001all right good evening everyone it is seven o'clock so we are going to begin um this meeting is a meeting of the Board of Education in public for the purpose of conducting the school district's business and it's not to be considered a public community meeting there is time for public participation during the meeting as indicated in the agenda and upon request requests to the superintendent the district shall make reasonable accommodation for a person with disabilities to be able to participate this meeting um I just want to make sure that people know that we do have comment cards right outside that door if you do want a response from the board or the superintendent um please fill out one of these forms so we have your contact information and meet you afterwards you don't have to
002to speak but if you want us to reply this is really helpful thank you um we're going to start with a roll call Mr ol here Mr Arnold here here um we're gonna start with um a motion for the meeting last the Board of Education approve the workshop minutes from February 10th as give a motion and a second any discussion all those in favor of approving present say I I any oppos and now we're going to move on to our approval of our agenda agenda we have a motion and a second do we have any discussion all those in favor of approving the agenda as presented say I I any opposed um we do not have any school present ation tonight so we're going to start with public participation each speaker is allotted a maximum
003of five minutes for a total of approximately 30 minutes unless otherwise at this point in the meeting those interested in making a public comment will be asked to raise their hands or turn in a green sheet so that the time may be divided equally each speaker will be asked to announce their name and District of residence and indicate if they represent any organization or agency no person may speak more than once on the same subject during a single meeting nor their time another speaker please note that the board does not respond to comments during the meeting those wishing to receive a personal response from the board or superintendent must complete a public comment form uh in order for us to reach you um I do have a step of read pages I think I'm going
004to start with these if anyone wishes to speak at the end who has not turned in the sheet um please feel free to raise your hand at the end I will try and ask but if I forget just wait me um in no particular order um do we have someone who wants to go first I guess I would ask or I can just start reading names ask a question absolutely so I'm here to talk about the J hearing okay and I think I prefer to speak at the second expressions from the public that's completely fine that's absolutely fine we them pass sure um sure is is there anyone who would like to speak at the first opportunity right now yes uh my name is Jeff pittz I live in school district um I'm joined here
005by my wife Lisa and oud appearance of Noah twin brothers and um 2024 graduates ofter high school and I'm here this evening to uh write some comments on our relationship with cath uh like many of you we chose this community of bexter to live in because that's very tight net it's by quality of Education in District benan Noah began their kindergarten school Journey here in this building so many years ago and they Channel their energy by as the years unfolded we were impressed by so many of the talented and caring Educators uh to whom our boys had the good forun of be assign and our relationship uh with Katherine began while our boys attended Fen and Sports Medicine classes at B Creek they look forward to her classes because of her positive attitude her energy
006level and encouragement uh during those very challenging early teenage years uh as they transition transitioned into High School both of our boys continued to play baseball and our son Noah elected to play football and participate in power uh Lisa and I developed a relationship with Katherine when boys were in high school when she began attending a few of their teams and she commented how much she enjoyed having them as students at no Creek and wanted to cheer them not it was during these moments when we learned more about Katherine's background she grew up here in Dexter as a very accomplished student athlete uh she formerly taught math at stock High School while coaching at SP City soccer and basketball teams for transitioning back to her hometown to raise her family teach visette most importantly she's
007a devoted wife to her husband Tim proud mother to her three beautiful children and a very active member of the Dexter United Katherine also mentioned to Lisa and I uh the positive impression that our son Noah in particular had left on her as well as her interest to continue a dialogue with and and we welcome it um as many of you parents are parents of student athletes either current or former you know firsthand lessons that plan Sports can teach U teamwork can together winning with humility losing with dignity and it's critical really to support our athletes with positive and inspiring individuals Noah really valued Katherine's periodic messages of encouraging hard work overcoming adversity leading by example and helping and he wanted to show his appreciation to her by motivating Katherine to pursue her own weightlifting
008goals during coach wit's before school conditioning he also chose Katherine among those he approached with a request for a recommendation letter to support his college applications and he was very excited when she obliged you a very insightful and heartfelt reps so Noah finished high school as a high achieving student uh he was Captain of both the varsity baseball and football teams in his senior year and his success has been shaped by so many people in his life and we certainly include Catherine in this very impactful group because of her words and her actions our family considers Katherine to be a standout educator with exemplary character and integrity and what sets her apart from so many others that we've interacted with is POS positive energy her kindness her thoughtful and observ perspective her motivating and coaching
009approach and her willingness to go above and beyond confines of a given school year to support students long lefted classes we are so blessed to know and love Katherine and we're very grateful for her relationship thank you thank you anyone else to speak this morning um we will move on then to the administrative board update starting super we had a the graduation rates came up for class 24 and we had as a high school just to say that we at 99% um I've booked across the state i% that was so it's should be one of if not the highest graduation State consist um winter sports are wrapping up soonest then you'll notice in your packet we've seen an increase in retirements that's because we have an incentive both the teacher in the administrative contract to
010mly by feary so these are the on us right that date that's I don't have any updates tonight so we'll go over to students whichs are one of the biges but that being said that also spring sports are also getting closer a little stressful that try soon but it's nice that today was warm that may it would actually be warm during TRS at um drama recently set up the cast list teia so we all got to see Sophie Donna is very exciting some of my friends tried out and some of my friends very ex great um this weekend a lot students myself were at we actually had a lot of students elected leadership position Speaker of the House Government and National issues for ex actually position but leader Bas so it's nice to see Dexter
011taking big roles on across the state well good evening everybody I knew it was going to be such a packed house I would have B my final but you know what that's all right um this uh past Saturday was the winter formal was held at the high school um this was the first time that the winter formal was held during you know my uh tenure ship at the high school but it was very well attended and I was made sure to note that the DJ was very loved along with the hyp man it was a phenomenal uh performance by them and are to be expected at prom I hear so honestly looking very forward to that um you know we talked about winter sports uh also on Saturday heartbreaking loss for the hockey team you
012know they had a great uh Legacy season as they described it a lot a lot of friends a lot of cross teammates so sad to see that season end but you know always looking for thec Crosse guys to come back so that uh basketball districts are tonight the first game it's right now Dexter is playing Seline if I were you guys I'd honestly be there right now it's gonna be a good game but um yeah no hoping they win but they have hon in the next round and they're a stay tile Contender so that that's going to be an interesting match up if they make it there but rooting for the dreads always um you know spring sports are in the come up uh lacrosse season is you know a big thing for me in
013the spring looking forward to that this might be one of the last times I'm actually able to make it here for a minute but you know what I'll be here in spirit I'll be sending updates for me and whatnot and if you guys you know wanted to pop out to some of the games there are plenty of home games I won't lie they're not always on Mondays too so you guys can come out um you know I'll be there and uh it'll be great but um yeah that's all I got from me wonderful thank you you send us that on all right moving on to our items of Education we have a motion and a second any discussion um we have retirements requests for leave and a January budget report item so all those in
014favor of approving and please say I any opposed moving on to our action items um first we have the Trap CLE conversion to a school sport this evening's packet includes a recommendation from superintendent timus and athletic director Mike abau to convert the DHS Trap Team from a club to a self funded sport this item was discussed previously at the January 27th meeting presented for Action this we do have a note that gr 6 to8 students in to who participate in the club will become community ed program um participants and uh are able to participate in the same events as just did I'll move for the board of education for the conversion of the Dexter High School's C team from a club to a self-funded school sport eff a motion and a second any we discussed
015this at the last meeting it's been team's been in existence for about 8 years and it's been anywhere from 12 player 12 participants to 40 plus it's really depending on which parents were willing to help out at the time and they've proven that it's a sustainable F that our kids are interested in so to make it a self-funded sport which is similar to some of the other more unique Sports like hockey equestri so it our structure but it also structure continue the there is a parent board that is set up that help help work this this structure allows us to work par board about what coach and make sure we get all background checks done Etc we have an internal account for the team to fundraising in purchase we can pay for their participation fees
016they'll have to buy their shs it does give a longterm structure they've already beens questions all right as this is an action item let's do a Mr next up is our nasb board of directors election um it is happening in brly March and this evening's packet includes an election booket with information about our region candidates Lopez and Jack um The Board needs to vote on who we are going to um vote for and then it will be submitted to does anyone have a a motion I'll move at the Board of Education Castor m board of director Mo have a motion and a second um any discussion thoughts people want to share I know we have three candidates and we're making some choices based on limited information a couple appro and energy I just I've been
017very passion for students I support either him or je ja been onor R also School think changes I can he did reach out to us individually I found apprciate that I guess let's do aoll V Arnold last up on our action items is give policies are sing to us for first reading um uh these policies were reviewed by the policy committee on February 10th and are recommended to board with at Board of Education approv attached policies 3213 8 in a second any discussion went toidy of our existing policies polies which need to if you look at the policy that are also attached you can see how many we actually discussed how many we're actually just going to keep because they are like and helpful to what we doily and okay um okay and these will
018come back for a second so um let's move on to aoll call hi all right we do not have any discussion items so this is now our second um opportunity for public participation um the the rules will be as I stated previously um and because I have a nice staff here why don't I just ask for volunteers that chose sure I was just gonna honestly I was gonna go with first go absolutely I don't my name is Bruce Brown I was hired by the stock Board of Education to be their super and they kept me on for 20 years so during my career I hired many great teachers administrators and support staff I also disciplined with just cause usually stepwise it wasn't wi disciplinary issue I also terminated work terminate staff for just CLS so
019I've been where you are in 2008 the stock High School MTH Department had vacancy and we advertised interviewed and Katherine at the time Thomas now Katherine kosma emerged as the finalist whom we recommended the board of education for hire it was a good hire we had a great High School staff and cther fit right in she taught math algebra ABC and geometry and she also coached she got her sen each she coached varsity girls soccer ver women's basketball and she assisted with the men's basketball GA no Sports and she knows basketball so she was very valuable this she was also a good s coach I've got a unique situation as a coach us my children are spaced out so it seems like there's always were my kids in high school and they were there during
020the time that Cath the 10 years of Catherine was there and Katherine taught them and coached them so I got a pretty good look at Catherine during that time as a as a staff member as a coach as a teacher so I would say that Katherine is definitely a very skilled and very caring teacher and Coach the kind that engages with students which is what you want to see from teachers also say that Katherine kusman I came to know is very focused and dedicated as when you talk to her about her you can see the interest the the drive I hesitate to use the overused word fashion but it's there yes in addition Katherine is very dutiful if you know Catherine if an administrator sat her down and said he gave her clear and specific
021directions to do something cther I'm G do it that administrator sat her down and gave her clear and specific directions have to do so C would not so she understood who she's very good but as it really Bears on hearing tonight I have to say that miss kusma is one of the most moral and one of the most ethical people that I've ever had the pleasure to work with my careers is conserned as I read through the charges against her and I read the word grooming it's not in her DNA simply impossible couldn't happen so I would urge you to continue your teaching employment and I would urge you to find an alternative churches time I'm Dean D um I used to be an employee of the school district but no longer and Katherine kzo
022was a critical part for my support when I stepped away from the schools yes my son is a part of that as well my son was a freshman at the high school when I stepped away from working in the school district so I needed somebody to help be that person with eyes and ears and that person that could see encourage all the good things that you want a mom teacher person overlooking overwatching helping directing encouraging whatever you would say in the building as a mom as a person in the building you always expect those high expectations you want those teachers that have their best interest you want those administrators that have their best interest most do when people ask me why I left the district I say those was for my personal reasons not because
023of my son my son did great in the high school he flourished after after his freshman year but Katherine was a key part of that flourishing Katherine encouraged him Katherine reached out to him Katherine knew when he was struggling because you could see it all over his body language not me saying it but Tucker Tucker is my son Tucker had a very hard freshman year which a lot of you know about right so it's one of those that who can Overlook that who can oversee who can help encourage him to move past it and that was Catherine Katherine stepped up Katherine wrote him emails after getting my permission she contacted me first away from school and said I would really like to be this person for Tucker absolutely what mom would say no I don't
024want you helping my son no I don't want you encouraging my son I would hope no Mom would ever do that c wrote in emails yes because that's what he needed that's the way of communication with the kids at the school on game day she would send him a a very encouraging email saying I know you can do it you know you can do it I don't have it verbatim of what but there were so many encouraging words that he believed in himself and he stepped up to the plate literally and figur so Katherine is that person in the school district that she is the one that will back you up she will support you not just the students but also as a former employee and a month you see her in town you see
025her with her kids you see her her husband all around town because she is a part of this town she was raised here what more is that saying coming from Dexter school is that she wants to be back here to teach and to continue that to continue that tradition not only as a parent but as a teacher she wants her kids to be a part of the school district what a accy of that is I don't want my kids back in my hometown right because it's in Texas but not here Katherine wanted her kids here she moved here she taught here she left Stockbridge clearly to come be here to teach in Dexter it's very important right so Catherine is part of that Village it takes a village that's what we're taught as parents it
026takes a village she is a key part of this Village from the wellness center to the school to the high school to to church to everywhere that she hand that she has a hand in she's such a positive I would really urge you to see that side of her not the one compl but the many other positive things that she does for this area this community and the schools just the people around her how much she influences and encourages and just supports everybody my name is Steve Allison I'm a math well I was a math teacher at stock high school I'm now there're School director um Catherine asked me to write the letter on her behalf so I'll to I'm both saddened and honored to be a character reference for kathern kusma employee of the
027Dex Community Schools I'm saddened at the reason for her request yet honored and that I have the opportunity to show support for a former colleague who has had such a positive influence on the stockage community I was fortunate to work alongside Katherine in the math department for 10 years and coached during her tenure as a coach it was evident right away that Katherine cared about her students and was willing to put in additional effort to help them understand math concepts improve at their sport or Mentor them as they were preparing for their future as an adult in a small District like Stockbridge it is common to know a majority of the students in the school it is also common to have many students multiple times for different courses this is a benefit in that relationships
028formed are at a deeper level than if only for one semester the growth and development of students are more evident because the relationships are long her last thing by knowing a larger portion of the students Journey our staff members can have a greater influence in guiding them to be upstand citizens this enables students to have an adult in their life that they feel comfortable going to for guidance this is also true for staff members Katherine was that adult for many of her students and she actively supported her fellow colleagues we were fortunate to have Katherine in the early years of her career she was ambitious and dedicated to the students she served she coached multiple Sports at VAR level and was a positive female role model for young athletes as we did not have many
029female coaches at the time Catherine demonstrated good character in the face of competition while maintaining composure during adversity she was active in The Fellowship of Christian athletes an organization made up of Staff members and students who met before school to study the Bible and provide lessons of good sportsmanship in teamwork in athletics her faith was well known but never advertised to her students it is the central principle of who she is as a person and she is consistent in her actions regarding her deeply held beliefs this had influence on some of the students who knew her best they were able to feel confident in their own faith knowing that it was okay to hold those beliefs as a teenager in a public school when Katherine made it known she was starting a family it was
030only a matter of time before she would return to her homie bster she always spoke highly of the community in which she was raised and it made logical sense for her to pursue a position with the school district there when Catherine announced she had accepted a position there we were very happy for her to be living the life she envisioned for her family of course we missed having her on staff but we found comfort knowing that she was getting what she wanted I've kept in contact with Katherine over the years I've crossed paths with her on random occasions each being an affirmation that she made the right choice returning home her family was growing and she was happy with the direction her career was headed I was shocked when she reached out to have me
031write this letter on her behalf I can't imagine the circumstances that have led to her motives being questioned if a policy was violated I confident that Katherine's intentions were pure as I have no evidence in my history with her Fai I feel like I don't have to say anything after all of that but I'm Cindy Lance and I'm actually um in my 16th year as a school board member with Stockbridge Community Schools um because it's a small community I do have the pleasure of interacting with n kusma on professional and personal levels she was our youngest daughter's High School soccer coach and math teacher we believe it was Mrs kozma's intentional and person centered approach that helped our daughter transformed from a very passive player to a confident and effective player by her senior year
032Mrs kma has the unique ability to instill um confidence and selfish in all students she was able to ensure that even without an impressive winning record we didn't have many very small Sports the teams she coached felt like they were always successful Mrs kman demonstrated what any parent should want in a coach or teacher for their children genuine investment and faith in them at stackridge Mrs kosma coached and taught youth with varying life experiences home stability and support with consistency Grace and intentionality so as a board member with stockridge Community Schools in my 16th year I've been in your position I've seen a lot of these cases I think that it going through this process and ultimately the charges it appears to me the strategy in play was that intimidation so here is what I
033would challenge the bo the board to think on number number one why was Mrs kusma essentially bound and gag disallowing the ability to gather the support of her peers student parents and people in her home community that essentially she spend with her whole life number two she wasn't allowed on school property other than to drop her children off to school or if they were participating in some kind of after school activity she could attend that but was not allowed on she also had removed from her the ability to teach her Fitness classes which she has been doing for years um she transferred she did them in stack bridge and she transferred them here so number three why was Mrs kusma only given her total charges 24 hours for prior to this meeting it doesn't give
034her much time to give a response or to be able to even process everything number four is all about contest text Snippets from emails can be taken out of context and presented in a manner to lead a conclusion and a vote a certain way we've all seen the the power of context when things are taken out of context number five the term grooming as mentioned before I am almost confident positive within my soul she probably didn't even know what the definition of that word was the emails to male students were at the top of the list was that a strategy to promote outrage or hysteria why was that more important as a central Focus than what was stated as the same amount of emails also directed towards female athletes and students number six why was
035there no attempt to salvage a relationship with a 10e teacher through communication of expectations and board guidance so all of these things there probably was not any evidence in her file suggest wrongdoing at any other time in her career with Dexter schools Mrs kosma is an exceptional coach educator leader and person it's my opinion that any accusations made against her character integrity or professionalism are gross misrepresent representation of who she is thank you for your time name is John lesby I live in Niles Michigan about down here by Notre name far so I uh I teach second grade at kin Elementary School in michingan I took a half day vacation day because I wanted to vouch my friends um specifically Katherine but Tim as well I've known them for 20 years we went to school
036at Albi and college together we shared many memorable times at albian since then our families are friends my wife Angela and I my daughter Lydia we love Tim and Katherine and Ben Michaela and Caitlyn and we we um we Echo the statements I mean I Echo the statements that people have made I um again um Katherine and Tim are the best athletes that I know I used to run with Tim at Albi College we had this routine where I could hang out with Tim for the most of the time and then I'd say all right Tim you go and he would just beat me and I know that's not about cathine but I'm just saying that their kindr spirit their love for each other is so deep um I don't question um Catherine is again
037one of the most faithful determined dedicated driven in pursuit of personal and professional Excellence um one of those few people in my life that I look up to very much her and her husband Tim yet she's caring and loving at the same time um there is not a mean bone in her body that that saying is pretty familiar um she's very conscientious I mentioned icious in my character reference um she desires to be the best but she wants to do it the right way and I believe that Catherine is faithful to that as someone else mentioned tonight um when we get together with the Cruz M um our conversation will usually turn to how how our Catherine students do it she believes in her kids not just when they're with her but also when they're
038gone I mean I'm a teacher too I saw a former student at Target a while back we got a picture I mean I love my students and um I'm a big fan of The Chronicles of Narnia and um in the end of The Lion The Witch in the wardrobe aan tells Peter Susan Edmund and Lucy once a kinger queet and Narnia always a kinger and I see that philosophy in Katherine and myself as a teacher once you're one of her kids or or or my kids or you know a teacher a true teacher's kids you never stop you you love them because you shared in that Bond of learning in that healthy learning community that it's not easy but you're like comrades in arms almost teammates that's the kind of love that Katherine talks about
039when she's talking to a student it's that camaraderie um that you share when you're engaging in something hard like a sport or like learning um I've got a book called the courage to teach it was one of our required readings at Al in the education department and perker Palmer talks about he talks about the therapeutic motif of community um which is mainly something that values intimacy of Human Relationships as being Paramount um kind of like the phrase kids don't care about how much you know until they know how much you care literally that phrase is embodied in Katherine kman but I going to read a quick quote that I put in my character reference it says the therapeutic Motif is a place in education simply because any Loveless Enterprise is likely to be pathological it
040is hard to imagine a healthy school that lacks any trace of love for learning or for Learners um so I believe that any accusations of sexual impropriety in reference to love are are are a gross Mis A like someone else said a gross misrepresentation cther is I think that that's all I really need to say um I was um I was Tim's best man in their wedding and again as someone else mentioned they're both devout Christians and I do not believe her faith would enable her to even entertain the possible thought of sexual priety towards student I do not she loves Tim um she's loved Tim with all of her heart and and they are the perfect couple to me and my family loves them and so as I close I I thank you for
041listening to us all um I just I hope that a right judgment can be made um and I do believe that I request that Katherine who be reinstated to her position in the Dexter school system thank you for your time to me speak next session close session afterward um and anyone else would like to speak right now oh that's not okay um participation is not in I I um this would be the best time to speak to the board we have we have a limited number people it's already been we have the board and lawyers who are going to be at theot session you may absolutely you can so I have yeah if Tim or Daniel wants to speak this would be right that all right sorry all right problem all right Dr timus de
042community school board members just like to thank you for this opportunity to speak on behalf of my endearing wife kathern kma um I'm heartbroken that a person um as with the Integrity of Katherine is being portrayed in such a Negative light right now um anyone who has truly got to know C such as people have talked before hundreds of other people um know what a truly unique and special person that she is this has been demonstrated by the outpouring of love and support she's received in just a few days since she started Gathering support letters people are willing to step up almost 30 people from outside the Dexter community that she was able to um gather support from um they love her so much that they they're able to drop things and write letters for
043her just the I mean the letters that people have wrote have been been amazing too um so just just heartwarming all these people that are here that love and supporter um so I just like to also I mean sincerely thank all of you that have showed up to support her here it's just we appreciate it so much um just thank you for being here I mean and we thank you you're able to give little bit of a glimpse of the the true who the true Katherine is she's a High character woman dedicated teacher loving wife and mom who generally cares about the de community and student she teaches teaching is not just a job for it's something she loves she loves being in the community um she loves making an impact on the students the
044charges brought forth against Catherine paint a totally inaccurate picture of the woman that I know so well and love with all my heart first off to even imply that Katherine's act motivated by grooming behavior is totally inconsistent the wife and person that I know Katherine be with 100% certainty I've been married to Katherine for over 15 years been more than 20 years since I first met her as students at Alan College um both of us grew up in the Christian faith and we learned and embraced from a young age that intimacy between man and woman is intended solely for the marriage relationship and neither has strayed from our beliefs Katherine is a role model of P Purity and she's committed as an individual to our marriage covenant as you're going to find throughout our 15E
045of marriage Katherine has never given me any reason to be concerned about her commitment to me me alone Katherine has always treated me with the utmost love and respect as the most important human being in her life and is not once broken my trust I'm well aware of the positive impact that Cath Katherine has made in several male and female students throughout her 16 years of teachings and many years of coaching um in fact we were just at a wedding we were invited a wedding the other the other night of a former soccer player that she had at at Stockford this soccer player um gravitated the Cather before she was even in high school as an eighth grade she came visited Katherine's room she just you know was Role Model Katherine was a major role
046model for Katherine allowed her to start managing early on in her career and just formed this this beautiful Bond um her mom um at the wedding unaware of even of Katherine's situation in Dexter just just started braving about how Katherine had impacted so many lives over her time at stockridge she was there through her mentorship at which point Katherine just just broke down in tears just reflecting on on kind of what she's going through right now and reflecting back on kind of the impact she's had on people Katherine's Heart of Gold has had a similar similar impact on so many numerous students throughout the Dexter Community growing up here um as a young kid up through Now teacher in the high school um Katherine's never hidden anything from me with her interactions uh with male
047students because she didn't have any intent of of her Beyond helping out helping out students is helping out um her intentions are always genuine always pure um her main intention in building these relationships has always been to make a meaningful difference in life which she has done for so many people Katherine also has wonderful relations with so many parents um some of which were able to be here tonight that don't have kids in the school anymore um but she's made an impact on so many and I mean whenever I go to events I mean I see the the response she gets from parents and and just the the love they have for her just just um warms my heart and I just just appreciate it so much um the person that she is um Katherine
048students are not the only people though that that received these long caring have received these long caring vests from Katherine um I mean I still remember my first message I got she left me a nice message in my mailbox at albian College 20 years ago still still remember that time she continues to write me long letters of appreciation um special occasions uh of um we continue I mean we have boxes of of letters at home because because we cherish the um of words of affirmation that things herself and she brings that out and and kind of to other people as well she wants to share because um we know how how important it is um that's just the kind of person she is Katherine's one of the most ethical people that I've ever known no
049one is perfect but she has always been a trustworthy and honorable person if you don't trust me as her husband let me highlight just a few of the many quotes from Catherine's just a few of the quotes from Catherine's reference letters I'm gonna let you finish okay but I just wind it down all right sorry here just just a couple couple quotes then um so so one um just someone that she worked with a lot as a a coach and a pastor in the stop Community says as a pastor I can think of No Greater blessing for my children to be taught by someone like Katherine K her influence as a teacher extends beyond the classroom she's the kind of role model I hope my children could emulate if my daughters were to grow into
050adults who exhibit the same character and integrity that Katherine embodies I would consider that one of the greatest blessings the father could receive another from her one of her former principles said of the many important characteristics in a person consider when hiring I find integrity and care to be two of the most important Katherine has the absolute highest character in the heart of a true teacher her students work for her because of the relationship she creates with them fellow staff her improved by her professional and commitment to the team all right I'll just share one more from this was from the mom of one of her former soccer players that she continues to have a relation a great relationship through um it said on a personal note I will be forever grateful to cathine for
051a care and conern for my family following an Unexpected death in the last 10 years uh my husband Catherine maintained a close and loving relationship she was especially helped from my daughter Julia who wish she was a soccer coach of only 20 years um old when she lost her dad Katherine kindness and compassion were invaluable as Julia navigated through this difficult time and made all the difference to her to have Katherine as a sounding board as she came to turns with the loss so she could move forward in her life um so just want to say I mean does that sound like the kind of role model and teacher that we would want to remove from our Dexter Community distance from students and vanish from from community events doesn't me um I would just ask
052the board as you deliberate your decision please take into account the true intentions behind Katherine's Behavior and the Beautiful human being that she is as evidenced by by all this support and just the lives that she's touched you will not find an educator and human being as committed caring engaging and morally sound as cath thank you all for your time and attention is that it all right thank you um next up on the agenda is comments um so I've been working with the ma trial team I don't but the um there's about seven to eight girls that I was meeting with and they were um propping them with the direct of cross examination they competed in laning on Thursday I don't know how they did by oh Crystal wonderful that her first year so anyway
053they work really hard it's a really crazy set of facts and it was fun to work with them so um and then my other announcement is that um the middle school wrestling took second out of 16 team on Saturday which is pretty incredible they had about less than five wrestlers about so it was a great showing an intense me and did well okay um just a note we have information items we have a policy minutes and nice job notes included in our um and we are now going to move to close session for the tenure charge recommendation so we might have a at the request of the employee um and I'll move at the board of education and a close session to discuss proposed 10e charges at the request of the employee Pur Section 8
054friends one a of have a motion a second yep right thank you everyone for coming tonight to share with us and we will resume in good