June Regular Board Meeting 61724

001welcome to everybody at this point in time we're going to get ready to uh open our meeting this is the regular board meeting for eldo Community Schools for June 17th we could all rise for the pledge pleas United States of America Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with Li and justice for all before we get started I just want to point out a couple of things if you are here for public comment well welcome to all of you first of all if you are here for public comment we do ask that you fill out one of these cards it does give a spot for your name and contact information so that there can be appropriate followup afterwards on the back you will see some brief um verbage about um the process

002so everybody that speaks has three minutes to speak on the topic in which you're speaking we do ask that you address the whole board and that you do not call out individuals we also ask that this is not a time for personnel um discussions and if you need information for either of those things please see me after the meeting and we can um get you to the right person that way again there's 3 minutes please read the cards on that I when we do public comment I will ask that all cards be turned in before we start and that will be right after our public budget hearing after that um I will call the first person up to speak I will call somebody on Deck somebody waiting that way we can keep it moving through

003thank you very much can I please have roll callia here brand here eich here Morris here Nichols here T here white here thank you very much we will move to four which is our public budget hearing 4 A 23 24 final budget amendment you got to put it up higher it should be all the way towards you the button for the little okay can you hear me okay so it's that time of year we're going to be looking at two of our budgets um first It's the final budget amendment to end our 23 24 fiscal year and also our proposed budget is year so big picture um looking at our general fund to finish this fiscal year of 24 we're basically looking to end the year flat 73.2 million in revenues 73.2 million in expenses

004um so looking right now to P $200 out of our fund balance that would end with our fund balance being 10.3 million or 14.2% of expenditures and then up oh sorry I was ahead back to the presentation um I want to talk first with this this is our budget comparison um so we want to focus on the general fund first this document is going to be very hard to see here but it will be posted on our website um so the first column in this is looking at how we ended the final audit year of 2324 fiscal year then the first grade column to the left is the budget we adopted back in June for this 23 24th fiscal year the second grade column to the left is the current budget we've been operating on

005that the board adopted back in January then the middle third grade column is the column we're focusing on tonight to be the final um budget to end this fisal year then you'll see the variance to the right of that is the change between January and this June amendment that we're looking at so I wanted to talk through a view of these changes um just some of the ones to highlight on the revenue side wanted to look at on the state um we had just over a million dollars increase in state revenues that we're anticipating to the end of the year um the B of that with in retirement reimbursements that we're getting so we have several different categoricals for retirement a few of those categorical we get um quarterly payments and so that's a percentage

006based on state Statewide payroll that we're receiving those benefits um so those reimbursements were estimated to be just over a million more so that an increase in that line item on the transfers section that is also an increase and that was aligning our and act 18 reement that we get from the ISD to align with where we so then on the expenditure side um under the top category of instruction um the both of the changes in this area was around um insurance cost when we adopted the budget back in January we didn't have the elections yet from open enrollment so this aligned with all the elections that were made as well as some increas the retirement um to better align with how we think we're going to end the year there was also a technology

007reclassification from a lower category of Central Services that moved up to the instruction then a couple others to note if you skip down to the center area of support service Central Services um we had uh um Central Services we've had a decrease 340,000 about 200,000 of that decrease was that reclassification in the technology over to the instruction side um and then the remainder of that was a decreas in our Communications contracted service advertising that we are not looking to expend district and then the next area is payments to other schools they had an increase of 57,000 and that was around a state categorical that we received for f educator cyle um so this was an increase in that area that we had to pay other schools um and then we also receive the revenue so

008it was a categorical where student interns on receive payment this year and colleges and universities were responsible for making those payments however if they were private um those funds had to go then the last area I wanted to highlight was in the transfers out so you recall back in January um with a resolution to um cre a capital Improvement fund and so that we said we would be funding with $50,000 from the general fund and so that's the creation of that fund so in the end in that middle column we're looking to end the year with 10.3 million um in fund balance which is 14.2% um of expenditures now I'm going to hold off on talking about the final column which is next year's proposed um budget now I'm ready to speak with okay so

009a few items to note on the miscellaneous funds so this is the third page of the resolution which also will be up on our website look at all the the other funds that we have so preschool community resource and our Student Activity funds are looking to the end the year at a positive um putting a little bit of funds um into their fund balance um on our food service fund you'll see that we have a slight decrease on where we're pulling 100,000 but I'd like to note that we have one point we're estimating 1.5 million in fund balance which is a very large fund balance so this fund is very much state and federal driven because it the bulk of the funds is federal funded so we have strict guidelines how we can use those

010funds and can't be intermingled with the general fund so we have right now we're working on our excess fund balance plan so we have about an 800,000 excess fund balance that we need to work down so next year we'll probably be in that same situation um that retirement you'll notice that there is quite a large variance um from last amended bug that was to post make our postings for the 2024 refunding bond issue that we did um and that posts that into that one and then finally um there was one change to the documents that you had in your packets so I corrected the name of the new fund we created at Capital Improvement fund and on the original doc documents if you had looked at them Capital project so I made the name change

011and it's actually Capital Improvement um then we have the four remaining bonds bond funds and those were estimating where to end the year I wanted to note the 2021 bond issue um that's where the community center we will be finishing that issue um this year and moving to our 2023 series rebond to complete that process so that is all of3 so I don't know if there were any questions on that before I jump to questions thank you okay so thank you okay so now we're going to be looking in this document and when I post it online the last column that's Brave is our proposed budget that we're looking at for next fiscal year so some of the key assumptions that go into this and we've been talking about this budget um for quite a

012while um our preliminary U budget we talked about this back in March and we've been working on that ever since so key assumptions in the revenue we're still looking at flat enrollment we're looking and um Counting right now on 241 per student and the foundation increase and that the governor's proposed um about right now we're also eliminating the Esser federal grants they're not included in next year's Budget on the expenditure side we're including all our contractual salary steps on wage increases for all staff we're also not including the SRA federal grants on the expenditure side as well then we did quite a bit of work um between March and now um so we have a net budget reductions in savings that we're recognizing in this proposed budget of 2.7 million and those reductions um anding

013occurred we had a reduction in staff FTE through a combination of retirements resignations reassignments and reduction of hours and what that consisted of is 5.5 FTE um of teachers or professional staff a reduction of 13.5 FTE and support staff and a reduction of two FTE administrative staff so those are in um positions and then we had um savings with the rep um so when we had retirees and resignations of staff that typically are on the higher end of pay scales and we hire end at a lower someone new at a lower end of the pay scale they natural savings so with that we' had 18 teachers on that retired or resigned um two support staff and one administrator and then we also have various contracted service and supplies umu so with that we are looking

014at our proposed budget for next year at 69.8 million in revenue and 71 just about 9 million in expenses so it's just over a 2 million estimated shortfall so at the bottom you'll see um our estimated June amended budget from the previous slide is looking to end at 2 or 10.3 million fund balance now we know that that's just our final budget then we have audit that comes in we'll be on audit at the end of the summer beginning of the Fall our audited numbers are anticipated to be a little bit better so we are estimating that at 11.3 million or 15.7% of expenditures and that's based on a 5year average so taking that into account looking then at this proposed 2425 uh fiscal year fund balance that would then be a 9.3 or 13%

015of so then if we go to the final document um this is just the same um resolution third page of um the miscellaneous funds and estimation of where they will end up for the year we go back to the final presentation so then were there any questions on next year's propos can I start with just a couple of other things um just as a remind and for the uh edification of folks who may be just here tonight for the first time uh referencing the Esser funding Esser funding is that Co related funding that was flow through from the federal government from the state government so over the last few years there have been quite a few positions uh supported by those funds and those funds are now expiring so uh many of the positions that

016are Incorporated in the reduction area are positions that were supported by s funding so that's one just thing to note and the other thing to note is that prior to this process the district was looking at a $4.7 million shortfall 4.7 million and so in those discussions over the last few months um the board directed uh us to take a look at uh what we needed to do to get to the uh board policy level of 133% fund balance and so that necessitated $2.7 million in recomend cuts and so that's what you see incorporated into uh this budget tonight which lead us with only a $2 million short call instead of the 4.7 million uh that things began so uh do provide some context that's where we stand thank you do I have any questions

017Jason so I know um a lot of a lot of talk and some of the things we talked about too were the The Cutting of uh the middle school security officer um and um the high school safety I forget the titles but you know a couple of security related folks um so I had asked if we have a plan to fulfill the duties that that were being asked of those folks that are not going to be here so um we we are presenting to you tonight the same uh plan that was uh discussed last time around and uh to those particular things um those duties would be assumed by uh administrative staff in those buildings um here at the uh High School um the security guard is continuing uh that was uh not a cuted

018to be made uh there was one her position that was cut um so those responsibilities will be assumed by other administrative staff um do we have or can we have um sort of a review period in place to make sure that we're not falling through the cracks and we're not having a resource officer chasing down vaping in the halls or um you know doing non resource officer type yes absolutely I I think that's one of the great uh questions to ask and it is certainly something we try to do constantly the other thing that uh I just want to point out is that you know a budget reflects a moment in time and one of the things that we struggle with each year is that we're required by law to have a budget in place

019prior to June 30th and um the state legislature is still working on that budget right now um as we speak and so we do not know what our funding is going to be yet uh from the state legislature so we are making some attempts at uh guesses here uh making some assumptions as Mr Bri said uh you know one of the assumptions is what Foundation allowance will be next year and what that increase would be we're not certain if that's going to happen or not so we we try to Target so I think it's very wise for the board and particularly in this situation where uh we are facing such a large cut to keep looking at this and even through the summer we can evaluate as we know more information uh from the state

020U we can revisit some of these items and perhaps make some modifications if that's what the board wishes so uh I I don't think it's by any means a finished product right I mean it it is not another Big D of our revenues our number of students that we have we don't know that until the first week in October so um these things are always a work in progress and so yes I think it' be a great thing for us to continue to um lastly can you remind me we are keeping one of the security staff members at the middle school correct uh no it's the one security member at the high school there was only one at the middle school sorry what it we have Paro or I thought waso good so one one

021of the items that we have in the budget is what was originally uh funded with lesser funds from Co Mery staff um in 2019 we seem to find a way to service that need through secretaries and other staff why couldn't we do the same with reasking that Ro excluding the the special ed needs to existing staff and put that money towards what Jason was alluding to as a potential lack of security resource in high school I appreciate that question because that was again something we uh discussed last meeting so uh Mr bre I'm going to throw it over to you one of the things uh we we looked at as we left that meeting is uh where the funding sources are for that and so why don't you to explain where the two nursing staff

022that we are continuing to recommend in this budget are being funded so right now um we have two different Grant sources that are funding nursing positions and so one is called an HRA grant that is through the Kent I um so that is in place for next year um the 31aa grant um while I don't have the revenue built in the budget for this um I know that it is in each of the proposals of some sort so it's not included in the budget as we don't have herbage or things on that yet um but have heard that that will be in place again um and so anticipating that that can also then be an offset for nursing as it was this year so the bot so the bottom line would be two positions were

023showing would be offset by the grand F do we know what that number would be is it going to fully offset just about fully so both grants combined were 188,000 which pretty much just about covers both two nurses yes so we have we have two nurses or or three we have two and a half coming have we reduce this proposed budget to be two out of general fund which we would then be looking to um offset with the grant funds um and then the other is um special education required um for about uh8 of that position so 2 of that position then is um general fund and that point a position would be ferally funded resources um no it's um it's IEP required so we can get reimbursement from um the state for it being

024special education expenses and we get reimbursed for those expenses that way okay thank you additional questions um along that line of thinking I'm just curious is there any opportunity to um access the school safety grant that we had had for um Personnel expenses or no so this current year no um and that's where we haven't seen if it changes at all but this current or this past fiscal year that we're ending um there was not allowability for using those funds unless you had used the funds in the prior year on existing staff um so we had a couple positions that we were funding the year before with 31 AA so we were able to continue um with 31aa but otherwise the language was it had to be um new positions and then on the safety

025side of things um safety officers um could be an allowable but it had to be new and so ours are already in place and so that is not something that we use those funds for additional questions we will obviously as we move through this then look to um review obviously we typically don't do a First Amendment figger review till January but obviously we will be I know we always monitor but we'll be looking more closely over the next two months as we hope to get more information from the state then to move forward with anything that we would like to see and we can definitely put another um amendment in prior to January great thank you anything else all right thank you very much at this time we going start into our public comments if

026you have not I if you have not turned any cards or in a card and you're wishing to speak we do ask that you do this at this time back in the back of the room hand up in the air is where they go and she will make sure that we get them all if I see if I have seen a duplicate name or I think maybe it's a common name I will try to use a last name first initial um to identify so I apologize if there's any confusion as we continue to roll through this first up we will have and we do ask that you come to the podium over here at the same microphone and speak into the microphone so that we can see or so we can see but so that

027we can hear everybody first up we have DJ followed by Kim P followed by Pete M thank you my name is DJ Regan resident here in calonia since 1990 we put our six kids through calonia uh ranging from graduating 2003 to 2020 and um Father's Day we had our three youngest come over yesterday sitting around at the side of the pool they also had a friend over so the four of them were all graduates from calonia and they were just reminiscing about how they love their education in fact they ended up the conversation about 20 minutes later saying all in all we had a great education in Caledonia so thank you for that but uh before we become too proud of our school system I'd like to put things in a little perspective so when

028our constitution was formed um it was sent out to the states for ratification consideration ratification and James Madison was in favor he was a contributor of Constitution and he argued in um in favor of the Constitution Federal 51 he said if men were angels we wouldn't need government and if Angels were to rule men neither external nor internal controls would be needed for government so I don't need to remind you that you're all part of our local government our local school government uh school board members represent the legislative side of things the administration the teachers represent more of the executive branch of our divided governments School governments and so probably don't need to remind you all there's probably no Angels In Crowd here nor there's probably any Angels sitting there so as part of government

029No Angels therefore we need to have certain controls to limit your power so policies and procedures uh that's why we need them to keep parents in the loop with our children and if you if you consider the uh 37 seconds okay so if you consider a a student uh that you want to refer to a particular situation and you're worried about the safety of that child there's certain protocols that you have to uh do as far as provid referring them to the child protector Services that's the that's the way it should work so we don't want to hear of any uh working behind the the scenes back without the parents knowing um so that we can uh recognize that everything is being held up for full transparency so that's why I'm in favor of this

030policy a well U peerreview policy that's transparent thank we have Kim P followed by Pete M and then Whitney Board of Education I want to sincerely thank you for your time and support of our students and family here in calonia um regarding the issue of the abortion referral policy I just want to address you as a staff member that could possibly be impacted by this decision when I was in college I got a page you remember how that all worked we' get the number and have to find the uh New Year's pay phone to make the call back it was on a pay phone in college that I found out that someone close to me was experiencing an unplanned pregnancy in the following days in weeks I was able to speak into that situation as

031someone who knew her well had grown up with her and shared her faith I knew that some of her initial statements like my dad's going to fil me were not grounded in reality and it comes to no surprise that his relationship with his now grandchild is extremely close so you see when a student is faced with unplanned pregnancy The increased stress and anxiety make it difficult for them to make decisions they need the support of close family and friends who know them well their decisions should be rooted in their values morals and religious convictions or they're going to live with intense regret and emotional pain because of the nature of public school policy about religion staff often don't know much if anything about a student's religious conviction or the various faiths represented here in our

032district so this makes us highly unqualified to speak into their situation of unplanned pregnancy or provide any information to them about referrals for abortion if in a rare situation we do have concerns about their support at home or their safety which might be compromised in the situation of unplanned pregnancy then we should be following District protocol regarding child protective services so in light of all of this I'm requesting that you continue the protections afforded to staff in our current policy thank you we have Pete M followed by Whitney and then Pete S hello my name is Pete Murray and I'm the president of the calonia Middleville area right to life we are here this evening to provide feedback and let you know that what is being discussed by this board in regards to the theola

033policy revision should be carefully thought out as mentioned by one of the board members in the last meeting the issue of a student discussing something as difficult as an abortion with a teacher or School Personnel should between should be between a parent and their child and is not as suggested that are left up to the teachers putting School Personnel in this type of situation is not fair to them or to the child this is a family matter and it is a parent's right to direct medical decisions for their minor child children can't even take a timein all from a school nurse without permission from the parent we should not be putting teachers in St have in the difficult position of trying to navigate far more serious and consequential medical decisions without parental involvement having onand

034information to provide the parents to help them through this discussion would be helpful but not to refer them to agencies that support abortion but rather life right to life is here to help support children and their families to choose life and we have resources in the community that people can be directed to I am simply asking this board to make the right decision on this issue this is between the student and their parents and not the school Personnel thank you next we have wey followed by P S and Bob all right I'm going to switch topics a little bit and I'm going to focus on uh the importance of Max effort performance in our schools for our kids so uh my background current my background is a a former college and professional strength and conditioning

035coach uh for multiple years and retired so understanding the importance of the science behind a student body and the importance of how much we've evolved from a strength conditioning standpoint for kids it's extremely imperative that we have a person in the school system system that has that particular qualifications and background to help support reducing of injuries vice versa down the down the completely down the platform with that and I would say that for the amount that we have uh in the community service that that Max effer has performed for us in in calonia specifically it would be a I would call a drastic Injustice for our student outs because what's going to happen is if we don't have a person that is highly qualified and certified to teach our student athletes or just our students

036that want to get better from a health standpoint and doing it the right way the increase of injuries are going to drastically be uh increased so my question is is are we willing to pay the medical bills that's going to happen from a back injuries to knee injuries to ACL injuries they're going to happen in particular fields that our student athletes play in or can we reduce that by having a c C ified person in our schools on a daily basis to help monitor the situation for people to do it the right way now this is a lifestyle thing like I can talk about Athletics but 2% of student athletes go on to go and play a college sport but 100% of the people that go in the class can be ready for from a

037health standpoint moving forward um that to me is probably the most the biggest thing that we can focus our time on is people kids doing it the right way reducing injuries is a major factor that's moving for I have a I have a young kid in in the community I have a daughter that's going to be in ninth grade and someone that's not certified that teach them how to do things a proper way from a mechanic standpoint is going to um increase injuries which is going to hurt our budget at the end of the day so whatever the cost is for him is it is that worth it versus hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills down the road which is my fear moving forward and not to mention like we're not pioneers of

038this having contracted a person in when Granville Byron Center sou Christian Rockford Jennison they're all doing the same exact thing we're just trying to keep up with the schools in our surrounding area that we will have to deal with with multiple sport Avenues and they're paying their dues over $100,000 and we're nowhere close to that so my my request is we continue to invest in our students to make sure that they're properly prepared to go into life with confidence because that's what doing that in that weight room does thank you next we have Pete S then Bob then John good evening my name is Pete Stalter 7075 B Drive Mission in the Saturday edition of Sun Sun News feature FR article talked about all the district had shortfall $4.7 million and have made cuts to

039the 2024 budget how the district proposed to make 2.6 2.6 million in net spending CS there's also a food service contract up for T review that contract added bid taken and issued for between companies they are airmar South class food surface and chars contracts were based on two plans I'm going to select plan a the last plan these numbers are submitted to the state and I do not know if school board members have seen these numbers or Not In fairness the air Mar plan is 2,945 31028 Southwest Food Service three $3,418 162 chart Well Services was $3,576 767 the board has been presented a contract offer for charal at a difference of 6 $631,000 at least if they choose Plan B and S or plan A and S for one year it will be almost

040$3 million if you left the contract go for five years as based off some of the information that you have there and making budget cuts how is the board going to justify a spending increase of almost 20% 2 and a half times inflation as for this school year also is mentioned that you have a million $500,000 in your funding budget this year I don't understand why you would have to have spend them by necessarily giving it to another service provider when you're upgrading your facilities and it always will continue to upgrade your facilities when you go out there and have lunch today or anytime here in 2024 you have a state-ofthe-art system is to die for in any school district why not save the money and continue to upgrade to that also funding does change

041what's you got this year may not be what you get next year also there could be opportunities I noticed there was a person included in budget this year that wasn't last year in Food Service you talk about security you talk about different things you might be able to do with the money why not pursue that pursue that with a state you have enough money to be able to do something different have a c security officer in Lun and stuff like that be a little bit creative also I will knowe there's two things my daughter Alexander M Mary ster graduated from Calia very pred very well when acest graduated on the Deans List that is an example of Excellence I also was SM my wife is M sponsor and she is the current food service director

042been here for 20 years and she is very proud of what she's SP here and with her team and 80 people that would be let go if you approve Char thank you [Music] I to find this news button hold on we all good we're good okay no we're not good okay we're now good okay so this we have Bob and then we will have John B followed by Andy hi everyone I believe that policy 2410 is essential and should be retained for the following reasons we all know that unplanned pregnancies can be traumatic for all the people involved and the decisions to have an abortion can have serious life long repercussions the passage of prop three only made this worse by opening the door to potential abuse exploitation and trafficking of young women as their

043legal protections are now being dismantled by our legislators further dismantling of a safety net for our students removing policy 2410 is not compassion having the school system entering this mindfield also has only one potential outcome lawsuits against the school when staff provide referrals or assistance that conflicts with parents values or members who advocate for themselves or staff to refer or assist in the students's abortion in the name of helping that child are truly misguided teachers do not have the moral or medical authority to quote make the best decisions for students as one board member put it though he's repeatedly tried to justify this by stating that parental consent was still the law meaning parents would still have to be involved he neglected to inform you that judicial bypass has always been available and can be

044used by any adult to direct a student toward abortion behind a parents back I found detailed instructions for judicial bypass on the moash website a government funded anti-parent nonprofit that advocates in schools for minor children to make sexual choices without parental input the moash website was advertised on stickers that's been in our caloria high school doors for years until a parent complained in 2022 this same board member alluded to these stickers with this website reference at the previous board meeting dismissively saying that the board had been nitpicking about websites on stickers in the classroom in 2022 he argued to keep the mo stickers in the school the teacher who put that website on their doors was engaged in political activism so you can't have it both ways claiming that teachers are unbiased caring while also

045advocating to keep their ideological propaganda in the classroom School staff are human just like us and can have strong opinions that affect how they interact with others after all it was an activist teacher whose lessons on systemic racism first brought us to this meetings another example while canding neighborhoods before the 22 election I spoke with a gentleman about prop 3 when I told him it could end paral consent for abortion he responded that was good because he was a calonia teacher and he knew there were bad parents out there are you comfortable with that trusted adult advising your daughter with an unplanned pregnancy these discussions legally morally belong with parents or Guardians who love their child most policy 2410 Rewritten with clear guidance prohibiting all for forms of abortion recurs or assistance including websites protects

046both the board and staff by helping them to know their boundaries clearly and stay within them regardless of their personal belief thank you we have John followed by Andy then Tom thank you for the opportunity to comment today my name is John bur on the attorney with Alliance defending Freedom which protects parental rights although I'm here in my personal capacity not in my professional capacity as a father of five who have graduated from cnia high school who love their teachers and their staff I just wanted to clarify that as a matter of law federal law will always control over state law no matter what prop three says no matter what statutes are adopted the Federal Constitution and statutes will always control and with respect to parental rights the US Supreme Court has been Crystal Clear

047uh that said in numerous decisions Washington versus bburg Meer versus Nebraska Pierce versus society and sisters Trel versus Granville that under the 14th Amendment due process clause there is a fundamental right deeply rooted in our nation's tradition and history for the parents to be able to direct the raising and upbringing of their kids and that includes directing their medical treatment in fact there was a lawsuit filed in Michigan at the six Circuit Court of Appeals that's the federal court of appeals that includes Michigan and three other states decided against the state of Michigan because they failed to give parents the ability to have information and consent before drawing blood from their babies and looking for diseases in the hospital um now more recently uh there's a lawsuit that my employer Alliance defending freedoms filed against

048the Rockford public schools and a closely analogous situation uh in Rockford there's a family their last name is me me a and they have an autistic daughter um and as you may know uh in the autism population uh there's a disproportionate number of those kids who identify as a gender that's different than their sex and when she started to express this dissonance at school teachers and staff encouraged her to make that transition encouraged her uh her friends to use her preferred pronouns and things like that and she started down a medical path that her parents had no reason to know about in fact the school kept it secret from the parents um and so that lawsuit has now been filed against brockford and the parental rights that are issued there are the very same things

049that are at issue with respect to this revision of the Neola policy here and so for the protection of our teachers and our staff and of our school district as a whole you know I would hate for the the district to be in a position where you were being suit because you got in between uh a parent and their child with respect to these discussions it's really not fair to the teachers and the staff I think um we admire them um I I certainly trust them in all kinds of issues but it's not fair to them to put them in a place where they could be held leg legally viable for violating a parent constitutional rights because they work for the school um it seems to me that rather than repealing the policy the best

050thing to do would be to just strike that language at the beginning about Michigan state law and instead make it more explicit by amending it to to Really make clear what teachers and staff aren't supposed to do not be transporting kids to abortion clinics for example or giving them information about how to have an abortion I I think if you would do that that would be the best protection for faculty and staff best protection for the school district and it would lead parents and kids in the close relationships that they're entitled to so thank you for all you're doing you all right thank you next we have Andy followed by Tom and then Tammy D I appreciate the opportunity to speak tonight my name is Andy Backus I have a current high schooler as well

051as a student to be sixth grader I understand the amount of time that you spend working as the school board members and I appreciate that I ran for school board so I understand the commitment you have to do and what is best for school district but I also listen to the voters but you also have to listen to voters that put you in that position and do what last for the kids I've also donated my time to start and run the C youth basketball league with each year with over 550 kids and over 400 families which means I have talked to a lot of parents and lots of Voters when my oldest was in elementary school I was surprised to find out the elementary principal was polling his son from calonia schools cuz he had

052to seen his older children grow through Sports and football at calonia didn't want to have to see his talent son do the same thing he also told me I should do the same thing if calonia stayed that way at the same time my neighbor pulled their talented son to attend the same school's principles they went on to win three state titles at Grand Rapids Catholic Central during the same period the PE teacher pulled his son from calonia high school because of bowling there was nothing that was being done and sent him to South Christian he went on and played division one football at that time the school board then hired the previous superintendent who brought on the current athletic director and hired the current football coach football has brought us three exciting season Seasons that

053have been the highlight of the town of calonia football and the positive publicity that has come from it has helped fuel the growth of the town as well as helped get extensions of the latest school bond pass to build D Elementary as well as other projects which would have not been passed without the sports parents going out and pounding the street for the school board three things i' look for in school is education opportunities with students and safety tonight you're looking remove two of those the current G of students has a watchful eye in our school and helps discipline the students you want to remove that position and put who in charge maybe you have not seen how many meetings in different places the principles of the schools are at I don't want to see

054the kids leave because they don't feel safe in our school once again you want to remove the contract with Max effort where we have spent over $250,000 from our bond to rebuild the uh the gym and the weight room so he Max effort also has brought in other instructors as well as spent personal money for dumbbells for girls by the way the the way program is a co-ed program where athletes can take class as well as many students that would never be able to afford personal lessons at any of the weight places in town at over $200 a month once again this is over a $30,000 position over the last several months we have approved a new textbook for AP Government so American politics and governments today for $222,500 we had bought a new lawnmower

055for over $770,000 what are we really spending our money on and is it really looking is it Athletics that we're looking to cut as a school board all right go ahead next we have Tom followed by Tammy D and then Tammy s good evening thanks for uh letting us talk uh wanted to thank the board first for uh all your time it's a definitely a thankless job at times and tough and I'm going to talk about the budget cuts a little bit but uh it doesn't it's not lost on me how deep the issues are tonight and so I understand I'm here and I'm going to talk about some football stuff also and some athletic stuff so I'm not putting them on the same uh level as some of the other issues that have come

056up but it's still something I was coming to talk about so I I understand the difference there U last uh last spring there was a group of us that started a touchdown club and uh it's a nonprofit that we raised a lot of funds over the last year uh to support the program to build the program uh to be a to put a good face on for for calonia and uh we hit our goals through the the generosity of parents and businesses and uh it's it's uh definitely a uh a let down to to talk about uh not having Max effort in the uh in the building um and it's not just a loss to football in fact I think there's actually somewhat of an equity issue there because frankly most of the kids are

057getting trained um on a private basis and when we take that out there are going to be kids that cannot compete at the level we compete at we're being forced to play in a in a conference specifically in football before this all all sports but specifically in football we're still going to be forced to play in the okay red these schools are twice their size they have twice the resour we do I assume I don't know that for a fact but I'm guessing they have close to twice of resources and we're trying to compete at that level and we're going to take away the ability for these kids to compete and many of these kids do not have the money to pay for private training this is in the school they're being taught correctly they're

058we're seeing other sports competitive now in an okay red that they haven't been competitive in before so um definitely would love you guys to to consider making that what I think is still a pretty small investment uh Max effort's not making money on having a person there every day at $30,000 a year it's not even close we're getting a bargain on that to have them in the classroom okay so I'm here to Advocate from uh from the from the touchdown club and and say that we we would strongly uh encourage to try to find a way to keep that and it's not now if we get if we get more funding later that uh that that comes in that we hope that can be added in at a minimum um the other thing too is

059I want people to understand that there are some other severe budget cuts going on across the athletic departments I was just given a request today for the touchdown Club to pay for footballs this year for footballs this year like that that's almost crazy to me like we're putting millions of dollars that we all voted to approve for for a new stadium and I know it's funded differently I know that's a that's Bond funding but it's still I I hope we can we can come to a point where we can restore some of this and and support our programs in in in a good way thank you thank you next we have Tammy D followed by Tammy s and Kane hello my name is Tammy Del and I'm a calonia resident and also have children who

060have gone through the calonia school systems and our current graduates School boards and schools are overstepping their boundaries thinking it is acceptable for faculty and staff to assist students with obtaining an abortion this is not for schools to make decisions about this is a personal family situation that parents should be handling with their child the school's Mission States ensuring the highest quality systems for learning assisting with an abortion is not learning the school board has no business in making these decisions into their policy as a parent I am responsible for my child's well-being and safety and the right and that right must not be taken away the school wants parental involvement and consent in other areas such as volunteering and signing forms at the beginning of the school year yet this life and death issue

061of abortion can be brushed off without parental consent if a student does not have a good parental support system at home then they can be referred to a Pregnancy Resource Center and this does not include Planned Parenthood these uh Resource Centers can be made available so the child sees all of their options not just abortion the pregnant student and father of that baby along with the guidance of their parents need to make a life and death decision on whether their child lives or dies because that is what abortion is it's the killing of the living human this decision is not for a school board member or a School employee to make nor am I sure that the faculty or staff want to make that decision so please do not take away parental rights abortion has

062no place in the school room thank you thank you next up we have Tammy s followed by Kane and then Rose hello board members thank you for taking my time to listen to me my name is Tammy scha I am a proud parent of three calonia graduates we are very happy with our school district and staff I recently finished my 22nd year working in food service with aramar I was very heartbroken to hear that our contract will not be renewed even though we are the lowest bid as a parent and employee I've been very happy with aramark's food and service in fact my three girls and their friends still talk about how good our food is um we also have a great leader Mimi who is one of those rare people administrators you actually see

063get their hands dirty we're short-handed I've seen her wash dishes cook for us she cooks she grills for the schools every year in fact during Co she was there every day for the community handing out food sacrificing seeing the her elderly mother at the time because of Co so my question to the board to please consider is who is benefiting from this decision on accepting this higher bid thank you so much for your time we have Kane followed by Rose and then Bridget is it Katie Bor oh yes I'm sorry all right Kane that's all I can say thank you good evening Katie Bourne thank you president of calonia my husband graduated from calonia and we're actively involved in our youth sports as parents of two student athletes one that just graduated and one incoming

064sophomore I've heard the district is looking to eliminate n prer and Max suffer collaboration as part of the 2425 budget cuts I wanted to bring some clarity to a few points regarding that decision and ask for careful reconsideration by our board to set our student athletes up for long-term success versus a short-term budget fix from an equity and inclusion perspective not all families have the the means to pay for athletic training for their kids having a certified trainer at the high school allows equal opportunity for all kids to have access to the same great benefits that training provides not just those who can afford it we're also living in a world where kids are moving from activity to activity throughout the school day with very little time to spare their schedules having the ability to

065schedule their weightlifting speed and strength opportunities during the day not only allows them time to be home but to also study and get downtime and rest that they desperately need at this age I know many have asked but why Nate prer and mat suffer also or as a neighboring Community alumni Nate chose to establish a local business here in calonia many years ago and he has faithfully and tirelessly supported the health and wellness of our community Max doesn't just offer a football training program like some might suggest Nate and his team train at all levels in ages and I can attest that he gives unconditionally to All Sports programs dedicated to building student athletes and their parents and their families he believes in building long-term health and wellness habits beginning at an early age with

066our student athletes at all levels we need to let the Educators teach and the trainers train there's a weight list of kids who are excited about the opportunity to do so at school I've heard over 40 kids in multiple sections for next year if we want to continue to compete athletic excuse me um last my side um having a single teacher who doesn't know correct form muscle training groupings nor the potential credibility with the students doesn't give our kids in Advantage nor does it set those teachers up for Success our neighboring districts by in Center Granville South Christian Catholic Central I can go on and on all have dedicated training with outstanding facilities and use the same model of bringing outside expert providers at a significantly higher cost to train their athletes during the day

067if we want to continue to compete and safely train our athletes with minimal injuries and have them form lifelong habits outside we need to continue with Max effort I'll wrap with this there are many roles that could be questioned for example why do we have a middle layer between the school principles and superintendent seems awful redundant but an opportunity to assess for cost while clearly not everyone agrees at all times other the decisions that are made ones with the best intentions for our students and athletes should not be taken lightly thank you next we have Rose followed by Bridget and then Jason hi I'm Rose gram every day of my 42 years I have been a resident of calonia graduate class of 2000 um and I love this community that's why when it came time

068to raise our children I ad that was stay in CIA with three children when I saw a clip on social media about the abortion referral I was horrified in fact I'm still horrified that this is even a thing that we even have to be here to discuss this just blows my mind to be perbly [Applause] honest the Lord member that that video was up like but did you see what was said before and after I don't need to see what was said before and after because it is never your right to take the life of a child that is growing inside of one of your students amen you never have the right I don't care the circumstance there's no way to sandwich that that makes it appropriate for anybody in the public school uh system

069a staff member a teacher a parro nobody has that right to do that so no I didn't bother wasting my time watching what prefaced that and what came after this is a lifelong consequence we're not going to even talk about the fathers that suffer from abortion I'm going to stick to women but there is a whole another thing that can be said for that there's a number of women in this room that have went through abortion and with that means there's of women who are still suffering with the shame the regret the depression that will haunt them the rest their Liv many of them if you ask them how old their child would be they will be able to tell you exactly without even hesitating because every year they mourn the loss of that child

070I have a family member in her 60s that still suffers from the consequences of the decision that she made in her teens are you going to take responsibility for that are you going to provide this counseling that this woman is going to need for the rest of her life I don't think you will we have no business doing that there's depression the shame the regret the permanent physical damage that can also happen no one talks about that no one talks about you might be damaging it where she will never be able to have a child again you don't talk about that you talk about the Quick Fix it's not a quick fix there are plenty of Pregnancy Resources and I so glad to hear it right to life is here one is literally called Pregnancy

071Resource Center they have classes they will babysit they will help parents get GD providing resources counseling all of the things there's churches we have churches on every corner which I love about calonia they will help it's not the old school church that will shame you and shun you for being pregnant no come to the churches they are there for the support that's when the churches are at their back so I just just to reiterate it is never appropriate for a staff M to help a student end the life of an unborn baby amen than Bridget followed by Jason and then Dan K hi there I'm Bridget fer my daughter graduated from calonia I've lived here Michael life as well I know we have some big topics um on the agenda tonight I'm going to focus

072on more the Athletics I'm not a public speaker so excuse me for shaking voice speak of the mic not my cup of tea but my son Brody is going to be a senior and he has been involved in football um for many many years and I just wanted to talk a little bit tonight to support the continuation of Max efforts services within the school system bro is being recruited by several colleges and without the support of both Derek hton in his role as the dean of students although you may not see this as part of his role I look at a dean of students as somebody who has a liaison both for discipline and for emotional wellbeing and without the support of der as the football coach and de of students for rooting this recruiting

073process would be mentally very difficult on him it is on all of us CLE family it is a big deal and for those of you who don't have students in athletics are those being recruited it is very time intensive if we did not have Derek in our high school Brody would never have met the college coaches that are recruiting him we would never have the guidance or the support in this recruiting process to know how to handle it and what's real and what's not because it's a huge game so I am here in support of Derek keeping his role as being of students so that we can have those support services for our student athletes it impacts financially when other colleges colleges are paying for their college for them to be a student athlete without

074Derek we would not have Mt coer either Derek came in as dean of students and promoted wanted to bring all Athletics to a competitive level and without him and the continuation of his support his knowledge in athletics we or Nate prer we would not have the competitive nature and my son actually would not be where he is today without them in school so I'm not going to rehash everything else that everybody has said about Max effer but I am in full support and agree with everything else that they have said so thank you next we have Jason followed by Dan K and then Dan H good evening my name is Jason Ruben I am a candidate for State Representative of Michigan 79 District which is calonia Gang firing Center and the number of townships in

075bar in Al County as well um in addition to running for state representative I'm also a small business center of manufacturing Supply Company of Rapids and in the last couple of weeks we had the privilege of hiring five new people to our team which is just amazing feel but increasingly we are finding that we hire particularly for entry level position that students out High School are unprepared for the real world the real m in Miss two out of every three students are failing or not proficient in three out of every five are not proficient in reading and three out of every five not proficient science calonia is a little bit better it's a quarter of students are not proficient subjects but still one out of every four students are not proficient B ma skills or

076at Great level and hire depending on who you ask course I am a huge proponent of a curriculum that focuses on core basic academics practical job skills Civics but my real reason for being here was to introduce myself ma for your help and support in furthering that I'd like to hear from you um you can reach out to me at my website I'd also like to hear from the community as you ideas and how the legislature can help support our local schools instead of getting in the way there was a reference to the budget earlier where you're being required to submit a budget without the information you need to produce a budget I'm not really sure how that's supposed to work my opinion is the state legislature should be there to support our school districts

077without getting in the way and that we should have local control and parental control of our schools small businesses depend on our schools our teachers are all heroes and that sounds silly but for our small business owners we and educated and ready to work work force and right now that's just Michigan can succeed and be a leader in this country and I'd like to hopeful as part of that but I just wanted to introduce myself my name is Ruben St represented find out more about meing for mi.com thank thank you next we have Dan K followed by Dan H and then I believe it's Jim V it's either Jim or or Tim whichever but I think it's Jim so hey guys uh my name is Dan P um I have lived in the caloni area

078for just about 25 years and uh I have six kids one that was a graduate uh a couple years ago and is uh currently in college and uh thank goodness he had a wonderful education year calonia I've got a junior a freshman um I have a seventh grader to be and a fourth grer to be and one on the end um I only say all that because for us we had decisions on where we wanted to be and calonia was a place we chose and the reason why we chose calonia because we believe in calonia values and what Calon stent we were told it was one of the best educations you could get and people that really had values and you didn't have to worry about what was being taught in school and I'm pretty

079passionate about that right as a parent I take my job seriously you can ask a lot of people in this room that know me I think we do a pretty good job with our kids right we teach them at home I love the calonia teachers I spoke with a couple of them today people that I would consider friends people that I respect to hell but I don't need them raising my kids I would ask all of you really to take that to heart as you think about this do you want someone else offering life advice real life advice with large consequences to life beyond for your kids I think all of you up here would likely say no it's my job and I understand kids don't come from Big best background sometimes and I know

080some of you on the board took some plaque for that I understand that my wife was a social worker in her earlier profession before she stayed home I think guys just give us a really hard thought when you go to make that Ro it's important you have a whole room of people here that really are asking you I think one way I hav't heard a lot of the other side I'm sure there's another side but you represent the folks in this room and people that really care about what's happening in our students I've got a minute left so I'm passionate about another topic and it really is around what you guys have decided to or was proposed you haven't decided yet to be fair I'm going to ask you to reconsider reconsider some of the

081decisions you're making in your budget I understand it's a hard job like I work in the business world I deal with budgets every day you guys have hard jobs you have to make decisions please please I just ask you to reconsider some of those considerations I can tell you from a personal experience having kids that have gone through Caledonia kids that are in the system now playing three four five six Sports whatever they are in please give some extra thought to Max effort I really mean it with With all sincerity and I would really ask if you pull out to DEA students who's going to take up that role there's a reason why we stay in calonia but if it's not safe why am I going to stay here the job that's being done and

082some of the stuff he's looking for guns and drugs guys I don't know if people in the room know that that's a daily occurrence here and I know the board members do please reconsider we have Dan H followed by I believe it's Jim B followed by Nikki good evening uh Dan Hinds and appreciate your time and your efforts worth thank you uh I'm not from calonia I'm from Grand Rapids but I thought it was important to come down and uh give you an idea in relationship someday I've got uh nine grandchildren and someday they could be here so from that stando point I think it's important and I think what's been said tonight in regards to the abortion policy is to take to heart and that is that you really need to take and put

083the decision between the parent and the child and we've heard various issues tonight about legalized uh the ramifications that are there for the board and for the school district and I don't think anybody wants to go there so I suggest suggest and recommend that you take and keep the policy change it to the fact of uh what was recommended from the attorney but as far as the process we've heard tonight there's many reasons why not to get involved and it is a life we believe it I believe that's the way the the good Lord made us and I think if we ask the folks here tonight just to raise the hands to get we talked about you're uh you're a representative of the vote and I'm interested myself to see how many are here regarding

084the abortion policy and would think that it would should be left up between the parents and the child thank this time we're going to move to Jim B Nikki and then I think it's erina good afternoon my name is Jim Bine I feel out a card not knowing how much support was going to be here in recognition of parents and their relationship with their sons or daughters uh I've been a resident in calonia my whole life I've been paying taxes in calonia through house taxes for 20 years um my kids don't attend pelonia public school so you're wondering why would I be here I just think it's egregious to think that the school board wants to put teachers in a place to put them those teachers in between a parent and and that student parents

085have always had rights you know parents are the ones enrolling their children in the school if they break an arm cut a leg the parents are the ones who get called if you have a treny issue and children aren't going to school they take the parents and they hold them responsible so I don't understand with this issue why why the school board thinks it's okay for parents to get in between such a sacred relationship between parents and their children than you than we have Nikki and Elina then Kevin make my way around here hi board thank you for being here my name is Nikki hinga um in my day job I report to a board and I deal with budgets and financials all day long too so I feel like I know a little bit

086of what you're going through so thank you for the work that you do um it doesn't go unnoticed um my husband and I when we built our home here in calonia we were super intentional in choosing this district for our girls you see my husband Jeremy and I were graduates of South Christian High School if you know anything about South and I know you do um I went to high school with Jim typically South graduates send your kids to South but jery and I said no we've got a great Public School System here and we're going to be intentional about putting our girls here because we believe in this community we're losing kids left and right to South and that's a trend that's going to continue if we don't get this straight so anyway the

087reason my family chose this district is because of academics the amazing Community as Illustrated here the Athletics and the Safety and Security that they feel in their buildings as others have said you're looking at cutting two of the pillars that are important to our family I've got two girls one at Duncan Lake who will be a seventh grader and one at the high school and they're thriving they're happy they're intelligent and they feel safe and loved they're also athletes and we'd love seeing you Mr wheel dryer at different athletic events it's been wonderful but I'm here today to ask you to reconsider cuts to Tool those pillars safety and ACC you may not know that the leading cause of female student athlete injuries is ACL injuries which can have lifelong effects my older daughter has

088gone through the speed and straight class with Max and it was incredible injury prevention so you're not facing chronic pain in your 40s like me is very important because chronic pain can also lead to drug use and drug abuse in OPI it can spiral and if I had more time based on my professional career I could explain to you how that works it's it's a very real deal and I'm not saying it's it then if we cut Max everyone's going to be a drug user no just think about other perspectives of things that can happen when girls and boys aren't taught how to appropriately manage their health in their bodies when you're playing sports or when you're in your life and more importantly I want to remind you that safety is not something we mess

089with ever we do not get a doover if something goes right we can go backwards like do Mr whe said budgets are a point in time we can go backwards on Food Service unfortunately we can go backwards on the band room we cannot go backwards if something goes wrong with safety I also want to remind you of something that one of you was quoted as saying when you ran for this position and I won't call out specific names but it was someone who I voted for because I felt like he had the safety of my kids in mind and he was quoted as saying what of the challenge I see is the safety of our children and staff I'll continue to advocate for safety measures to be add and work on building and sustaining current

090measures already in place it is very important we hire more resource officers through the Sheriff's office thank [Applause] you Elena is it your hello hello I feel like everybody else this is not my uh what I enjoy doing but I here speak up for not only our four kids that graduated from the school but also we have nine grandchildren that attend one at done Christian but the rest are from calonia one graduating this past year so in saying that I have a deep heart there nothing like a Mana there I have a deep heart and a concern for my grandchildren to be led in the best that they can have in this school we've always valued the teachers yes we haven't always agreed but we have never ever considered um values of a parent and

091their child being swayed by a staff member or by a teacher and I'm just asking you to consider how important this is I first of all support the parent rights I was asked do you want the calonia school board to resend the policy at 2410 to allow a staff and teachers or School Employees to refer a student to abortion or assist a student in obtaining one of course not I worked at Metro Health Michigan University of Health for 14 years I worked with students I worked with adults I worked with many different young people and adults that were professionals I seen many repercussions of life blessons I myself was 19 years old and was pregnant my husband and I now have been married for 44 years and I'm very thankful that we did get married

092a few months after that decision but it was scary going to a college in my first year and finding out I was pregnant I was asked right away would you want to consider an abortion I knew because of the values that I believed in I would never consider an abortion because that's an onboard life that God created I would assume that most people would believe that but I now understand that's not always the case so therefore I feel it's very very necessary that even though our state has said that 14 years on up which just humiliates me have the right for a child to be their own guarantor and make decisions based on their best interest for an onboarding child at 14 years of age that's a scary place to be I would hope that

093the staff the school and everybody would understand that you are ultimately accountable not just grandparents to this community to these students you are accountable to God the creator of Life who sustains life and I would say to be very careful with your decision because you will ultimately beet him thank you we have Kevin followed by Ena and then Josh my name is Kevin Ray I'm a board member of Grand Rapids right to light um interested in this matter throughout the area because of that uh sex outside marriage is always a mistake this is not a personal belief or religious teaching it's a deduction from Facts one of those facts is that Studies have shown that children tend to have the best outcomes when raised by their biological parents who are in an intact marriage the

094other fact is that woman woman of child during age has sex there is nothing she can do that will guarantee that it won't result in the conception of a child an abortion kills a child or biologically speaking a complete distinct living Bal and fully human being this is also not personal belief or religion talking but science which has made these facts utterly irreputable for about 200 years now facts which led all states to out abortion by the end of the 19th century unborn children are also persons affected by the fifth and 14th amendments to the US Constitution or so it appears judging by existing statutes which in at least 2third of the states protect an unborn child just as much as a born one in cases of manslaughter or murder or negligence committed by a

095third party and none of which at least to my knowledge EXP explicitly declare that The Unborn are not persons a public school has no business enacting a policy that contradicts any of these facts or pretends they aren't facts or resending a policy that supports them in accord with the US Constitution thank you next I have Ena Josh then Angela hi thank you guys for staying late tonight so I'm Ena oer house I'm a small business owner in the calonia village I'm also a parent of two graduates and I have a third child that still remains in the district um I'm also a medical provider and I would be remiss not to mention multiple things tonight so we'll start with policy um abortion referral program is a um hard decision to make as a medical provider

096over the last decade a lot has changed in the state of Michigan specifically in taking away parental rights in addition to recently proposal three has taken away more parental rights and the fact that we're even considering this decision is a hard one as a medical provider we have to take into account not only the medical decision making but also social decision making and the psychological decision making of that patient and the fact that we're even considering having anyone in the school district make those decisions is astounding I know that teachers are well educated on developmental psychology as well as sociology but they are not decision makers in medicine and Medicine we have to look at both risk and benefit and no one in this building is qualified to do that as a medical provider it

097is a hard decision to even have that on our plate having young children come to us asking for these decisions and most of us will say no you need to talk to your parents because it is not the right decision for us to make that [Music] decision and you know we all know that academics is super important obviously I'm well advanced in my medical education and we also need to look at the community as a whole Athletics is super important as well having had a husband that did Collegiate Sports and coached and me myself being athlete as well it's super important to also Focus On Athletics in the school district um when we moved to calonia area which has been quite some time um the Athletics were mediocre at best and we have tried to

098um improve on that with young children at a young age and the programs that have been developed in the last few years have grossly improved on that um athletic aspect of calonia schools also as a medical provider I need to comment on the safe lifting which has already been discussed multiple times tonight but but the important thing is my daughter took the speed and strength course before Max Seer was involved and she came home with multiple injuries and when I asked how' you lift what you do da da da da da it was quite clear that things were bad so I thank you have Josh and Angela thanks for taking the time I appreciate uh all you do for the district and uh just wanted to my name is Josh awood I graduated from here

099U my family's been in this uh district for 40 plus years um I decided to come back here for the education and the athletic program and bring my kids into this system and I've seen such a vast Improvement in the last couple years it's it blows my mind so um I feel the cutting of the max effort speed and strength classes and school will hurt will hurt the district in terms of attracting students that's physically as well as their physical well-being as and student students Health this was put in place to strengthen our students and and Athletics and it is working with School of Choice kids and families have choices schools with great education and athletic opportunities win uh these classes Serve All Families not just the ones that can afford outside training um not

100all families are able to pay for outside training um and cutting this program will negatively impact U more students than you may realize um pair this cut with the elimination of the DEA students position really starts to unravel what has been built over the last several years to keep calonia an attractive district for both education and Athletics um I know the board has a difficult task ahead and I thank you all for your time and attention to the matter but I ask that you reconsider these Cuts as I believe they are shortsighted and in the end will hurt enrollment growth which drives the income to the district the student ath athletic athletes opportunities and will not save the district any money um in the long run thank [Applause] you Angela hi thank you I stand

101before you today not as your state represent a political candidate but pro-life parent of two calonia graduates and an incoming freshman as well safety should be priority number one with our schools 96% of all gun violence occurs in gunfree zones without properly staffed security we should be increasing security not cutting it that's very alarming missed it I would also like to touch base on the abortion issue see I was an unplanned pregnancy I'm so grateful that my mother didn't get coerced into an abortion when she was 16 years old old from her teachers or her staff or at school it is never appropriate for educators and administrators to get between a student and a parent I think that if we look back a couple years I think maybe we should have learned that lesson a

102couple years ago right abortion ends a life that is undeniable I would encourage Calon new Community Schools to stay in your lane or your next year's short budget your next year's budget shortfall would be much greater so please listen to the parents we can be your biggest Advocate or we can be your biggest enemy it's really your choice here do you really want to get between students and parents I would not advise that thank you thank you very much to everybody just so that you aware this is a board meeting it's a meeting of the board that's held in public so if you've never been to a board meeting before I know that this can be very frustrating because you come and you speak and you're looking for some direct back and forth or some

103information but that is not how this happens here again we do have information to follow up as necessary and we thank you for all your time and coming we are going to move forward now to six which is our consent agenda we have the May 2024 regular meeting minutes May 20 2024 close session meeting minutes June 4th 2024 board Workshop minutes June 4th 2024 close session minutes May 2024 payables and June 2024 Personnel report I move that the Board of Education approve the consent agenda as presented have a second second thank you are there any questions Corrections no right can I please have a roll call Garcia yes brand yes eich yes Morris yes nich yes yes yes motion carried thank you we're going to move to seven which is superintendent report we have food

104service contract Mr Bree Mr whe yes so I have asked Mrs Rees to kind of walk through the food service contract process and the results of that uh process she chaired that group so so yes um this is something that's um strictly guided the process um from the state um each every five years were required at a minimum to FID this service out um and we do as a district um Outsource our food services so as part of the process we have to have a committee formed um a part of that committee we had four um principles that represented each of our um levels um in the building we had the director of operations and myself um also part of this process um we receed three proposals um in those proposals we had a bid

105evaluation criteria for that we were following and as a part of that um it was the consensus of the committee to recommend Chartwells for this service um I know we've had a longstanding partnership with arar and we are thankful to them for that partnership and we've done um some good things over the years but in this process um we did our due diligence in doing this um really looked at all the proposals and chart notes um did come as the as the winner of the um process um so that is the recommendation from the committee um and administration to move forward with the Char C questions go ahead so I know we have the Surplus in our food service budget um looks like that's enough right now to cover like 2 years of the extra

106charges um do we anticipate changes in that food service Surplus budget or I guess maybe a better way to ask do we have a projection of what this will do to the general fund budget over the next 5 years so this should have zero impact on the general fund budget um they are completely separate funds and budgets that they can't be intermingled with our food service specific budget um yes we have an excess fund balance we that's another thing that is um highly regulated and we can only carry in our fund balance um up to 3 months of operating expenditures and right now we have excess of that and so one of the requirements are that we have to have an excess fund balance um plan and so in that plan and over the years

107we have been putting new equipment um new cafeteria tables things that we're able to use Food Service funds for um and reinvest into the program and so we do have great facilities um great things that we're doing um and so yes those funds are specifically there and designed and we're working on that to use those funds um in the appropriate ways so to maybe paraphrase if we were to lower the price of the food service contract it would really have no impact on the General plint in this case correct it would have no impact um also we are a fixed price contract and so we pay a fixed rate for breakfast lunch each of the um items sold we pay a fixed rate um so that's how the type of contract that we do um

108have and just to reiterate on that it's a per meal uh basis and so if more meals are sold then the provider increases their income and vice ver Tim so there was some information came around uh to the board earlier today that through the number of $600,000 out there difference annually can you explain what that is so that is the difference in the financial side of the proposals so with the three vendors that submitted proposals part of the bid criteria is finance-based um and then there's other segments of the criteria that is outside of the finances so yes chart Wells was not the low bed um but they were awarded based on all of the criteria to be the um awarded vendor or recommended vender based on that that tool so was it really $600,000

109more a year correct and what is the length of the proposed contract one year and so can you speak to if we did switch is what that transition process would look like and how that would impact particular yeah so typically when you make a change um in your providers um right now we have all of our um staff that are hired through um aramar they're paid through Aramark and arar employees typically they are staff members they're that live in the community um want to work in the community so typically a new provider would look and reach out to them and look to hire them and make that transition um and connect with those employees and look to hire them in to their um companies do we have any information from charal that that's their intended

110process yes yes additional questions Jason well one of the things I heard from from other folks in the community was um does those mean we're going to get like healthier food options better food options or what do what does that do and and again I'm not trying to put down Mark I'm I'm trying to just ask the question that I was asked is what does this have an impact on in the lunchroom as far as the food options and all of that for our kids so we're looking at um just different menus potentially um more fresh put together variety options um looking at U health and Wellness is one of our priorities that we've been working through with our Wellness committee um and looking at what are those options and focusing on um choices of

111Health and Wellness for food snacks everything that uh is put in front of our kids um and kind of what are those what are those options that are geared towards heal and LS so how was it set up or left with them at the end of your one then so the way that it works is you can renew a contract um for up to four years after your original award that has to go in front of the board as well um and you get another you know bid proposal and that's all Guided by the state um but it is every year it's a one-year award thank you just wanted to verify the same looking at the same proc so it just it just seems to me I know the way the school launch program is

112funed by the federal is crazy I've never seen anything like it doesn't make sense we have extra money in that account um but I I guess I'm looking for a little more on this and what's going to be the difference uh you mentioned the health and wellness give us an example as to how the program is going to change where that extra money is going to be buying us something rather than just trading out one General Food provider to another so in the end it's going to be based on once an actual you know the new vendor comes in and performs to say what they what they're like serving and what their proposal was um comes to fruition but in um talking to various other districts that currently are using chart Wells and the recommendation

113um they were highly recommended from those districts um several of them are right here in K County and um they had nothing but positive feedback both on quality what's being served um relationships and um they they came highly recommended we've been with Aramark for quite some time um what 30 years yes it's going to be a hard thing to to see them go in my opinion but um yeah I don't know I don't know where I stand uh maybe it would be helpful to speak to the process of evaluating the other two vendors obviously we know arar well so speak to your site visits so as part of the process um so when proposals came in we also um took our team and went to visit um sites from the vendors that we currently aren't

114working with and saw how they were in action what food they were serving what how they worked with the districts that they were in um and so as part of that process too we were able to see you know handson um kind of what that looked like in districts before they were actually closed school so school was still in session as well and we were able to do that additional questions Jason just one final um chart Wells is like a a well-known and and well traveled uh company that's used in multiple districts around the state right yes okay anything additional all right thank you appreciate it all right anything under other items I have nothing at this point Especial interest of time so I think we should keep moving all right thank you at this

115point in time we're going to move into eight which are our action items we have 8A which is our final budget amendment resolution 2024 I will move that the board adopt the proposed 2324 budget amendment resolution I have a second second any further questions can I please have roll call SA yes Morris yes Nichols yes e said yes brandal no bar Garcia yes why yes motion carries on to 8B which is food service contract I move that the board accept the competitive bid of Chartwells as the district's food service provider for the 2024 2025 school year I have a second any further discussion I am going to formally recuse myself from the vote as I did with the discussion due to my life thank you we appreciate you stating that publicly can I have roll

116call please eich yes Nichols no rarcia yes Morris no Sadi yes M yes okay thank you no you're good thank you motion carries on to 8C budget adop adoption resolution 2024 2025 I move that the board adopt the proposed 2024 2025 budget resolution I have a second second any further discussion on that Jason yeah I'd just like to reiterate you know let's make sure we keep a close eye on um the high school discipline um making sure that our our admin staff are picking up that slack um and then you know as budget picture becomes clearer you know I think as we heard um you know keep an eye on the max effort contract um and and and I guess for a refresher to we're not eliminating the the max effort contract based on what

117I saw we're reducing it so can you remind me of what pieces we are keeping in with Max effort well uh that needs to be finalized based on the board's discussion here uh tonight but the recommendation was yes to uh reduce not eliminate the portions that would be retained would be the ability for athletes to utilize Mex efforts um Services outside of the school day and uh in the summertime uh to continue their training uh year round so uh that would be the the intent of that portion and this of the portion being trimmed was the part that was the in school class where we also have a certified teacher uh who has worked with Max effer trainers over the last couple years so that would be part recommended for reduction and so with that

118are we eliminating that speed and strength or we going to ask our staff number to Now teach correct okay and then again I'm just kind of ask that we kind of keep an eye on that as the budget picture improves and maybe you know think about you know what that looks like if we have a better budget uh pictures yeah absolutely and I think that I my discussions with all of you these are things that I think are on all of our hearts we don't it isn't easy to make this level of uh cut and um so I think think when we have a clearer picture of what's going on at the state level um I think it'll be well worth us revisiting these and looking at um all of the things frankly uh being

119talked about as C itself that's my commitment to you too I think we can look forward to talking about that when we get that clear picture and while we know we have to do this before the end of the month what is I mean again can you kind of recap for us what are the discussions you're hearing or what is the time frame you're looking at or not you're looking at but you're expecting maybe from the state well we do have a state representative in the audience uh unfortunately there is a another uh there's another party in control of the process at this point right now and so uh we don't know the state legislature over the last several years has really uh attempted to um make sure that they wrap up their budget work

120by the end of June uh as well and uh so we will hope that that is exactly what happens here this year as well unfortunately the timing of this meeting uh and the preparations that we need to make to uh pull together these kind of numbers um doesn't give us the time to react uh if they would come out with something you know even can say the last week of June uh we have to have this budget in place so uh there have been years in the past as uh veteran board members will remember where there was no state budget until much later even into August or um sometimes even up until September so uh the state's fiscal year doesn't roll over till September 30th and so uh that's kind of the absolute drop de

121deadline for them so that does put local uh governments and local school districts in uh a bit of a tight pinch uh as we're sitting here in these situations but um it is um something we are required by law to do so um we always do continue to look at budget throughout the year and as other priorities come up or as uh additional information comes available we continue to look at all of our expenditures I know sometimes we we get a little lucky and we get to take a break in July and not have a board meeting that will not be the case this year um so I I just say that from a standpoint of as we we watch some of these things wrap up in June and we have to approve a budget

122that we hope that maybe even come July we can be having discussions and I realize um I too would have nothing but glowing things to say about Nate prer if I had to choose somebody to work with my kids I would choose him every day he is a fabulous um human and what he gives back to this community is amazing but I also realize that every time we talk about 20 30,000 or 200,000 it all adds up and it adds up fast so I realize we're in the position we are this is hard it's hard for everybody body nobody wants to make any Cuts we'd like to have more of everything we'd like to have smaller class sizes these are not the things that we' like to be doing so knowing that we have to

123have a meeting in July we can revisit any discussions that we can have then and we will continue into August hopefully um as school is getting ready to ramp up so and and I will keep the board updated as whatever we hear from Lancing and just uh right up to speed with it and we can really talk about the ramifications of what happened thank you you Jennifer with that in mind I understand that we'll be revisiting this and I think that you know it's important to the whole board that the community understand that we're trying to limit the cuts and um you know while being fiscally responsible retaining as many of the services in all the different areas as possible um I understand the concern with Max effort and I think that we all Echo

124that if we can figure out a way to keep it and potentially even grow that program I think that we you know can and will at the time when we're able to that being said I think that um as far as the security officers go the parpro the de of students and our resource officer at Duncan these are going to be positions that are difficult to refill should we um cut them now and these people seek alternate employment and then should we have the funds to restore those positions and need to find new individuals to fill them these are individuals who spent a lot of time developing relationships and rapport with our students and security is one of those topics that we have you know made a priority as a district and a community um

125and I would move that we amend the proposed motion to restore those positions now and as we see where the money comes in in July consider if other Cuts have to be made that cannot make up for this um I'd like to further table the consideration of the security positions given the value of the relationships that those particular employees have formed um we know that this is a difficult time but I would like to um just amend that motion to approve the majority of that budget just with restoring uh security I'll second do amount be that now we are in the deficit of if we add those B you know I don't remember off the top maybe Sarah can speak to that well if we can spend 600 ,000 more on the same food we

126don't $600,000 we don't get $600,000 point the principle behind I mean I get that too but I mean it's it's apples and margin I mean we save that 600,000 it's not going to get us four more security cards let me just make sure if it did I would be right there with you and 100% Can we hold for one second please let me just make sure that I understand so the request would be is to amend it to add back in the Safety and Security piece right yes at the middle school okay and then um revisit that in July yes with the intent that if we need to make that decision to cut then that we would relook at that I would like to relook at other areas we can make up that income and

127table the discussion on security for the next meeting okay and if I may amend that friendly to restore the funding for Max I just so we all know what we're talking about I think we got to subdivide these things and make sure that we're clear on exactly what we're talking about so um Jennifer when you talk about um the Safety and Security things uh you spell out what it is exactly that yeah the three positions the Denon students the Paro at the intermediate school and the uh resource officer at so the parro to Intermediate School uh was not on the list so U that would be maybe referring to the middle school security officer and then the Paro was at the high school yes but was that on the cence ah got you okay my

128mistake sorry so that was part of originally with the with the Esser money but okay so restore that as well see this is why we need to ask and make sure we're clear all right so dean of students middle school security officer and the intermediate school security ER those three so that's the amendment then that was moved and seconded uh we should deal with that first and then we canless there's a acceptance of a friend amendment can be added to this yeah well that would should come from the person they before we go into voting a roll call can we look at what a financial impact that has by adding those back end can talk about it yep so I'm trying to call this up right now and then Sarah if you could verify I

129[Music] and we do need to pass some sort of a budget before the end of the month correct we do so we have to vote on something um I mean frankly I mean we've had this in front of us for a month so to to bring it as an amendment here as opposed to the conversation last month or um even in some emails to say say Hey you know I have these concerns um I know the the budget was sent out that if you have concerns need to reach out um I did so the major and again we don't we don't have the chance to have the conversation until we're at the meeting sitting at the board table where else would we have them last or the or the board Workshop or you know any

130other time so brought it up at both of those places you you brought up that we have concerned about security and I think we all do um but as far as amending the budget to this point so that um you know we're not here waiting for people to add on their calculators is is all that I'm asking we've had multiple conversations about this to to be able to say hey I don't want to cut these positions keep them and and run the numbers cuz the other thing that we did too is we also directed them to maintain a 133% fund balance right so that means if if we're going to hold true to both things that now we're going to have a couple $1,000 give big um that need to be cut from somewhere else

131to hold to that 133% and that's this budget is is short on fund it doesn't reach the 133% I just I would like to add though it is a little bit confusing because when we were at the workshop I felt like Tim and Jennifer were proposing making bigger Cuts so we don't have to come back so now it's a little bit more confusing I do understand the security part of it I have concerned but I think the Dina students as an admin position which is the thing we're all saying we need to cut it back on administra administrative roles now it's like Mi messaging that we wait until the last second and I think it's difficult so I'm looking at sir and darl is there one do and we'll see if your number matches M

132yeah yes the motion was for dean of students middle school security officer and Intermediate School 230 was that all of them what were the positions again dean of students middle school security officer and Intermediate School per Pro did we have a high school par on The Chopping Block too there is a high school par on The Chopping Block but that's what I understand it was more directed toward the intermediate school security par and that's what I that's why I try to clarify down the amendment and then my last question is going to be where does that put our fund balance rough M well the target was 2.7 million to achieve 13% and uh that was the directive we were given so um the 2.7 um million minus 232 put us shy of that so we're

133be under a 133% fund balance don't know what that number would be the proposed budget currently is at 11.6 so we're already below fund well that's the proposed budget as of uh if you were to use the calculation as of right now with the um revised uh budget that for the current year but uh as was mentioned in the presentation with the 5year average of how uh we move between final uh budget revision and the final audit uh we typically recover uh back to um what would be all of that position so that's why that what you show there is 11 Point whatever um 13 one if we try to use that 5year app I understand what you're saying we're looking at the third colum for comparison right now in the bridge report I'm sorry

134budget comparison yeah that would put our fund balance at 14491 so the June budget amendment would become okay but how about end of year yeah because that's the number that we were targeting the 133% yeah of on the floor e [Music] okay y e [Music] so that's the number 12.6% question Amy I'll look at it Michelle would you be able to look that up I'm on a different computer is there anything further from board members on this any further questions discussion Tim yeah so the the number for Max efforts that be short is $25,000 if I reading that correctly from the the document that we were the per the proposed reduction was 50 uh leaving 25 um but again that was a number that um as we proceeded through the whole budget process State all

135we were going to work on that number as we saw what happened at the state level so I would just add you know as we were talking through the board Workshop um I was one that suggested we could Target slightly lower than 133% knowing that historically we do bring that better as we move forward um so I mean I think if we're at a 12.6 is right I'm fairly comfortable with that honestly um because I know history says when we get you know January and then we get to the end of the year it's going to it's going to be better and we're going to you know history says we be towards that 13% anyway I agree and I think that this is the right area to try to rest do want to point out

136though that it is interesting that the only administrative staff position that we've targeted is curriculum related and I don't know how concerned you should be about that from a school standpoint that were like I agree with security my argument would be Dina students is a hold off because that was a new position and the rest of the security things go through otherwise I think the pensions have felt across the and year after year we do hear complaints from both community members and teachers how it feels top heavy with administrators and now we're basically reversing that so Michelle is sending me the PDF so I can read it verbatim but the uh the policy states it has a goal of 133% so therefore you know you wouldn't need to amend the policy correct thank you so

137right now as it stands I have the motion on the table which is to to amend the budget as brought To Us by adding back in the Dina students the middle school security and the other intermediate scholia okay I was seconded by [Music] myself all right you need more information to go forward with a vote on that okay all right can I please have roll call on the amended okay the on the amendment itself Barbera Garcia yes F yes grand yes Morris yes eich no Nichols yes white yes motion carries we are going to continue on and we will move forward to 8 D which is well just minute we are still on the we have to go back now and consider the budget itself as amended okay so we're going K SP okay so

138what do you have written down right now okay so essentially what we took a vote on was the the amended pieces so now we're going to do the budget as a whole with the amendment with the amended pieces factored just to make sure that it's I realize it seems redundant but it this yeah okay all right so so then I would need a motion to then um for again for the budget adop adoption resolution with the amendment for 2024-25 so that has already been moved so um it's already been moved and seconded to have the but she took a roll call on the amended pie on the amendment correct so now we will need now we no so so now we'll need uh any further discussion on the budget as amended and then we vote

139on the budget as amended okay so we will need so just do a second line down there underneath for a second roll [Music] call okay gotcha all right so any further discussion on the whole piece that doesn't include just the the ad back incept may I make my amendment that was accepted as a friendly amendment to include the cuts that were uh taken out of the budget for Max efforts and restore them the number that I was looking at was about $25,000 if that's different do we know what that number is well they said it was 50,000 is what 50 okay to restore the I amend the motion to uh add $50,000 to restore the max efforts turn traff second second by Jennifer is there any further questions or need information on that all right

140can I please have a roll call on that Garcia no s yes Rand yes Morris yes eich no Nichols yes why yes now we're doing the budget as a whole with those included okay we just need roll call on discuss if if there is further discussion I I would like to add one question sure please I'm sitting here we had a lot of time and opportunities and we all had our wish list of what we would hope would be cut but it is worry some and bothersome that people who were claiming financial responsibility a few weeks ago now we're adding back everything else except for educational pieces we made arguments that that our school was not a care facility so we should cut nurses however we're adding back Sports and security if we are not

141a care facility why is security and sports for full well is something we're considering I would like to answer to that any other comments or questions it's a fair it's a fair question you you did hear what you you heard and I mean just to speak on my own behalf right uh I think and at the risk of you know becoming another meme somewhere down the line um it's fine um you know I I think one of the areas that we have to look at really is security right I mean security is the thing um if our kids don't feel safe they're not going to learn so I don't have a problem adding in the security um you know I know the dean of students is going to be the hot button topic um for

142a variety of reasons but I do think um in talking to our school resource officer and others I think the position is um you know a needed position um in in a role that's needed and then as for the max effort I mean for the for the price I mean we're talking $50,000 out of $72 million budget I think the the bank for the buck there is is worth at least considering um that that's my take on it it's not ideal I know we have a lot of other things I wish we didn't have to cut intervention list I wish we didn't have to cut um you know a nurse I wish we could have them all um but if wishes were fishes so U you know you got to make Cuts it's it sucks

143um all around um so I think we just do the best can but I'm not going to I'm not going to lose sleep over the safety and I think for the for the low low price of the 50,000 I'm comfortable on that so that that's just where I came from no I do agree with that I did make an argument about security when we were doing the workshop but I I would be remiss if I didn't point out wanting to add back administrative staff and other things that are considered extras while everyone else is hurting so I think that it's a point that needs to be heard and felt because I think that our teachers and pros and our interventionists are all he and I would add that I would just add that $50,000 will

144also get us at least half time of an interventionist and we lost many of those positions tonight as well or are maybe about to and so $50,000 though May a small part of the budget would mean a lot for students who need that intervention support during their school day um to be able to access their education appropriately so I just wanted to make that point as well um and that was I think something need to not in the well I think I think that we also have to realize though the intent was to add these back in with the understanding that we are still talking about this you know that it was not cut them now but let's talk about this next month so let's make sure that we're not sending the message that the

145things that we're talking about still couldn't be on the table a month from now you know when when we're having a deeper conversation and we have more information so that was the request so they're they're being put there as as a let's hold on them and there will be further discussion on those items so that that is the purpose of putting them back in and then voting on them in that way so all right Tim anything no okay all right then can I please have roll call for Garcia yes F yes brand yes Morris yes eich no Nichols yes white yes motion carries thank you all right thank you Sarah sorry about we're get your bigger talk later all right we are going to move on to 8D which is school loan revolving fund I

146mve that the board adopt the resolution to participate in the Michigan school loan revolving fund I have a second please thank you thank you any further questions or comments on this no could I please have roll call Nichols yes robber Garcia yes T yes brand yes eich yes Morris yes yes motion carries onto AE which is mhsaa resolution 20124 2025 I Mo that the board adopt the resolution to participate in the Michigan high SCH school and ltic Association I have a second s any questions comments discussion can I please have a roll call Morris yes Nichols yes Rand yes River Garcia yes s yes eich yes why yes motion carries on to 8f which is Kettle Lake playground Bond 20 20 I move that the board approve the district to enter into a purchase agreement

147with Sinclair Recreation for the supply and installation of playground elements at Kettle Lake Elementary School for $248,700 [Music] St yes barara Garcia yes white yes motion carries on to 8G which is kle Lake classroom storage Bond 2020 I move that the board approve the purchase of Luxor storage units for K Lake Elementary School from the furniture Group LLC for $543 have a second second thank you any further questions comments BR sidu yes Morris yes Nichols yes eich yes Brando yes bar Garcia yes white yes motion carries un to 8 so this is Neola policy revisions part two second reading and adoption I move that the board conduct a second reading and adopt immediately the following policies 2410 option 3 2414 option 2 and 248 option two we have a second may I recommend the an

148amendment to the motion we need a second on the motion first and then we can move to that second right I have a second on that motion so just for some context all of this this is a policy that um we p uh with the intent of having further discussion on because there were questions on it and there was U more information needed uh so we did some digging um I shouldn't say we I I begged for some digging and Mr wheel dryer went out and did some digging for us to say what can we do to answer questions that were had um about how to make the policy more clear yeah and if I could just recap just for the benefit of those who haven't been with us at every meeting um our Neola

149policy provider um had um a decision to make when the state uh resined the law that had been in place for some years now about um uh forbidding uh School staff from uh doing any kind of uh referrals or assistance of abortion and so the state uh in the past year rescinded that law and therefore our policy that was based on that law no longer had standing and so we had to do something with it and so uh the approach that Neola initially uh prepared was uh to follow the state law uh and return back because this policy did not exist in the schools policy manual either uh before uh 2018 so uh that was uh the initial thing but then as we uh discussed um the board asked for another option and so we

150uh looked at uh various possibilities on that we had further discussion last month uh to come up with something that would retain that um prohibition um and with some definitional things attached to it so we've been working on this for a couple months now to get the policy the way the board wants it and so uh that's where we stay go ahead I would like to add an amendment to this to add independent contractors and third parties to those covered under this policy in in addition to the green text in 2410 being added to 2414 and second I'm not sure I so we are you're suggesting okay is the two things you're suggesting them okay so in option three it would be to or in all three of them where where are we adding the

151independent contractors and so on where the first paragraph priv where it mentions employee of the board but like also add independent contractor in third party who is not a parent or legal guardian they need to be I do I want to make sure I know where to insert that got to pull it up all right so then the U line would read because right now it says any school official m the Board of Education or employee of the board so then you would strike the or and continue on with that listing to say independent contractor or third party member okay I think I have that clear and then you your um your amendment was to include that as well in 2414 and 2418 as well as AG green tax found on page 20 on policy

152proposal number 3 201410 okay okay um can we can we subdivide those just for EAS of me tracking them uh come back to it again here um let it's it's just so if we look at if we look at um if you can pull that up I'm not sure where that okay so with that insertion of these two additional classes of people then where are you looking to include that in the second no that was just for 201410 only for 201410 the insertion of those right I I would I would like the definitions that are in 2410 to also be added to 2414 and 2418 okay but that so the independent contract and third party vendor only would be in 2410 and 2414 yeah okay so that exactly so that's what I'm trying to establish

153is uh so in 2414 then trying to find the place that that insertion would go so are you looking it would look like then to me that would go on the second paragraph second sentence is that do the same thing could I make a suggestion U for our Amendment maker could we just reference policy 2410 for the definitions to simplify the subsequent policies I I I don't know if we're so so let me yeah I I think by implication exactly what happens here is 2410 is the governing policy and it would it would cover all of those things including the definition so uh just as in earlier like in the bylaws of the board uh there is a list of definitions and those don't therefore need to be restated throughout uh the rest of the

154policy book um I mean I'm no lawyer or policy expert but it would seem to me that that would uh covered because 2414 moves on to talk about uh other items primarily about in the uh curriculum and so on but that would already be sorted to all of our employees would already be covered by 2410 so I mean we can add it if you want but I just think it becomes redundant I I think the spirit of the idea should be reviewed by legal anyway so um maybe there's other ways of doing this but the intent is to add third parties and independent contractors yeah three okay so that's why I was kind of asking if we could subdivide the amendment here so let's let's recap in 244 then we would add be adding it

155to the second sentence of the second paragraph is that correct and I'm talking now about the two words the two other classes of people the third party vendors so that that sense would read additionally any school official member of the board employee of the board dependent contractor or third party vendor that would be where you want correct okay and then let's look at 2418 got find where those those things are listed can you help me Tim in 2418 where that listing of those folks I don't I'm not finding it quickly because this gets into the this is in The sexed Advisory Board uh policy so again I don't really see it discussing the instruction and it doesn't like mention the Board of Education those people in here would be in the the second page second

156from the bottom of the page paragraph where it mentions no person person sh dispense or otherwise just got it thank you so it would be in the second sentence of that okay so that's the first part of this and then the second part you're talking about the definitions um okay so then we insert the green text so um 244 the insertion of green text you would say would come where after the second paragraph of that policy yeah y okay and then 2418 all right before the last paragraph I think that okay I think I've captured the amendment it's been moved in second so we can move into discussion on the amendment [Music] discussion all right so we are going to then take roll call on the amendment eage yes brand yes Nicholls yes yes Morris

157yes sa yes white yes motion carries then do we need an additional on the full reading I would like to make an additional Amendment uh to the second paragraph of option three on 2410 um I would move that we strike through where it says a list of medical providers to students who inquire about an abortion and we insert instead um information to the student print electronic or otherwise regarding how to obtain an AB so just changing the wording there in that first part thank you for preparing that for me with the green and the red I'll so my my proposed amendment is that we would strike out the red and instead replace it with the green I don't want to lead the amendment maker uh but is would that be your intent because we added

158it to the other two policies as well is that your that would be my understanding that we would be copying this entire section to the other two policies so yes I guess for clarification I would want that amended um on the other two anywhere that that section of text were to appear anywhere where it it uses that wording of referring or in these three separate policies where we've um already agreed to use that text okay there's been a second on it any further discussion on the that request for an amendment are you good in reviewing P okay so then I would just need to have roll call on that Amendment please eage yes brand down yes yes Nichols yes Rober Garcia yes Morris yes SE yes M yes that motion carries for that now we're

159going to go back for the whole thing including those those amendments can I one oh I'm sorry yes yeah I just just wanted to um say thank you for you know doing the work I don't know who did the work and the leg work to find the rest of the Poli IES um but despite what um the memes that some of my board members have to create and perpetuate um this addressed my concerns um that I had with the policy to begin with um so I I appreciate the work and time and effort that I went into it and I'm glad we came to the spot thank you any other con to share your board members have better things on their hands do youed so do all right that was used in the or the

160fact that board members liked the posts you know I had member of the public asked to see the policy so I shared it with them and what happened after that happened so okay let's can we move forward to roll call please thank you eich yes brand yes Nicholls yes forever Garcia yes Morris yes T yes white yes motion carries [Applause] all right at this point in time we have gone to one meeting a month so we completed our action items which were things that we had discussed in previous month or months if you will and now we move into nine which is our discussion items these are items that will come forth um at a future meeting 9A we're going to discuss security camera purchase this is with uh 31a safety Grant good evening uh

161this this item is a continuation of our enhancement to our security systems our security cameras uh speakers throughout the buildings that uh are utiliz in sending the emergency notifications throughout the building as well as just general announcements in the building and this recommendation comes after discussions uh with the central office as well as all the building administrators as to where additional needs for cameras and speakers were within the buildings and that includes 91 additional security cameras those cameras will every building will get additional cameras um additional speaker needs were identified at dunin Lake pedal Lake and parce uh the bids for the camera equipment is is shown there in the report the lowest bid being from DNA photo for $95,000 $69 and the recommendation would be to award the installation of those devices and the

162data cabling to support them to share C Communications who is currently under contract uh to install the same type of equipment throughout the district as part of the section 97 proed any questions just for clarification are these new cameras it says to cover dead zones are we also replacing any outdated cameras or are they all new location it is a combination of adding cameras and locations that do not currently have coverage and it is replacing some aing cameras as well 10 is there any content server is this all collected video audio is it saved somewhere or is it the camera footage uh we retain um we aim to keep 30 days of of footage in some cases we have more depending on the space and resolution of the images so that is just video we

163do not capture any audio okay all right thank you anything else all right thank you very much right we're going to move to 90 which is student handbook updates Dr Diaz good evening um apparently I know how to clear out a room though try not to take that personal um I just wanted to quickly update you all on some work that we are doing on the student uh districtwide student handbook parent handbook um for this coming school year so in the past we've had a different student handbook for each of our schools and we really started digging into policy and practice and wanted to find a way to develop a centralized handbook that really had all of the uh requirements under policy in one place for all of our schools and then what we'll be

164doing is each school will then have a Part B section that will address some specifics around um their particular School processes so for an elementary school it might include their drop off and pickup procedures or their lunch procedures at the high school it would include graduation requirements um and some other types of things so we will be bringing those to you in July for a formal review it will also include uh revisions to our athletic handbook that our athletic department at high school has worked to to revise and so we'll be bringing those to you in July any questions thank you that's quite an undertaking so we will look for more information on that 9C is our Title 9 policy update Mr real yeah just also want to give you a heads up that uh

165we will be having more policies to discuss uh in the near future and this time will be about Title 9 UM the uh federal government US Department of Education uh issued new regulations uh regarding tital 9 those um have been being reviewed really for the last two years and uh they were recently adopted officially at the end of April uh so Neola has been reviewing the uh I think they said 1500 pages of uh regulation that's involved in that and uh they have been working to distill it down into a policy so uh our admin team uh sat in on a webinar today to uh as they began to introduce that uh then they rolled that uh latest policy out to us uh earlier today so I have not looked at it yet uh but

166uh letting you know that that will be uh coming as well and um so these are federal regulations um and so we'll be taking a look at them they have to um they take effect as as of August 1st and so uh we will be on a relatively limited time frame again to look at those uh so that we're uh we have things set for the next school year so they did not leave us a ton of time with that tight time frame um so we'll just giving you a heads up right now that that is coming and we'll have further discussion on it the next month so if it's August that it takes effect do we have to have the first and second readings in in what do that timeline look like for so

167I that I'll confirm again with our U policy representative but um it's when any that is the the uh Line in the Sand as far as what uh Title 9 complaints will be considered under okay so anything prior to August 1st would be considered under the existing uh Federal guidance anything after August 1st will be under the new and so um there may be uh the ability for us to considered at our regular August meeting and it would therefore be working forward but it would probably be preferable uh to do it before August 1st uh but obviously that we don't have much time so that would presuppose would have a couple of meetings in July which none of us are very excited about so that's one of the things that as uh review this with

168our policy advisor that's one of the questions I have on my mind too so anything addition discussion items did you have a question on that I did so um just you know watching this in the news it sounds like there's some legal battles being fought across the country and other states I haven't seen any details particularly regarding Michigan schools um I'm sure you'll be on top of that as far as you know how that changes for us what are you seeing so far do you think that they're going to push us to make these changes very quickly will we have more time while we wait for this to go again I'm no attorney but you're right there have been a number of legal actions uh taken across the country uh by various States uh Mig

169has not been one of those States um closest to us uh a suit was brought in Indiana Ohio and Kentucky uh and that suit is being heard in District Court in Kentucky so um you know at this point that only governs those States in which um that have been a party to those suits so at this stage because Michigan has not uh brought it Michigan remains under um the new and um so we have to move forward at this point as if that's happening in August uh but then go from there Tim that's the latest I know yeah I was going to say nationally there was some talk in some articles about the circuit federal circuit court putting a stand us trying to figure out how this is going to be handled because it pretty

170much contradicts everything we've been we've supported as a as a district so it's going to be interesting to see how that's hand yeah so uh there are obviously three levels of Court uh in the federal uh judicial system so um these um initial actions have all been taken at the lowest level which is district court and um then from there we move to the Circuit Court and um as was mentioned by one of our um public uh speakers uh tonight uh we are part of the Circuit Court uh the second level of that governs uh Indiana Ohio Kentucky and Michigan so um we'll we'll see if and when it gets to that point but knowing the speed of judicial uh activity the likelihood it gets through I August I don't know I'm just not sure

171I'm not that much of a anything else on that okay anything else in discussion items that wasn't no okay under um 10 we have board comments I just want to make everybody aware that um board members that masb evaluation and the Raider reliability training we all have to go through this training um we need to do that um every 3 years that we have to do that and that was put into place um starting um for this September we have to have it done by September 1 correct yes so I am going to to gather some information I will work with Michelle to um see if we can firm up a date uh we will all need to be present for that because every person that's going to participate in the superintendent of has to

172take this training so please look for some information on that we need to make that a priority to get that done um so that we're all headed in the right direction together anything else on that no okay quick question on that is that like we're all going to get together and train together or is it like a web training okay no the goal is to get together and do it together so yeah there's an element of which um you're all supposed to have received it together so that you your rating comes from the same kind of basis as far as your understanding of the various yeah all right we're all good I just need a oh Jason I just wanted one additional comment and then uh just to thank whoever set all of this stuff

173up I'm sure it was a team of people but um thank everyone who set us all in here um it's really appreciate it absolutely thank you all right I just need a motion to adour motion to adjourn second second all in favor say I I any opposed all right thank you everyone have a good night