001Uh next item please. Next item is special reports. The first one is a report on Ibrahim Juice Bedun dedication from Miss Lameis Sur. Good evening. Evening. I will be presenting to you today the recommendations made by the tribute committee to honor Hajjus Bun. I'll cover the committee work we did and the participants. I'll share the visual recommendations and then there'll be time for Q&A and the committee themselves will join me at the podium uh to share also any questions or answer any questions you may have. I'd like to read the participant names out loud because the font is small and those watching online can um know who was participating. Khaled Abdullah, Salah Ali, Leila Aean, Mark Andrews, Patty Bun, Jihad Bun, Pam Bedun, Ali Dagger, Lindseay Dexter, Mike Asalei, Bilal Far, Taj Ranim, Noila Haidar,
002Malik Hammud, Reema Hassan, Darren Keskis, Hela Muhammad, Adib Mosep, David Mustinin, Crystal Pollson, Amanda Assad, Dean Assad, Radwan Sad, Ida Elzagir, and Gail Wilmers. The names with an asterisk asterisk next to them are policyappointed committee members. I'd like to thank out of this group a special thank you to Lindseay Dexter, Noila Haidar, Jihad Bedun, Dina Assad, Rema Hassan, Khaled Abdullah, uh David Mustinin as well as Titus Johnson, our graphic designer further help with the vision especially. So we had three uh meetings plus one um optional meeting. At our first meeting in April, it was participant share out. All the participants spent time sharing why they wanted to be part of this committee, uh the connection they had to hesun um and the outcomes that they desired for being on this committee. We also had some
003reflection activities. Our second meeting, we met at Zel. We took a tour of the facility. We also did some group work and share out and we voted on some items. Our last meeting, April 29, I shared the voting results. We had discussion, we refined some things and we voted some more. Uh we also had uh a meeting on June 10 where I was able to share this preview with the committee and they gave more feedback. that final edit feedback is not visualized here um yet, but we're confident that it'll come to fruition uh once you and if you agree to the recommendations. first part. Um board, if you can please pay attention to the signage above the door and then also um the board that says graduation requirements. So I'll begin with uh the before
004and after. That's what the slideshow will have. So this is what's currently at Zel Ford and the recommendation is that the signage above the door now says instead of Edel Ford Thunderbirds it says welcome all students are family counseling office and that language was chosen by the committee because that's how they felt juice spent his time at Ford and that was the model that he lived The other recommendation is to move that board over and add a plaque for Hesu Bun. And the recommendation for the writing on that plaque would be something like this. Uh, Haj Abraham Juice Bedun, 34 years of service as a guidance counselor at Sil Ford High School. The years, I hope I got it all correct. Uh, Hajbedun was best described by students, colleagues, and the greater community as being
005humble, generous, and compassionate. Okay, so that's all for the counseling part. I'm going to move on to the gym part. This um picture is of the first door when you enter the main um from the main entrance for the Zel uh parking lot. Right now, it's a clear slate, which works in our favor. The recommendation is that to the left of the door, we'd add an encasing that's honoring Hez's Hez Bedun's accolades and milestones. And to the right of it would be the renaming of the gym, Hes Brahim Beun Gymnasium. And what you don't see but is recommended is to the right of the signage a timeline of um Hesus Bedun's accolades and milestones. And this is a closer visual of what the committee uh would like to see. Okay. Now what you see is
006a picture of pay attention to the court. Uh the ends of the court currently say Ford. The committee is recommending that the ends of the court are renamed Coach Bun Court. The center would remain a Thunderbird but the ends would be renamed. Okay. This is the main center wall of that gym, the same gym. And another thing that worked to our advantage is they just got new um a new scoreboard which covers the current mural. So, you know, gives us uh something to work with. It currently says home of the Thunderbirds with the Thunderbird above the new scoreboard. And then it's a little bit cut off. and I'll walk you through the recommendation. Okay. So, a few things to pay attention to. Right above the EFHS, which is on the pads, you'll see five squares.
007Those is that's a breakdown of Hes Juice Bedun's timeline. Above that is a quote that Juice Bedun is well known for. Along that black line, it says, "Play hard, play smart, play together, and have fun." And that's a direct quote. And then you'll see uh an image of Hes juice and a couple players. Um it's a picture that's it's a real picture that we just uh envisioned here. And um you'll notice that there's a U of M jersey, a red and white jersey, and a Fortzson jersey. And that's to pay homage to Juice's time at Lori and Forson and at U of M. Uh what you don't see here is the words home of the Thunderbirds. The committee would like them all to one side and then the mural of juice and the players to
008the other side so that it's just aesthetically more balanced. And then above the scoreboard instead of EF perhaps redraw a Thunderbird there. So lots to pay attention to here. Uh the timeline, the quote and then the mural itself. And here is a breakdown of what you'd see written as part of uh has Juice's timeline. So in in conclusion, the recommendations are first and foremost renaming of the gym including entry signage a timeline and encasing entering the gym, renaming the court and then redoing the mural including the image and the timeline. The second recommendation uh include the counseling office update updates which include the updated signage above the door and then the plaque to the right of the door. Here is a picture of some of the committee members. And I just want to end by
009saying that it was my privilege to facilitate this work with uh a group of people who um loved and respected and looked up to Hajjus Beun in a way I've never witnessed before and took their time week after week to participate in this work from the bottom of their hearts. every decision meant something to this committee. Um, and I just want to thank you for letting me be a part of it. Um, at this time, I'd like to welcome the committee members who are in attendance to join me at the podium in case you have any questions for them. And while they do that, I did receive one email that I was asked to read out loud and that is from Wayne County Commissioner Sam Bedun who was a committee member and he as if
010you would just give me a second to do this. Dear Lamese, unfortunately I cannot make it to tonight's meeting. I would like to ask you if you can read the following statement into the record. Dear esteemed Dearborn Board of Education trustees. Again, I want to apologize that I couldn't be there in person. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all of you for the consideration of the proposals before you in regards to honoring our beloved coach and community member Haj Ibraham Bedun. I am honored to have been involved in the committee that met several times to consider the different ways of honoring Hajj Abraham Bun aka juice, the basketball legend, the educator and the humble human being we all knew. During the meetings, many ideas were presented and I can honestly say that
011we received a lot of input from different parts of the city. I strongly support the proposals being considered tonight to honor the legacy of Hajj Abraham Bun. I would also like to thank Dr. Glenn Malo and his entire leadership in the Dearborn public schools for allowing us to form this committee with the leadership I have to read this part of my dear friend Leisure. Lamese did an outstanding job. That's his opinion and we are grateful for the exceptional work that we have accomplished. I also would like to thank all the committee members who were part of this process. Again, I would like to thank you, thank all of the trustees for their consideration and I encourage all of them to vote in favor of the proposals being presented by the committee. Sam Beun, Wayne County
012Commissioner. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions, comments? Can I ask something? Hey, uh hello. My name is Ali Dagger and um I almost and I think I know everybody here. Um both of my kids graduated from D public schools. I was a chairperson of the uh 2002 Mary the bond committee. We raised $150 million for the school district. Mary and I were on that committee together and uh S and I have known each other for a long time and Ammer and I are very close friends and we look alike. So I have that distinct pleasure. Um but saying all this I think the decisions that were made by this committee are important and let me lay the foundations for this a bit. Um he was Hajraim was a silent hero and I think he'd be
013shocked if we knew we were doing this for him right now to be honest with you. I've known the Haj since 1983. Um I credit him for destroying most of my limbs playing basketball for all those years. um H saying credits me for making him retire from basketball. But notwithstanding that, I think what we're asking for is truly what is representative of the school district. Here's a man who committed his entire life to it. Um, a guy who gave it all and he gave it with the highest regard and highest standards of morality, the highest standards of uh, achievement and dedicated to the fact that he pushed all of his kids, whether through counseling or whether through the athletic program in in different ways to be the best they can be. It's difficult to find
014people like that these days. And he's one of a kind. And because he's one of a kind, I'm asking that you take this exception and have this dedication be a method of memorializing what he stood for. He stood for education. He stood for ex exceptional moral guidance. He stood for pushing people and pushing the kids in particular to do to be the best people they can be. as someone who knew him as a child, he made a great impression on me personally. Um, to be honest with you, he kept me out of trouble. Uh, he, you know, if I missed a game, he'd say, "Where are you?" And, you know, I'm proud to say I was one of the first pick in any any game. Why? Because I knew just to pass him the ball.
015It wasn't more than that. Um, but there are little stories that people don't know. Uh, the people that he's launched your careers. You guys know Robert Soler, right? I'll tell you that story later, but I can guarantee you that started somewhere in Juice's game. Um, we had a unique group of people. No matter, we had CEOs of companies, we had doctors, we also had factory workers that played regular ball with us. And when we got on that court, we got there because of the Haj, because of the fact that he was able to make us clearly understand that no matter what you've achieved in life in terms of prayer and whatnot, when you get on that court, you are who you are and you become the kid that you are again over and over again
016every day. Um for that for that regard I'm asking you to take into consideration in doing this minor tribute and in fact I believe it is a minor tribute but it's one based on the themes that we've outlined here and one that recognizes what the values of the school districts are. If you look at every single quote you'll come to recognize that that quote is in fact a core value of your district. And because of that, I'm I'm asking and I'm pleading that you in fact agree to this small token of a lifetime of work of a man who gave everything and I mean everything and the number of people he's benefited not just in the school district but outside the school district. Please please consider this and let's vote on it properly. Thank you.
017Thank you Trusty Zahar. So just to be and um thank you all for your work and your dedication to this. So just to be clear or from everything you showed us here, you're asking you're recommending sorry that we do all of those things or you're recommending them as separate things or what are you recommending? The board recommends both renaming of the gym and the work outside of the counseling office. Okay. equally for the reason that they have for the reason I agree with you. You don't have to for the reason that they have very specific functions. Sure. Any other questions, comments from the board? Dr. Malo, I just want to comment. I want to thank Lamese and I want to thank all the committee members to honor the work of Hajun and I'm glad that
018we have had the ability to recognize. So, thank you to all of you for your time and putting that together and putting together a proposal. Dust John, I do want to thank the district for moving so fast on on creating the committee and I want to thank the committee led by Leamese. Really really appreciate it. I mean it goes without saying that Haj um Ibraim Drew Spun H deserves it. I mean I say it with all my hearts. He really deserves it. Um it's welld deserved. It's long overdue and I do appreciate the fast pace that this moved on. Um, normally things uh, you know, there's a lot of hesitation, there's a lot of delays, but this one, the district did an amazing job and I appreciate it. And, you know, it's I really think
019it's welld deserved to be able to give Juice a leg a legacy that we should have gave him when he was alive. But Anyone else? Thank you very much for your time and your Yes. If this is a cost issue, let us know. I'm being serious. We'll pay for it. All right. Thank Yes. Go ahead. Boy, you walked right into that one. I know. I mean, um even though I look like him, I do not. Doesn't mean I have to pay two. Does that mean I have to pay two? Go ahead. Good evening. Uh I will reiterate uh what has been said um aside from him being a great person and the great work uh Lim did in coordinating and helping us guide through this process. Question for you guys is what are next steps?
020What's the process beyond this point? Now that our job is done, what is the role of the board in approving this in implementing what we are proposing? Dr. Michael, it would go on a agenda for action item at a subsequent board meeting. Um and then it has to be presented to the board six months prior to the naming per the protocol. David, can you am I do I got that correct? Um so the com commemoration there has to be like a six-month window. It's in the policy, but the next the next process would be action item for the board. Correct. Correct. Yeah. It would have to become a formal board agenda item for you to approve uh moving forward. Um the board may have some, you know, just some details that they'd like to follow
021up on. Not that you're saying you don't want to do it. What I'm saying is you might want more information that you would need to get from administration such as you know uh you know the actual work to be done the the cost that was brought up and uh the logistics the timeline uh to have somebody come in and do this work when would be the best time to do this work. Obviously you don't want to start uh doing some major work in a gym if it's being used right. So, you know, all these things need to be looked at. Not to say you're not doing it, but we need to look at the logistics of it all. And you may have those questions uh that you may want to pose to administration so that
022we could get that to you. And then it would have to go on to the board agenda for official approval. Uh and then we could move forward. And then if they wanted to plan any kind of ceremony, uh it would have to, you know, it would take place after the board approved it. And the the policy says six month window too. So I don't know. It's it's a Yeah, that's a six-month window to do what? Sorry. For the commemorate is what the current policy says for the comm says what's the six-month window for? So if you approve it Uhhuh. you can't then the next week go have a big celebration there. You because and so yeah it wouldn't be done anyway in a week later, right? It may take three, four, five months to get
023all this work done. That's all that that's all that that that six months. I still don't understand. It's in the policy. It's in the right in the that so we can't do a a c a celebration before 6 months. Is that what you're saying? After you approve moving forward. My other question is correct. So I just want everyone to understand. I didn't understand that. So I want everyone to understand that. My next question is even if this ends up um having a cost that people are willing to donate or whatever, do we still have to go through the normal like public bidding process and all that kind of stuff for something like this if it met those thresholds uh for co for that the district would have to pay. This would be Mr. Wall's area
024of expertise. But yes, I would say yes if it met those thresholds. Okay. So I just want everyone to be aware of that that that might be a process we have to go through. It might take a little time. Okay. Right. Right. Which has nothing to do with whether or not we approve want to do it. Just might take time to jump all through whatever legal we have to jump back. Absolutely. Dr. uh Malleo if board members have those questions would they who whom would they direct it to in terms of cost? Would it go back to policy? Would be in building and site? The the uh policy the guideline says that the building and site can explore it. It's in the board uh guidelines. So it could go to the building and site and
025contacting administration. Obviously we'd bring Lamese to any of those kind of meetings. Tom would be helpful on cost. Um so those would be the people we Mr. Andrew any committee or Mark Andrews of course. Yeah. Is this something that we could just so I understand if we approve this and is this something that could be done internally like we don't have to go find an outside company to do it and that and if so does that mean it could be done quicker? I I think I think you would have to find outside company for the type of work that they want done. We've had it done at other schools before. Okay. And I think you would want to have outside company so that it would have the professional look that you want it to have.
026You want this to look topnotch. Not that we can't do the professional work. No, I'm just kidding. Well, the board table that you sit at was done by all of our own carpenters. So, yes, our guys can do phenomenal work and do do phenomenal work. But for this type of graphics, I think that we would want to make sure that we we have high-end so that it looks and respects uh you know, coach bed just add that to the piece for the floor in the gym that we would our trades wouldn't be able to do that. We'd have to use a contractor professional. So what would happen just so I understand and everyone else understands? Let's let's pretend that tonight we said yes, we agree we want to do this. We passed the motion. That's
027not happening tonight, but let's just say that happened tonight. What would the next step be then? Then then Mark and the team would go like survey this or figure out what needs to be done and then we'd put together an RFP and then or or some sort of bid. I mean like can can somebody walk us all through publicly here to the best of their ability and especially since these guys are here so that these guys can become ambassadors for this as they explain this to the community more. What is generally going to be the process from the time we approve this in a meeting until the time it gets built? So, some of this work has already been done. We've I've already started some talk with some of the contractors to get some ideas
028of what it would take. Um, the next step would be to bring them to the school, start putting quotes together. Uh, as Mr. Mustin mentioned, the timeline, the schedule. Um, but the quotes and, um, he knows some of the, uh, companies too. I'd work with him on the graphic side of it. Um, our carpenters can do a portion of the work. Um, like the casement, that's something that they could probably take care of. Um, and we would we would start we would hit the ground running and start getting quotes and things together um, and answer any questions that you might have after this meeting. Right. So, we we I'm sorry I keep I just want to make sure I understand. We would have to put out a request a public request like a for bids
029and then I mean like are required to do all that. I just want to understand. So, right now the the our purchasing policy and estate policy is anything with a single vendor over 30,000 has to go through an RFP. I don't right now I don't see this costing 30,000 or more for any of these pieces with exception to the floor. I'd have to get bring in a contractor now that I know the idea because there's a couple ideas during the committee that they were kicking around of what to do after finalizing their the recommendation. I can now bring a contractor in and get a quote. Uh realistically, um some of the questions about scheduling the gym floor probably we would have to look at next summer to do uh pick out a period when it's
030not being used and get done. That process would probably take uh two weeks to do. Would there be any problem with treating this as a bunch of small separate jobs that all are less than $30,000 so we don't have to go out and So it's it's if we went to a a one contractor to do it all. If that one contractor was over $30,000, we'd have to put it out for a bit. Realistically, looking at the these pieces, it's going to be several contractors. So, I don't right now um I don't I don't see this costing more than 30,000 for an individual contractor. Okay. You don't mean total, you mean per each like little. Okay. Got it. Great. Thanks. Well, you said 30,000 and Mr. Dagger sat down. Real quick. Is that Is there anything
031to add, Tom? Or that's like That's basically correct. I think the biggest issue is just logistics. Are you sure? Sure. Okay. So, if any board members, if you have any questions, um, send them to Dr. Mo because perhaps we don't necessarily have to do building. Any any other questions? Go ahead. Yeah. Um, I appreciate trust. These are very good questions. Questions that I was going to ask, but I'm glad you did. Uh, the one question that I had was on the policy, the logic behind the six months. um whether a tribute can be implemented in a week or in a year. What's the logic behind requiring 6 months before a tribute can occur? I don't think any of us were here when the policy was created. So none of us know why the policy was
032written that way, but we have to follow our policies as written. We could also theoretically change the policy. Exactly. Theoretically. Yeah. Dave can come up and explain. He knows the history. So he's had experience. I'm just old. That means I've been here. I'm a been here a long time. The policy was put in place because there was a time when uh a uh ceremony and dedication was planned without the board knowing about it and it was executed and um the board found out afterwards that an entire ceremony was planned for it was a much smaller kind of thing but the board felt that they should have some type of knowledge of these things before they go on and that was the timeline that I I can that I don't know why that timeline was set,
033but that was the arbitrary timeline that was set. Is it your understanding or Dr. Malo, is it your understanding that in a specific situation we could wave board policy if we wanted to? I mean, you guys always have the right to to change board policy. It sounds like a an action item at the next policy committee. It sounds like pro probably. Yeah. Anyway, all right. We can always adjust that. Oh, and then I just have one question for whoever knows when does basketball season start? November. November. Huh? November. November. But it's not just basketball. It's the gyms used for volleyball. No, I understand. I understand. Oh, yes, of course. Sorry. Gym classes, sir. I think he's talking for the ceremony. Yeah. I just want to know. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you guys. [Applause]
034Next item, please. Next item is citizen participation. Citizens wishing to address the Sorry. Oh, sorry. Class of Okay. Sorry. Class of 2020. Give them their due diligence. Give them the diploma. Class of 2025 accomplishments from Mr. Adam Martin. I mean, it says last. It says last act. Yeah. Sorry, I didn't mean to. Another great save the best for last, maybe. No, but in all seriousness, uh I'm privileged to be up here to close out the school year and celebrate the class of 2025. So, I'm going to wander through this pretty quick. Um all these pictures are from this year. I thank the communications department for helping put this together. Uh we had 1,485 graduates. That's 179 less than last year. So I'm going to be doing some last year comparative as we walk through all
035of these slides. Uh just so you guys get a a feel for it. Uh in terms of total scholarships earned, there you go. A little bit over $10 million. That's actually a $200,000 increase from last year. So, with 180 or so less students, uh they were able to receive $200,000 more. This is scholarship money that students are accepting. Um not scholarship money that they were offered but accepted. Uh in terms of enrollment and schools that our kids are going to, we have some Ivy League schools there. Uh many of our students go Henry Ford College, University of Michigan, Dearborn, Wayne State, and the like. Again, we have other schools that our kids were accepted into, but this we asked them specifically, where are you headed for uh next year? Uh for our students who uh
036are wandering right into um the workforce, uh we have some trade schools that are going on there, uh welding, carpentry, electrical, HVAC, and then to the right, something we're really proud of with our CTE work, 350 industry certifications. Uh so students are able to walk into uh the workforce right away. Uh in terms of our advanced placement, now this is all students. Um we had uh 1457 students that took AP courses. That represents about 25% of our total high school student body. Um and they took around 3,000 total AP courses. This is actually an increase of 101 AP courses from last year. When looking at our early college students, uh these are the five-year program uh with the partnership with HFC. Um the number in parenthesy is how many graduates we had and then there
037you see uh their accolades as well. Uh the MTA, Michigan transfer agreement is agreement across all of Michigan. It's 30 credits um that a student can take to a community college that will be uh perfectly transferred uh to any college and university that they go to. So um having 97% or 100% of kids walking with 30 credits that can go anywhere with them is is pretty tremendous. Uh and you can see the success there. 80 88 75 credit hours. So u most of the early college students are walking away with 80 credit hours. Um substantial amount of financial savings but also giving them a head start on what their next plans will be. Uh our fifth year collegiate students uh similar to early college but a little bit different. These students are in our traditional
038high schools and then they add on a 13th year. Um, again, 56 or 80 86% of them with that Michigan transfer agreement, 61 average credit hours. Um, and you can you can see the information there. I'm not going to read through everything for you. And we had 56 total there. Um, I do want to tell you that that 56 number is going to grow. Um, this is the class of 2025. So in 2020 and 2021, we were trying to recruit. So this will be one of the smaller classes going forward. You're most likely going to have 120 to 150 uh collegiate academy graduates uh every year, which is a great thing. It's a great opportunity and an opportunity to grow. Uh when we look at our dual enrollment and again this is the totality of
039the district. A lot of numbers up here. Um I think in the yellow there is the most important thing. uh students took 898 8,932 classes uh which represents a total savings for them of around $6 million. Um this is also an increase of about $600,000 saved to our families uh from last year. Um and an increase of around 800 classes from last year. more dual enrollment or partnership information just uh shows you how many students are impacted um by dual enrollment uh across all of the programs and how do our kids perform and if you ask HFC um they will tell you our students perform better in their coursework than non uh uh Dearborn public school students. uh a lot of kids getting A's and B's and doing really well there. Um showing uh great
040uh performance and last congratulations to the class of 2025. So any questions about anything trusty Barry and then ask this question for me. Okay. Um I saw you had a slide with the Ivy League schools and the University of Michigan was not on it. So, if you could please tell your successor to add the University of Michigan to the Ivy League schools next year, I would appreciate that. It's the most elite academic institution in the history of the world. All right. You said the um number of graduates was how much less this year than last year? 179. And what do you think accounted for that? Uh, a lot of different reasons. I'm sorry. A lot. There's a lot of different reasons. Yeah. Um, some some students um have chose chosen to go to different different
041schools. Um, I think if you looked at birth rates, uh, across across the state, um, there's a lot of districts that are losing enrollment. If you tie it back to 17 and 18 years ago, it was 2008, 2007, 2009. Um, you guys know what was going on in the state at that point. So, I think it follows a a national trend in the state trend, but we do have some students choosing to go to other other schools as well. There's some com competition there because that's I mean you would say 194 179 179 and we were like at 148 what was the number again? Uh 148. Okay. So that's like more a more than 10% drop. I mean it's like 11 or 12% 13%. It's pretty big. And you're saying that that that is something
042that was seen statewide. So I'm not saying that statewide people saw a 10% reduction. I would say enrollment trends across the state and across the nation are down in general. Yeah, but and that accounts for a one-year drop off of 10%. Um, not necessarily. No. And I think the state um if you're talking about dropout rates, the our dropout rate is lower because if students enroll in other schools um or we track them, then it doesn't count as a dropout. So, if you're talking about dropout rates, the percentage and I can't remember Miss Farage probably, I don't know if you know. No, I'm not I'm not talking about dropout. I said you're just talking about kids leaving drop off. I But I'm saying I just I'm saying 14 something plus one, you know, we graduated
043almost 1,600 students last year and this this I think I think you would have to do some cohort uh comparison, right? There are certain classes that are larger than other classes. So always trying to compare to one class to another class isn't necessarily fair to that cohort. Okay. Um sometimes birth years have more students than other birth years. It's just kind of what it is. Um, so I would say if you wanted to do a cohort to cohort comparison and how this cohort compared to itself against some other ones, I think that would be a fair data point. So did the graduation rate drop a lot this year? Uh, so our graduation rate isn't official until well, it gets released for you guys in February or March of next year. Uh, so we're still going
044through that process, but I can tell you we've had a a 5 to 10 year window where we've been above 90% this past year. I think all of our traditional high schools were in the 95 to 97%. Okay. And we graduate most of our students. We do not have a large portion of our kids that drop out. Okay. One thing that could um change, and this is a federal change to how it has to be reported in Dr. Rice is that if a student um is in your school district for this is more to the dropout rates and the graduation rates just it used to be uh two counts and now it's one only. So if someone comes for just one semester or one count they technically belong to you um if they become a
045dropout in the somewhere in the state. It was something Dr. Rice I know was trying to advocate but it's something because of the federal rules it had to happen. Um so that could impact not just you know moving forward. Uh it's not to say hey of course we want to you know provide improvements for anyone that might drop out which is why we have the graduation intervention program but that is a new data set that changed last year as well. Okay trusty and then so then sorry then just finally thank you for everything you've done for us. Good luck and congratulations. Thank you so much Trusty Barry. Yes Mr. Martin, you're a professional educator, man of great ethics and high integrity. And I want to personally say thank you for your service to Dear One,
046the Dear One community, and good luck on your next journey. I appreciate that. Thank you. It's been a pleasure working for you guys. Uh Glenn, thank you for giving me a chance 9 years ago. Um you guys have given more to me than I've given to you and I appreciate it. And I want to take a ch chance to shout out the executive team here. Um, Mason and Mike, Lamese and Fati, um, David, Glenn, um, Tom, uh, an incredible group of people and I wouldn't be, sorry, Tom. I wouldn't be I I wouldn't have been given the opportunity to serve in Waterford without their impact on me. So, thank you guys so much. Thank you. I'll hold us yet. I I had one question, but prior to my question, I do want to thank you
047for your service, and you're going to be missed. Um with regard to the graduation is virtual schools such as pen foster is it impacting the numbers of us losing student and kids leaving to graduate in six months or so? Uh I would say it does have some impact. Uh I'm unsure on what impact it would have. Um so that's my way of saying yes. I'm I'm unsure at at at what point though. Yeah. And I I do want to share with the board when the state uh board um Dr. Pew I think. Yeah. When she came in and I brought up Pen Foster, she was a little surprised by it. Even uh Wayne Risa was a little surprised by it. As if they've never heard of Pen Foster. Yeah. That really shocked me that they've
048never heard they were not aware of the situation of Pen Foster. Like I said, they seemed like they didn't know anything about it. um that's going to continuously impact us as we lose kids. Um if they think they could graduate in 6 months to a year and their parents are willing, they would leave. Yeah. And I don't think it's the right approach, but it's still something that we need to look at as a board and work with the state because I've heard of kids graduating in three months and it's scary. Yeah. So, just Pen Foster is a Pennsylvania based accredited um those kids are able to enroll at HFC and some of our local colleges here too. So, um there if you're going to be talking with uh people from the state, higher education might
049be the place to start in terms of where do those kids go next. Yeah, I I do plan on email them and I I got their information, but it was a little shocker that they they were not aware of it. So, it seemed like the problem was only in Dearbornne. Yeah. And maybe it's word of mouth. Maybe other areas have not heard of pen foster, right? And so there has to be some guidelines, you know, for these kids to graduate in 3 months and go into college at 14 or 15. Mentally, physically, maturely, they're not ready. So I think we as a board, technically they're not ready under those circumstances. But we as a board and and a district, we need to have a coordinated um effort to to address this because if the people
050up there are not aware of it and Wayne Ree is not aware of it, that was kind of a little um for me a little scary that they didn't they were not evenware aware of that. Yep. It's something I can bring up with the superintendents and if needed we can even do a survey through Metro Bureau and Wayne County to see who else may be dealing with that situation. Um I also just want to thank Adam Martin. He's done an outstanding job and we have the best executive cabinet team right now I think in 11 years and he's done great and we're happy for you want to see you go. Now you created a little bit of a problem for me cuz I got to work on filling it sending a recommendation to the board.
051Um, but do wish you all the best and Adam was in those meetings with me. He already started with the superintendent group and he's going to fit in well. So, thank you, Glenn. I appreciate you. Thank you and congratulations. Thank you guys. Next item, please. [Applause] Citizen participation. Oh, so do I have to can I not read this? If there's no blue cards, can I not read this? You don't have to say there's no We have no blue cards tonight. No citizens participating. Next action items. So I can skip the whole citizen part. Okay, great. Action items. Special consideration of an action items. Are there any agenda items on this agenda which board members of the superintendent wish to discuss and vote on separately? If there are, we will exclude these from the motion below.
052So I'm looking for a call for a single motion to approve all of the action items on this agenda with the exception of any items which have just been excluded from this motion by board member request. So I'm looking for somebody to move that action items Oh, sorry. Excuse me. Hold on. I want to exclude a couple. I want it. I'd like to pull 26 and 27, please, for discussion in a roll call vote. Which one? M. 26 and 27. Okay. I pulled it up. You don't have to read those now. You can just exclude them. Just read that. Okay. So, I'm looking for a motion that action items number one through 31 be approved as recommended in this agenda with the exception of items 26 and 27. So, move support. We have a motion
053by uh trustee Drojo supported by trusteeoff. Do you have uh questions? Well, let's we have to we have to pass that motion first. Okay. Uh we moved. Yeah, I don't think we have to roll call it, I think. No. Um, any objections? If not, we'll just attach a unanimous Okay, attach unanimous. Um, okay. Okay, get your attention real quick. Um, I asked for 26 and 27 to be added to this agenda. I also brought that up at the last meeting. I've had a couple of my colleagues reach out to me and have a discussion. Madame Vice President, I'm willing to pull those two tonight and have a discussion if anybody has any discussions. I'm also ready to have the, you know, the debate an open meeting, but I don't think it would be good. So,
054I'd rather pull those for now. Okay. And just have those conversations. Okay. Um, so we'll just delete 26 and 27 or like table them. Just table. Okay. Okay. Do we need to make a motion to do that or No, we don't. What does he need to to Yes, you need make a motion to I I move that we table 26 and 27 until our next board meeting. support. Do I? All right. So, we have a motion by trustee, support by trustee Barry. Any objections? Any questions? Okay. Next item. Oh, yep. Yes. Okay. Okay. So, the summary of the agenda action items that we just passed. Number one, approval of warrants. Number two, approval of an award to Linewise. Is that how you say that? Linewise. Number three, approval of an award to Graduation Alliance. Number
055four, approval of an award to CDW Amplified. Number five, approval of an award to Peopledriven Incorporated and CDWG. Number six, approval of an award to Rubicon West LLC. Number seven, approval of an award to Curriculum Associates. Number eight, approval of an award to Wayne Resa. Number nine, approval of an award to Frontline Technologies. Number 10, approval of change orders. Number 11, approval of an award to DEW-EL. Number 12, approval of an award to Everdriven. Number 13, approval of an award to Milicare. 14 through 17, approval of non-instructional and instructional personnel items for P through 12. Number 18, approval of a financial statement. Number 19, approval of 20 to 20, sorry, approval of 2025 2026 board of education meetings per board report 24-161. Number 20, approval of 2025 2026 district membership in Michigan High School Athletic
056Association per board report 24-162. Number 21, approval of resolution of school of choice. Number 22, approval of the 2024 2025 second budget revision per board report 24-163. Number 23, approval of the 2025 2026 budget per port report 24-164. Number 24, approval of 2025 high school graduates per board report 24-165. Number 25, approval of 2025 2026 cooperative agreement with Wayne Westland Schools per border report 24166. Number 28, approval of layoff of P12 teachers. Number 29, approval of donations. Number 30, appointment of director of accounting. Do you want me to read this whole thing? No. Number 31, appointment of principal at Henry Ford Early College. Thank you, Dr. Mo. Thank you. So, I would like to call up our new principal of the Henry Ford Early College, Mr. Marwan Salamy. I know he's got some family members.
057Let's give him a big round of applause as he comes. comes up here to the podium. Hi everyone. Good evening. Stand beside you. This is my beautiful daughter Lena. Hi Lena. So good evening. Hi Lena. Say hi. Hi. Hi. Okay. I am honored to accept the position of principal at the Henry Ford Early College dual enrollment and college partnerships. Leading a school community like the Henry Ford Early College, one built on growth, resilience, and student success, is both a privilege and a profound responsibility. To the wonderful students and families, thank you for your trust. To my incredibly hardworking staff, I look forward to the journey ahead. And to Dr. Mr. Malleo and the school board, thank you for believing in my ability to lead with passion, integrity, and a relentless commitment to putting students first.
058Together, we will continue building a school culture that is safe, welcoming, and grounded in the belief that every student can and will thrive. And on a personal note, I want to thank my daughter, Lena. My journey as an educator has been deeply shaped by you. You challenge me. You test my patience for better or worse. Lena, without you even realizing it, your unwavering love and support inspire me to be a better educator. Just now, she yelled at me for having my phone out. You remind me every day why education matters. Because our children deserve the very best of us. I will always strive to meet that expectations for all of our students. Thank you again for this opportunity. I am ready. I am committed. And I am excited for what lies ahead at the Henry
059Ford Early College. You want to say anything? Thank you. All right. Real quick before you leave, real quick before you leave, I got a question for the boss. Lena, do you remember meeting me last week? Where did you meet him? Where? Bash. Very good. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Congratulations. Lena, how old are you? Seven. All right. Pretty cool. What school do you go to? Howard Elementary. Oh, that's pretty cool. All right. Cool. Do you have any questions for us, Lena? No. Okay. Thank you. Thank you guys. Next item, please. When I saw her in the hall, when I stepped out for a second, she exclaimed, "I am coming up to the podium with my father." I was like, "Yes." And you did. Awesome. Call of the boss. So, we have another appointment um for
060the director of accounting. Excited to um welcome Miss Sonia Dixit working in Tom's department. So, I'm going to call her up if we give her a big round of applause and welcome her. [Applause] Good evening, Vice President Watts, Dr. Mleco, and trustees. I sincerely thank you for approving my appointment as director of accounting. I am truly honored to have the opportunity to serve the Dearborn public schools community in this role. I look forward to working collaboratively with the district's mission and supporting it with a strong financial stewardship. Thank you once again for your trust and confidence. Congratulations. Congratulations. Next item, please. Uh 10, right? Board of Education Business. Board of Education Business. Acknowledgement of correspondence. Next item. Nothing. Board member committee and organization reports. Trusty Barry. Policy mate. Oh. Yes. The policy committee met earlier
061went over required uh graduation requirements uh which you'll the rest of the board will be getting the information on. And um this will be on the July agenda. Just just let me put that out there. Most of it was updates and requirements. Uh we're adding a class uh personal finance. Amy Blackburn would be doing uh some sorts right now if she was here. She's been talking about that for a long time. Other than that, we talked about uh revisiting the interlocal agreement regarding camera access with the city of Dearbornne. Not much I can say there right now publicly. We also went over uh student ID and myar and we asked administration for more information. Did I get everything? Okay. Any other committee reports? Okay. Next item. Next item. Board member superintendent commentary. Dr. Mico. Just
062I know we recognized last week uh President Cavaloon as he left at the college and I want to thank him for the partnership and I know he's not here but in saying that and I appreciate Trusty Barry, Dr. Gonko. look forward to working with you and congratulations on your position. I know I going to have Joanne call into Patty and we're going to set up a meeting sometime over the summer. So, if you need anything on the P12 side, we're here, but congratulations. Really look forward to working with you. And when you get a chance to talk to Russ, I mean, President Cavaluna, let him know that she's still here. Okay. She she stuck it out. She aren't away yet. She stuck it out. Anyone else? I just wanted to say that I hope everybody
063has a safe summer and that our students are safe in their vehicles and stopping at stop signs. Um and um and I'm hoping that everybody has a just a very restful summer and thank you. Anyone else? Okay, next item. Request for information andor future agenda items. Dr. Trusty Barry, it's not a request for information, but Dr. I'm like I'd like to our chair to set up a finance committee meeting sometime soon. Okay. Because there was a couple items I want, you know, we agreed to get to this year and here we are going into July. So please Okay, next item. All right. Future meeting dates. Monday, July 28th, 2025, P12 Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m. at the Administrative Service Center in the Frankie boardroom. It's the first time I got it right without asking.
064Monday, August 18th, 2025, P12 Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m. at the Administrative Service Center in the Frankie boardroom. Monday, August 25th, 2025, HFC board of trustees meeting, 7 p.m. at the Administrative Services and Conference Center in the Rosenall boardroom. Okay, with that, we are joured. Thank you. Good night. Right.