>> Yeah. Yeah, actually. >> And then that's I think that's what the commission is saying. We'd like to send that and and congratulate our winners before it goes to the press. >> Yeah. Uh yeah. Not not a problem. There is just one quick confirmation. So some of the projects uh are not necessarily tied to a specific individual but rather a uh >> a a collective as a whole. Specifically the one that comes to mind is the uh the dragon um um art festival uh that was b done by the University of Michigan. uh we can send them we can send that specific department uh a notice and and then they can select someone to uh be the recipient. But uh for for those uh uh projects that are kind of broad um that's how that's how I'm thinking of approaching it especially where uh the another one that comes to mind is them uh university um uh Michigan Medicine.
Um, and that is it. and I'm just asking if we could be permitted to bring the microwaves back in the cafeteria. Thank you. >> I want to thank you um so much for having the courage and then taking the time to come up and stand up and um address the board like that. Um it's um it's very appreciated. It's always great to hear from our students. Um with regard to this topic, I do understand that change man was followed. Um I have spoken to Dr. briefly about it, but we didn't I didn't hear much. So, I'll hand the floor over because I think there are >> details that you need to share. >> Um, >> but I do want to recognize your the efforts um regardless of what the district is and able to do um anytime the students um you know are willing to speak out like that.
Yay. So TEA is consistently demonstrate calm and composed behavior in the classroom. She approaches her learning with focus and self-control. Even during challenging task, Tlea naturally stands out as a leader among her peers by modeling positive behavior, following expectations and making thoughtful choices. She works proactively by taking initiative in her task without needing repeated reminders. Satella stays engaged, completes her work responsibly, and often helps maintain a productive learning environment. So she was asked uh to be when she wants uh when she grows up she wants to be an artist. She enjoys expressing her ideas, feelings and creativity through art. Once again, Ta Velasa. >> Up everybody. Okay, our next student is from Mrs. Gowen's third grade class, Ira Guten. It has been a delight getting to know Ira this year. She is always a student who enters the classroom prepared, ready to go to work, and she does just that.
>> They love team building, by the way. >> Okay. All right. So, I'm going to ask you all, we're going to do a silly team building because, you know, I love to do that. Um, just to kind of help break the ice and get everybody moving. I do want to say if if you are uh uncomfortable, physically not comfortable with what I'm going to have you all do, it's okay. What you're going to do is sit out and observe and possibly assist. Okay? So, I want everybody to come together in the middle here. >> I might make you all do it soon. So, >> so let's create one big circle within this uh U shape, if you will. All right. Now, here's the part where uh things can get a little squirly. Close your circle in. I want you to hold hands. >> All right.
Jamie Neman, as I mentioned to you, she is my math teacher, but she wasn't always my math teacher. At one point in time, she's done electives. Um, she, uh, stepped into the math position when we got seventh and eighth graders to help them because that's her background and then she moved in to work with our high school students on mathematics. But she just doesn't do that on our campus. She also teaches electives. She'll be teaching yoga and fitness next um quarter. She also is my award person where she collects the names for the kids, figures out who needs awards, figures out who gets attendance awards, prints certificates, and does all of those things. In terms of her classroom, she makes it a hands-on even though we use egeneuity on the computer, but she's got whiteboards all over her classroom, the the erasable kind, because she's been looking at the higher level um thinking skills involved in mathematics.
>> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yep. Great. >> Any other questions? >> Thank you. >> Good. >> I have a couple. Okay. Um so just quick question. So in in that next request um portal or whatever it is tracking system, do you also do you also use it to track the time that you spend on on these? >> Um >> it does have that capability for sure. And um but when I have like really large requests that I have had to charge, you know, $100 because it's four hours, it usually takes longer than four hours >> um in the end. But, um, I just keep a spreadsheet of how much time I've spent on it. >> Yeah. Do you I was going to say, do you do you track because I you had that slide that had like some stats and I can't remember off the top of my head if you had >> um that >> that one?
So uh that was great and and the teachers that were co-f facilitating were just phenomenal. Um, as discussed during the board retreat that we just had on Monday night, um, there are uh, continues to be progress in in two areas of focus. So, the MTSS and special education uh, in the area of MTSS. Uh, Mrs. Various um, and I have been meeting and scheduled an opportunity to meet with a consultant from uh, CIRC. So, I'm sorry. We haven't been meeting. We scheduled a meeting to meet with a consultant from CIRC to really look at and talk about uh in what ways could we analyze uh where we are today and how can that help support our efforts uh moving forward uh in the area of special education. Um we've been researching and having conversations with Mr. role in uh regard in building principles uh about ways that we can aspire uh to offer different services here in Brookfield uh for uh students who have an IEP.
Um and this will um this policy seeks to both expand um more clearly define uh the responsibilities of the committee, including the particular membership should that should sit on that committee as well. Thank you. All right, are there any other uh questions about this policy? I know we still are uh working on that number there um when we talk about uh the minimum number of times that that committee should meet. Um given the conversation we had Uh Kelly, could you explain to me your suggestion for four to six weeks per year? Uh four to six times annually. Um yes, that would require the committee to meet roughly every other month uh to review these plans and then more frequently as needed. And I think that that um in our experience right now, your uh policy requires four. Uh that's what is it currently in place.
Um >> it's so I'll send it to Michigan Medicine and I'll have them select someone to be the the recipient. >> Okay. >> And I do um the Dragons Project that would go to the Center for Chinese Studies and I um I have a contact there um so I can help with that information. >> Thank you. So, just so I'm I'm clear, the we're going to within the next week or so get a draft of the press release. Um, we'll figure out exactly who it's being sent to along with a congratulatory email >> and then it will go to press. Here, I I actually wrote the press release. So, if you guys want to see it, I can give you guys uh exactly what I I sent to our communication team. Just bear with me for a second while I pulled it up. >> And then Mary, then will you send the email congratulating the uh uh the awardees?
It's um it's it's seen and appreciated. With that being said, the running of the district is Dr. Al territory. So, I'll I'll let him address move over because I want to be able to uh to see you and address you directly. So, thank you for coming up and advocating for taking the position and advocating so eloquently for the position. Um you're not the only student who raised the concern. So today or yesterday uh we sent out an email or a Google form to every student in the high school and invited them to come today to the cafeter to the library between 11 11:15 and 12:15. So I met today with 13 staff members or 13 students who wanted to come and talk to me about uh the mic. Part of what you said is accurate. Schools are permitted to have microwaves in a cafeteria so long as they meet the uniform firewall.
She is a leader in her behavior and academic success, showing integrity and greatness and being honest and trust trustworthy. Ira works hard in class and on her assignments, as well as actively listening. She completes her assignments on time and the work is done accurately. Miss Gowen has heard her classmates say, "Ira is smart, and she is, but her success comes from putting in the hard work." The hard work involves being the best student she can be, and she believes Ira does just that. >> When she was asked what she would like to be when she grows up, she would like to be a scientist. Right on. >> And our last student of the month who was nominated from our art special is Dika Anton. She's not here. So, please welcome Miss Beay Lewis from the intermediate campus.
So, now >> All right. So, you can drop hands for a second. I just wanted to get the circle closed. So now what we're going to do, we might have to scooch in. You are going to grab, not grab, but get hold two different hands of people in this circle. >> And then >> we're going to undo the circle without letting go of the hands or the arms. Okay? So for example, and you might have to come in a little bit closer here. So, if I'm participating, I might grab here and I might grab over here. >> Sounds like adult twister. >> That's exactly what's happening. I'm not gonna have you bending over and twisting and stuff like that. You're going to be standing. So, two different hands, please. >> Okay. All right. Now, those of you that are not participating, you have to come in and help.
and she gets the kids up and working and gets the kids to sit together and work together as a team because a lot of our students come to us needing to do multiple math classes. So sometimes they're in Miss Neman's class two or three times a day. So Jamie um has been with us at the um center for success and she is one of the reasons why we have had a lot of success with our students and she is always kind and but most all of my teachers too they look at our kids and they find all the great things in them and are always looking for a way to support them. She's also a member of my leadership team and that's one of the reasons why all those things are for her to have a blue apple. >> That's nice. Can't break it. That's the rule.
>> Yes. Yes. So, um I'm just looking. >> Okay. Because I I thought of this question after after we went through this the slide. So, do you have like an average um amount of time that you spend per request like me myself? >> Well, just in like in general like to say, okay, our average public records request takes two hours of time or some like and you're because you're tracking it. >> An average probably takes if it's something quick going, you know, somebody's looking for building uh permits or something like that, start to finish is probably 10 minutes. >> Okay. Okay. you know. >> No, I'm just I'm more curious than >> I mean more time goes by, but I mean me sending it to inspectional services them, you know, when they get that >> actually fulfilling the request and then coming back to me and so 10 or 15 minutes.
And so we've been working very hard to really identify those ways um and coming up with um some good solutions to date and more to be able to share very soon with you. Um under business and operations uh just want to share obviously I think many of you you may be aware but the board budget was reduced by the board of selectmen from 4 uh86 to 4.41 or approximately $250,000. Um it's been passed on to the board of finance for their review deliberation and possible action.
Um I am not in disagreement to expand that slightly, but I do think um we want to make sure that we're having meetings that are up set at the district level and certainly also supporting at the school level because each school is also having their own school safety meetings that we are supporting with. So that was my uh suggestion for ch- tweaking um the requirement here. Okay. And I also heard you list the other things that not just this committee, that other people that will bring bringing information back to this committee concerning this. So you know, okay. Thank you. So uh given this conversation and the feedback we've gotten here, um are where do where do committee members land on this? Uh Mike Right now, we currently have six times annually. Juanita. Um I would um agree with the six times. Is that amenable to other committee members?
>> I can. Um, >> as president of as chair of the the art commission, I think it would wouldn't be a problem for me, but I don't know about the city, >> right? >> Well, our our company is a recipient of one of the awards, so one of you guys is going to have to email me. >> You mean you just can't email yourself? >> I mean, I'm going to right now >> the dragon project. I do. They know because the person in who was doing that is my mom. So I >> Oh no. >> Maybe Chris sends them since everybody's still connected. >> I already told her um for the Center for Chinese Studies. >> All right, guys. >> Maybe Chris sends the emails and Mary and Sarah RCC done it. >> Yeah, let's do that. I think it'll make things a lot more simple.
So what that means is a household microwave plugged into an outlet and a household microwave that is plugged into an extension cord to an outlet does not meet the fire code which means we can't have it. What we have to do, what I explained to the students today who came to advocate is we actually would have to do a feasibility study on adding a commercial grade microwave to the cafeteria in the student section which would have to be hardwired appropriately by a licensed electrician. It would have to meet all of the uniform fire codes in order for us to do that. Um, I told them that we would do that. We will look at the feasibility of doing, but my job as superintendent, especially when I walk the building and I see something that I know is a potential safety hazard, I can't make decisions based on something that may happen.
Good evening board members and um superintendent Diaz and families. So for fourth grade we have Leila Anton. Well, we are very excited for her. So for fifth grade we have Serenity Johnson. She was nominated by Mr. Cody and he said that she is amazing student who is focused on her academic studies and is a very kind and helping student to staff and to her fellow students. Serenity displays positive behavior and leadership skills. She would like to clean up the community and make people smile and be happy. Congratulations. And it's a thumbs up. >> Thumbs up. >> Congratulations. Good evening.
So, your job now is to undo this mess and get to a circle where you're holding hands, but you cannot break >> the hands. >> All right. >> There you go. >> James, if you can assist and Ariel, if you can give him some direction. Oh, I like how the tallest guy is stuck in the middle. >> It gives some good perspective. >> Yeah, he can see where to go. >> I think if you go underneath, >> there you go. >> No, no cheating. >> So, >> don't let go. It won't work if you're holding hands with someone you are standing right next to. >> Good job, Ivon. >> James, can you give them some feedback and help them see where you might see something? Come on over. Take a look. >> I would have to They would have to go in. >> You go in >> under and there you go.