001we are resuming our meeting thank you for to everyone uh for waiting while we break our fast for those who were fasting uh superintendent we were still in your update so if you can continue that please thank you I just have a couple more updates um we still are working on I know we discussed it in the um building site committee prior to this that we'll have a report out you know potential infrastructure Bond looking at 25 26 depending on whether or not we're ready and we have the two uh groups that we hired I know Quinn on um looking at the preservation of buildings and that's moved forward and then we have byon and Fisk that are working on the communication so those continue to move forward our team is also talking in the
002schools at chatting events and other things um you know looking at data and looking at that need moving forward so obviously it'll eventually come to the board for a decision at some point uh but we continue to move forward with that process given our need in the district with infrastructure the last thing I just have on there is um we're in pretty good shape I mean today what we got 60° weather we're March I remember being in this board um meeting in March if some of you might remember when the power went off and it was freezing and it was storms everywhere using the lights from our phones yes yes yes like uh maybe 2018 somewhere around there um so the weather can always switch we know it's Michigan and and but I wanted to
003report we've used we're allowed six forgiveness days we've used four so we still have two um you know obviously safety is number one uh whenever we make a decision on a potential closure but I think you know I get so many requests for students just close school just close school but the reality is this is if you go beyond your days um I was with a superintendent colleague on my superintendent board for Masa and uh the superintendent Association and you know they're in the western Northern side of Michigan and they're at 12 days well the only thing they're going to be doing is she told me they're going to be added to June that's the reality we have to comply with the law so we're in good shape here if we have the two we
004also need to meet attendance thresholds which are 75% each day to be officially counted as a school day um but we're in pretty good shape and uh we've had four thus far and that's all I have today Mr President thank you Dr moo uh before we move to the next item I I'd like to move s participation up since we do have a student Mo quick comments to to the superintendent I'm very happy yeah I forgot I'm very happy that it sounds like with baseball moving forward uh the other thing is Mary Lane former board member Mary Lane sent me a text today and I told her I was going to share with everybody she says says a couple of some things but most important she says I always think of you Glenn and the
005crew on March 10th she's referring back to 2020 sure in March 10th in 2020 was a primary Democratic primary I was meeting with a a journalist downtown for coffee or breakfast and he got a phone call walked away I don't know if I ever shared the story with you I didn't make the phone call like two hours later I broke my promise with him oh he said uh he said this Michael Basher he said he came back and his look on his face like I got to go I'm like are you gonna stick me with the bill again he says no promise not say anything he said okay said first case in Wayne County it end up being us yeah one of our yeah was connected to one of our schools but I broke my
006promise and I called Glenn like two hours later and I said one two three and end up being one of our own so yeah thank you Mary yeah she sent me a similar email about remembering that we survived uh we survive the pic so I'd like to move citizen participation up the agenda there are no objections nope thank you so we can have citizen participation Mr secretary if you can read the sure next is citizen participation citizens wishing to address the board on agenda and non-agenda items for Action who are signed in by 710 p.m. or 10 minutes after the beginning of our meeting by submitting a blue card to the board secretary may speak at this time the board may not be in a position to respond to non-agenda items therefore speakers should not
007anticipate an immediate resp response to their comments or questions for the benefit of all concerned do not mention the names of students or School District employees please keep your comments as brief as possible and there's a three-minute time limit on comments made to the board the first Speaker tonight is Amelia Abbas who will be speaking about the technology problems in the digital design class at the Michael Barry Career Center do I begin I'm sorry do I begin right now yes yes go ahead okay hello my name is Amelia boss I a student at forson high school and at Michael Barry I'm enrolled in the digital design class which I absolutely enjoy I learned a lot of new programs and skills for the digital design industry although my friends and I enjoyed the opportunity to work
008on these industry industry programs we have found some technology problems that need to be addressed our classroom has many drawing tablets that are available for us to use but the drivers for the tablets are not installed on our computers we also have access to programs that were paid for that are not updated on our computers and finally our lab does not have cros Tech installed our teacher has explained to us that he has put in slow slow down yeah oh I'm sorry it's okay take a deep breath you're doing great and slow down okay I'm sorry it's okay you don't got to be sorry you're doing a great job you obviously are passionate you have a lot of energy but slow down okay our teacher has explained to us that he has put in many
009requests to have these issues fixed but they have been gone and unanswered for the past many years so I decided to take it into my own hands as a student because it might be heard here having our Adobe programs updated to the current news version is important because we already have it paid for oh sorry uh so choosing not to update to the newest version seems like a waste when we are trying to train for our career goals sadly this requires the tech department to to log in and update the machines as admin rights for computers is dedicated only to the tech department the the drawing tablets are the same situations as we have these tablets that cost money just sitting on a desk collecting dust because they haven't have the drivers installed my friends
010and I plan to draw digitally and our digital design program and this is a huge bummer to us that we can't utilize this until they are installed finally cros te cros is a program that our teacher can use to watch all of our computers from his desk and assist us at any time of our need or stop students from being distracted on doing things that they shouldn't be doing online the amount that our teacher is running around the room and helping students individually is admirable but the fact that other labs in the district have cross deck and we don't have in our mbcc lab is sad considering this is a class that could benefit best from it if we spent so much time waiting for a teacher to run around a room to help students
011individually it would be beneficial to have a program like this available in today's day and age of Technology usage is it is insane that our entire District does not have this program installed on our school computers for teachers to maintain their classes better thank you again I enjoy my class and the work we do in there but I feel like there could be more Technology support for the specialized computer classes thank you Amelia for addressing us we will definitely look into these issues that you addressed thank you for the advocacy thank you thank you milia great job next uh uh our next speaker is Andrew angel is that right okay Andrew Angel who will be thanking the bo oh give some feedback huh give you some feedback okay thanking the board for the quality of
012my children's education and the value of diversity in the district thanks appreciate the uh the chance to to get back up here and talk to you I have two sons who went through uh Dearborne High Dearborne schools from Duval all the way through da deor High School graduating 2020 2021 um they had fantastic educations uh at the at the district um I wanted to thank you uh for those educations my oldest son is actually going in uh student teaching right now he's going to become a band educator um in this next fall uh I wanted to really um emphasize how important the diversity component was in going to Dearborn it was a district where they could uh be themselves and they could be with other students who could be themselves as well and get the
013most out of their education that's been very valuable for them is they've gone on to their work and their schooling it's valuable to me as a as a manager at Ford those are skills that we really look for when we're hiring people um so I was glad that my sons were able to get that here in the district I also just wanted to um really emphasize the benefits that they received from the Arts programs uh particularly band um the theater program at da Dearborn High wdhs all tremendous programs that gave them uh leadership project management uh the stick to and if the grit that you really need in the workforce and those skills including uh Adobe Premiere which they one of them learned uh have been used already in college and in their work so
014um really appreciate the quality education the uh non-academic skills that they were able to learn the technology skills the people skills uh it was a great education please support the Arts please support those um non-academic portions of the education for the kids going forward so thank you thank you Mr for your comments those are all the cards I have right perfect just two uh we do have board followup uh from last last meeting or this meeting if anybody has any comments trusty I just wanted to respond Mr Angel uh because that's what um I wanted to get involved with the school district from years ago was to have the best well-rounded educated students that we could possibly have and to have all the that variety of experience is so important especially today when you see
015that a lot of everybody wants to pigeon hole everybody into uh a corner of uh and we know that that's not what we want to see in the real world the real world is made up of all kinds of opportunities experiences and human beings and um in order for us to be able to express ourselves the best is to be able to be exposed to the most so um I would always want to support that those opportunities that give our students that kind of um Challenge and and exposure thank you for um being a positive citizen experience tonight thank you trusty pesov we can go uh back to recog agenda yes okay next item is recognition and and acknowledgements and the first item under that is commendations um hello okay uh good evening my name
016is Wilson iang and I'm currently a 12th grader student at Dean High School I am I'm here representing the black student union and I'm also a member of the principal student advisory Council D DHS hello good evening everyone um uh my name is Muhammad matar I am a senior at DHS and I am here representing the ssac and the PSA c um thank you everyone for having us um at this lovely night and this lovely evening um happy Ramadan to everyone who's celebrating as well as happy lent to everyone who is fasting during this time of the month I'm going to get us started off with the district commendations uh thank you to the 42 staff members who led sessions during the February 25 professional development day um topics range from technology such as Ai
017and classrooms to a deeper dive into small groups group literacy lessons um moving on to the high school commendations uh Commendation to Dean High School senior naen fad who was named an mhsaa senior athlete Award winner under the of students from across the state apply for this award to apply a student must have received a vary letter in a sports in which mhsaa holds a postseason tournament they must also have at least a 3.5 GPA on a fourpoint scale be active in school and community activities and submit an essay on the importance of sport menhip great job na fad uh Commendation to U High Ford Heist students who performed at the msboa district solo and ensemble in Friday the following students earn division one ratings and be heading to State solo and emble competition in
018anabor congratulations to Casey Weber Victor Billy z u Marcus medulla Sterling deler uh Renee Harden Ryan hellon uh Laurence Skidmore Mars girther Jacob Brown Tyler sheram and samur fck On a related notes commendations to Deon high school students who performed at MSB OA for instrumental music at the msvma for vocal music in February the following vocal students received a superior rating for their solo performance and qualified to perform at the state competition in April congratulations to anth Jau viic Stephano Cavo cavillo uh Hannah Frederick and Alex seleni selli um the following instrumentalist earned a first division rating and qualified to complete compete at the state event in March Eddie morzak a saxophone solo Jam Kamal Al Kamal Laden um an oal solo a kohen Roan um string bass solo Milan hammood piano solo and Jada
019gadin um Jayla Gaden um Lyn kazal zad Bazi m s and Kohan M ran for mixed ensemble commendations to Deon Heist bowler Christian um CJ lamb who qualified to complete at the State Bowling competition CJ finished second overall at the February competition to qualify for the state meet at the meet he averaged 218 points over six qualifying games the head the head bowling coach is Paul maracon commendations to the Deon High basketball team which won the mhsaa boys basketball District competition is the third title in the last four years the her coach is a Mason and assistant coach Bassel H hatcham commendations to edel Ford student council and their advisor Mr Dan Pac for putting on great charity Week events the student raised awareness and collected $5,000 for Access kudos to the tunder bir Community
020for their generosity Commendation to the edil quiz bow Team for finishing first in the regular season of the Southern wh Wayne Quiz Bow league for the second straight season commendations to etel Ford senior Mohamed Al jaadi who qualified for the mssaa State wrestling championship his record for this season going to state competition was 44 to8 which means 44 wins and eight losses moving on to Middle School congratulations to all the students who participated in the districtwide spelling B hosted by communities in school to participate in the event students first had to be among the top finishers at spelling be held at their own Elementary or middle school the winners include 48th grade winner Rina har from Bryant second place to Dina Naser from Woodworth and third place to indana Backpacker from stout for seventh grade
021winner NOA alji from stout second place taram Ali from Unice and third place Taya Ahmed from virtual K 12 for sixth grade winner re abdulhak from Bryant second place to sahana sangi Tangi from stout and third place to Muhammad Shahid from Salina intermediate for fifth grade winner Le kahali from low second place to Evelyn pan from Duval and third place to medam ABAB from virtual K 12 for fourth grade winner Hassan Abdullah from Howard second place to batul milhim from Maples and third place to Khaled Omar from Henry Ford Elementary for third grade winner Mahi shamoo from hay second place Adam kareim from Duval and third place abas y from mullo um moving on to Elementary commendations to herand assistant principal at Maples Elementary who was invited to present at the Michigan Association of Secondary
022School principles jary conference M along with Jennifer RIS assistant principal in Grand Rapids led a session titled beyond the language barrier Building Bridges of empathy the presentation provided practical strategies to Foster empathy and support inclusive practices for English language Learners in addition Miss shared her expertise by creating and delivering a presentation for Maple staff focusing on WEA writing levels and strategies for expanding student writing the staff response was overwhelmingly positive special thanks to Maple principal Miss Donna jcubic for her leadership and ability to guide and support new administrators in Dearborn commendations to teachers Pam Gunderson and Kelsey Murphy who began Salina's first drama club this year students in grades K to 5 participated in the musical Annie both teachers return to salinaa daily to lead after school practice this is all for the commendations for
023today thank you so much uh for having us today have a great night everyone have a great night every wait we have some questions for you you can sit around any trusty having questions um Mr um M yeah what you're senior right now so where are you uh heading for college um I'm currently undecided as to where I want to go for college um especially with regular decision month coming like decisions coming out this month um I'm just waiting to see my acceptance or rejection letters best of luck coming out this and th those were very difficult last names I'll have a hard time pronouncing so great job great great job to both of you thank you thank you thank you all right have a great night have a great night thanks next item please
024next I'd like to say that I um finished second place in my fifth grade great spelling B I lost on Ancestry still bothers me next is employee recognition good evening each Friday uh we get to end the week on a really positive fun exciting note and um I want to introduce to you this month's employees that were on the three employees that were honored uh we have Wendy shanee she's a teacher at Snow Elementary School she's been with the district for 29.5 years and she was nominated for being supportive and giving her colleagues excellent advice so thank you to Wendy Shane not instructional employee so that was our instructional employee our non-instructional employee is May Darwish May is a special education parpro um she's been with the district for 3.25 years and she's nominated she
025was nominated for consistently making herself available to the student that she works with the whole group of students in class and to the teacher she does not only help her student but she will also help anywhere help is needed and the last one just last Friday was a lot of fun uh Hannah farage she's a principal at gear Park she's been with the district for 12 years I can't believe it's only been 12 Years a little more than that maybe longer couple couple2 something like 12.25 14ish oh nominated for creating an an environment of positivity family and belonging at gear Park Miss farage shines every day with a bright light and her whole school shines with her and the reason it's always so fun is because we tell when it's for the administrator recognition we
026tell them that we're there for a sip visit and you we just watch them we watch them get really uncomfortable and it's a Friday and it's it's near the end of the day um and so it's a lot of fun to share with them once we're in a classroom our real reason for the visit so I'm going to give the ladies each a chance to introduce themselves and say a few words um my name is Wy Shane I have been in the district this is my 30th year um I was quite surprised when I got the recognition they came into my room and I thought it was a sip visit I kept teaching and then they asked me to stop so they could recognize me um so it was a great honor to be recognized
027and I appreciate um coming tonight to meet all of you thank you thank you thank you good evening I wasn't expecting to say anything so a little caught off guard but um I'm an employee in the district a mom in the district a resident of this District uh so it means a lot that I was recognized and I appreciate it very much most importantly just the collaboration that we have in Dearborn amongst everybody um amongst all the stakeholders really means a lot so when you have an opportunity like this to be recognized by your peers it's extra special so I just want to thank everybody for that opportunity and for the amazing team that we work with thank you congratulations thank you Dr Malo I just want to say congratulations and I appreciate um Miss
028Elli bazzy and Miss pky putting this together and it's so exciting when you go and you surprise them in the classro and just recognizing but they're they're nominated by their peers as well which I think means a lot and uh Miss Shane I I when I was a rookie teacher in 97 she moved down to the second floor at Salina when I took over her class in third grade and she used to always help me out as well and collaborating as fellow third grade teachers and appreciate the work that Miss farage does um with her students and then just miss darwash was so she was so excited when we came to the room and just so appreciative and so were her students you could tell it was such a positive so we're going to keep
029going with this and it's a great way to recognize all the employees can we give them [Applause] an next item please next item is acknowledgement of donations good evening president MOS Dr Mel members of the board I was able to attend the Friday's um recognition event and I figured I had to come up with an idea just in case I would stopped by the engineer and the food service department to say hi and how's it going and I ran into the principal on the way back to the office so I had to come up with a good idea why I was there and unfortunately he said I don't have a I don't lie very well so I guess it's not a bad thing but to keep the secret all right donations uh we have donations
030that we're always glad to read at our board meeting from people that donate to the school district we had a donation of $146.78 has been offered to how Elementary Howard Elementary by the deborn Education Foundation to be used for a book study program donation of $1,000 been offered to Dearborn and elel for high school and foron high school and Deval gear Maples mcalla McDonald Miller Nan Oakman Whitmer BS and William Ford Elementary and Smith Middle School by the deor educ Education Foundation be used for football equipment a donation of a milk cooler has been offered to cter school by United dairy industry of Michigan to be used for storing fresh milk for the students the donation of two pairs of airpods one pair of cow print shoes has been offered at Dearborn High School by
031United Dair industry of Michigan to be used as prizes for the latte survey donation of two pairs of airp pods and one pair of cow print shoes has been offered elel for high school by United dairy industry to be used as cash prizes for the latte survey a grant has been offered to Dearborn elel Ford and Fortson high schools by United dairy industry of Michigan to be used for a Vitamix 3 gallon blenders that will help the kitchen team make smoothies three times a week for students at breakfast donation of $500 has been offered to Dearborn Public Schools by the Islamic Center of America to be used for Martin Luther King J Jr service project for the ssac donation of $1,000 has been offered to SL Intermediate School by the American Muslim Muslim Society to
032be used for transportation to Cedar Point and last a donation of 3,000 been offered to Dearborn s for enforcing high schools by the Islamic Center of America to be used for scholarships one per School towards College expenditures that concludes the donation thank you to all of the donors uh next item please next item is approval of minutes this will be the approval of minutes of the following Dearborn Board of Education meetings finance committee meeting February 10th 2025 board report 24-96 the policy committee meeting on February 10th 2025 board report 24- 97 and the regular P to2 meeting on February 10th 2025 board report 24- 98 the recommended action here is that we make any necessary Corrections and move approval of these minutes so move support motion moved by truste DM braio supported by truste pesov
033any corrections seeing none my attach a unanimous role to this motion to approve the minutes so it is a