2024-04-03 | Regular Board Meeting

001Okay, welcome everybody to the Taylor School District regularly scheduled board meeting of April 3rd, 2024 where our mission statement is to educate, engage, and empower those we serve. And our vision statement is that we will be the innovative destination district where all succeed. Call to order at >> 6:03 p.m. Roll call. Mr. Heath >> here. >> Mr. Meyers >> here. >> Mr. Thomas is not here. Mrs. Thomas >> here. >> Mrs. Shufelt will be late. Mr. Wright >> here. And Miss Black is here. Okay. Will all will everyone please stand and face the >> flag? To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay, thank you everybody for being in attendance today. And our student

002representatives for today will be Taylor Parks Elementary and leading us off will be their principal, Lori Ruth Roth. >> Good evening. I am so proud to be here today and I um love every year that I get to bring our students over and show what we've been working at at Taylor Parks. The one piece today is I'm very happy we have a larger room because I've been waiting to bring our cheerleaders over and today we get to do that. Um we I would like to talk a little bit about cheerleading. It is a huge dedication and a commitment for our students. The biggest piece and the biggest impact that I see for our kids is that they are making friendships. We have two cheer teams. One is a mascot team which is our littles that

003in our building and then our regular cheerleaders. They've created such a bond with each other and a friendship that it will overjoy you. and they are very loud. So with that, Emory, could you go back and bring the cheerleaders in for us? Thank you. They do have a cheer competition uh that I invite everybody to come to over at the high school. Again, that date for competition is April 27th, and you'll have a lot of elementary schools there, and definitely Taylor Parks will be there. So, we do have several coaches that support our team. Kelly Kern and Lorie Broadick are our coaches for our older kids. >> We have mascot coaches, which are past Taylor Parks children, and that's Chloe Kern and Charlie Kern are mascots for the as they come up on the stage

004and got set. I would really like to thank the commitment that we have from all of the coaches and the students. But as you see here, we're filled with love. We always are um welcoming our community and the parents of these girls have had dedication. They are basketball cheerleaders and now competitive cheer. So, if we could give them a great big round of applause. I appreciate them. We won't tell you who's underneath that mask. It's really Mr. Young. The rainbow. Stop. Happy birthday. everyone. Hold on. Hold on one second. >> Thank you for inviting us. We had a great time. >> Thank you for the show. It was wonderful. >> Thank you. >> We love to start out with something like that. >> It's positive. Thank you all the parents for bringing them and uh

005for your dedication. >> Oh, very cool. Need a pep talk like that every Wednesday. >> Yeah, that's right. That's right. picture. >> Yeah. Oh yeah. >> Armando, good to see you. >> Okay, after all that getting our blood pumped up, number four, we have our good news on the agenda. And first up will be Heather Roberts about teacher cadetses. That's coming up. >> Thank you, Superintendent Wager, Assistant Superintendent Graham. Feels good to say, and uh the board of education. Thank you for your service and your commitment to our students and our staff. And thank you for inviting us tonight. Um, I would like to also acknowledge Carly Barard, um, who is our amazing CTE administrator. Um, she's a phenomenal leader. She's, um, an phenomenal educator, advocate, and our champion. And I know that she would

006be here today if she wasn't dealing with the loss of her father. Um, it is because of her energy, her hard work, and inspiration that we have the teacher cadet class in our district. It's my absolute honor and privilege to lead the teacher cadet class. In just our second year, we have significantly increased our numbers and we are working in 16 different schools across our community. The teacher cadetses are able to be an extra set of hands. They can provide one-on-one and small groupoup support. The students are working towards teaching a whole group lesson by the end of the year. The teacher cadet students are working with some amazing mentor teachers and I am in awe of all of the wonderful things that I'm seeing happening in all the different classrooms I visit across the

007district. For example, at Taylor Parks, Mrs. Fletcher, um she has taken back four of her um past students to work with her. She's just an absolute rock star. Um, talk about like building a community and building a family. She's the textbook person to go to. Um, Mrs. Banks is the steam teacher at Holland and she takes on a bunch of my cadetses and she's amazing. She had kindergarteners doing computer coding on Tuesday when I was in her class. It was unbelievable. And there was Mrs. Gibson at West who had two of my students do parent phone calls. She told them what to say. She stayed with them and I would just like to report that David and Nick passed that cla that passed that task with flying colors. It definitely takes a village to run

008this class. We have amazing parents. Um and just all the rockstar teachers that are willing to take on our cadetses. Um but it really has been a gamecher having transportation this year. It is so vital to my program. And um I just wanted to say thank you to our transportation department for working with us. I hope that all of the cadets decide to become teachers. They all have the ability, but more importantly, they all have the heart of a teacher. I am inspired by their kindness, their compassion, their empathy, and their positivity. They are certainly making our world a better place. I would like to thank the cadets and their parents for being leaders. Uh I appreciate all of you so much and I'm so thankful to be a part of their journey and a

009couple of them would like to say a couple words if that's okay. >> Hi. I would just like to speak on the program. I was I'm a second year and this is the second year of the program. So I really have seen the start of the program and where it's gone. The first year was really great. We learned all about PJ and you know the fundamentals of development and then we got into the classroom two days a week which was really great as we were learning about it. So we were seeing the development in the students as we were learning about it so we better understood it. And then our second year of the program, we're completing our My YDA, which allows us to work with children outside of high school before we get our

010teaching degree and gets us more experience for the job, which is good because people want that. And I just really love this class because we see a lot of outside perspective looking in. I just want to say thank you to the board for approving the transportation because that's helped a lot and approving the program in general and how much recognition you guys have given us. We really appreciate that's me guys. But um yeah, my name is Christina. I am a year two at doing teacher cadet. My first year I was at Hoover. I teach in the music classrooms. I plan on going to Concordia Ann Arbor for music education. And my first year was a little shaky because I was just getting into the classroom and I was like, "Oh well, what am I actually

011supposed to do?" And I was getting used to it and I had sixth graders and those kids are horrible. Like this year I'm at Taylor the high school doing in the music program as well. I'm teaching freshmen which somehow are worse than sixth graders, but I still love them. I actually have like a lot of special needs kids in the class. So, it's really nice to have like the perspective of being able to teach them music and having like that same like practice with dealing with kids that have IEPs and stuff like that. Um, I really love this class because it has a lot of hands-on opportunities. Because I'm a year two, I get to sit in the classrooms four days a week. And Miss Moore is awesome. Honestly, she kind of lets me do

012my own thing in the classroom, and I appreciate her for that. She's also been teaching me piano, so thank you. Um, I'm also a year two teacher cadet and last year I student taught at Wet West Middle School with Mr. Collins for seventh grade math and it was good. I had a lot of fun. It it was very it was a very good learning experience. And then this year I'm student teaching in a kindergarten classroom at Blair Moody with Mrs. James. The two are so different. It's crazy. But, uh, I love both. I just love teaching the kids and like planning the lessons. I love the whole experience of it. And this, um, program has helped me fall in love with teaching. And I'm planning on going to Central Michigan University for a degree in

013education. >> And I just really love this class. Miss Roberts is an amazing teacher and really knows what to do with the program. and Miss Barard is an amazing principal and they both really show their support in a lot of ways and we appreciate you guys for recognizing. So, thank you. >> My name is Megan Myers and I am a senior at high school. I'm in the first year teacher cadet class and I really enjoy this class because it shows like Being a student, we see the we don't see the perspective of the teacher. We just think they're teachers. They have paper, but we really understand the weight that gets put on them and how things actually work. Um, I don't h plan to go into teaching, but this class gives me skills that I

014am able to put towards other careers. Um, and I do want to give a shout out to Heather with this being the second year she's teaching it. She's doing a wonderful job. You're welcome. That's all. Thank you. >> Deets, would you please come forward? >> I believe Megan or Yeah, Megan's dad has something. Much continued success, ladies, whether you go into teaching or not. >> Sure. Whatever you decide, if you decide to become teachers, remember you can always come back to Taylor for a position. >> Next agenda propaganda. >> Let me get everybody. >> Thank you very much. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Roberts. All right, we have more good news. As we mentioned briefly at our last meeting, we have good news in robotics. And today, uh, the coach of the robotics team,

015Mr. Joe Horth, is online to talk about the robotics team. >> Hello. Can you hear me? >> We can hear you, Joe. >> Awesome. Yeah, I'm over the moon excited about our season. Uh we started out with our first district event at at Wood Haven High School and we won that one. Um two weeks later we went to the Leavonia district and ended up in the semifinals but one also won an award called the gracious professionalism award. Um all that combination gave us enough points to qualify for the state championship. So, um, the top 160 teams will be going to Sagena for the state championship, and that's the top 160 out of 517 teams in the state. Another good thing to report is one of our seniors. Um, she will be going to Ketering University

016in the fall and has so far earned $19,000 a year in scholarship money. Is that it, Joe? >> I think that's it for now. I I I think I'm on the agenda later as well. >> Oh, yes, you will be. Do you want to introduce your team? >> Um, they're kind of packing up and getting the robot ready for states. So, they're a little busy right now. >> You just name I will absolutely thank you. Um, so our seniors, we have Grace Silva and Samantha Birfield. We have a 10th grader Dallas Dolski. And then we have two eighth graders, one from West and one from Hoover. Um, Jack Land is from uh, Hoover. And Lily, I'm going to screw up this name. Shirlets, she is from Hoover. Um, Rast, I'm sorry. Excuse me. Okay, >>

017that's all. That's all. >> Thank you. >> I would like a lot more, but those five kids did an amazing job this year. Absolutely stellar. >> Well, we're very pleased with them and we hope much success in your competitions going forward and thank you for always uh being there for them all these what is it? How many years? >> 26. >> Thank you. So that's a lot of years. >> So we we will make arrangements and plans to bring the robot and the students to a board meeting once our competition season has ended. >> That'll be great. Thank you, Joe. >> Thank you. >> Okay, number three and our good news because we have so much of it. foundation grants and that's going to be Samantha B uh Banis. Hello again everyone. Nice to see

018you all. Um I'm Samantha Bayis. I am an eighth grade and seventh grade ELA teacher at Hoover Middle School. Um I did win a grant um and I am using that to take my students to the Holocaust Museum to further deepen our uh the unit that we do on Holocaust studies when we read the diary of Anne Frank and other novels such as night or um number the stars or the devil's arithmetic. Um, so I that's the completely paying for all of my students to attend and uh it pays for their admission not just to the museum but they also get to listen to a survivor talk to them and um it also is paying for their transportation. So it is no cost to the students. So every student has the ability to experience this

019because there's not many survivors left. So, >> thank you very much. >> Oh, is Armando here? >> Why don't you stand up and give us all a wave? Says he's from the Taylor Foundation. He is the president. Alrighty. Um, that is all the good news. If there are any more uh children or teachers that need to go home because five o'clock comes real early, um, you can do so. We understand it is a Oh, there they go. Because it is a week night, a school school night. Um, there they go. Thank you guys for everything. Um, so we will get down to the regular stuff of the board meeting. Mr. Wright, number five on the agenda. All >> right. Item number five, we have revision approval of the agenda. Are there any revisions? Is there

020a motion to the to approve the agenda as is? >> Motion by Mr. Heath. Is there support? >> Support by Mr. Meyers. Mr. Meyers. >> Yes. >> Mr. Thomas is absent. Mrs. Thomas, >> yes. >> Miss Shufelt, >> yes. >> Mr. Wright is yes. Miss Block, >> yes. >> Mr. Heath, >> yes. >> That carries 6. >> All right. Number six will be scheduled reports. And we have a bond update. Gary Kent from Plantaran RealPoint. >> Good evening. Gary Ken with Plant Maran Real Point to give an update on the bond progress for the 2021 bond program. Um, some of the agenda items that we'll be discussing tonight is obviously overall bond progress, uh, where we're at to date with some of those items, an update on the playgrounds for the elementary schools, and then

021a furniture update with where we're at for the elementary and middle school furniture selections. Slide three, you will see the bond progress to date. There's a long list of items here that have been accomplished. Um, some of them are easily visible, some of them are not. Things such as surveying for the new high school or um soil borings, things like that. Some of the things you can see are the new playgrounds that were installed at all the elementary school buildings. Um, demolition. If you look out the window, you can see Kennedy is is down and the board of education buildings getting there as well. So, um, some good news there. Um, some other things we've accomplished is the Truman sidewalk replacement. Um and as the collaborative group will come up next and discuss the design

022documents for the summer's renovations at Meyers Holland and McDow. And then um Mr. Wright, as you know, all the utilization meetings have been conducted throughout the district for um the remaining elementary and middle school programs. Getting into the playground update. Um completed schools, all the elementaryaries were completed. Um, and then the ADA compliant pour in place surfacing is scheduled for the summer. The reasoning behind that is uh the playground will be down for about two to three weeks just to remove the old surfacing and then bring in the new and then let it uh cure. So, the reasoning is obviously we don't want to disrupt this the school activities and the kids playing on it. So, we're going to wait till the summer to install it. On the right, you can see some example renderings

023of what it would look like uh and examples at other playgrounds. You can see that there is a pretty extensive design behind it to make sure that it is ADA accessible and if a kid were to fall or land on that surface, it's padded so they're not going to get injured. >> And you said that's being installed at Moody this summer, right? >> Correct. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> Mainly for their POH high program. Yes. Because it's housed there. >> Yeah. We're still still working through uh color selections for the corn servicing, but um the contractor has already got it on the schedule for the summer. So, it's underway. And then on top of that, the playground relocation from Eureka Heights to Blair Moody is scheduled for this summer as well. We did just receive

024a proposal for that which we'll bring to the next board meeting for approval prior to authorizing that. >> Any questions regarding playgrounds? >> So, the board and place uh surface they plan on they're going to have some way to secure it to keep the kids out till it cures. >> Yes. Yeah. Yeah, they'll they'll make sure they put some type of barrier around it so that to your point, kids aren't running on. I mean, you see what people can do with sidewalk replacement. You always find those handprints. So, we'll make sure that that's taken care of. >> And you said this summer that the Eureka Heights playground will it's this summer. Yes. Will be relocated to movie. >> Correct. Yeah. They were actually ready to go earlier than that, but we told them again kids

025are still playing on it. We might want to wait. So, that'll be relocated this summer. Is there going to be coordination with the principal to identify the location of that playground placement? >> Yes, that was one of the questions they asked as far as we'll do a walk through kind of like we did with the original playground installation to make sure that they're okay with where we're putting it and the layout of it. Any other questions for playgrounds? Moving on to furniture. Um, so this has been kind of a lengthy uh process, but it's a good thing because obviously, you know, the nice thing about Taylor schools is some districts will just pick the furniture and install it and teachers don't have any feedback. The nice thing about Taylor is we went to the teachers

026and said, "Okay, what do you like? What do you not like?" Um, as you can see in this slide, the initial pilot classrooms had a bunch of different shaped furniture um that could be interwoven. You know, is a lot of options to say the least. So we went to we set up two pilot classrooms at the elementary level and then two pilot classrooms at the middle school level. Gathered feedback from the teachers and staff. We formed a furniture stakeholder committee that gave us input based on the staff they were hearing. And ultimately you'll see on the next slide the um the updated renderings for what will be installed um at the elementary and middle school level. The schedule for that installation is going to be as buildings are being renovated. So we're not paying to

027move it twice. So this summer when Myers McDow and Holland are renovated, we would install that furniture and then next year it would be at all the remaining elementary and middle school. On slide six, you'll see revised pallet configurations u for the elementary school level in kindergarten and first grade. All the seats and and desks are adjustable and they're going to be purchased for the height of that correct grade. So we did get that feedback from the teachers to make sure that they're okay with the heights. Um, kindergarten classroom furniture is a little bit different from the rest of the elementary furniture naturally just due to the activities that are being conducted in the classrooms. But overall, it we've gotten great feedback from from the staff. I know Emily and I just had a meeting

028today with the furniture vendor interior environments to go over everything. And so far, we're under budget and it's moving forward. So, it's a good news. And on slide seven, you'll see the revised pilot furniture configurations for the middle school. Again, this was based off the feedback we received from the initial pilot classroom furniture. Um, so you can see the on the right the example science classrooms have the long rectangular tables with four chairs per row and then on the left you'll see an a standard middle school classroom configuration for that. So, I wanted to ask real quick, will the order be placed this summer to be delivered in the fall? >> Uh, correct. So, it's going to be kind of we're going to place two orders. The first phase will be for the first three

029schools and then we are going to place the order this year for the remaining schools just because every year they increase the pricing for the furniture. So, we want to lock it in. We'll make sure it's not delivered until next summer, but okay. To save the district money, we wanted to get that locked in place. So, what three schools will be getting their furniture for the fall? >> It would be Holland, Meyers, and McDow. So, we're going to hire a move ender to come in and, you know, pack up the libraries and have that stuff moved over. We'll have them decommission all the existing furniture and get that out of the building so that uh Jack and the facilities team can get in and clean the buildings prior to the new furniture being installed after

030construction. Any questions on furniture? If we place the order this year for next year, charge us a holding fee, storage fee. >> No. Yeah, that was one of the questions we had as well, just to make sure because to your point, sometimes the holding fees can outweigh the the cost savings. >> Yeah. >> And is this taking into account the utilization plan as well? >> Correct. That's a good point. Um, we did adjust the budgets based on schools. Um, ultimately it was still the same number of students, but the budgets for each school kind of got adjusted a little bit based on the then student count. >> Okay. >> Are there any other questions or comments? >> Hey, hearing none. Thank you, Gary. >> Thank you. >> Okay, up next for reports number two, the

031collaborative update, Dave Sierra, and Rich Branic close. >> Good good evening everybody. Rich is going to do uh most of the presentation for you tonight, but just wanted to introduce ourselves. This is the first time in front of the board. So I'm Dave Sarah. I'm one of the partners with the collaborative. Rich Brennick is one of our associates. We're architecture, interior design, landscape firm out of Ann Arbor and Toledo. and um have been working with the district since early January um getting through the three elementary schools that you're going to see here tonight. So um just wanted to thank the board for having trusted us and um hopefully we'll we'll show you what we've been doing um this evening and hopefully everybody will be uh pleased with what we've been meeting with all the different

032school groups about and it's been a great process so far. Looking forward to uh working through the next round of elementary schools. So, I'll turn it over to Rich and Rich is going to walk you through um kind of the final designs that we've been working with each group. We've got some 3D uh modeling too that we're going to walk the board through as well and open it up for uh any questions you guys might have. So, thank you. >> And Rich, before you dive in, can I just do an intro just to kind of give the public an understanding of what's been kind of happening in the background because I know they're like, "Okay, we're seeing designs. How did we get here to this point?" And so I just want to kind of give

033them that backstory if y'all don't mind. Um so after the board approved uh the utilization plan in January, we knew that there was an immediate change happening um at the end of this school year, which was the closure of Eureka Heights. Um, and with that, we knew that we had to get to work on making sure that the schools that would be absorbing those students, which Emily will be walking through later on, um, Holland, McDall, and Meyers kind of were established and set so that they were able to take these kids um, from Eureka Heights into their building. Um, and so from there, starting in January, we developed a utilization team at every single elementary. So, and at the middle school level as well. So um the this committee involved uh the principles of the

034buildings, it involved the teachers of the buildings. Um it also involved the board, the central administration. Um and then we had stakeholders from all different parts. We had the architects there. We had our uh maintenance and facilities department there, food service there, um and then representatives from the union uh TFT as well as 26M. um they were invited to those meetings as well. And so am I missing any other stakeholder? I think I went through the list of them, but if there were any, there were maybe a few more. Um and this committee was really developed to work through what were the needs of their buildings. For us up here, we know that we're not in those buildings every day. we should be respecting and hearing the voice of the people that live the buildings

035that know the kids and know the needs of those buildings. Um, and that was really what those committees were driven to do was create an environment that was conducive to their needs as well as the additional needs with the incoming students. Um, and so those committees worked. There's many early morning meetings. Um and there's also many early or late night meetings um with those committees to work through kind of alterations, improvements to the building um specifically at what we're going to be seeing tonight, Holland, McDall, and Meyers. Um through from January all the way through until about March. Um those committees met consistently um and they were taking their designs back to their staff, getting feedback during staff meetings, coming back to the committee meetings, and we were making changes based on all of that

036feedback. Um and really it was driven by the buildings. Obviously, there was many stakeholders there. So, food service talked about the kitchen needs, uh maintenance, uh Jack and Patrick talked about the maintenance needs. Um and so there's many different, you know, voices and stakeholders that were involved in the process. Um and all of that led to the final recommendation which is being presented tonight by the collaborative to the board. Um and this was all, you know, shown to the committee, shown to all the members that were there. Um and so they are all very much well aware of what their building is going to look like uh come fall of 2024. So we're really excited. I just wanted to kind of give that intro. >> All right. Evening everyone. Evening. I'll take it I'll take

037it away. a little taller than Dave, so let me tilt it up here. Joke on you boss. Um, evening all like Dave said with Frank Collaborative as a project manager for the design team as we go through the host disabled participants. >> Oh, he just needs to share. >> Yeah. I can do something. Sorry. >> So, while we're getting this figured out, kind of lead off of what Kyle was saying, you know, I really want to applaud your teams that have been put together, all the committees. You know, we started meeting in January. It was the very first meeting Dave and I went to. I remember one of the first things we said was, "We're obviously moving fast, so we need feedback from you. You know, we can't, you know, can't go. We're we're moving.

038We're running at this point." And I I applaud everybody. We got answers. Every meeting, we had answers. Every meeting we had suggestions. All the leg work was done between the meetings. I It's a rarity. It sounds like a simple thing, but it really is rarity to see. So, I have to applaud your committee. You guys did a fantastic job. There we go. Thank you, Sean. All right, let's hope we got all the hiccups out of the way there. And we're gonna maybe show you this. There you go. Perfect. Thank you both. All right. Also, stop me along the way. Like I said, name's Rich. just shout out, raise your hand, and I will answer any questions that come up along the way. We're going to go through all three elementaryaries. We're going to try to

039keep it brief. I won't take an hour per elementary group as long as you guys like. So, we're going to start with Holland, then we're going to go over to McDall and finish the day over at Meyers. I've got the presentation that we'll share with you on screen. This is the final presentation that's come out of all the hard work, you know, with the committee members to show that final. Go ahead. >> Real quick, are you able to hold the mic? I know that it's sometimes hard for our online audience. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> No, that's completely fine. I always thought it'd be cool to hold a mic like this. So, thank you Kyle for this. Um, all right. So, we're gonna get right into it, everyone. I I joke a lot, so sorry about

040that. So, getting into it, we're going to start in with Holland and we're going to talk about planning. What you're going to notice in this first slide is really that's your existing building. Nothing too exciting to show off here. That's what you have today. But what we really want to focus in on is what you're going to have or what's being proposed for all of this. So looking at this, we're gonna and we'll zoom in on some of these areas. You'll see I've got a couple slides coming up. We'll look closer at the plans, but holistically at the plan, we're going to look at various improvements to the main entry sequence coming into the building. Thinking about safety and security for the faculty, staff, and the students, of course, for the building. We're going to

041look at the sensory area, creating some additional offices, staff accommodations as far as a lounge, additional office space, a new freezer and cooler, a walk-in freezer and cooler I should say for the um server kitchen area, resource room. We've got the library being located with a couple of offices and the biggest part of this is going to be an addition on to the back of the building. So, this is a two classroom addition that we will hone in on in a minute here and the minutes right now. So, we're going to get to the addition portion, and that's to the top left of the overall plan. Now, coming into this space, what you'll see is we're showing two classrooms that each of them, they have accommodations for 810 square feet. A typical classroom is about

042800 to 900 square feet with some of your specialty and lower education being more of a,000 to,100 square feet. So, this is pretty standard of what new construction would be for a classroom. It also aligns with your existing classrooms. We didn't want these to feel separate from the rest of the building. So, they align with what you have today. The good part of each of these is they also include a restroom. Understanding that, you know, flexibility happens. You may need to use these classrooms for varying really curriculum activities throughout the life of all this. Each one has its own genderneutral restroom that is also fully accessible. So, these are fully access accessible spaces within each classroom. We'll keep going with your technology up today of clever touches and many windows throughout as well as its

043own dedicated HVAC for AC and heating for each space. Getting into the lower portion of the addition, you'll see there's a new resource room that's created with plenty of outside views. This whole area, you can see my hand on there. This whole area is going to have its own HVAC system as well for heating and cooling. So, the entire addition will be self-contained. You have the resource room. You'll have an office storage opportunity, your janitor closet with fiber and electric. That's not the most exciting space, but it is necessary. As well as more of a public slaff restroom area. So, gender neutral, fully accessible restroom for the staff and really additional for the building. Getting into the next space, this is circling around to the library. Now, if you know the building, previously the library

044was up to the northwest corner of the building, which is now going to be shifted down into another classroom space. This is in an effort to maximize the amount of classrooms within the building while also utilizing your workroom activities elsewhere. So you'll see kind of where that's at right next to the main office space and more accessible by the staff while allowing the library to still get a very nice area. Good views to the outside varying really looking at the furniture of an open area for many activities as well as a little like reading milk opportunity collaboration zone that then is flanked by these two offices for the staff and intervention uses. Now this section is getting over into the souththeast corner. So, this is right outside of the cafeteria space that is going to

045be revised to include a new lounge space for the staff as well as a couple of office opportunities while still maintaining the existing restrooms that are there today. These spaces will also have new heating, ventilating, and cooling for them, trying to bring them up to code for renovating the area. The sensory space is really a pre-existing classroom. Well, I'm sorry, I misspoke. It is the existing sensory space. However, we're carving out of it these 380 square foot offices to be able to be used by the staff. It would reduce the size of the overall sensory but still maintains very nice proportional space for them. Then getting over into the kitchen area, talking to like Kyle said, you know, we had a lot of lot of involvement with staff. So talking to the food service group,

046really there was a need for this walk-in freezer cooler as well as a dry storage area within the kitchen. So, what you'll see is we are accommodating the walk-in. It's not a recess slab type, so there will still be a ramp up into the space, but you would go through the refrigerator and into the freezer. And then there's also a dry storage area within that was reviewed with the staff for the optimal location. All right. You know, one thing we didn't hit on, and I'm going to back up for a second. I apologize. We mentioned at the beginning, this is your new secure vestibule. So if you know the building today, everyone enters in through these existing double doors, which now is going to be an addition element to create a secure vestibial sequence into

047the building. So not only would you buzz in to the building, but now you have to get buzzed into this vestibule. There's a layer of bullet resistant glazing, then you have to get buzzed into the school. So it's a proactive measure to try to provide more safety for everybody within the building. So I apologize that's that wasn't an enlarged plan, but >> yeah, absolutely. Will they at the new entrance there, will they also have that pass through uh window like the other schools that doesn't go in this entrance doesn't go into an office? So, will they still have that so they don't have to actually >> Yeah, that safety box that you've seen the other presentations. Um, no. So, right now we don't have it and it's because it's not directly adjacent to what we

048could look at doing and if it's desire, we could look at putting one of those boxes in to where it needs to be accessed from the corridor. So where the other ones are accessed from the office space, this would just need to be accessed through the corridor. If that's desired, it can definitely get placed into there though. We just haven't done it yet. Let's get back over here. Um I'm going to show you a quick series of ren actually no. Let's just go to the let's just go to the presentation of it. These are a series of renderings, but you're going to fly through it and see it anyway. All right. Now, I'm going to give you a caveat. I got to open a program here that it does a very good job at rendering

049the spaces, but it takes about 30 seconds to load. So, Kyle has said he's going to tell us a joke while we wait. >> Oh, lordy. >> I do not have a prepared joke. Um, I will pass that on to Ann. >> She said she has many jokes prepared. >> Perfect. >> Kyle could get punched in the nose today. Are there any questions about the plan though? While this loads up and we're waiting on it. I guess we're there. Never mind. No questions. Sorry, I do need to use two hands to fly through here or else you're going to be all sick by the time we're done. All right. So, we're going to start over in the addition space. So, this is this is getting to the north end of the building and then we'll

050circle back through. I'm going to kind of fly through these spaces pretty quick, but I can go anywhere you want in this building. So, we can take as long as you guys like. So this is leading into the addition coming from the existing building. So you'll see that we're not doing any work within the existing building itself, but creating a portal element. So it at least acknowledges the new to the existing with the opportunity to then extend this new flooring out into the existing space as future project or initiative through the bond. So as you enter in, what you'll see are new finishes on the floor. It's an LVT tile. You'll see some acoustic paneling to the left and the right. This is a tackable acoustic surface that allows for really self-healing and well tacking

051up all the students work on the walls. So to the left there's going to be an office storage on the left side. Directly adjacent to that is our janitor closet. And on the left side over here the next door is the accessible restroom. I can fly into them if you want but I won't unless you tell me. Um getting into the resource room. This is an area that was once two offices combined into one, but it really creates a nice resource area for meeting space, desk space, additional teaching efforts, and still trying to provide some whiteboard opportunities as well as tackle surface within the space. You'll see there's also windows outside, which is always nice. And then we're going to scoot across to a classroom. I'll show you this side's classroom. The other one looks

052pretty much the same, but we can fly in there. anybody likes. So, getting into the classroom space, you'll see we've got the head wall that includes a clever touch monitor and whiteboards. It's very consistent to what you have today within the building as well as tackle surface on the upper wall. So, that way as the instructors are hanging items above, it's not putting holes in your new drywall. On the back side of the classroom, there's also a breakout area with another marker board. So, if you want to look at doing some further teaching, secondary teaching within the classroom, you have that opportunity. We have a casework piece with a sink. Understanding that maybe in the future this wants to be a music room or a steam space or different types of uses. So trying to

053make sure you have water access within the space that is directly adjacent to the singular restroom in there as well. So as we go, we're going to go crashing through the wall in a second here and you're going to see the outside of the building. Speed things up a little bit. So this is the outside of the building. What you'll see is we're trying to basically mimic the existing building. So, keeping that brick detailing going around as well as mimicking the existing window or the new windows from the existing and having that connection space. I'll fly around here quick. The luber you see on the left of the door, that's for the mechanical unit. That is a requirement for that unit. And we're trying to put it within a aluminum frame. So, it looks kind

054of like a window, but it's a looper. All right, let's keep flying. And this is the other side. You can see how they work together here. All right. So, we're going to go crashing through the door here. And these doors are very secure. You don't >> And I know that a lot of the when we met with the team, the Holland team, they asked for those exterior doors because they do they prefer having that e exit outside the building from that room. So that's where that door from the room to the outside kind of is. >> That's correct. We looked at some egress type windows, but it settled on a door. Now, this door is it's for exit only, so there's no handle on the outside and also has a door contact, so you can

055tie it into your um access control system for the entire school. So you know if it gets propped open or anything like that, but there's no handle on the outside trying to make it as secure as possible while giving you plenty of exiting capacity. Bear with me while I fly over here pretty quickly. Don't mind the students we're crashing into. And we're going to go into the new library space. So, if you know the building, the existing library is that end door to the left and it's shifting down a couple of classrooms. So, as we go through this space, you'll see within there more finish upgrades in here. some more finish upgrades and the opportunity to really reuse some of the bookshelves within the existing library or purchase new as part of a furniture element

056for it. So, a lot of the furniture I should say is all representational. This isn't accurate to what you're going to get in the district. So, I know Gary was talking about furniture a minute ago. This is all more representational to give you a sense of scale. And that's a little reading book area that gets created. All of your doors, you'll see that there's a couple of security initiatives. of making a narrow light so you can see if you know you're opening the door, you don't want to hit somebody, but also keeping the side light of the door over to the right. So, all these new doors will be fitted with the boot system you have today, but then keeping that sidelight on the hinge side of the door gives that proactive measure for security

057so someone can't break through the window and reach over to the boot or the handle very easily. We'll continue around here. And this door is the new sensory space. A quick lap through here. And we're going to go outside. So the sensory space is within its existing area. This is that new vestibule edition we were talking about. So we're going to look at shrinking down the window, adding the secure vestibule. So there'll be access control on the outside. Now, the outer glass is not bullet resistant. That's more of just a typical insulated glass. However, the inner glass unit is bullet resistant where you'd also have an access control point. So, there will be ADA operators for any accessibility entrance as well as security. Now, to your point about the pass through box, we have opportunity

058on the left or the right of this that if we wanted to add a pass through that could be accessed from the corridor, that's definitely something that could happen. All right. And then we get into the office areas and the kitchen. I won't fly you through the freezer cooler, but if there's anything you want to see, please let me know and I'll come back. So bear with me again. I'm going to close out. We're going to go to the next school, which is McDow. And the rest of that PDF, I believe via printouts, is more still renderings of what we just flew through. So everything you have there comes straight from this model. You said we're moving on to McDow now. >> Yes. Moving on to McDow. Sorry if I'm out over. I can go

059Myers too if you like. >> So getting into McDow, you'll see that we're going to use a similar format which is going to show you the existing building as it stands today with some of the interventions that are going on. So the biggest points to look at are the entry into the building. So that's going to be the secure vestibial space, the main office area as well as a relocated library and then getting into where the existing library was located. So the existing library and lounge space is now becoming more of a music steam area with a relocated sensory space and then also doing some I was going to say intervention to the intervention rooms, but you know upgrades the intervention rooms. I don't want to say Taylor. So looking at each one of those

060spaces to add in a window as well as make it into office areas. So I'll click through some of these enlarge plans and what you'll see are rework to the new vestibial entry. So, we're moving that vestibial door outboard to create a larger vestibule, but then also creating a similar feel as over in Holland that we had explained of being buzzed into the vestibule, having the bullet resistant glazing on the inner side as well as the door into the office space while then having access into the office to then get buzzed into the school. So, this is a real true secure vestibule of going into the office and then being let into the school through access control. Now, this is the little pass through box that we were talking about where say you have a

061parent in there or you're just doing a drop off. Whoever's in the office can then also walk up to that and pick up anything from there. Within the office, we'll do some finish upgrades. We're going to create a new intervention area, relocate some casework, revise, make a actually make a clinic space within the old workroom area that is visually accessible by the staff as well as provide a secondary means out of that office. You know, the concerns always of say there's an active shooter or someone who gets into the office but can't get into the school. It's nice to allow for another path out of that area for the staff. And then additionally, you'll see over on the right of the main corridor, a new library element, renovations, the existing offices, and then taking an

062intervention zone and making it into a staff lounge space. Getting back to the overall, we're going to jump up to the steam area and music area. And if you know the building, you'll know that this is the existing library space with this faculty lounge area. By splitting that whole zone in half, we're able to create a music zone as well as a steam zone. You'll see some of those areas within the fly through that we'll do some of the accommodations for that. But it's really opening up this corridor to allow you for circulation throughout the building as it exists today. You really have to walk through the library to get through that corridor. So now this will allow for a lot better circulation while giving access to some of those shared areas. And then the

063sensory space is going to take place within where a couple of resource rooms are located and those will now be taken up by some of the existing storage areas. So, as we shift over to Mcdal and we got to wait another 30 seconds. Any questions on Mcdal? Anything that we looked at or anything back on Holland? I really >> could you just speak up just a little? >> I'm sorry. I can speak up. Yeah, I'm getting shy up here standing in front of you guys. Gosh. No, I will. Thank you. All right. Oh, sorry. We need two hands for this. Told you to speak up. Now I need to set it here. Let's try this out. All right. So, we are starting right now. If you picture yourself at the front entry. So, this is

064the front of the existing building today and the vestibule is now moving out. So you'll get buzzed into the vestibule and once you get into this space, that's where you really get into the access control, the bullet resistant glass in as well as on the door into the office space. That's the pass through box that we've been talking about with the different push buttons for access control as well as calling into the office space. The office area is gonna I know we had a little bulldog in there. I had no idea where that guy came from. So this is new to me, too, everybody. All right. >> Cute. He is. That's I don't think that's part of the design, but there you go. He's there. >> Sorry about that. Um, so getting into the space,

065we've got finish upgrades within the office area as well as that resource room. And this is the new clinic zone. We're talking to the staff. They wanted to make sure that they had visual access into that clinic while being at the main reception desk. Coming outside of that office space and into the main corridor, we're going to go across the hall. We're going to get into the library zone. You'll see the library's got a little bit bigger of a sidelight just to make it a little bit more inviting. There is not a film on that glass. I don't know why our program does it, but it's going to be clear. Now, getting into this space, you've got a lot of great opportunities in this existing room. The ceiling kind of rides the existing structure, but

066there's a lot of space above there, and it's actually in really good shape. And so what we're looking to do is remove the ceiling to gain some, you know, verticality within the space while then painting it and exposing that structure. And then what you'll see between the beams are acoustic baffles to still give you some acoustic separation within the building to minimize any reverberation time. So getting into the space, we'll open it up. The lights are going in and all the case work you see in here is custom. So it's all custom uh design and built casework for the space. It includes some reading niches, niches, niches, sorry. Some little reading nodes throughout it as well as a monitor for collaboration within the space. We're going to be adding in a window. So, today the

067window to the right exists and the window to the left is going to get added to mimic that space and allow more natural light within and then create a lot of open area collaboration zones. Right, I'm going to fly quick through the building. Now, what you'll see are some finish upgrades in here. These are going to be a part of an alternate. So, as we talk about a lot of these initiatives and we're flying through, we also want to be really really aware of budget for the project and and doing various estimates and looking at everything you see. We've we were trying to be we're trying to find some proactive measures to save cost. And one of them is to basically take an idea of doing finish upgrades throughout making that an alternate. So like

068your base bid would be the library and music and STEM areas, but things like finishes within the corridor would be an additional that if pricing works out, we'll be able to accept it. So getting into this created corridor, you'll see now this will be new flooring. So this would be part of the base bid work with paint on the walls. They've got acoustic panels and we're going to get into the music space. So getting into the music zone now. This is really where the existing library is today. And we're going to be have a good opportunity to create a nice open area with storage and the casework for the instruments as well as the seating elements. The furniture, these these uh panels you see, the stands, that's all furniture element, but it gives you a

069lot of room for different music activities or however you want to use the space. And then coming right next door is going to get into the stem steam area. So this is you'll start to see a little bit more industrial. We open up the ceiling and use some of those acoustic baffles while still providing some upper cord reels. The cord reels are more of a cost-effective way of not having to do a floor box to cut the concrete. So it'll be cord reels to allow for flexible furniture options within the space for whatever the students may be doing. if they want to set up a robotics course or if they want to put the tables like this, there's still a teaching wall and then plenty of casework opportunities for storage. So whether that may be

070a 3D printer or any of the um STEM kits that you see stored, there'll be a lot of storage within the space for that as well as a sink associated. So those are the big highlights in this one and I can come back to it if you guys like. And now I'm going to flip over to Meyers and give you a quick introduction of that area. All right. So, getting into Meyers, you'll see it pulled up onto the screen now, and it's going to be similar layout as we had from the last ones where we're going to show you here's the existing building. It does look a lot like McDall. They're pretty pretty close to the same. >> I know. I say they're really even the drawings, everything. So, so makes the work better. So,

071then getting into these initiatives, what you'll notice too, there we go. It's lagging a little bit, but you'll notice in this area is a lot of the same features that we were showing you at McDow. So, Myers will be similar. There are some changes. So, we'll kind of go through the notable changes, but with this, we'll start at the front. So, same entry sequence, same updates to the office, door to the exterior, and then we're reworking the work room to accommodate some of the needs for the staff, as well as creating a clinic space and another resource room within there. So, where you saw one large resource room at McDow, there's going to be a clinic and a smaller resource room in Meyers. Getting over into the library, very similar as you saw in the

072McDall, as well as renovations to the offices and the lounge space. Don't mind the gray zone in the top of the lounge. That's where the existing server is located. They're different between the schools. Then getting up into the steam music area, another change you'll see is a couple of them. So, with this corridor, this group opted to keep doors on either end of it for acoustic separation. During the day, these doors could be on hold opens or they could be shut. You'll have the music room and then you'll have the steam area with a maker space. So, this is a little bit different to where it's got the classroom function and then the maker function next to it. And you'll see how that looks when we get to the renderings and then we'll switch over

073to the model. I will say before we switch over the other, let me go here. Uh the other change we're noting that is different is creating a workroom function out of one of the existing classrooms to provide for more storage as well as creating an outdoor classroom area. So this is a pretty cool space that we get to see through the fly through. All right, bear with me for 30 more seconds. Are there any other questions? and tell me if I need to speed up or slow down, I can do either one. So, I never know which way's right. So, I just want to ask too, I know um with the steam and the music rooms where the libraries are used to be at both Meyers and McDow, those are in internal rooms. I'll say

074they don't have any outside light coming in. Um, so I know that we had discussions with both schools about those. Both of those classrooms are airond conditioned, I believe. Correct. >> Yes. >> And heated. And then there's also there were things that will be put into the rooms for natural light to actually get in. >> Yeah. And I'm happy you brought it up, Kyle. There's I forgot to mention that when we were flying through. I'll show you because it's very it's a mirror on this one as McDow. Um, but you're right. So everything between these corridors is going to be new HBAC. So, there's a rooftop unit that feeds this area that's going to be completely replaced to provide heating and cooling within the central area as well as the stem space across from it.

075And then when we All right, there we go. Um, and then when we get in there, so in this model, we're starting over in that area. So, it's a good segue, but we're at that corridor. So, you can see the doors that were added in, and we're going to hit Let's get in here. We're going to hit the stem area first. Now, as we get in, like Kyle had mentioned, we understand that it is internal to the room. And so, what I didn't tell you last time are we're looking at adding in these solar tubes. So, what you see are these discs into the ceiling. Both of them are going to have those tubes that lead up to the rooftop and provide some natural light through. It's not a skylight. You're not going to see

076the clouds through it, but the light transfers down through the tube into the room. They're really bright actually and a lot of times you may not even need the lights in the space. So, it's trying to draw some natural light into an interior environment and then still making it comfort comfortable with the uh tripping with the HVAC. Now, this space is very similar to what you saw over at McDow, but what you'll notice is a little bit smaller. So, we've got the classroom function with a smaller section of casework, still the lights, still the cord reels, and then we get into the maker space itself. The windows are not frosted. Again, no idea why. So, this maker space is really its own little room that is used well for making things and the students really

077to go in there and do small projects. And that could be breakout groups for the class or it could be outside of classes coming into the space. But it's a good area to provide a range of different modeling. You whether it be 3D modeling, laser cutting, I was gonna say soldering, but they probably wouldn't be doing that in this age group. But it gives you the option to do some of those functions within a closed off space. So you can close the door and keep it, you know, acoustically as well as ventilation separated or you can open it and have acoustic access, but then always have visual access through these supposed to be clear windows. stackable surface along the walls. And then what you'll see is the green wall function. That was kind of a

078cool idea to show, you know, if you're doing any kind of videoing, it gives the students the opportunity to be able to use that wall as a green wall. So they can project a background behind them digitally. A lot of schools been adding it in. It's pretty >> It's like a green screen, right? >> Yep. You got it. You got it. All right. So, let's fly over. I'll touch into the music. So, very similar as what you saw over in McDow. I think the biggest changes you'll notice in some of these spaces, it's really the materials. Each school, they had a different palette based on the school's colors. And so, we took that palette and tried to make it separate for each of them. And then the staff and the committee really had a lot

079of input of what do they like, what do they not like. So, we brought the physical materials to the meetings. and they were able to pick everything up and decide on the colors they wanted. All right, so we're going outside now. One of the concerns in this school was really security for the students and trying to offer a secure location for the students to learn in. And so by offering a fenced in area in one of your existing courtyards, we're also able to create this outdoor classroom opportunity. So you'll see the fence that circles the area and then you'll see this outdoor classroom space that is a mix of masonry wall and steel construction. It's got seating for about 30 students. We'll have power and we will have data out there. So if you want

080to roll the monitor out and do a teaching lesson underneath the canopy, you'll have access to that. You'll have utilities out there and be able to do so. So it really creates a nice shelter space that separates the students from anything else and then while providing a green area for play >> and we talked about a lot the fence will have like that film on it that it's not transparent so you can't see through into the courtyard. They'll have the film over. >> Yeah, that's correct. So we're looking for like a if you know fencing it's a chain link vinyl coated so black vinyl coated chain link fence with privacy slats. So, it's the vertical slats that go through the chain link. You if you walk up and push them, you can still see through,

081but you you'd see someone doing that. So, it'll give a lot of visual separation throughout the space. The fence itself is 8 foot tall, so it's if someone we got the question, if someone could still get in, if someone wants to get in, they can, but it is 8t tall to help deter it. And then you still have the locks on the doors, of course. All right. Okay. And then getting into the space. I will fly you to the front because it's pretty similar to the last one, but we will hit on the new library space. So, what you'll notice is pretty similar to McDow, just with some different finishes in it. So, trying to really be um recognize the uh the different school colors for this space that it is a different building than

082McDow. So, trying to acknowledge that with the finishes, but still provide a nice library zone. All right, all we made it. That is all three buildings in a nutshell. I guess before I walk away, are there any questions you have for me on any one of these? And it could be about anything. >> I just want to thank you for the 3D because that really really showed you. >> It helps. >> Oh, it does help. Oh, no. We couldn't go without it. No, it definitely helps. It helps us too. So, >> perfect. Can we just talk I know I don't know if it's timeline of the projects. Yeah. I don't know if that's something we can just talk about. >> Yeah. Yeah. No, we can hit on a high level and then Gary will correct

083me if I get off base. So, um point to you if I need you. Um basically though timeline. So, we are cruising right along and we've set a schedule and I think all of us have done a great job really sticking to that schedule to the point of we're putting drawings out on Friday. So, this week we're going to have drawings for all three of these schools ready to go. I'm going to put them into the state of Michigan for permitting. Now, permitting is kind of crazy with the state where it's taking up to 60 days at this point and they're taking every minute of that 60 days. So, we want to try to get in as early as possible. That way, we keep proceeding with construction. So, we go out, drawings are ready Friday

084on really Friday or Monday, we get it into the state for review and that's when me and Gary start working together to get it out on the street for bidding. Now, we need to get our timeline for the bidding down, but usually that's about a, you know, 21 to 30 day. were to keep it on the shallower side to keep things moving time period. So that goes out publicly for any general contractors to look at. This isn't a construction manager type project. It's a general contracting project which which is your traditional design bid build if anyone has questions on that form. So that'll go through. I would I would think that by you know end of April, early May, we should have bids in to be able to present to you all for review and

085award. That way the contractors once school's out at the beginning of June can get into the space and start building. Now for all three schools, we're pushing to have all the remodel done by the end of summer. So that way in the fall you're ready to go. You can move in, teachers can use the space. The only caveat is going to be Holland. The addition, it can't get done in a couple of months. That's going to take some time. So what we're looking at is get all the renovations done, make Holland safe at that connection point so you can still have classes in session while construction is going on. There'll be safety fencing as well as allowable egress paths out of the construction zone to keep everyone safe, but then that's going to look like

086it's going to take a few more months and maybe more of an end ofear opening. So you could look at about 2025 January to be able to get into that space. So we're working on this timeline to get all that through. That's kind of a high level unless you tell me anything different. So that's what we're shooting on. >> And I know just to your point about the Holland edition and that being kind of more of a later finish. um than the rest of the projects being before school starts next school year. Um that has been communicated with the Holland staff. They are aware and I know Emily has been working to plan what that would look like and they kind of already have their ideas of what that would look like as well so

087that they're prepared. So I know that that's already kind of been in the works of being that's wonderful. Any other questions? Thank you all. >> Thank you. I'll >> close up. >> Dave, do you have anything to add? You're good. Okay. All right. Our third is from our own Emily Graham, assistant superintendent for elementary curriculum and resiliency. This is a boundary update. All right, I'm gonna be a teacher right now. We've been sitting for a long time. So, everybody give a stretch up. Let's stretch it over to the side. If you want to stand up for a minute, shake out those arms. Shake out your legs. Get that blood flowing. It really works. It really works. All right. So, I'm here to talk a little bit about our transition for our actual students and our

088teachers. Um, so just like the other plans that you heard today, these are all in development. So, I'm going to present to you what we have so far. Um, and then I'm planning on visiting you again to add to that when we have more information. It's not. Is it showing the Okay, there we go. All right. So, the first slide we're going to talk about is our north uh Taylor area, which is our Inkster area. Um, we are going to be covering various aspects of the the district boundaries that will be doing some movement in this school year. Um so the current boundary you see on the left hand side the smaller map we have that left section the west section is already going to Holland. The purple section um is majority going to Taylor

089Parks but there was a little square in there of approximately 20 students who were going to Eureka Heights. We will be transitioning those Eureka Heights students into Taylor Parks in this upcoming school year. Uh so the map on the right you see will be the completed boundary um for next school year. Taylor North then will be settled. Holland has a couple of different areas that are moving as well. Um there was a northern section of Holland um that you see was at Inkster Road and Vanbourne. Uh that little rectangle over there had about 46 students in there. um and it was embedded in the Randall school area. Those students were bust to Holland. Um we're going to rightsize that area of the city and those students will be um transitioned to Randall uh for next

090school year. That is approximately 46 students. In the middle section of the map, you see like the golden rod and then the lighter yellow. That is a portion that is Eureka Heights currently. that light yellow that section will be absorbed into Holland for the next school year. That is approximately a hundred students. So when you look at the map on the right hand side, um I kind of smooshed the Taylor North area, the Inkster area up against um the Holland area, you see all of that golden rod will be the final Holland boundary for 2425. Meyers will be gaining some students this year. The current Meyers boundary is this nice little square between Ingster and Beach Daily, Eureka and Pennsylvania. They will abs be absorbing the portion of Eureka Heights that is just across Beach

091Daily at Pennsylvania, which is approximately 32 students. So that will be the final Meyers boundary for the 2425 school year. So on the left hand side, the top two portions that are boxed in blue are the movement, the student movement that I've already talked about. So we've got that top northernmost part of Eureka Heights. That entire yellow section is our current Eureka Heights uh students. So we have that topmost section that will be transitioning to Holland. that blue box that will be transitioning to Meyers that's adjacent to Meyers and then that entire rest of that light yellow section will be transitioning to McDow for the next school year. On the right hand side, we had some discussions about some movement that involved McDow and things that needed to take place this year in order to

092settle McDow, Holland, and Meyers. That was really important if we were transitioning students in and out of those buildings. We wanted to make sure that we were settling as many buildings as possible, not only with the wonderful construction upgrades that you were just presented, but alo also with the student body that would be their entire student body. So there's a top momost portion um that you look on the right hand side. It is the curved area the railroad tracks by it's behind the Burger King. It's at Allen Road and Gddard and you see that that is currently um McDow students that will be absorbed those students there's 12 kids in there that will be absorbed into Kenyan next school year. So even though Kenyon is not having any construction work done, they are going to

093absorb a couple of students for next year. And then the bottom portion of the map, you see that other blue area, those are current students. There's approximately 54 students in that area. Those students will be transitioning to McDow this year. What that will do is that will settle McDow. So moving those students now um or or for the fall will ensure that all of the transitions are done for McDow so that that building is settled. So just to kind of reiterate what I covered on the previous slides, Meyers will gain that Pennsylvania Beach Daily East area and then Meyers is done. No more kids in and out of there. For Holland will maintain the Taylor North Inkster area. They're going to lose the Northwest Square to Randall and they're going to gain Eureka Heights at

094the Eureka and Telegraph West area and then Holland is done. Then for McDow, they're going to gain the Pennsylvania Raco Allen Northline area from Kenyon. They'll lose the Gddard Allen Railroad track area, that little crescent. And then they're going to gain Eureka Telegraph Sibly Beach Daily from Eureka Heights. And then McDow is settled. So if you think about it, the south end of the city, those three schools will have their construction projects will be complete. The student movement will be complete and then we can really focus our efforts on the remaining portion of the school district and get those buildings all settled too. So there is though a couple of other buildings that will experience some movement. So Randall is not going to lose any students, but they will gain that small section um that

095we're calling the Randall Rectangle from Holland. It won't be settled because then that entire building will be moving the following school year. Um Taylor Parks will gain that Taylor North Ingster area of approximately 20 students. Um and then they of course will then be moving the subsequent year. And then Kenyon is going to gain that Gddard Allen railroad track area, but then they're going to lose the Pennsylvania Allen section to McDow. So then those schools will not totally be settled. There will still be some transitions and student movement. Um but then again, the goal was to get those three buildings that we're really focusing on right now all set for the next school year. So we have a couple of things that are coming up next. The amount of committees and committee work going on

096is just awe inspiring in this district right now. And there's so many moving pieces. We identified pretty early on that we were going to need to have two maps. We were going to need to communicate with Rhysa uh and transportation and pupil accounting that we have a map for next school year for the 2425 school year, but then we'd need to adjust the map for the 2526 school year. So, if you look at the Taylor School District map at the far right, you will see that is what the boundary map is going to be looking like for the next school year. Again, at the southernmost portion of our city, you see Holland, the Golden Rod area, Meyers, that like blue jay blue area, and then that light green area is McDow. Those will all be

097settled. The boundaries will still move for the top portion of Taylor. So, what does this mean in overall picture? You've heard me talk a lot about student movement. So, in Eureka Heights, we know Eureka Heights has 239 students. Because their building is closing, those students are going to have to move. We also know that there's going to be movement from Holland, McDow, and Kenyan students totaling about 112 students. That means the total amount of students affected in the transitions that I talked about today is about 351 students, which approximately if you think just under two kids per household, that's approximately 175 families. We have about 5,000 students in the district. So, we know that while this is a huge impact on our committ our community, we don't do know that this is a small portion

098of that. Um, and then we'll get those buildings settled, everything set for McDow, Meyers, and Holland going for this school year, for this upcoming year, and then we'll worry about the the remainder of the student movement the following year, which we know will include um the middle schools as well. So, what's next? Um, we have new maps in development and then we're also working closely with Rhysa. Special thanks to Shauna who has been my right-hand person connecting me with the people that I need uh to talk to to make sure that these maps are all straight um and making sure that we get every single student who is going to benefit from this movement. Um we're updating the website. Currently the website links that would lead you to a map that would identify what school

099you would go to are currently disabled so that we can update the map, get that all loaded up and then you can start using that feature again. Um, we're working closely with registration and pupil accounting. Um, we've got exciting stuff coming uh out of the pupil accounting office, but uh we we're working closely with them to identify the students that need to move and then also our school of choice in district students and out of district students. And then we're going to be identifying the students that are moving by family. And then they will be receiving letters very soon uh letting their families know what their new home school will be for next year. >> Do you know when you're anticipating those letters going out? >> Why, Kyle? It is almost as if >> you

100jumped ahead to my slide. So letters will be sent home beginning Monday, April 8th only for families who will have a new homechool in 2425. So each of those sections where I was listing 12 kids, 20 kids, 50 kids, those those school t families are all going to be getting letters starting on Monday. Uh for Kenyon, only students moving to McDow for next year uh will be notified. Um, so basically we're looking at the whole picture of the geography of Taylor and if you're not in a section of your school that is experiencing any movement, you will not be receiving a letter in district. School of choice is on hold for the next two years. with all of these boundaries moving and us needing to make sure that we have the amount of staffing supplies,

101the number of grade levels, uh we're adopting a huge math curriculum for everybody for next year. It's really important that we get the numbers right. So, we're not going to be allowing students to transfer between buildings for the next two years. However, if you are currently a school of choice in district family, you will be allowed to stay in that school. So, my example is if there's a Taylor Park student who is a current school of choice student that's attending McDow, they will not have to be moved, nor will their siblings. Um, so we're not going to be breaking up families. We're going to allow families that are current school of choice to stay in the school um where they are attending. Um there's been some discussions about fifth grade. Fifth grade is a is

102a tough one. Uh students that will be uh either in fifth grade now or their next their transition year uh next year will be their last time in their grade or if they're being asked to move and it's their last time in that building. Um we're talking about that. We're having conversations about how can we make those families feel okay about the movement that they're they're going to have to have. Um, we are going to be having a parent community utilization and transition meeting tomorrow on April 4th, uh, from 6:00 to 7:30 right here in this room, uh, where we'll be talking about things like that. Uh, what we need to do to make families feel welcomed and acclimated to their new home school. Um, we understand that all of this is really difficult for

103our families. By far and away, the Taylor community has been amazing at um being resilient and being able to understand and see the bigger picture of why all this movement needs to happen. But we know that leaving your community school is not easy. We know that that's difficult. And so, just from from our lens, from you know, an administrator in the district who's working very diff very diligently to make sure that we're notifying everybody and keeping everybody posted. I just we really really appreciate your patience and your understanding. Um tomorrow's utilization and transition meeting uh like I said right here at six o'clock is going to be focused on you know what are we doing next? How can we make these families feel feel welcomed? What can we do from the district level and the

104school level to make sure that everybody feels okay about transitioning to a new school? So, if you've got some good ideas and you want to come and hang out with us and share your ideas with us, we would love to have you tomorrow. Um, a lot of these decisions have already been made, but it's really important that we think long and hard about the next steps to just make sure that we're keeping everybody informed and doing right by all the community in Taylor. All right, and that's it. Anybody have any questions for me? >> All right. >> Thank you for all your hard work, Emily, and your committee. >> Thank you. Do you want to introduce your committees or your immediate committee? >> There are many. Should I thank Shauna? Um, I've been part of

105Kyle's uh utilization team. We've been running those together going to the school buildings. I cannot I cannot thank our teams enough from the collaborative and Gary. Um, and then, um, I've been working closely with the school improvement team and my principles. My principles at my buildings have been amazing, um, in helping me to understand the intricacies of their communities. They are reaching out to the families. They are making the one-to-one phone calls. Um, they understand why we have to do this and they are active in participating in all of the different things that we're doing. >> Thank you very much. Thank you, Miss Black. >> Okay. Number seven, discussion items. Gary Kent, errorsman agreement. >> Hello again everybody. Gary Kent with Plant Maran Realpoint to present the award recommendation for architectural and engineering services for

106the work that's going to be done at West Middle School in Kenyon Elementary. This letter transmits an update from Plan Real Point as it relates to the assignment to assist and advise the Taylor School District in a selection of an architectural engineering firm uh for the bond program. This work represents mutual efforts of the Taylor school board of education, the administration, the district's legal council and plant real. Um the bond team has had several discussions with the architect review the potential services timing staffing fees and their terms for the work that is being done at West and Kenyon which I think as of yesterday someone declared that the middle school campus now. Um but ultimately in the culmination of those discussions in with ARS architects uh they provided a proposal for the cost of work

1076.85% which would be converted to a fixed fee. Uh initially we gave them a budget for that work at West and Kenyon of roughly $8 million. Um with it being just one bid package and one uh campus they post a fee of 6.85%. Once we go out and get bids for that work and we find out what the actual cost of work is going to be, we would convert that estimate to a real hard number and then they would invoice against that final fee amount. So again, if we take some of that work out and it ends up being $6 million, we'd only pay 6.85% on the 6 million versus the eight. Um, we believe this proposal is fair based on the cost of work and the work that he architects being engaged for. Therefore,

108we are recommending that the board of education approve and enter into an AIA B132 standard form of agreement between the owner and the architect as modified. Attached for reference is their proposal dated March 31st, 2024, which goes into the project size discrimination of our description of work that's going to be completed as well as scalable basic services. That it >> y >> are there any questions, comments? >> Hearing none. Thank you, Gary. >> Thank you. >> Number two, new hireer attendance agent, Emily Graham. Hello again. Um, we are excited to recommend Andrew Zalooki for the attendance position for TVLA. Um this is a grant-f funed position that is written into our um my kip plans for the district that uh funnels into our PA agreement. Um which part of the reason why we were cited

109was due to attendance. Um this person is going to be integral in helping to identify barriers and helping to remove those for our families uh so that we can increase our attendance rates. Any questions or comments? All right. Number three, overnight field trip request. Sagenov Valley University. Joe Horth, are you still there? >> I am. >> Okay. So um the reason for the request is uh to compete in the state championship for robotics. Um we will be taking five students. We will have five chaperones and then all the parents are going so they're providing the transportation >> and I hope >> yeah I mean that's I think so. >> Are there any questions or comments? Nope. Just good luck out there. Yes. >> Thank you. Thank you. I hope to be back next week to

110do it again. >> Yes. >> Okay. That would mean as well >> because that would be the world championship in Houston. >> So, like I mentioned earlier, 160 teams will be going to the state championship. From that 160, 86 will qualify for the world championship in Houston. >> Thank you, Joe. Thank you. >> Number four, outofstate field trip request Toledo Mudhen Stadium. Uh Stephanie Shufelt. >> Um so I'm here to present or ask the board approve um the varsity baseball team um have been >> um Stephanie, you have to like bite the mic. >> Sorry. Can you hear me now? Okay. Um, the varsity baseball team has been invited to play a game against Southgate Anderson High School at the Toledo Muden Stadium. Um, so we're just asking that you allow us um that opportunity.

111Um, we will require uh busing to get there and back. Um, I think that has been arranged. Um, and this gives the boys the opportunity. many of them want to go further in baseball. So, it allows them that opportunity to play on a bigger stage and just kind of get that feel for that. So, um I think it'll be great and exciting for them. Um that's it. >> Any comments or questions? >> I have a question. In the past, um parents drove the kids. So, now we're using the bus. Um the issue is that they the game is at four o'clock in the afternoon and so uh that was address like asked um if a bus is an issue um we would prepare and make everybody sign waiverss to allow students to drive with other

112parents that can take them. Um, but yeah, that would be we were worried about the school district something happening because they have to leave at 1:00. >> Okay. >> Any additional comments or questions? Okay. Hearing none. Uh, number five, overnight out ofstate conference request, NASB annual conference, David Meyers. asking the board I'm asking the board to approve uh NASB annual conference uh to New Orleans from the April 5th to April 8th uh for the uh again the annual annual NASB conference. >> Dave, will you um go into a little bit more detail? >> Yep. Um the conference is uh it's a yearly conference for uh uh we're going to sit through classes like advoc advocacy uh equality and diversity, family engagement, governance and executive leadership, innovation and dis innovate innovation in district management, uh safe

113and supportive schools, uh schoolboard superintendent relationships, uh student achievement assessments and accountability, the technology and digital learning solutions. It's a series of classes that we take while we're there. Um, I do go to this conference. Uh, I went last year. I look forward to going this year. I, uh, learn a lot from these conferences and, uh, and I, I would appreciate approval from the board. >> And this is this weekend? >> Yes. >> Okay. We will, of course, ask you to do a presentation next board meeting. >> Yes. >> Okay. Um, number six, Gallagher Basset, Edwina Hill. This is insurance. >> Yes. Uh the DIS district currently works with Gallagher Basset and they have reached out to the district to ask for approval to increase the reserve set aside um for current litigation that's currently

114going on uh regarding some of our um workers comp claims in the amount of $70,148. 8. So, this is just for they're just asking for increase for one claim, but we have some additional claims that are going to come at the next board meeting. So, this increase is needed to cover litigation costs. So, Gallagher Basset works with the district. They have attorneys that they have to pay. Um, and it's because of our workers comp claims liability li a liability that has been filed against the district. >> Okay. So, they're raising their rates. >> They just have to cover their legal costs. >> Okay. Are there any other questions, comments? Okay. Mr. Wright. >> All right, moving on to item number this eight. >> Okay, >> item number eight, action items. First up, we have heirsman

115agreement policy 6320. It is recommended the board of education approve to enter into a A I or A1A B132-2019 standard form of agreement between owner and architect as modified with the heirsman architects pending final negotiation of terms by district legal council. Is there a motion? >> Motion by Mr. Meyers. Is there support? >> Support by Mr. Heath. Mr. Mr. Thomas is absent. Mrs. Thomas, >> yes. >> Missel, >> yes. >> Mr. Wright is yes. Miss Block, >> yes. >> Mr. Heath, >> yes. >> Mr. Meyers, >> yes. >> That carries 6. Item number two, the request to hire attendant agent policy 3120. It is recommended the board of education approve the hiring of Andrew Zulinski for the position attendant agent. Salary for the position will be 45,000 pro-rated. Mr. Zulinsk's start date will be as

116soon as practical. Is there a motion? >> Motion by Mr. Meyers. Is there support? >> Support by Mr. Heath. >> Mrs. Thomas, >> no. >> Miss Shufeld, >> no. >> Mr. Wright is a yes. Miss Block, >> yes. >> Mr. Heath, >> yes. >> Mr. Myers, >> yes. >> Mr. Thomas is absent. That carries 4 to2. Item number three, overnight field trip request, Sagenov Valley State University, policy 2340 and policy 8640. It is recommended the board of education approve the following overnight field trip request. Career Center, Michigan State Robotics Competition, University Center, Michigan, April 4th through the 7th, 2024. Is there a motion? >> Motion by Miss Block. Is there support? >> Support. Support by Mr. Meyers. Miss Shufeld. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wright is yes. Miss Block. >> Yes. >> Mr. Heath. >> Yes.

117>> Mr. Myers. >> Yes. >> Mr. Thomas is absent. Mrs. Thomas. >> Yes. >> That carries 6 to0. Item number four, out of state field trip request, Toledo Mudhens, policy 2340 and policy 8640. Is recommended. The board of education approve the following out of state field trip request. Taylor High School, Toledo Mudens Stadium, Toledo, Ohio, May 14, 2024. Is there a motion? >> Motion by Mr. Meyers. Is there support? >> Support by Miss Shufeld. >> Mr. Wright is a yes. Miss Block. >> Yes. >> Mr. Heath? >> Yes. >> Mr. Meyers? >> Yes. >> Mr. Thomas is absent. Mrs. Thomas, >> yes. >> Missel, >> yes. That carries 6. Item number five, overnight ofate conference request, NSB annual conference policy 6550. It is recommended the board of education approve the overnightstate conference request for David

118Meyers to attend the NASB annual conference New Orleans April 6 through the 8th, 2024. Funding for the conference will be paid out of general fund. Is there a motion? Motion >> motion by Miss Shufelt. Is there support? >> Support by Mr. Heath. Miss Block. >> Yes. >> Mr. Heath. >> Yes. >> Mr. Meyers. >> Yes. >> Mr. Thomas is absent. Miss Thomas. >> Yes. >> Miss Shufelt. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wright is a yes. That carries 6. Last item number six. Gallagher Basset. It is recommended the board of education approve the increase of the reserve set aside in the amount of $70,148 for the defense council bill. Is there a motion? >> Motion by Mr. Meyers. Is there support? >> Support by Mrs. Thomas? >> Yes. >> Mr. Heath? >> Yes. >> Mr. Meyers? >>

119Yes. >> Mr. Thomas is absent. Mrs. Thomas. >> Yes. >> Miss Shufelt. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wright is yes. Miss Block. >> Yes. That carries 6. >> Okay. Number nine, superintendent report. Mr. Wagger. >> All right. Uh I know I kind of mentioned on this last meeting, but I I think it's worth bringing up again. But now that we've reached the other side of spring break, we are full into testing season in our schools. So, I want to urge parents, I want to urge students to, you know, get the proper rest, eat the proper meals, be ready because we have lots of big things going on from MSTEP at the elementary levels up to the SAT that will be taking place with our 11th graders in the coming days and the coming weeks. So, I

120urge everybody to put in those efforts, practice, use those good practices, and be ready for all that we have coming forward in the coming months. Uh, second thing I would like to just uh touch on is I know on Monday we have a very rare event coming up and that will be the solar eclipse that is taking place. Um you should be receiving a communication from your individual schools regarding um things that they are have taking place and how they are treating uh this as an educational opportunity um from the timing of what it when everything is going to take place and we are not entailor in the path of totality uh that we'll be seeing from the solar eclipse um but uh there's not going to be as much effect on our secondary schools

121as it's going to be with uh when our elementary schools are in session and that is why we have that communication coming out to kind of explain uh what is taking place and uh what the recommendations are. So do watch for those coming from the individual schools themselves. And the final thing that I want to bring up tonight is just I want to thank everyone who has been involved um in moving forward with what we've been working on with our utilization plan. Um, this has not been easy uh from the moment that we first discovered that we were going to have to make some difficult choices uh back in October. Um, but I've truly seen lots of people from all different levels uh take the lead, take the charge, and be able to start working

122through some of these difficult pieces. And I want to give my thanks to everybody who has uh been involved in those discussions and in that work. Um, it's been a lot and we've got a lot more to go. Um but uh it makes the it it feels good to see as a community that people are working together and doing their best with a very difficult situation. >> Thank you, Superintendent Wager. >> Number 10, our consent agenda. Mr. Wright, >> item number 10, consent agenda, policy 0166.1 and policy 6470. First we have consolidated items, payment of current bills, certified, non-certified, and administrative reports. Is there a motion? >> Motion by Mr. Meyers. Is there support? >> Support by Miss Shufeld. >> Mr. Meyers. >> Yes. >> Mr. Thomas is absent. Mrs. Thomas. >> Yes. >> Miss

123Shufeld. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wright is yes. Miss Block. >> Yes. >> Mr. Heat. >> Yes. >> That carries. 6. Okay, number 11, items scheduled for next agenda, Wednesday, April 17th, 2024. And we have good news. And also, because this won't be u won't be for next next, but tomorrow, I'd like to point out that it is National School Librarian Day. So, so if you uh know a librarian at your school, um tell them thank you. Number 12. Oh, that's me. Let me dig out my paper. >> It is. It's the last thing, of course. Okay. Number 12 is public comment. Thank you to all who have been able to be here with us in person and online tonight. We understand the importance of continuing to keep you all informed and provide an opportunity for

124you to be heard. Tonight's audience participation will be for all who wish to speak, whether it be in person or online. We will begin with those in person. If you would like to address the board, please step up to the microphone and state your name and address for the record. After all those in person have had the opportunity to speak, that opportunity will be given to those online. Please take into consideration common courtesy and keep your comments to three minutes or less. We will provide and assist with timekeeping so that each speaker will be able to monitor at their own time and know when to conclude. So all who wish to speak will have an equal opportunity to do so. If there are any questions at this meeting or by some other avenue, Superintendent Michael

125Wagger or his designate will work on getting those answers in a timely fashion. We will start with those in person. not as tall as the other gentle. Good evening, Caroline Pat 6860 Jackson. Um I have a couple things. One, the main thing is is why do we not have public um comment before action items only because I have a couple questions for the gentlemen who are no longer here. Um you know, so when you're discussing something, you guys can ask questions, but we can't. even if you just have it for those um items, not anything. You know, it would be a good thing if we could do that prior to um and so the questions I do have and maybe you know, first of all, I want to say I love the vestibule um entries

126like that. I know Alen Park High School when you go in the first door, you can't go past anywhere until you go into the office area. So, safety reasons, good job on whoever decided on doing that in those buildings. We should have them in all of our buildings. Um, where are is all the existing furniture going to go? Getting all this new furniture. Where's the old stuff going to go? You know, when Kennedy was around, we had a lot of furniture in Kennedy and then you know what happened with all of that? So, where is that all going? Um, I'm even thinking like the library, you know, shelving units and things like that. I know that we reuse some of it, but all the other furniture that they're getting rid of to get this new

127stuff, where are you going to put all that um in the slides? And I know it was just a, you know, temporary kind of thing how he was going through the classrooms. And then I also agree I like the 3D can kind of gives you an idea of what's going on. Um, and Meyers and McDow um are sister schools and that's why they look exactly alike. Um, but there was no closets in the in the classrooms. Like when they showed the two new classrooms, I didn't see any closets in there. So, I'm thinking if as a teacher, you know, there was shelving units, there was doors, there was the bathroom and cupboards and that, but where do they put their personal items and you know, that kind of a thing? So, that was just something

128I kind of popped out. I don't know if it was there and he just didn't have it or what. So, closets. Um, and then in the kitchens when you're switching around kitchens like in Holland and that, is there any way that they could use this kitchen line in here? I would love to get that kitchen line out of there. So, if they could reuse that kitchen line that would be awesome um for that. Um, also I know Armando has already left, but the Foundation for Educational Excellence is going to um start their scholarship interviews. Uh, they will be April 10th, 11th, and 12th. Um, normally we only do two days, but we're doing three because we have 50 applicants, and they cut off at 50 applicants this year. Um, they did an on um online

129um application process, which is really good, and I had Miss Tanya Clayton come over to my house today and um showed an Excel program and everything for the scholarship. ongoing, you know, that we represent for the alumni, um, and all of the other ones with all the information in there. She's, she does an excellent job. Um, and so that's 50 applicants on August or April 10th, 11th, and 12th. And that'll be at the high school. Um, 10th, I think 11th is going to be just in the afternoon. 10th is all day, and I think on the 12th we'll just finish up who we didn't get to. Um, and also, um, and I know Kyle, you posted this or shared this on Facebook with, uh, Megan Bales and Chad Putnham. Are they teacher of the year?

130Correct. They share the teacher of the >> No, they were teacher of the month. >> Teacher of the month. Yep. So, it was shared. Uh, they share teacher of the month. And those two names when we do scholarship interviews, those two names always come up. When my question is asked, who in inspired you? Those two names always come up. So, they earned that. They deserve that. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Patz. Are there any other inperson comments, Jennifer Ferguson, Behringer, 23636 Irving. Um, I've got a couple things, so I'll try to get through as much as I can in three minutes. If not, I might need to tag out one of my um co-board members here for the boosters. So, um, couple of things. First of all, I wanted to say thank you to

131Mr. Wager, Shauna, um, the high school principles, the middle school principles, and everybody else that jumped in this week and helped us. Um, we have anformational meeting coming up tomorrow night at six o'clock in the choir room at the high school for anyone that's interested in joining marching band for next school year. um because that actually we start our rehearsals and everything in April and we do band camp over the summer. So everything starts now for our fall um fall programs. Um so we want to make sure everybody knows about the meeting at 6 and thank you for everybody that helped to share that flyer and get that information out there so that we can get as many people there as possible. Um band camp is changing this year as far as where we're holding

132it. It's a new location. There's some changes in pricing and everything. So, we just we need as many people there, even if it even our continuing band members. So, them and their parents. Um, I sent an email out yesterday. Um, I copied the board on it. I'm not sure who the point person is on it, but we need for the fall, we need marching band to count as a gym credit for the high school. All of our surrounding districts do it. Taylor needs to do the same thing. All you have to do is show up for any of our band competitions, any of our rehearsals, band camp, just for a couple hours and just look at what these kids do. These kids bust their butts. It needs to count as gym credit for them. That

133way it gives them more time. We've got a lot of our kids that take several band classes during, you know, during the day versus just one. So, it opens up more electives for them if they don't have to sign up for gym as well because they've already gotten their exercise in and then some. Um for let's see um other two questions are related to the renovations that you guys went over tonight for the elementary schools. Where is that money coming from? Is that general fund? Is it bond? Is it from the sale of properties? Where are we getting that money from to be able to afford those renovations? And then we're also looking for an update on what's happening with the new high school and the the plans for that. Um, especially with the music

134program, we're very interested in what's happening and wanting to make sure that music's represented and we've got something good going to be able to retain our current instructors that we've got and, you know, offer some good things for the kids and stuff as far as like I know auditorium's been an issue and different things, but just to make sure that we've got things in place for the kids so that we can keep the kids that we have and continue to grow our program. We we've got our band program is winning more awards than a lot of our sports programs. We we can't forget our band kids in our music programs. Um, and then the other thing I wanted to ask about is what opportunities we have to get grant funding to help with our band

135and our music programs. All of that right now is currently paid for completely by the fundraising that our booster program does. It's we we don't get money from the board. We don't get money from the school district. There's nothing in the budget. Um, and we actually at our most recent board meeting heard from both of our music instructors that they had put in to get money um to get reimbursed for the what they had paid out for like the music for the choir program for the year that she's teaching her students. Um, and what was the band's money? It was his the music for the the kids to play. Um, they had to buy it both themselves out of pocket. They went to get it reimbursed and they were told, "Nope, sorry. Funding's changed. You

136guys are out the money." It was only a matter of a couple hundred bucks. Um, and we don't do that to teachers. With textbooks, we buy textbooks for all of the kids. It shouldn't be any different with the music that they need to be able to teach our kids. Band uh, for band camp, I mean, we're talking thousands of dollars as far as what we have to pay out for the camp for our instructors. And I mean, we get money from the kids and stuff, too. But all of the different things that we do throughout the year, it's completely funded by the boosters. And it would be really nice if we had some other options to kind of help back us up to be able to have some more funding to help us out. >>

137Thank you, Mrs. Bar. >> Thank you. >> Are there any more in person? >> Okay, hearing none. Do you have you have any online one? >> Good evening. Can you hear? Hello, >> Kathy. Um, I guess you have to get closer to your computer. >> I'm up against my computer. That's one of my issues. The only people I could hear tonight was Miss Black and Mr. Wright. Did not hear the superintendent report. Did not hear any of the board members. So, looks like I'm going to have to start showing up. Um, I had um a couple questions. Um, the all the positions that are now grant funded when those grants go away, uh, is the general fund then going to have to pick that up? Um, are we going to update the website with bond

138information? All of that is one to two years, three years old. Um, and let's see, I have two concerns. Um, the way I heard the very detailed and wonderful report by Miss Graham, uh, it sounds to me like we're going to have students that will move this year and those same students will move again next year. And we're talking about little people here. Um, and the last thing is all of these meetings uh are done with I'm assuming a board member. I couldn't hear if a board member was involved or not, but administration, directors, teachers, uh, principles. However, the people who have the highest stake in the game are the parents. I'm not hearing any meetings that are open for the public to be involved or to give ideas or to base their concerns about

139their kids. I know you've had it after the fact at board meetings, but I've not heard of anything where the parents could be involved if they chose to or the public for that matter, not necessarily just parents. So that's it everybody. Have a wonderful evening. >> Thank you Kathy. Number 13, Mr. Wright. >> That was the end, right? >> Item number 13, we have a German to close session policy 0137.2 two pursuant to Michigan's open meetings act being public act 267 of 1976 and as amended I move the board convene in close session pursuant to 8C negotiations and 8H material exemp material exempt from disclosure by state and federal statute is there a motion >> motion by Mr. Meyers is there support >> support by Mr. Heath Mr. Thomas is absent. Mrs. Thomas, >> yes.

140>> Missel, >> yes. >> Mr. Wright is a yes. I almost messed that one up. >> Miss Block, >> that's your own name, Kyle. >> Yes. >> Mr. Heath. >> Yes. >> Mr. Meyers. >> Yes, >> that carries 6. >> Even I didn't mess my own name up. >> We will go into close session at 806. When you're reading them fast, it catches you.