001All right. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming. Um, if we could all rise for the pledge. 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. >> I just want to remind if anyone wants to address the board this evening, we do have speaker forms and agendas on the little podium outside the door there. Um, if you just fill those out and bring them down here to Mrs. Stoford. Um, let the record show all members are in attendance this evening with the exception of Lynette Childress. Is everyone okay with the agenda? Do we have any communications? >> We do not. Thank you. Moving on to item seven, board committee updates. A, building and
002facility committee. Miss Rafie. >> Thank you, Madam President. Uh, tonight the buildings and facility committee met at six o'clock. uh in attendance were myself, Miss Picassio, Mr. Mallaloy, Mr. Fischer, Mr. Wasnooki, and Mr. Emans. Uh we discussed updates um a lot of summer projects going on in the district as there is every summer. Um our uh phase two for our building concession uh building work at our middle school. Um we've got everything done that we can up to date. We're just waiting on some permits. Um the RFP for the Burgger Transition Center flooring went out on Saturday. Um we have new marquee sign has finally been installed at the um central office and we're waiting an electrical hookup and the two new buses that were purchased with syncing fund money. Again, we thank our residents
003for approving our scing funds. Um we were able to get two new buses that we desperately need and they will be here by August ready for the next school year. Um we are uh let's see um all the paint crews lined up um for the summer. Uh the summer cleaning crew is lined up and they went over all the bus routes that they're going to be needing for all of our summer uh field trips. And that uh concluded our meeting. >> Thank you. Uh item B, curriculum committee, Mr. George. >> Uh thank you, Madam President. Uh in the curriculum meeting tonight was Mr. English, Miss Williamson, Miss Budabba, and myself. Uh we discussed the upcoming drone class for the middle school. Um it's looking at second semester. Um Carrie Watkins will be starting training for
004that at the end of June. Uh we discussed the summer programs coming up. Lathers will have critter camp. Memorial will have wild about learning. Douglas will have calculation camp and vacation bookworms. There will also be a secondary credit recovery. And we have partnerships lined up with hype athletics and school craft. uh meetup and meetup will be taking a place will be taking place again this year at the middle school. Uh we also discussed district leadership ideas for each building and plans that they have in place uh for next year and things that they want to improve on. Thank you, Madam President. >> Thank you, Mr. George. All right. Shining star above and beyond certificates, Mr. Fischer. >> Madam President, thank you. I want to uh thank everybody for attending tonight. We've got a wonderful turnout
005on uh our final quote unquote away game uh board meeting for this current school year. We look forward to recognizing our above and beyond and shining star students. And leading us off tonight with the Burgger program awards is Mr. George. So first we will start with Burgger Baylor. Our shining star student is Milish Sakur Shackle forward here tonight. Let me tell you about Mila. She was nominated by uh her teacher, Briana Road. She says, "Mileya has been a leader in my classroom this year. She loves to follow the classroom schedule and is always trying to help her classmates remember where to go and stay consistent. Mila is a hard worker. She will complete her end of the day job without needing to be asked and is the and the task is done to completion. She
006has been an excellent worker this year in both the PBIS store and the Burgers Cafe, helping her peers get rewards and treats. Mila has been a positive light in the classroom the last two years and deserves recognition for all her hard work. And then we have the shining star for the Burger Transition Center and that's Garrett Roland. Let me tell you about Garrett. Garrett is in Miss Katie and Miss Tiffany's class. Miss Tiffany shares that it has been a pleasure working with Garrett for so many years in different aspects at Burgger. As Garrett has been at Burgger since he was three years old, Garrett is a hard worker, kind, and responsible young man. Miss Tiffany shares that she is lucky to have been able to have Garrett in our classroom his last year at Burgger,
007and she wishes Garrett all the best as he graduates from Burgger tomorrow. Congratulations. Uh for Burgger Baylor, the staff member uh was Hannah Meadows. Uh Hannah was nominated by teacher uh Miss Bedun. and I would like to nominate Hannah for this month's above and beyond staff member. Hannah is a speech therapist at Burgger who works well with our most challenging students. Hannah is always patient and caring and attentive to our students needs. Beyond her role as therapist, Hannah is always willing to help with students in the hallway throughout the day. She also helps plan Burgger's PBS parties and is willing to listen when people need to talk. We appreciate everything Hannah does for our school. Alrighty. And our staff member for Burgger Transition Center is Tiffany Bojil. Uh Tiffany was nominated by Alin Sassi. Tiffany
008has been a pair with the Verger program since 2000. Throughout these many years, she has been a tremendous asset to the Burgger program. Tiffany is genuinely kind and always ready to help. She has built great relationships with her students and goes above and beyond to make them successful. She even paints nails on Fridays to make the girls feel beautiful. Tiffany has been an amazing stage manager and prop designer for the fine arts productions as well. She is the epitome of a team player, always pulling her weight and helping in any way she can. We have all been lucky to work with her. She will be missed. Congratulations, Tiffany, on receiving this award. >> Good evening. Tonight we are putting the shining star student for Lathers. Um Brillin Miller. All right, turn around. Show it off.
009Brillan, I gota tell everybody why you're so awesome. Turn around. Hold that up. Hold that up like that. Okay. So they can see it. Okay. There you All right. Brillan was nominated by Cassandra Reid. So I would like to nominate Brillan Miller. Brillan has come a long way in my class. He strives to follow classroom rules, be a good role model for other students. He is cheerful and positive and a joy to have in class. For this reason, I'm nominated Brilan for lather shining star student very smile. Thank you Brillin. All right. Are going above and beyond for lathers go to Fatima and Zara El Mcumie. I really hope I didn't butcher that. They were nominated by Li Libby Roser. Fatima and Zara demonstrated exceptional decision by volunt dedication by volunteering their personal time outside
010of work to create Mother's Day books for our students. Their commitment was especially meaningful given that Fatima is currently on FMLA leave while recovering from a hand injury. Their thoughtfulness, generosity, and dedication to creating meaningful experiences for students and families reflect the strong sense of care and community they bring to our school. And for our Memorial One campus, our shining star student is Hope Tilman. Hold that up. Then stop your mom while I tell everybody why you're so awesome. Okay. >> High five for that one. Great job. All right. So, Miss Hope was nominated by Miss Donnie, her teacher. Hope has demonstrated significant growth throughout the school year in many areas. While her academic pro progress is evident, some of her most meaningful growth extends beyond what can be measured on paper. She has successfully
011navigated challenges unique to her individual experience, including adapting to a new school environment and learning classroom routines and expectations. Hope has developed greater self-awareness and is increasingly able to communicate when she needs support, allowing her to access resources necessary for her success. When she is feeling confident and supported, her strengths truly shine. has been a pleasure to watch her continue to grow and thrive. One of the highlights of this school year has been witnessing Hope's growth in expressing herself through writing. Her voice and confidence as a writer have continued to develop and I feel privileged to have been part of her educational journey. I look forward to seeing all that she accomplish in the years ahead. And that is for you. Great job. Our Going Above and Beyond staff member is Christy Natwick. Christie Christie
012was nominated by Dr. Larkin. Christy has had an amazing year teaching art at Memorial. Her lessons are incredibly engaging and fun. This year, students explored Picasso, mastered the color wheel, and created beautiful pinch pots, and even drew the eagles that hatched last month. Mrs. Natwick truly goes above and beyond when creating lessons for both grade levels. Her passion in teaching and learning in art shines through in everything she does. Thank you Christie for your hard work and for truly bringing out the artist in every student. Got to drop the mic a little for for me. Tonight I have the honor of giving the shining star student to Douglas's shining star which is Trenton Grim. Trenton are here. Let me tell you about Trenton before I give away his his information. So we are Trenton was
013nominated by Mrs. Wall and Mrs. Roland teachers. So we are pr proud to nominate Trenton as a shining star student. He consistently demonstrates kindness and respect to everyone around him, showing maturity and patience. He works hard each day, always putting his putting forth his best effort and showing a positive attitude toward learning. His responsibility, perseverance, and willingness to help others make him a role model for his peers. Whether in the classroom, during group activities, or around the school, he leads by example and reflects the values we strive to promote in our school community. He is truly deserving of this recognition. Okay. And then for our Douglas, uh, going above and beyond, we actually have five people that were nominated by the principal, Mr. Bwagner. So, if you were here, please get up in the order
014as I say it because I'm not going to know who's who. Uh, Darcy Earl. Holly Lubwards. We have uh Pam Nemlowski. We have Karen Russell. And finally, we have Natalie Warick. There we are. All right, let me tell you about these amazing shining or going above shining stars. It is my pleasure to nominate the five exceptional tutors at Douglas Elementary for the staff above and beyond award. Their dedication, expertise, and unwavering commitment to school achievement have been instrumental in the continued academic excellence of our school. Over the past several years, Doug has consistently achieved some of the strongest results in the districts on both nationally normed assignments and state testing. This year, our building once again earned a highly effective rating. Douglas's intervention model and instructional practices have been recognized throughout Garden City as exemplary
015and our tutors have been a critical component of that success. Their work has had a significant and lasting impact on student growth, achievement, and confidence. Beyond their academic contributions, these individuals consistently demonstrate an extraordinary level of commitment to our school community. They are among the first to volunteer at their school events, including the NEHS ceremony, music programs, school carnival, and numerous activities. They regularly assist with student arrival and dismissal, provide additional support for students experiencing challenges in the classroom, and proactively collaborate with teachers to ensure students receive the support they need to succeed. Whenever additional assistance is needed, they step forward without hesitation. They bring value to Douglas. The the value they bring to Douglas extends far beyond their assigned responsibilities. Their professionalism, teamwork, and student centered approach make them invaluable members of our staff.
016Simply put, they exemplify what it means to go above and beyond each and every day. Thank you, Karen, Holly, Darcy, Pam, and Natalie for your dedication, generosity, and steadfast commitment to putting students first. Your contributions make a meaningful difference in our lives of our students and success of our school. Okay, going on to Farmington. Tonight's shining star student is a Liliana Ewald. Congratulations. All right, let's hear what he Mr. Robinson and teacher Ms. Demory have to say about you. So, we are pleased to nominate Lily as this star student. Lily is an outstanding student and a dedicated school safety patrol member at Farmington Elementary. She consistently demonstrates responsibility, leadership, and a positive attitude in everything she does. Lily always completes her schoolwork and takes pride in doing her best. She exhibits exceptional behavior each day
017and serves as a positive role model for her classmates. Lily is respectful to all students and staff and treats everyone with kindness and consideration. One of Lily's greatest strengths is her willingness to help others. While supporting her peers, assisting a teacher, or volunteering when needed, Lily is always ready to lend a hand. Her positive attitude and caring nature makes a difference in our school community every day. Lily is truly a joy to have in the classroom and at Farmington Elementary School. Her leadership, responsibility, and kindness make her highly deserving of this recognition as star student. Congratulations, Li. All right. And then our going above and beyond staff member is Dam Jamie. Jamie Jamie Durkatch. Jamie was also nominated by Mr. Robinson, the principal. I am honored to nominate Jamie for our above and beyond staff
018member recognition. Jamie spent many years serving the students and staff of Farmington Elementary as a dedicated pair professional before stepping into the role of administrative assistant midway through this school year. Taking on a new position in the middle of the year could be challenging, but Jaime embraced the opportunity with enthusiasm, confidence, and professionalism. From day one, Jaime hit the ground running and quickly became an invaluable member of our office team. She has seamlessly transitioned in her new role, learning new responsibilities while maintaining a positive attitude and willingness to help wherever needed. Her strong work ethic, organizational skills, and commitment to supporting our school community have made an immediate and lasting impact. Jaimeie consistently goes above and beyond for our both our students and staff. She creates a welcoming environment for everyone who enters a building,
019builds positive relationships with students, and provides dependable supports to teachers and colleagues. Her calm demeanor, problem solving abilities, and dedication to helping others make her someone that staff and families can always count on. Jaime's willingness to take on new challenges and her unwavering commitment to our school have strengthened our office team and contributed greatly to the success of Farmington Elementary. We are fortunate to have her as part of our school community and she is truly deserving of this recognition. >> Congratulations, Good evening. Uh, I have the honor of presenting the middle school shining star student award to Maria Bark. Congratulations. Uh, Maria is a seventh grader that is a member of the publications class, the volleyball team, the track team, and plays hockey outside of school. She works hard in everything she does, and even
020with her busy schedule, she still maintains an A average in every class. She never gives less than 100% effort in anything she does and is always willing to go above and beyond for anyone that needs it. Congratulations. The uh going above and beyond award for the middle school goes to Daniel Maslanca, the long-term sub. Congratulations. Daniel's been a great support to the Garden City Middle School through throughout the year serving in our office for two extended leaves. He has been an instrumental he has been instrumental in things running smoothly. He has learned the systems and protocols of our building in in a record fashion and really fits in with our team. We are blessed to have we are blessed to have been able to rely on him throughout the year and appreciate his support. >>
021Congratulations. And I have the privilege of um naming tonight's shining star for the high school and that is Ethan Armstrong. >> All right, let me tell you about Ethan. Ethan was nominated by his coach, Avery Emerson. It didn't matter if you were at a basketball game or baseball game. You always knew who Ethan Armstrong, EA, was. He was the one helping others, keeping up morale, excited and passionate about the game, fetching foul balls, rooting on the players when he was both on and off the court. If he was at a game, whether as a player or spectator, he was always cheering for GC. In the hallways and classrooms, he was genuinely kind and respectful, doing the work that needed to be done while still being a teenager. Recently, Ethan was the recipient of the State
022of Michigan Ba Baseball Player of the Year. This heartfelt quote is from his coach. I want to congratulate Ethan on his historic accomplishment. He came in as a freshman throwing about 90 miles an hour, but was humble about it. He wanted to earn his spot on the team just like everybody else and never expected anything to be handed to him. The pride in which he represents Garden City and the baseball program specifically specifically is unmatched. Whether it's attending football games, JB baseball games, or playing basketball this season, he did it all for one reason, to support his friends. Whenever he would talk in interviews, it was always about the direction the team was headed, shouting out teammates or what he could do to help us win. He has made an everlasting impact on Garden City
023baseball and kids throughout our city. Young kids growing up playing baseball in Garden City can look to him for inspiration and see what is possible for someone who is like them. I will forever be grateful to that our paths crossed these four years. It has been a great honor to be lucky enough to coach Ethan, but an even greater honor to be able to build a relationship with such a tremendous young man. We're extremely proud of Ethan and I know he'll continue to make us proud in the future. And on a side note, uh he was also just recognized, I believe, Gatorade player of the year. That's a national recognition. So, And our high school staff member for Above and Beyond is Miss Michelle Tyrie. Way too far back. Let me tell you about Michelle.
024She was nominated by Miss Kohler, the principal. Michelle Tyrie went to school in Garden City and graduated in 1990. And when she retires next week, she will have been a teacher for 30 years. Michelle was has always been a teacher the students can count on for structure and routine. She differentiates for all of her students in a way that does not call them out or make them feel like they are in a spotlight. She has been a success she has been a success coach for champions and she seems to take a number of basketball players under her wing so they are able to make their goal for their GPA so they can play and for their champion scholarship. Speaking of basketball, Michelle has been a coach for Garden City High School for 35 years. She
025loves coaching and watching the students grow. Michelle always speaks highly of her players and their accomplishments and always wants them to reach deeper into their talents. I think one of her favorite things to do as a coach is to honor her players at the end of the season banquet. Highlight reels, posters, t-shirts, you name it, and she is creating it to celebrate her players and their accomplishments. Recently, she shared that one of her former players committed to playing D1 basketball at the University of Evansville. The high school would like to honor Michelle Tyrie with the above and beyond award for June, celebrating all of her years, either being educated or educating the families of Garden City. Room 120 will not be the same without Miss Tyrie, and we wish her the best knowing 36 years
026of coaching might be on the horizon. Tonight, I have the honor of presenting Cambridge Shining Star student Journey Brent. Congratulations. She was nominated by Mark K, principal at Cambridge. She says, "Jouri came to Cambridge High School in September as a ninth grade student, and during her time at Cambridge, Jouri has been a pleasure to have in classes and in the halls. She's extremely respectful to everyone and is willing to help other students in class if asked. She's willing to participate in classroom discussions and activities. Her attendance has been nearly perfect the entire school year and she has received A's and B's in all of her classes. Cambridge is truly fortunate that Journey and her family chose us for high school for her high school experience. We look forward to seeing what more she brings to
027her program over the next few years. For our going above beyond staff members at Cambridge, we have Tara McCall and Julie Ceino. She had better things to do. Uh they were nominated by Mark Kay. Uh Cambridge High School benefits greatly from the dedication and professionalism of Julie and Tara. Their consistent commitment, positive demeanor, and strong work ethic contribute significantly to the efficient operation of the school office. Each day they serve as welcoming and supportive points of contact for students, families, staff, and community members, often managing complex situations with patience, discretion, and professionalism. In their roles as administrative assistants, Miss Ceino and Miss McCall frequently assist students who are experiencing academic, social, or personal concerns. They take the time to listen thoughtfully, offer guidance, and connect students with the appropriate resources or staff members. Equally important,
028they follow up with students to ensure their needs have been addressed and that they feel supported. Through these interactions, they foster meaningful relationships that help create a positive and inclusive school environment where students feel valued and connected. Despite the many demands placed upon them, both individuals consistently maintain a high level of performance and attention to detail in completing their daily responsibilities. Their willingness to go above the expectations of their positions demonstrate their genuine commitment to the success and well-being of the Cambridge High School community. Cambridge High School is fortunate to have Julie and Terara as members of its administrative team. Their dedication, compassion, and professionalism make a lasting impact on students, families, and staff while strengthening the sense of pride and belonging that defines the Cambridge Cougar community. All right. Can we get one more
029round of applause for all of our Shining Star students and Above and Beyond staff members? And as always, I want to thank those folks who took the time to nominate our students and nominate our staff members. I really appreciate you taking the time to do that, Madam President. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Moving on to item nine, presentation. A Farmington Bobby Robinson maybe. All right. So, obviously I need to upgrade our photo to represent the uh the new window coverings we have out there. So, if you have not seen those, they um the guy that Jesse has, they look fabulous. I don't know if you came in the back door or not, but if you have a chance, take a look at them. They look they look amazing. All right, so just some of the
030fun just some of the things that we do here at Farmington. some of our uh peer-to-peer or lynx crew was walking in the autism walk um with some of our um ACT 18 students. Um Sandbar does an amazing job with that. Our book fair uh our PBIS assemblies, we have kind of like a minute to win it game each month when we uh when we host those assemblies. Some of our rewards here we have um cutting and decorating kind of like apple, you know, like candy apples, caramel apples. Some of our Farmington students who either are in cheer or football. Again, the bottom left one is our Lynx crew shopping with our eight act 18 students at um at Sam's Club. And again, another minute to win a game up in the uh lefthand corner
031there. All right, NWA data. So if you look the blue is achievement and uh and the red is fall sorry blue is growth, red is achievement and then spring is our spring achievement. So obviously the goal is to um for the yellow to be much higher than the red. And so here in our math and for some reason I think maybe because and I'm probably making some excuses here our teachers have been so focused on the new ELA curriculum that our ELA scores are up and our math are kind of just staying steady. So part of our my KIPP um goals is to really focus on our uh our math curriculum uh this year and really kind of get after that a little bit with our staff. This is just another view um that you
032get off the NWA website says the exact same thing, but you can see the numbers there. Um our fifth grade um is a little lower than our sixth grade. So, we're still, you know, like I said, our MYIP goals really are to get after the math this coming year. Here we see our fall writ scores. Uh the grade level norm. So we're a little below there, but we do have an achievement of eight points for our um from fall to spring. A little low here on our grade level norm, but we our achievement is up there. Same thing with sixth grade. Uh the achievement actually 11 there. So we went from 206 to 217 which is a huge huge growth but still um a little low at 217. So we're you know still have some
033work to do there. So ELA uh so with the new so we are now this first first second year second year with benchmark right um so second year with our benchmark first year we uh kind of just implementing it getting our getting some training and um so just kind of tweaking it and making our own um during that second year again our our achievements our achievement the red is um is what we really want to see over the growth. Um and then spring uh that yellow piece continuing to grow not not where we want it, but still um you know, we're we're getting there and we're working really hard at um making sure we reach that um those norms. >> Again, again, another just another view of what we what I just talked about on
034that last slide. 200 in the fall for fifth grade 203. So just a 4 point, you know, four point growth there. So still some work to do there. Um sixth grade 206 to 209. Um and just slightly below what our our grade level norm needs to be. And here are some of our um our students, our fifth grade students uh working in small group uh with the benchmark curriculum. You notice I mean some of the how it's changed from you know past and now these kids are really diving in and dissecting some of the reading. And this is part of the um curriculum piece here um talking about voting and these kids are really becoming high level thinkers with what they have to how they have to dissect it and you know partner getting after
035with small group or partners and really um you know highlighting the stuff there, jotting down, making the notes and it really helps them kind of instead of just me and you reading to them or kind of roundroin reading they um they really are dissecting what they're reading, which is going to help in the long run. And if um you can't see her, but that's that's Miss Wilho. She is our math coach. Um always in our fifth grade classrooms when she's here at Farmington um supporting our teachers, whether it's with games or small group or um help supporting the lesson that our fifth grade teacher is um presenting that day. action steps for next year. Uh just continue with benchmark coaching. We are going to come back. We didn't this was in our first year we
036had a lot of um you know once a month we had half day grade level planning days where um in the morning our fifth grade team will get together um and plan those days and really dissect each unit and then in the afternoon our sixth grade will do the same thing. I believe that really kind of helped our team grow a little bit that first year. Talked to Kevin a little bit about it. Him and I have touched base about that. Um and we're going to bring that back next year. Um everyday math games along with our our coaching and instructional rounds this year. We changed a little bit of our instructional rounds. We added uh benchmark training in our second round where our teachers were were able to um have we had a benchmark
037trainer come in. She taught the lesson and then they got together and debriefed and talked about um how our teachers can kind of get to that level of what a trainer looks like. Math interventionist, title one ELA and math teachers. Um math coach probably goes with everyday math games after school tutoring in our win room support with our two we have two staff members in there who help support our our students with either tutoring or some kind of instructional coaching in that room. There was something here. There it is. So little tiered system with our PBIS which we implemented that this year with the help of uh Brian Rock and and Brandy um who were our district coaches. So just kind of implementing that system this year here at Farmington which has been a huge
038help and you'll see a little bit of a little bit of that with our um data coming up with you know our behavior graphs. So this is some of the the things that we either have done or implementing. We send postcards home to our parents. You know teachers nominate students. They fill out the postcard and these have been a big hit with our parents when they receive those in the mail. um just the feedback we're from that we're getting back from parents and how happy they are to know that their kid is you know achieving here at at Farmington. If you look in the upper leftand corner there we have our our six pillars which unfortunately I took down our wall of fame just kind of getting ready for our paint crew to get through.
039We had pictures that led from um just this classroom here all the way down um that we put up throughout the year of students at our assemblies. Every time they're nominated, we put them up on the wall of fame. Down on the bottom left is um these tubes that balls, behavior balls will go in next year. That's something we're implementing um per classroom. And then we have a uh this is not on me, but we have a traveling goose um that our PBIS team um came up with and we're going to use that to reward class that's going to travel from classroom to classroom as you know as we have those competitions and I don't know if you know anything about this grade level but they love to compete with one another. Um and so
040I think that will you know help with some of this PBIS stuff. PBIS posters. These are our kiddos on here. So, our our um student council staff and students went around and created these posters. These posters were created by Rhysa and so they will be um they'll be up throughout our hallways. We are also going to have videos created by our staff which we will then play um weekly to kind of start that school year um just to show students how they should be behaving and how they shouldn't be behaving. We have some teachers who know exactly how they shouldn't be behaving. So they'll be really good at creating these videos. So, so we'll have we'll have all of those up in the throughout the building, whether it's in here, hallways, bathrooms, classrooms, ABT rooms.
041Um, you know, hopefully get some out on on the on at recess as well, maybe closer to the building. We these are our ODRs for this year and last year. If you take a look at our I mean just our sixth grade ODRs last year compared to this year, last year in the blue. Yeah. I mean, you're talking Sorry, Brandy. Sorry. I know they're I know they're in your building now, so I apologize. But we're I mean, we have almost 200 less ODRs this year than we did last year. I think a little bit of that is the population we have, but it's also a credit to all the work our staff is doing with our PBIS system. you know, Jim at Douglas does a monthly assembly and we kind of stole that from him
042to implement that as part of our PBIS and I feel that it's, you know, it works. It's been a huge huge hit here, especially our fifth graders who um who came from Douglas who already saw saw those assemblies taking place. Our sixth grade um it was new to them this year, so it took some getting used to. So, a little bit low in fifth grade. Um, but I mean just our sixth grade says enough about what our team's done this year. So this is ODRs by gender and grade. Of course, the boys are always, you know, a little naughtier than the girls. Um, yellow being uh female and that's last year compared to this year. Every one of the categories are down and it's not even close. Maybe the 33 and 11, but Um it
043is a huge huge um achievement in what we've done with our um our PBIS. Again, I I know I keep going back to that, but this is a product of that. This is ODR by infraction. Um honestly, I don't know how you get kids from keeping their hands off each other because that's our hu that's our biggest um our biggest issue here is kids putting their hands on one another. Um and I don't know I don't know what we can do to make that happen. We've had those conversations. We we talk about that in our assemblies. We we talk about it in classrooms, but for some reason kids just want to I don't know, hit each other, push each other, whatever it is. I'm not sure. I'm not sure what to do. So, any advice,
044I'd love to I'll take it. This ODR by month. Uh September is not on this because we had zero ODRs in September, you know, and I think last year I remember I think there were like 15 in in September. So, um that's progress in itself, but again, it it kind of fluctuate fluctuates um as the year goes on. Um and it's weird because May is usually a big one as we get closer to the year or end of the year. Um, but again, I think coming back from break, coming back from vacation in April or heading into break, I I I bet the majority of those are the week leading into spring break and the week after spring break. For some reason, kids just stop uh knowing how to behave for whatever reason suspensions by
045month. And I would say the majority of these suspensions are some sort of hands on someone else. We we try to have alternate alternate disciplines or alternate ways to discipline kids other than suspension. Um because we know that suspending kids is not benefiting anyone. You know, parents have to take off work, kids, that's like a vacation for them. Um they are at home playing video games, right? So, we try to keep those kids here unless it is um our biggest ones are obviously putting our hands on each other and a non-negotiable is um anything that's a racial slur. One of our my kip goals next year is to really look at our attendance and find ways, and I know this is out of our hands sometimes, find ways to make sure we get kids in
046school. um whether it's you know recognizing those kids um at those at those assemblies uh positive or I'm sorry perfect attendance awards um perfect month awards just getting here I think you know small victories getting every getting kids here the whole month um so we're going to really take more of approach and take a look at what of our what our attendance looks like and obviously this is all students between who have 10 or more but less than 20. So entire school we're looking at 100 I think it was like 158 is what it was which is a lot and it and it doesn't matter male or female very similar fifth and sixth grade right at the same numbers. So we're really take a look at that with our with our team at the beginning
047of the school year. 20 or more, right? We're looking, I think it was 108 was the number. Again, very similar across the board, male, female, sixth grade, which I mean, it's not, again, I know it's out of our control. I know parents are going to keep their kids home and there's nothing we can do about that, but we can kind of try to pump them up as they're here and reward those kids who are showing up with the hopes that it brings, you know, it keeps kids here or brings those other kids back the next month or whatever it is. So, that's it. Thank you, Mr. Robinson. Uh, comments from the audience focused on today's agenda, and we have none this evening. Item 11, approval of the general consent agenda items. A, regular meeting minutes
048of May 11th, 2026. B, policy and focus committee minutes of May 11th, 2026. And C, bills payable. That motion is in order. >> Some of All in favor? >> Any opposed? Moving on to new business. A human resource report. Stacy Williamson. >> Thank you, Madam President. The board report this evening reflects the onboarding of Dr. Julie Kaminsky, the new Douglas principal, the rehire of one paraprofessional, the resignation of four staff members, and two staff members that have requested full year leaves of absence for the 27 26 27 school year. Um, if there are no questions at this time, it's my recommendation to accept the report as presented. >> A motion is in order. >> Any discussion? All in favor? Any opposed? Okay, motion passes. Item C, food service renewal. Mr. Resn that B, administrative placement
049for 2026 2027. Mr. Fischer, >> Madam President, thank you. Um, as shared, we are going to welcome >> We'll welcome uh Dr. Julie Kaminsky to fill the Douglas vacancy. Uh, Julie, we want to welcome you and we're very excited to have you join our team. As you know, uh, Dr. Kaminsky, she was a big assist as our MASB consultant for our strategic plan work and got to know the district uh, very well and, uh, is excited to be here. We're excited to welcome her. She'll be shadowing Mr. Bon Wagner tomorrow over at Douglas. So, welcome aboard, Julie. You're welcome. With that, our admin placements for the 2627 school year. Yes, we're talking about 2627 at Lather's Early Childhood and Kindergarten campus. Miss Susan Ford, Memorial One campus, Dr. Jill Lurkins, Douglas 34 campus, Dr. Julie
050Kaminsky, Farmington 56 campus, Mr. Bobby Robinson, middle school principal, Miss Brandy Boswell, Garden City Middle School assistant principal, Miss Megan Rozie. Garden City High School principal, Miss Sharon Kohler, Garden City High School Associate Principal, Mr. Parker Salvoich, Garden City High School Associate Principal, Mr. Steve Herman, Cambridge High School Director, Mr. Marqu, Burgers Program for Autism for Students with autism Director, Miss Dina Jason, Burgger Program Associate Director, Miss Lynn Sauy, Burgger Program Associate Director, Mr. Brian Rock, director of instructional services, state and federal grants. Mr. Kevin English, director of special education, Miss Susan Smith, and director of student services, Dr. Stanley Shaka. Suggested resolution is as follows. The Garden City Board of Education approves the administrative placement for the 26 27 academic school year. >> Motion is in order. >> Any discussion? All in favor? >>
051Any opposed? Okay, motion passes and welcome aboard. >> Okay, now we're going to go to food service renewal. Mr. Wiz. >> Uh, thank you, Madam President. Each year, the board of education must have an approved contract for food service in place by July 1st. In 2024, the board of education approved the bid from Southwestern Food Service Excellence LLC to serve as the district's food service management company. As part of the bid process, each district has the option of approving up to four one-year renewals. It is recommended that the board renew the contract with Southwestern Food Service Excellence for the 2627 school year. The terms of the renewal contract have been reviewed and approved by the Michigan Department of Education. The renewal, once approved, will be sent to MD for final contract authorization. Uh the recommended
052motion uh is that the board of education renew the contract with Southwestern Food Service LLC to serve as Garden City Public Schools Food Service Management Company for the 2627 school year. >> A motion is in order. Any discussion? All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion passes. Item D, the Leavonia Cooperative Agreement. Mr. Fischer. >> Madam President, thank you. In your board packet, uh you have a special education uh program agreement for the don't like me. I don't I don't have braces today. I don't know what's going on. Uh for the Leavonia transition program, I believe this is our eighth year with the Leavonia transition program. you are familiar with this. Uh this is to continue the educational programming of our students uh that exit our certificate of completion program from Garden City High School. Those
053recommended to continue on till age 26. Uh the program is facilitated at uh at Schoolcraft College in Leavonia. The district does provide transportation. Leavonia provides the facility. Leavonia public schools provides the facility, the contract through Schoolcraft, and they provide the staffing. Uh we do reimburse Leavonia $8,400 per student. It's been a wonderful program opportunity for these kids. Provides a wonderful opportunity for them to continue with their daily living skills uh and uh post high school experience. Uh firing any questions, it's a recommendation that the board continues to approve this agreement uh which has been consistent like I've shared for the past eight or nine years now. >> A motion is in order. >> So move. >> Any discussion? All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion passes. Moving on to item E, the JCA contract ratification.
054Mr. Fischer. >> Madam President, I would like to go into a close session and the board uh and select members of the Edmond team will exit and go into room 22 to update the board on the tenative agreement that we have with the Garden City Education Association, effectively our teachers union. Uh we've been updated through this process. There's no surprises. uh should be a short recess for the close session and then ideally we'll come back and have the board uh have the opportunity to vote on this item. >> Motion is in order. >> Any discussion? >> Kathy, can we have a roll call? All right, we are back. We're going to go ahead with item F, vote for GCEA contract. Stacy Williamson. >> Thank you, Madam President. At this time, I recommend that the board
055of education ratify the collective bargaining agreement between Garden City Public Schools and the Garden City Education Association for the period of September 1st, 2026 through August 31st, 2029 as negotiated and tentatively agreed upon by the parties. >> A motion is in order to >> any discussion. Kathy, may we have a roll call vote? >> Jason. Hi. >> Hi. >> Okay. Um, we have comments from the audience. >> I appear to have lost the signin sheet. Oh, wait. Here it is. Okay. like where is it? I don't have it. Um Jamie Woolw Weaver. So if you would like to come to probably move that microphone out. Um come to the microphone and then you have three minutes to speak. >> Okay. All right. Hello. My name is Jamie Bull Weaver. I am the foster grandparent supervisor
056at MCHS. The goal, uh, our premise is to place senior volunteers 55 and older into schools to mentor children that need one-on-one support. Um, we also service lower income seniors, so we pay them a stipen, so they do get paid for their volunteer work, but it benefits everybody. We we've noticed a difference in classrooms with our grandparents. um I wanted to present to you guys because we would love to get some volunteers into Garden City Schools um and would love to have your help connecting us to principles to make this happen. Um we do believe every child deserves to have a positive grandparent influence and we think our program does that. So, um I can leave my card for anybody interested. Um but yeah, thank you for letting me speak to you guys tonight. I
057hope you have a wonderful evening. >> Thank you. Yeah, Miss Waver, you can leave me your card and we can reach out to you and follow up over the summer with some questions and uh consideration for joining the program. >> Thank you. >> Item 14, review and recommendations. Superintendent, other central office admins, Mr. Fischer. >> Madam President, uh thank you. I'd like to thank Miss Waver for uh bringing that program to attention and also thank her for her patience tonight as we've waited for the commentary. Perfect. Thank you. Uh I would like to thank Mr. Robinson and the Farmington team for updating us on the program here at Farmington. Uh again, congratulations to our Shining Star students and our above and beyond staff members. Uh congratulations again and welcome aboard to Dr. Julie Kaminsky, our
058new Douglas 34 campus principal. And with that, uh just again to congratulate Mr. Bon Wagner on his years of service to the district and his pending retirement on June 30th. He had quite the uh the sendoff with his uh final dance night at Douglas. There may or may not have been some rooftop dancing evidently by Mr. B at Douglas. So he uh went out with a blaze of glory and uh we wish him a long and happy retirement. Likewise, I'd like to wish our director of technology uh Mr. Michael Johnston. I want wish him a happy retirement. Uh Mr. Johnson is also retiring June 30th. And a special note of thanks to Michael for his good work uh expanding our capacity for instructional technology on working with us on getting multiple devices including Clever Touches
059and Chromebooks in the district, his constant expansion of our uh Wi-Fi and then his good work uh with our communications platform recently with the transition to Parent Square. So much appreciated and Michael, we wish you a long and happy retirement as well. Board members, a number of you recently, we were recently notified as of today with MASB uh with your awards. Congratulations. I thank you for your commitment to uh continuing your professional development as board members. You're a very effective board. It's my pleasure to work with you and for you. So, I thank you for your good work with MASB. And I'm going to remind Kathy uh we want to make sure we get all of those credentials um thoroughly detailed so that we can update their board member profile on the website. Right. We
060want to celebrate that. Uh we are getting into the final stretch uh for our celebrations as we wrap up the school year. So board members, just a couple items uh put on your radar. We have a Burgger Transition Center graduation event tomorrow at 6 PM. Originally scheduled to be in the BTC courtyard. Evidently, we're looking at potential high potential for rain. So that event has been moved indoors. Uh we will be in the uh gym at Ber Transition tomorrow. Start time remains 6 pm. We also have our Autos for Autism car show that's coming up a week from tonight. That is Monday, June 15th from 4 to 900 PM and that is hosted at Garden City Middle School. Uh great event to usher in the summer. It's sort of our benchmark uh milestone event to
061welcome the summer. So, always look forward to that and seeing you guys there. And as you know, it's a well attended event with lots of great cars from across the eras. Thursday, hard to believe this Thursday is our last day of school for the 2526 school year. I want to wish our community a safe and happy summer. Please be safe. Lots of great summer programming going on. Uh so stay tuned parents for details on that. I know we've got a lot lot of many a lot of programs uh across the district. Uh regardless of participations, please have a safe summer. And then again, congratulations and thank you to our staff for another great school year. We've got another year in the books. Uh, hard to believe. Tomorrow I will be out of the district. I
062will be working. I will be in Lancing. Um, I kind of got on this topic last year around this time. Uh, board members, as you know, there is a statutory requirement of the Michigan legislature combined by Camel House, right? Michigan House, Michigan Senate high expectation to meet uh the legislative requirement that they themselves put in place to deliver a school aid budget no later than July 1. I'm going tomorrow with 66 other superintendents from across the southeast Michigan region uh with the K12 Alliance uh representing Wayne, Oakland, Mcome, St. Claire, Jennese, uh, and Monroe counties. And we are going to ask members of our House, members of our Senate, who were supposed to be in session. Sadly, the Senate will not be in session. Ironically, and coincidentally, tomorrow, we're going to ask them to stand
063up on their promise and stand up on their obligation to honor the statutory requirement that is enshrined in the Michigan law to deliver a school aid budget by July 1. As a school district, we have numerous statutory requirements for the length of the school year, for the length of the school day, uh to, you know, participate with fidelity in numerous programs, to deliver a budget ourselves no later than June 30th without knowing what our enrollment is going to be and without knowing what our per people allocation is going to be. And we do that in good faith with a solemn expectation that the legislature does what they are supposed to do and deliver a budget by July 1. Am I frustrated? Yes. Am I going to be disappointed if they don't? Yes. Am I going
064to knock on doors and raise holy heck? Yes. Because once, shame on me. Twice, shame on them. And we're going to hold them accountable. So the expectation is give us a budget, make sure it happens by July 1. If not, we're going to have to consider and and really rally and work across communities to determine who represents us in both the House and the Senate. They've got a job to do. They need to do it. Um, with that positive outlook, any commentary from the cabinet team at all. I will thank uh our uh executive admin or uh negotiating team for the district on their good work with the GCA contract. So, hats off to Mr. Steve Wasnus, CFO. Hats off to Stacy Williams and our associate superintendent uh for their work navigating a contract agreement
065with the GCA. And I will thank uh GCEA president um Miss Patty Stanina and I believe it's their vice president, Mike Hornbeck is currently vice president uh just in negotiating this contract and getting this done in a timely and amicable fashion. So hats off to everybody involved in that process. We're happy to have a ratified contract as our teachers go into the summer months. knowing what they're going to be looking at this fall. And I think that will conclude my commentary. Uh oh, yes, thank you. We do have a close session. I will request. Thank you. Um for an update on where we're at with the Garden City Admin Association and those negotiations. My recommendation is we'll put that after item 15 so that board members can provide commentary and then any uh remaining member
066or audience member can be excused so that we can come back uh afterwards because I do expect this will probably last a half hour to 45 minutes. Um can we have a move for a close session please? So move >> I >> um my remaining commentary would just be a reminder to the board and the community that our last regular board meeting of uh this fiscal year of this school year is Monday, June 22nd. Uh the video will be central office with a 7 pm start time. Thank you. >> Item 15, review and recommendations. Does anyone have anything this evening? Just I have one quick thing. Um last summer we did the one meeting in July and August and I was wondering if you would like to do that again if everyone's okay with that
067or if we want to be here. time because um next meeting will be our setting our board schedule for the everybody. >> Okay. And we will uh take a recess and we'll be back. Okay. We are back. Item 16 adjournment. Madame President, >> Mr. Robie, >> I move that we adjourn. Support. >> Any discussion? All in favor? I. >> Any opposed? All right, we're out. Thanks for coming.