviction that was put on by the Washington housing Alliance and I think that was in um collaboration with uh legal services of South Central Michigan I can email the link out to the recording because it was recorded and it was posted online uh but I think it would be nice to explore um options for inviting a guests to do a rundown on some of these really important topics for the commission um so do we have specific ideas of which groups we could invite sure and and I think it's fine if now that we know there's interest and at least a couple of things we could discuss this more at the education committee and line up speakers there I think that's a great idea thank you Julia okay so moving along here are there any questions or comments about the tenant education committee okay we can move on to 7-b which is the green Fair now we have a booth at the green Fair uh it sounds like there's uh at least three of the Commissioners who are willing and and available to attend I think so what I know is first of all thank you Kristen for contacting OSI and making sure that we got a booth we appreciate that um some things that I I know I'd be interested in having at the booth are are the city booklets I also have the tenant booklets from the state government which I think are pretty good um that which I can bring I was thinking about printing out a QR code to stick on a table which would bring people to osi's tenant resources page which talks a lot about weatherization um this and I think that the last thing is that there's uh like a large kind of uh easel sort of thing with like a paper and last time we had like sticky notes that people could put ideas on and post on on the board Jamie do you have that okay yes I do across sticky notes and pens as well fantastic so what time does it start tomorrow Jeff oh five okay I'm sorry yeah it looks at a hammer yeah it's five to eight I believe five to eight I think that's correct yeah thank you okay so we have Jamie myself and who else I can't remember Julia yeah and we have a great location um so if anybody and it's supposed to be a nice night if people are just want to come downtown you should definitely walk by even if you can't sit with us wonderful any other you know glaringly obvious things that we don't have that we haven't discussed here that should be at the table I just wanted to say I'll be popping by too and staying for a little while so I know I wasn't the first step on the list but um that was because a new job made I wasn't sure how things were going to be for the next couple weeks but I'll be out there for a little bit awesome hi um I will stop by as well I don't know if my video is working but um yeah I'll make sure I stop by tomorrow to finally meet everybody in person at least yeah I'm really looking forward to it it's supposed to be pretty warm so dress accordingly and um can't wait to see a lot of you out there tomorrow okay well just send send an email I suppose if there's something you think of it's really obvious that we should have at the table and I'll see if I can do it last minute but I'm really excited for tomorrow last year we didn't have a ton of stuff at our table but it still went great and I think it'll go right this time as well we move on to 7-c the discussion of the repeal of the state level rent control ban uh Julia do you want to give background on this since you proposed it sure um so in the late 80s Ann Arbor had a uh you know a voter referendum on rent control um which lost at the same time Detroit ran one that won and before Detroit's could go into effect the state legislature passed the law saying no local government could have rent control um I personally believe in local control and believe in small government and am not a fan of laws passed by the state on what municipalities can do um and whether or not rent control is the right fit for Ann Arbor I I don't feel as the issue at the moment because it's not even possible at the moment um but throughout all of history there has not been enough housing in Ann Arbor and it seems like and people have been working on it forever so it seems like we need every kind of tool in the toolkit and we're better off if we don't have Lansing taking some of those tools away um so I would like to see us uh pass some you know motion to encourage the city council to pass a resolution which then would be forwarded to the legislature just basically saying um we'd like to have the band lifted uh we feel that Ann Arbor should be able to decide for itself whether or not rent control is the right fit I I like I could talk forever about it but I'm assuming that's probably all you want to hear um if somebody has a question about like any part of it um feel free this is a comment um I just so you know I obviously we're here to to advise city council not the state government however if you know we're all interested in housing issues and I think that we should make our voices heard at least as individuals and talk with our state representatives and I think that by and large our local state representatives and state senators are supportive of repealing the the ban not necessarily of implementing some kind of some form of local rent control um my personal feelings about rent control is that it's you know it's a price control it's not intended to expand the supply of housing of course if anything some people there is a group of economists quite a few economists who think that long term certain rent control policies can decrease the housing Supply I've seen other people try to refute that but basically it's really aimed at affordability and obviously we're dealing with an affordability crisis right now in the city so I am happy that the conversation is taking up you know it's really getting started here and so there was a coalition that met in Lansing um beginning of September to demand a few different things but one of their main demands was the repeal of the Statewide ban on rent control so that cities like Ann Arbor could at least start the conversation and seriously consider implementing some form of of uh rent stabilization ordinance and at the end of the day I have to say that I feel is when I talk to tenants and they say well you know my landlord increased the rent by 30 from year to year isn't there something that you know you guys can do to help and I I there's really not in most cases uh currently and I I think that's really ridiculous I think that most countries have some kind of um some kind of way to curb that sort of increase we don't we can't even discuss it right now so you know I'm really supportive of it I I think uh Julia I appreciate that you brought this up and one thing that I've seen is that some cities have been passing resolutions uh saying we as a city really support this repeal and we want our state legislature to consider that when they consider this bill um Ann Arbor hasn't done that however what they did do is they instructed their lobbyists to go to Lansing and try to support that policy of repealing the ban on local rent control rosanita well I said uh I personally believe in rent control to a certain extent um based on on research and what it means for tenants but just prefacing that like you said like when the rent can go up 30 or if it can go up fifty percent or a hundred percent then that becomes a huge problem but um having just thinking about City Council having a lobbyists talk about it is kind of different because I mean the lobbying firm itself has varying interests as opposed to a letter directly from or a resolution or whatever directly from the the city sure our lawmakers are for it but sometimes I think it helps with relationships between city council and some of the city residents knowing that the council is behind it and not send just sending a lobbyist to like I said the firm holds various interests because they're not just employed by our city council it's hard to read the room on Zoom so I'm not like if if people are generally in support of it um I do have the language for emotion um if people have some concerns they want to discuss now or if they want to think about it later we could vote on it at the next meeting too and I have a question Julia do you mean would this be emotion suggestion to city council that they do something that they release a statement or something like that yeah what what I had in mind was just that the Ann Arbor's render commission requests Ann Arbor city council to pass a resolution supporting the removal of the state's ban on rent control which is act 226 of 1988.
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like to call the regularly scheduled meeting of the Clifton Board of Education for Thursday the Wednesday 21st of uh September 2023 if you all please rise for salute to our flag followed by a brief moment of silence I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all if you'd all please remember the uh all those affected by the bus crash today in New York and for those that lost their lives we send our condolences to their families okay Rocco please Mr Roberto here Mr Awad miss basford here Mr Brunswick here Mr Mejia okay Mr Paris here Mr Santiago here vice president Danny here president Smith here we have a quorum uh Mr Awad and his wife uh just had the birth of a new baby boy so um he will not be here this evening for them because I don't know the name anything no uh mission statement please uh vice president Danny the mission of the Clifton School District in an open and reciprocal Community Partnership is to provide all students with a quality education to develop the skills necessary to become literate lifelong Learners who are responsible and productive citizens contributing to Democratic Society in an ever-changing world the open public meetings act the New Jersey open public meetings law was enacted to ensure the right to the public to have advance notice of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interests is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the provisions of this act the Clinton board of education has caused notice of this meeting to be publicized by having the daytime and place thereof posted at the city clerk's office Clifton Public Library administration building senior citizen Nutrition Center on cable TV in the local press on the district's website and mailed to presidents of parent teacher organizations this meeting will be tape recorded in accordance with the board's policy zero one six eight okay we'll move on um Mr Rose are you ready uh public recognition this portion of the meeting is open to the residents and on residents of Clifton for the purpose of addressing any subject matter pertinent to and or directly related to the operation of the Clinton Public School District residents and non-residents are requested if they're in person to sign the registered provider for this purpose all speakers are asked to State their names municipality in which they live in subject matter before they speak comments are limited to five minutes per person issues raised by members of the public may or may not be responded to by the board all comments will be considered and responsible be forthcoming if and when appropriate your questions may or may not be answered by board members the board asked the members of the public be courteous and mindful of the rights of other individuals when they are speaking specifically comments regarding students and employees of the board are discouraged and will not be responded to by the board students and employees have specific legal rights afforded by the laws of the state of New Jersey the board Bears no responsibility nor will it be held liable for any comments by May by made by members of the public members of the public should consider their comments in light of illegal rights of those affected or identified in their comments and be aware that they are legally responsible and liable for their comments all right we'll start with virtual please we have a phone um phone number 201 we have you're online with the Clifton Board of Education meeting yeah yeah okay hi you're free to make your comment you have five minutes oh right now I'm live yes okay great excuse me hello everybody um [Music] um oh excuse me with that being said uh back to school night to school five they show those lies I thought it was the most wonderful thing I've ever heard and I'm going to read I'm sure live or all elementary schools [Music] this allows us to better support your child's emotionally and academically um and then on top of that uh Mrs Harris School five she uh ended it with a personal little note and it was just so wonderful and she ended it with it it would only help me love you more and uh that meant the world to me and she taught my son a few years ago and now she has my daughter and she's one of the best teachers ever and it was just really a nice thing and I was just wondering if that was the school five things uh Elementary School in fact it's carried over into Woodrow but that exactly and I thought it was really such a wonderful thing and uh that's really it thank you so much [Music] thank you we have one remote computer login Viviana this is the Clifton Board of Education meeting would you like to make a public comment hi Viviana you're at the Clifton Board of Education how are you Hi how are you you have five minutes to speak would you like to make a comment hello hi Viviana I believe you've hit mute so if you'd like to make a comment you're more than welcome to speak publicly we're not taking text messages via Zoom if you'd like to unmute yourself and make a public comment you're free to do so do you plan on making a public comment s okay you'll have to unmute yourself so that you can make a public comment Hi how are you Hi how are you you're welcome to speak and make your comment hi Viviana would you like to make a public comment yeah no problem okay go ahead you have five minutes I believe you've muted yourself again okay no problem I'm gonna move on yeah we're gonna move on is there anyone else unfortunately I'm going to have to end this call we don't have anyone else in the waiting room okay motion to close executive virtual my uh Miss basford second by Mr abadrabo okay anyone else wish to address the board in the public please come up to the microphone sign the register provided state your name subject matter Miss Valley what you live well good evening my name is Lori lalama and I'm the president of the Clifton Education Association I stand before you today president of our Union to welcome you to another school year filled with promise challenges and opportunities as we embark on this journey together I want to share a few thoughts on the collective Vision we hold for our schools and the important role we all play in shaping the future of our students first and foremost our educators are committed to providing the highest quality education for every child in our district our educators are more than instructors they are mentors motivators and lifelong Learners themselves they work tirelessly to inspire curiosity critical thinking and a love of learning for our students but we understand that education is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor each child is unique with their own strengths needs and aspirations our educators are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that recognizes and celebrates these differences we will continue to advocate for policies and resources that support diverse learning styles and ensure that no child is Left Behind as we look ahead it's important to acknowledge that the fast past few years have presented unprecedented challenges the pandemic disrupted our lives in ways we could never have imagined yet our Educators in collaboration with our Administration and Community adapted and persevered we applaud the resilience of our students the support of our parents and the tireless efforts of our Educators we are grateful for the work of our Administration and Board of Education during this time now we Face a new school year with optimism and determination we will continue to prioritize the health and safety of our students and staff we will remain flexible and responsive to evolving circumstances Guided by the latest science and the expertise of our Educators in the spirit of collaboration we invite the community and the Board of Ed to engage with us in a dialogue of continuous Improvement together we can identify areas where our schools Excel and where we can do better let us work together to ensure that every child has access to a world-class education regardless of their background or circumstances in closing I want to express my gratitude to the Educators staff Administration parents and the community members who make our schools vibrant and strong together we will make this school year a success nurturing the growth and development of our future leaders and citizens thank you for your support and let's make the school year one of Excellence growth and inclusivity for all thank you have a good evening thank you good evening everyone my name is Joe Canova I live on 21 Hudson Street and I am running in the board of election this November number seven on the ballot some of you may already know me since I served from April of 19 to December of 22.
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home of the Wildcats next week best week of the school year homecoming it's about bringing the community together students having lots of fun it's also about alumni returning some alumni return every single day we're going to meet some of our staff members that were students here as Wildcats some of them were on the homecoming Court some of them liked each other some of them were friends some were in the band some of them were on the football team the soccer team let's meet some of our staff to come back here every day and hear about their memories from homecoming all right Wildcats I'm here with Mr zappito Mr zabatil you went here right class of 2011 2011 a little over 10 years ago when you look back at your time here what was your favorite memory from homecoming my favorite memory of homecoming would have been the time that me and my buddies put together just our own little tailgate out in the Now teacher parking lot that used to be the senior lot and I would say just you know having fun hanging out with everybody going to the dances and just watching the football games all right a rogue tailgate put on by Mr Hamilton all right Wildcats I'm here with Candace fickes Candace fickes from the class of 1990 E3 1993 she's celebrating her 30th class reunion next weekend when you look back at your time here as a student what was your favorite memory from homecoming favorite memory had to be we used to do game nights we used to have a game like Olympic night where all the classes would compete against each other what was your best event well tug of war was always our favorite but they used to do the Chubby Bunny where you put all those marshmallows in your mouth that was a good one popular assembly game choking hazard that's why we don't do it anymore but it was big in the 90s all right Wildcats I'm here with Corey Stigler Corey stiglitz class of 1993 1993 another class in 1993 you're having your 30th class reunion next weekend I Believe Miss Vickers was in your class yes you are did you like her in high school BFFs BFFs they started it back in 1993.
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all right it is seven o'clock we're going to call the meeting to order welcome everyone and we're going to start off with our public budget hearing prior to our regular board meeting sorry okay we gotta do roll call First we'll call Calder order sorry no problem keep me straight and with that let's go into our Pledge of Allegiance which I am number two oh I'm sorry see you got me all messed up here all right roll call First how about a roll call sorry sorry I jumped the gun [Music] Andrea Corey here Kelly Moyer here Greg Meyer Lisa Schumacher here Tyson search we have a quorum now we either Pledge of Allegiance please repeat after me I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you very much all right welcome all the visitors here we got a good crowd tonight always glad to see everybody [Music] take part in the process here we'll move right on to item number four which is our public hearing on the 2023-2024 school budget and um the budget is on display this is a projected and a tentative budget as you'll see the Ed funds in the red two hundred thousand dollars o m funds in the red 120 000 um we've been in the red at the projected budgets before and um in the I was here in 2020 2021 2022 2023 now only one of them did our projected budgets actually end up in the red Bond sales and CHS construction costs are the one thing that's probably going to change the most in this budget we are approving some contracts tonight to start really planning and lining out the work at the high school we're going to be doing Bond sales next month to try and take advantage of the bonds falling off and not change the the the tax rate um those are the big talking points there is no need for a deficit reduction plan because although we have a deficit budget projected our fund balances are such that we are still considered uh financially um responsible I guess is the right term I'll turn it over to you for questions comments or perfect any questions from the board Kevin's concerns all right and turn it up to the public any public comments or questions these hearings are so easy it's awesome Perfect all right hearing no comments or questions um that will conclude our budget hearing for this year and I'll entertain a motion to adjourn [Music] roll call please Maureen Friedrich yes Adam humkin yes Andrea Corey yes Kelly Moyer yes Craig Meyer yes Lisa Schumacher yes Tyson search all right time is 703 we will end that meeting we will start immediately with our regular scheduled board meeting so we'll call that one to order as well and I know nobody probably left in the last 30 seconds but roll call please Maureen Friedrich here Adam hamkin here Andrea Corey here Kelly Moyer here Craig Meyer here Mr Schumacher Tyson search all right we do have a quorum again again welcome to all the visitors and uh recognize everyone any public comments or correspondence for this meeting all right we will move right on to the consent agenda Mr Grote if you'd be so kind yes we have your finances of note I want to remind you that last month we did not have the financial reports because our software transitions I emailed those out between meetings but you are now officially approving the July and the August financials um we've got three four resignations uh our high school business teacher our nurse at um Parkview is not actually resigning but she's putting in her letter of intent to retire in four years uh John Wehrenberg Middle School boys track coach and Gary what is it washinski did I say that correctly our also track are um resigning we've got Scott Harris as our bus driver Kelly Graves is a bus monitor and Christopher Graham is a bus driver so it's always good to be hiring those bus drivers um Julie pyatt's our business teacher that we are hiring to replace Mr Smith who left us uh extracurricular assignments we've got Amanda Bandy co-sponsor from the Middle School Beta Club Wendy Stevens High School assistant golf coach Mark Sands from coast sponsors of the high school blue crew Jenny Steckler will be doing blue crew while Mr sandstrom is the basketball coach so that we won't have that overlapped we've got class advancements for our drivers those two individuals and vacancies we're going to be needing to replace our track coaches and we are always looking for bus drivers so if you know anybody that wants to drive we would be happy to have them um all that said I uh Administration recommends the consent agenda be approved as presented any questions on the consent agenda comments concerns what's that entertains you a motion to a privilege agenda has presented I'll make a motion thank you very second roll call please yes move right on to our Communications and reports I think we have somebody from Marshall thank you Mr commercials I did a quick head count because 12 around the table I have 11.
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good evening I've always wanted to do that I'd like to call this meeting to order do I have my dinner there you go I'd like to call the meeting to order regular board meeting September 21st 2023 uh first order of business is our Pledge of Allegiance Mr Kelly good evening my name is Liam Vermillion will you please stand and join me saying the pleasant the Pledge of Allegiance a pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all foreign okay um next up is the adoption of the agenda do I have a motion Mr Madam president I move that we approved the consent agenda as presented okay do I have a second actually I believe it's the agenda the whole genome a second okay thank you Mr Russell and Mr Daniels um all in favor all right um next up do I need to say that again yeah passes four to zero yes yeah okay thank you learning uh next up is The Shining Star Wars uh thank you Mrs Council this evening we would like to ask a Valerie Miller to come up to the podium she's going to share with you um a really exciting story uh about one of our employees and and some of the great things that have happened so Valerie if you would yeah on August 24th the student was choking on a piece of a corn dog during lunch in that moment Wendy Patton recognized that the next necessary step was performing the Heimlich maneuver after acting swiftly Wendy was successful in removing the corn dog this act of Bravery is why we believe she deserves to be a Center Grove Corporation shining star we are truly lucky to have her on our food service team thank you so much Wendy [Applause] okay have you know that your name will now be on the clock out there well done thanks giving Spotlight okay uh next would be the CG Spotlight and we have Pleasant Grove Elementary Mr Mr Kelly [Music] first of all I'd like to say thank you for giving us this opportunity uh Wendy amazing job just amazing um we're fortunate enough with that we have the opportunity to share with you three shining stars from Pleasant Grove uh first up I'd like to invite Liam Vermillion who let us in the Pledge of Allegiance Lima if you could come up here and just stand and stare at everybody in the audience and feel uncomfortable just like that awesome uh here here's what makes Liam exceptional I'm recognizing Liam for his kind heart positive student leadership at Pleasant Grove and is a willingness to go above and beyond for others Liam is an excellent student with tremendous work ethic a Next Level athlete who will turn your head when he gets to high school but most importantly he's a kind young man who makes sure others feel included especially our students with disabilities and the short story is is that he makes he goes out of his way to include everyone at recess even out in the community he's just an amazing individual at the beginning of this school year Liam was around and I asked him to help me bring in the kindergarten students on the first day he didn't hesitate that meant a lot to me because a kid's first day of school is so important they were nervous on the about their first day to find their classroom and he provided a positive first impression Liam Vermillion [Applause] and next I would like to bring up Stacy raftery Stacy is a second grade teacher at Pleasant Grove she's taught for 17 years in the Center Grove School Corporation both at Pleasant Grove and Maple Grove and what what makes Stacy exceptional and here's what I wrote Stacy is an exceptional teacher who works extremely hard at her trade she exemplifies the term lifelong learner she as she's always evolving her skills and continually seeks opportunity to learn new methods and instructional strategies when I think of the word zeal I think of Stacy's commitment to the teaching profession because she is Relentless in her pursuit of advancing her skills each and every year Stacy raftery [Applause] and next I'd like to bring up Kathy friedenstein I should have put on here Kathy does not like the extra attention but I love it she is so deserving Kathy is a special education assistant she's done it for a while she's been at Pleasant Grove for quite at some time we I have 25 years and she is the heartbeat of the school she's the Pleasant Grove version of The Swiss army knife she is a special education assistant but means so much more to our school Kathy is accountable Dependable responsible and simply put great at her job she has been a constant through the years of change and can always be counted on Pleasant Grove is blessed to have her on her team and an example was today we had our Fun Run and we had a little girl who we found out quickly she does not like mascots and uh you know you I could see Kathy over there just you know taking her in giving her Comfort holding her hand and then and then they were able to enjoy the fun run so thank you Kathy for all you do you are a blessing to our school [Applause] hmm all right so next is public comments and there are no public comments tonight so we will go into kins the consent items um is there any discussion on the consent items Madam president I move that we approved the consent agenda great you've been dying to do that okay thank you Mr Russell Mr Robinson um all in favor aye aye any opposed that passes 4-0 we might want to mention too this evening Mr Alexander couldn't join us today so he has a personal matter that he had to take care of great so next we're on to 7.1 approved school and approved School Improvement plans Dr arkanoff thank you Mrs count this evening I'm recommending that the board approved the school Improvement plans and Dr Hoover will provide you with some additional information for me oh yeah thank you um before we dive into the to the actual plans I just want to share a few slides here because there's a lot that goes into the process in each building and even though these three plans or our plans are really three-year um processes they have to review them and update data and make adjustments each year to those those three-year goals and so we're in one of those three year Cycles but I think it's really important to know all that goes in behind the scenes that the the building levels are doing and at the end of the day it is about goals but we also know when we're striving very hard to think goals work when we have systems because systems are what continue Improvement and make them not a fluke or a flash in the pan but continue so we can keep progressing so we're working really hard at the system so that when we get to the place we want to be and we arrive we can sustain it so um just as a reminder um in our district we are a professional learning community and we we're all involved in working collaboratively with the people who do two life jobs with us and that's the foundation of that first we call them our gears these are the three areas we're constantly working on and that's how we do the work as a PLC but it's also to create safe supportive and collaborative environments not only for students to learn in but for everyone to work in and so that that culture that we all live and work in is really important the second is effective teaching and we need that in every classroom and that's how we do how we teach um so that we're using best practices and always growing and improving and then the last one is to have a guaranteed viable curriculum enough to what we teach so that that learning experience and what kid their learning targets are are the same no matter what classroom and what building a student is sitting in and especially with the district with this multiple schools that is very important to have those learning targets the same across the district and with that system what we're really striving for is to have an exceptional educational experience for every student and what you'll see there in the box that we're aiming at that is how our principles and teaching learning Department have um kind of Quantified or talk about what does it mean to have an exceptional experience it's not winning just trophies or Awards it's really about um the environment we want kids to be in we want them to be safe respected and cared for every day at school I'm challenged and engaged growing and thriving and celebrating and prepared our big verbs we're looking for so that E3 is something every kid gets just by coming to Center growth and then the last one and I say this a lot because it's so important that we have to truly believe we do better work together than we can ever do by ourselves and it takes longer because getting out people to agree or getting everyone on board takes takes time and effort and we have to let some things go but at the end of the day it's it's better for kids and it's better for us as um staff members because our ideas and our plans are better so those are the big ideas that go behind all of the schools creating their their school Improvement plans even though they're working back in their buildings we're still all focused on the same work as the district um so with that she's going to pull up a summary page while I explain a few things about the action item I'm app we're asking you to approve per Indiana code all public schools must annually submit a school Improvement plan also per the State Board of Education rule plans will be submitted after being approved by the governing body the applicable standard requires the e-school submit their full revised three-year School Improvement plan on a yearly basis and all of our schools must submit that plan no later than October 6th the Indiana school Improvement plan is part of a process for continual School Improvement to be effective the plan should be reviewed be viewed as a living document evolving as circumstances change during a three-year period covered by each plant which is why I also ask you to look at the give you the action plan so you can see how we're altering and improving East Center Grove School is reviewed and considered its assessment data and revised their plan to reflect the building needs the student achievement goal for each building is the basis for their strategies and professional development throughout the year which is delineated in the this their school Improvement plan our elementary schools are focused on reading as our previously previous school had been on math and we really made a lot of gains in our math as I shared at the August board meeting when we talked about student performance data our elementary schools are in a multi-year plan to improve reading Acquisitions and comprehension the addition of an explicit system or systemic phonics instruction called you fly the University of Florida literacy initiative is a district-wide strategy this year we're excited to see the impact of this instruction along with the continual Improvement in implementing our comprehensive reading framework so the you fly is the one of the science of reading components that go into that larger reading acquisition our secondary schools have goals that include Improvement in language and math portions of their state assessments um as a reminder we are in the renewal of the process the plans for approval tonight include benchmarks performance data strategies outcomes research and professional development plans the school Improvement plans and revisions are aimed at continuing improving our student learning and our student growth on the summary of all the school schools and benchmarks are provided and as are the action plans that you can see um I do want to put a plug-in I couldn't before the action item was in I couldn't share this because it came out Friday all of our schools um met Federal standards on our report card so we're doing good stuff just trying to get better every year I asked if the board to prove all nine schools updated School Improvement plans for 23 24.
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call tonight's meeting order pledge allegiance Al to of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all want to remind everybody we are live streaming welcome those who are here in person tonight those who are joining us online and we will begin with consent agenda items motion from Earl need a second second from Travis on those all those in favor like 5 Y is there anyone here that would like to speak on something that is not on tonight's agenda or any other top seeing none we'll move on to Old business under old business uh property Phil yes I'd like I'm asking the board of approval for Martin Riley Architects for the uh 2024 roof proposal at various locations that contract okay we all have have had that so see what those were I need motion by Barry ly a second second second by Cheryl all those in favor okay under new business we have a look like five new Neola policies and this is a first reading okay so be ready for those next time we'll do second read pass those next time okay under programs got we got a summer school report sure this is just an inform um we did have traditional summer uh school for our high school students for credit recovery um it was funded by the summer school Grant we had 55 students who earned uh took 95 courses um were completed with credit earn they use uity program and we the teachers and pars assisted how many days was that it really depends on the student allow to be self Pac so some could have finished very quickly some may have taken most thank you on then we have some recommendations under I guess we have none right now we need permission after school tutoring oh one I'm sorry oh I I skipped over after school it's a pretty exciting opportunity I want to share with you so I'm glad we came back to it um so uh like I said it's a it's a wonderful opportunity that we have um it's through a state enrichment grant called Indiana learns we're partnering with the boys and girls club to offer after school tutoring we have a site or we're going to have a site at every Elementary School we're targeting about 20 students um and then uh we're going to have a one to four teacher to student ratio to qualify students um have to be in third through e8th grade they have to score below proficiency on um either English language arts or math on iearn and then qualify as free and reduced so um our goal is to get about two hours a two-hour session two one hour sessions per week to help with uh bringing those reading and math scores up car anything that you wanted to add all we plan to start October 2nd um right now we have teachers at all the locations so we're still looking for some teachers to beginning October 2 that is our goal yes all set that's what we're trying I would mention that the staff are employed by boys and girls club for the tutoring time they're not actually employed by us but they are our certified staff working with our students so it's a really unique partnership and it's at no cost to the parent very good okay now yes I'm requesting commission to post one teacher position for first semester and one teacher position for second semester for the high school um a night school position uh this program allows students to recover credits needed for graduation motion motion second Earl any questions all um look like we have one recommendation um support staff excuse me support staff is that okay um what about the conference there it was consent agenda oh I'm sorry okay we are ready then for recommendations for support staff thank you um I'd like to make the recommendation that Shannon Clark be hired as a Jenny's King High School custodian Diana Earl as a high school elll parro Hunter uler um to be hired as the Middle School seventh grade assistant basketball coach and the eighth grade assistant basketball coach asking for the recommendation to hire shaa goens as a Jennings County School's floating bus Aid and Philip Hatton as a Jennings count County School's floating bus driver asking for the recommendation to hire Hannah Henson as the Jennings County Middle School parpro Olivia mlan as the Jan County School's floating sub cook Paulie OA St Creek parpro um for termination Ashley paer as a northon Elementary sped parro asking for recommendation that Mandy Pike be hired at the Jennings County as a jinnings County High School parro Levi Ross as the Jennings County Middle School head girls basketball coach Richard sahaki as a Jennings County Middle School assistant wrestling coach and Brandon Zell as a St Greek Elementary elll PA Pro and Translator by Cheryl second second byy questions a quick question the basketball coach are those practices staggered yes I did check with that answers it so you be a little busy okay any other questions all right all those in favor under finances donations yes we do like always have a lot of generous people here Rose Acres $600 to Brush Creek student snacks Gary and Janet Spear $200 to Brush Creek for t-shirts for the reading reward program Jeffrey Garry's $100 to Sand Creek for mean Matthews kindergarten class Mitchell and Connie bar $882 to Sand Creek for student lunches DAV Mar contractors $200 to San Creek family picnic cpio United Methodist Church $100 to cpio lunch accounts kanana Club of North fernon $150 to the Middle School Panther project Terry Lux $200 to the Jennings County High School student needs and the Hope food program Grand Baptist Church $675 asking permission to accept donations motion by Earl second second second by Cheryl all those in favor again so many generous people thankful all right we have an inform here about our yes next uh voice systems contract is our accounting software computrol that we use that we been using for at least 30 years now it is becoming un our current version is the Doss version it's basically not going to be supported from a maintenance standpoint so we are needing to convert to the cloud operating system it' be in the spring of 2024 but this is just informed to say we're pretty much don't have much of a choice with the other one not being supported okay else have any questions on that okay um under relations asking for approval to accept a resolution um to accept the settlement from Al Trea group this is related to the previous settlement that we had with juel so asking for approval to accept that settlement motion by Mary second second second by Travis all in fav 5 and we have an inform too yes so an inform I just want to make the board aware that um schools in Indiana Across the Nation are joining a social media litigation um this is litigation against a joint U conglomerate of social media groups it's intended to address in 2023 the Surgeon General General released a public health advisory warning for children and using social media and some ill effects and so it is looking to address that as a group and see if there are things that we can get to support our kids who've had harmful effects this is the increase in discipline um bullying um low self-esteem behavioral disregulation things of that nature so if the board is interested in um pursuing that possible litigation it would be with the same company that we worked with with juwel and I could bring a resolution back for you to look at if you wanted to consider joining along with some other districts on that we want to have any further questions on that no cost to us of recover there is no cost is only if um there are damages awarded then there would be cost that's included within that we don't have anything everything gain anybody else so we so you will bring back a resolution for us in next meeting yes I'll bring back a resolution then it sounds like we have some interest so I'll bring back one for you to see okay thank you thank you very much I don't have any other except to celebrate our parents again this week is parent te for elementary and had turn for that as well so very grateful for parent support anyone else have anything to say entain a motion motion second second by chery meeting a joury minutes
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okay we'd like to open the public hearing on the 2024 school budget a 2024 Capital project Finance plan in the 2024 bus replacement Philip uh the overall review basically is we're going to advertise rainy day after every day was advertised at 500 000 education advertised at 36 000 operations or 76 million operations 16 million and Debt Service 4 million 351 dollars for the the regular school budget and the capital project budget was advertised at or is currently set at 351 000 just for potential project purchases and the 2024 was one million 975 2025 was 2 645 the 2026 Capital plan is seven million 595 thousand dollars and then for the bus replacement our budget is stated at 200 at 2024 to be 259 653. 2025 the same 259 653 and then 2026 through 2028 is 351 544 dollars per year that's the overview of that anyone here uh have questions or input on those items on the 2024 budget hearing that I will call this uh hearing closed and we'll begin our public session and uh
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check what's going on face Cold Play right here I pledge allegiance discrimination under God indivisible with liberty and just ready talk right face forward mark s oh yeah boom yep good evening and thank you all for joining us this evening I want to especially give a warm welcome to our high Beverly High School class of 1963 alumni here with us this evening [Applause] a green vice president of the Beverly Education Foundation we're celebrating 26 years of a unique partnership with the Beverly Public Schools and you bringing schools and citizens together to improve public education to help children strive for excellence and to expand their knowledge tonight we've seen a great example of the Beverly Public Schools with our Color Guard these were all volunteer children students along with major Andrew Walters and I just would like to call their names out this evening Cadet first sergeant Bancroft Cadet Sergeant Maura Cadet PFC salmon and Cadet private right [Applause] all know that good schools aren't essential for the well-being of students and to the Civic health of our communities as an independent non-profit organization the Beverly Education Foundation actively fundraises in order to award grants for projects that impact a significant number of students while tied to system-wide goals that support education curriculum augment professional development and raise the profile of public education one of our campaigns honor a teacher in the spring is just a wonderful way to show the Excellence of our educators in addition we secure corporate donors and we have just secured 10 years of funding from the Cummings Foundation to bolster teacher support professional development better connections between teachers parents and students and to provide additional Innovative programs to prepare Beverly students for their futures we were an early supporter of the one to one at this new high school 12 years ago this is a program that is a lease to own and you you pay in for four years and you the student walks away with a a a a computer many children were unable to to participate in those leases and the foundation helped by subsidizing leases for them thereby contributing to the quality of Education in Beverly an equal opportunity of all students that is how we got to know our our speaker tonight David osterio tonight we're going to be led and moderated by a very uh very neat young man jfoss Doug Walker Sarah a l o Lorinda visnick and I met Jay almost two years ago he he interviewed us on his show raising your inner voice uh at the North Shore 104.9 and he's graciously agreed to lead this discussion tonight um uh Jay in addition to doing this currently runs his own DJ business does concert lighting at the Shannon Lou performance center in Rockport and is the audio visual manager at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton where he lives with his wife two sons a dog and nine chickens and if you'd like the breakdown of the chickens I have them thank you much so much for today I'll turn it over now to our foundation president Douglas Walker [Applause] thank you good evening my name is Doug Walker I'm the president of the Beverly Education Foundation I would like to thank the Beverly High School and the administration team for all their help and allowing us to use this great facility I would also like to thank the board of the Beverly Education Foundation for all their Herculean effect efforts to make this night happen and thank you all for coming here tonight tonight's proceedings are also being live streamed on bevcam's YouTube page there are many really cool things about Beverly and one of the best can be seen right outside this building Beverly has the only continuously operating solar array set up by the Carter Administration in 1977.
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Miss ham here miss Harrigan yeah Mr Martelli here Mr peregini here Ms Rosenberg here Mr White here Mr chairman you have a quorum thank you I ask that we stand for the pledge pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for what it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all good evening everyone and uh in a beautiful cool normal weather evening it is I hope this lasts for a while before it turns uh to snow knock on wood uh we'll get right into it we're going to start with our student representative report and we have new Representatives this year so Dr Gad do you want to introduce good evening and it is indeed my pleasure to to introduce our Board of Education representatives for the 2023 2024 school year and I will say these two students are incredibly hard working they're highly involved in the school and in the community they're responsible but they are also two of the kindest students you will ever meet so Andrew Elliott Andrew is an outstanding individual who possesses not only academic prowess but leadership qualities he has a commitment to the community and he's dedicated to making a positive impact in the world around him Beyond his academic accomplishments academic accomplishments Andrew is a natural leader serving as the president of his class for two consecutive years and he demonstrates exceptional leadership skills sound judgment and the ability to inspire his peers Andrew's leadership extends beyond the classroom and he has been an integral part of our school's athletic teams including baseball and football his determination teamwork and sports have contributed significantly to our school's athletic success he is not only a leader within the school but also a dedicated member of the National Honor Society safe School climate committee link crew best buddies Brave which stands for bringing remembrance to All Veterans everywhere in addition he dedicates countless hours to community service his involvement in these organizations speaks to his commitment to fostering inclusivity positive School culture and community building his contributions to these groups have been invaluable and his passion for making a positive impact on his school Community is truly commendable Andrew Elliott and [Applause] Ella Paul has made countless contributions to Cheshire high school as well as the Cheshire Community examples of her leadership include being president of the best buddies chapter co-president of the student Senate editor-in-chief of the school newspaper and president of the mock trial Club Ellis also a contributing member of the Cheshire Education Foundation and safe School climate committee she's part of Link crew and the advisory and scheduling Committee in addition to all of these committees she actively performs in the school's drama and musical Productions every year and she's a varsity Athlete on the field hockey team she's participated in countless volunteer opportunities many of which directly work with younger children in and around Cheshire such as the therapeutic recreation program youth Field Hockey coaching the challengers baseball team and Cheshire lights of hope Ella has participated in numerous leadership experiences and training including the Hugh O'Brien youth leadership program in all of her spare time she also holds down a part-time job at a local pizza restaurant so Ella all thank you so welcome Ellen Andrew and thank you for volunteering and your commitment to this so what do you have for us tonight um so I was going to start off by discussing our Athletics at our school and a couple other topics um so our teams are off to a great start all of our varsity teams were undefeated and during this week unfortunately at the beginning of this week we have had a couple of losses um and some other information about our school our girls volleyball coach head volleyball Coach Sue bavone is approaching her 600th win she's around 590 currently our head football coach Don drust was named the New York Jets High School football coach of the week and he will be honored on December 10th at the Jets versus uh the New York Jets versus the Texas they're the Houston Texans on December 10th um on October 7th our band will be participating in Music in Motion at the high school with many other bands around town it's an amazing event I've been there in the past and even been a part of it freshman year um we were excited to have our band move this year at our football games so we could have one student section where they're not separated um our captains attended the fall SEC captains meeting this is a seasonal meeting for our Sports captains and provides them with an opportunity to meet with other captains of other schools and share ideas in regards to leadership uh the captains also heard from a keynote speaker on the topic of mental health in athletes um and tomorrow night is a great day to support Athletics at our school our volleyball team hosts Hampden at 5 30 and football hosts Glastonbury at seven o'clock it's a great night to support our volleyball players and football players and cheerleaders in band um and also additionally last week I believe Thursday it was we had our pep rally at our school that was a great way to introduce school spirit of the Year especially to our incoming freshmen and our seniors Juniors and sophomores who have been a part of it for a uh for at least two years um and I wanted to save our my favorite thing for last so Cheshire High School is one of a record 29 Connecticut high schools being honored with a 2022-2023 Michael's Jewelers achievement cup award Cheshire is being recognized with the Michael's Jewelers achievement cup for the sixth time in seven years which is a tremendous accomplishment schools that are a part of the ciac's Class Act program can be considered for the Michaels Jewelers achievement cup award and um Mr parisino I discussed with him today he wanted me to say who says people don't move to Cheshire for the nightlife first of all thank you so much for having us here we're really honored I speak on behalf of both of us for that um to kind of start myself off I would just like to say we have had a really successful start to the school year welcoming incoming freshmen and new students and just getting everyone back into the swing of things uh before the school year started we had our freshman orientation which through link crew and with the help and Leadership of Mrs pelz one of our assistant principals we welcomed all the freshmen in we split them into groups we did activities they got to meet teachers the new school resource officers the school counselors and get tours around the school and learn a little bit about what kind of what it's like to be at Cheshire High School the opportunities involved and of course they got to meet Dr Solon and then moving on from there we had the first day of school um we had all of our seniors and their senior shirts getting ready to celebrate for their last year and we had everyone meeting with their advisories going to their first classes and really getting back into the swing of things and being a Ram uh moving on we have some other things going on extracurricularly in the schools aside from the sports the fall play just finished up their auditions and are beginning their rehearsals for a show that will be in November and they have been working incredibly hard I'm not personally in it but I'm hearing some from some of my drama friends and they're really excited to present this one it's a really fun show with interesting characters so there's that we have um the NHS induction for our National Honor Society coming up on Wednesday September 27th at 7 30 a.m they're the students who have above a 4.0 GPA and participate in at least 70 community service hours and 30 leadership hours as well as write an essay they will be honored for their achievements and and welcomed into this club that participates in community service around Cheshire and participates in all kinds of food drives or anything along those lines so that is exciting we also have the club Fair coming up which is a great opportunity for new students and students who have already been here to get a feel for the opportunities around them whether they be fun clubs like just like ball club or career oriented clubs like Mock Trail or anything like that and we have a totally wide variety um Dr Gad always says to new freshmen that they would be hard for us to find a club that they did not like and I would really say that I'm sure that's true for all students and if they can't find one they can always make their own so the club fair is a really great opportunity to scope out all of those really awesome groups to be a part of and meet new people and then on my last note we also have the PSAT coming up for freshmen sophomores and juniors and that will be on October 18th so of course they are getting ready for that and getting ready to start learning a little bit about what the college process is going to be like or the post grad process if they're not planning on going to college and our school counseling office has really been Helping Seniors get into their post-grad plans through senior meetings and presentations offered so that's it on my end thank you so much guys uh questions from the board members 10 10.
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I know I can't vote but I would support I would support that I mean I'm seeing it you know from the student perspective I'm seeing rents like I've never seen them before and what's what I see happening in my world is that um you know students who can't afford there are a lot more students who can't afford to live in Ann Arbor than could before and that's impacting them in a lot of ways you know when you're not on campus you don't have the same opportunities there's more stress there's more I mean there's there's just a lot more involved when we have more and more students that can't afford to live in Ann Arbor so from that perspective I would be really in support of of what Julie said um and and I you know I'd love to see it more affordable for for um my clientele I guess Jamie sorry raised my hands yeah I second that um really what everyone has said um I feel like asking city council to make a more formal statement is kind of like the least we can do in our limited um abilities that we have as a commission and I know the university has been doing some research into um like the impact of current oh Financial well so it would be a good time hopefully you might want to turn your video on we can't hear you oh I can't hear you maybe other people can I can either no you froze well we'll come back to you Jamie okay sorry about that uh I promise you we'll come back to you but once your internet clears up uh Bob so I wonder if city council may be waiting for this commission to propose this um before they before they would do the resolution I think they would want to see you know what this commission feels about it um before they make their decision thanks bud Jeff um yeah I mean I agree with foreign it's city council has a lot to deal with first of all so you're right um but I also agree that you know in a lot of ways Ann Arbor residents know what's best friend armor and to not have the ability to even consider it I think is is a detriment to the community um and then that's just with all the other problems that we have too well seeing as how I haven't really heard any opposition to the idea you propose Julia I think it makes sense to just go ahead and make the motion um do I get this is a question to Kristen can we just make a motion and have that forwarded on to uh city council or should we really write it write it out in resolution form um if you make the motion and approve it we can um put it on the council agenda um you don't have to do the extra stuff okay great and Justice I think I mentioned this before but I've believe that so I think the city of Pontiac did pass a resolution I'm not sure what other cities have done that but I think that Ypsilanti is at least discussing it if they haven't already passed a resolution so you know there's a lot of other cities that are discussing this I think it's a very timely issue but I'll pass it over to Julia if you're ready to make that motion sure um the Ann Arbor Runners Commission requests Ann Arbor City Council to pass a resolution supporting the removal of the state's ban on rent control which is act 226 of 1988.
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yes lucky me right as coveted began for those who don't know a little background on me I have three daughters age 12 9 and 3 and CCMS School 3 and soon to be kindergarten I'm 42 lifelong Clifton resident I lived in botany Village Lakeview Ave off of Lakeview Ave and in Dutch Hill currently I'm a senior director at Berkeley College and I.T Department reporting to the CIO I've been there for about 19 years now which gives me a perspective on what students need coming into college setting before serving as a board member I helped fund and push a campaign with students community members and staff included included other struggling districts like us to ensure our state funding this successful Endeavor has funded our schools close to 100 million dollars since passing legislation in our favor and we'll continue to secure 50 million dollars each year moving forward I'm on the HSA for school three nccms I donate my time to DJ events for both schools as well as fundraising for school three since my wife is the president there I was on the NJ SBA State Board of Directors representing Passaic County as an alternate I'm happy to see our own uh Mr Paris here now carrying that torch I think he's an excellent fit for that role as a past board member I've served on all committees over my tenure the largest accomplishment was selecting our new superintendent when Dr Robert Posey came to Clifton the first thing he we did together was to tour every school and make a list of items that need to be fixed you don't go 10 years on their fund and a half a billion underfunded to still have a pristine facilities as as a board we came up with historic referendum that passed almost 70 percent in favor showing our town cares about our schools when covet hit we rolled out a 1-1 device policy and supplied all students with laptops we ensured our community had food to eat by setting up pickup locations for free if needed over those three and a half years we updated bathrooms fixed Fields added new weight room we're getting air conditioning everywhere and we're able to harden our security in school provide a better environment overall for our kids our town was chosen as one of the best places to live in 2023 and while other factors play into that you can be sure education played a heavy role with it being in the top category for the ranking so what's up next in my opinion a large Focus has been on facilities I think now we get back to the basics which is education student achieving and well-being should be at the Forefront I want to support new programs so that we could be leading in education and allow our kids to get to be able to get jobs and create a business if they wanted to to right out of school advocating for estate funding to experience expand Pre-K will help our kids get a jump on education fundamentals his exposed early on do better in their academics it will also free up finances at home since some pay out of pocket for Pre-K chat GPT and AI is at its infancy but I would love to see our students exposed to this to see what possibilities they have there and how they can leverage this new technology in ways never imagined I want to expose students to a variety of things so they could identify early on what they're passionate about to find their god-given talent early and get a leg up on other kids that they're competing against in this world of remote work teacher support and professional development is another area of Focus Education at its core is a teacher in the students we need to ensure that they have what is needed to work with our kids and have the information and material resonate so our students are successful Safety and Security are areas that we need to continue to grow parent engagement is another opportunity for us Clifton is very diverse and many of his parents parents speak different languages allowing us to bridge the gap and make connections to our teachers and to parents ensure we're all rowing in the same direction towards our goals the job of a board commissioner as you know is not easy you're dealing with a large District everyone has opinions on what to do but it's up to the voters of this town to determine which three people out of the Slate of seven candidates will align with the future of Clifton I have three little girls so I have a lot writing on what we do here please consider voting for me Joe Canova to continue working for our town again I'm lucky number seven on the value on the ballot thank you and good night [Applause] oh all right good evening um my name is Elias Ragsdale I serve as president of the Clifton student union and this year also president of the student council Association um I think you all know me um I wanted to thank you first of all for the success we've been able to have in communication between the union and the board and of course the administrators at Clifton High School um I was just thinking at the last meeting about when I came here to talk about the tennis courts and I remember Mr Dubois used to do the same thing and now if we ride behind CHS the tennis courts are beautiful so um I think that's evidence of the good communication that has been had and I thank you all for being so attentive to our issues and whatever has come up I would like to congratulate our new senior representative student representative Jada who you'll hear from in a bit um she also works at the union and she's a very bold representative so I think there's a lot in store for the future the start of school has been good I believe we have three more security guards in high school which is always great um and also I'd like to talk about the voter registration drive that's going on this week it started on Tuesday I believe the 19th and so far Jay's going to talk about this tomorrow as well we've quadrupled the amount of registers that we've had when it comes to students that are 17 and 18.
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what was your favorite memory of homecoming New Year's student year I remember them having a bonfire right outside the pool area and I believe we were the last class because it nearly burnt down the school so so if anybody asked why we don't have bonfires anymore it's due to miss stiglitz in the class of 1993. our Wildcats I'm here with Mrs Plum Mrs Plum from the class of 2005. all right coming up on your 20th class reunion in a couple more years still got a couple years what is your favorite memory of homecoming manure student here when I was in high school here we started the squad and so everyone loved going to the football games we would design our own shirts and back in the day they used to have these like wooden footballs for like every football player and we used to sign them an originator of the squad Miss Plum all right Wildcats I'm here with Mr Madden Mr madder from the class of 2018.
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so can you just pass them around my role as auditor does not include reporting on the weather but I will tell you that the reason I'm wet is because when you fart down there and it starts to rain like mad you show up to the meeting left so you have before you an audit of the financial statements of Columbia Community Union School number four for the year end of June 30 2023.
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