001Oh, big can't live without it. >> Yeah, I know. I know. >> How are you? >> Hey, Corey. >> No, you watch the meeting last night. I was told a little bit about it. >> Well, you got to watch it. Went up for like four hours. >> Nobody was from the city of Taylor. literally teams from all over South >> Good afternoon everybody. Welcome everyone to the Taylor School District's regularly scheduled board meeting of April 3rd, 2025 where our 22nd. Thank you. >> April 2nd, my apologies. 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. >> Um that's true. Opening items. Uh, we'll call to order at 6 o'clock. Uh, Mr. Westfall >> here. Miss
002Block. >> Miss Fields >> here. >> Miss Moore is excused. Mr. Morarski >> here. >> I am present. Miss Shufeld >> here. >> Okay, we have six present. Okay, everyone stand up and join us for the pledge of allegiance. United States of America to the republic for it stands nation indivisible and justice for all. >> Okay. Um we have Marlene Scott um from TVLA. >> You'd like to join us? >> Hello. Good evening. Um I'm here today to introduce our student representative that's going to speak to you about his um path to success at TVLA. So um a little um introduction about our student Loki and some of his recent accomplishments. Um I have a write up from Miss Randall um who wasn't able to join us tonight but he um so she asked me
003to read it. Um, so she says, "Loki proudly represented Taylor High School at the Des DECA district competition, earning a medallion for his performance in the principles of finance event. He advanced to the state competition where he placed in the top 10 and received a state champion medal. While at the state competition, he showed interest in leading the MDA challenge for the chapter next year. Loki will be attending the DECA ICDC Academy to develop leadership skills and benefit the chapter and school. Loki also contributed to an incredible group project business process proposal called Deca Dash aimed at launching a classroom delivery service for the school store. His achievements have made the school incredibly proud. So he's a hybrid student. He has part of his schedule with us at TVLA and then he's also a CTE
004student. Um, and he's our student of the month this month. So, I have his certificate to give to him as well. And um, yeah, I just like to introduce him to speak to you about his his own story. >> Hello. Good evening. Uh, my name is Loki Glowinsky. As you guys now know, I am a junior hybrid student at Taylor High and Taylor Virtual Learning Academy. I want to start this little speech off by going back to when I was in ninth grade. I started off high school in all honors classes and taking my necessary elective classes first. I first went into high school wideeyed and confident in my abilities. But as time went on, it seemed increasingly more exhausting, and I became more and more insecure and bitter. I finished nth grade off with
005a GPA hovering around 3.0. decent, right? But as 10th grade kicked off, my life as a whole escalated to a deeper decrescendo. A myriad of pre-existing problems in my life managed to substantially worsen. Whether it be as stereotypical as relationship woes, the summit of my self-esteem issues, worrying about my housing situation, or my mom's cancer diagnosis, etc., etc. To put it in layman's terms, it wasn't a great time for me, and my grades reflected that. So did my attendance. I went from starting 10th grade off with majority honors classes and maintaining an average so you know average soul grades to my grades literally hitting rock bottom getting booted from my honors classes and completely absent for about three months. On the bright side towards the end of the year I managed to recover the abysmal
006grades and end the year subpar. I remember going into 11th thinking I want to turn everything around this year but that's not even possible with everything I'm missing. Which segus me into finally getting to the topic I want to talk to you about today. I was first approached about a hybrid schedule when I went to school for the first day of the year and had no schedule in the system. When the counselor at TVLA suggested it, I was willing to try it, but unconvinced it would change my overall trajectory. However, as I got through my first few months, my mindset began to change. Being a hybrid student relieved the physical and mental exhaustion I felt from the daunting omnipresent workload that I never felt could be assisted. Not to mention worrying about how my peers
007are viewing me or what jering I'd need to fend off next. But being hybrid allowed me to just get a couple hours of necessary social time in physical classes. My days feel controlled by me and I feel like I'm just I'm not just aimlessly firing myself out. The TVLA room that I now spend four hours a day in is a comfortable decongested space in which you can get boundless help from teachers oneonone. It truly feels incredible and freeing and actually gives me the nostalgic feeling of actually wanting to go to school again. Now, to touch on my last topic, it is evident that this year has been by far my most successful year. To list a few things, I joined a school sports team for the first time. I've reached the highest GPA I've ever
008had. Uh I am president of the Down River Igniting Youth Coalition and I'm in DECA. Overall, I finally feel confident in what I've done. Allow me to expand in regards to DECA for a minute. It was on a whim that I became a member. I took marketing as an elective simply because I'm interested in business and was just signed up. My marketing teacher approached me about competing at the district competition to which I spontaneously agreed to. As I never competed at anything prior, a new sense of confluence was instilled in me after I was awarded all possible medals at districts and proceeded to states. At states, I was deemed a state champion. As a result of that, I will be going down to Florida towards the end of this month. to add. Um, I recently
009went on a ride along with Officer Danlar in reference to my work. I work for uh Taylor Teen Center that's uh done by Orwell Health. Um, we went to 11 tobacco stores and liquor stores, party stores, you name it. And we successfully uh discovered that four of them were willing to sell to minors. They all got tickets as a result of it. We heard some kind of funny excuses like, "You guys aren't allowed to lie. You can't do that." Which is, you know, interesting. But >> yeah. Um, now to end my, you know, ramblings, um, I do not believe I would have achieved half of what I have this year if not for the undisputable support and peace of mind TVA has brought me this year. The school has reestablished my hope for the future
010and the kind people that inhabit it have endured me and deared to me. To finally conclude, TVLA offers a reinforcing path to those that need or desire it. I'd recommend TVLA to those that feel worn out with a typical school structure or those that simply want a new refreshing approach to education. It is a wonderful option and I'm so thankful that I have the privilege to utilize it. Thank you all for having me tonight and a personal thank you to Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Cl, Miss Rush, Mrs. Janovich, Jamie Balovich, Mr. Worminger, Mrs. Randall, and Mrs. Simmons for assisting me in becoming an overall better person. Thank you. So, Loki, I do have to ask because I saw you going through reality fair today. How'd you end up doing on the reality fair? >> Hey, that's
011pretty good. When I the first time I went through it, we end up way in the hole. So that's not bad. >> Oh, yeah. Go right ahead. and send it >> to New York. Thank you for sharing that. Uh moving on to item four, uh good news. Um Taylor High School upcoming performances and stage extensions with Elaine Patrusi. Please tell me if I mispronounced that. Thank you. >> Thank you. This is this is Miss Quinn Hakama. She's like my co-director with everything that we do. Um which is wonderful. Um just yes, we're really excited. We are currently Well, I'm going to go back a little bit to December just to give you an update on the festival, which was fantastic. Kids absolutely loved it. And the two seniors who submitted scholarship audition tapes uh both
012were awarded um almost $85,000 in scholarship offers each. That was Eden Ribbleo and Kayla Musla. So, we're very, very proud of them. Um, so that was great. That was back in December. And Matilda, and I do have flyers. It is going to be the very end of this month, Friday, April 25th, Saturday, April 26th at 7 p.m. Uh, tickets are $10 for adults and children four and under will be $5. And we're really excited about it. Um, and the stage extension. Uh, for anybody that went to Greece last year knows that, um, we were almost falling off the stage, especially when they try and do flips and dancing and like, "Oh, we can't put the whole cast on there." So, my wonderful husband and one of our Paul um, and one of our very best
013friends who's a union carpenter, um, they extended the stage by 4 by 20 feet. So the kids were dancing and running around on the stage and um Miss Hakamoth tell you maybe a little bit more about the dancing the chore choreography. >> So I've been helping with directing our play and musical I did I'm the music director and one of the choreographers. Um before we had the stage extension I was like okay how can I utilize the small space that we have? Like do we have them dancing in front of the stage? Do we have them in in with the audience? like how are we going to do this? Cuz it's very danceheavy of a show. And >> having the stage extension is so nice because we know the kids are not going to fall
014off the stage. We have space where we know, you know, if we're having to do a lot of arm movements, they're not going to hit each other. Um we can have set pieces and you might be able to do some actually some jazz. >> Yes. >> So that about it. Yeah, >> you can just pass them out if you want. >> Can we share this like who would they give it to to share on? Okay, >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Do you need to buy the tickets ahead of time or at the door? >> Okay. >> Like we've been trying to be much better with what we're promoting and getting out on Facebook. If you want to get a copy to Shauna, like we can get that out for for that as
015well. So >> we really need some lights. We did our own like kind of fundraising for the stage extension. So maybe we can meet with somebody about getting some lights. >> Thank you again. >> Thank >> Okay. Uh agenda board and discussion items. >> Moving on to the agenda. We have the revisions and approval of the agenda. Is there a mot policy number 0166? Is there a motion? >> Motion by Mr. Morris. Is there a second? >> Support by Miss Field. >> Miss Black? >> Yes. >> Miss Fields? >> Yes. >> Miss Morris absent. Mr. Murdarski. >> Yes. >> Mr. Morris. >> Yes. >> Miss Shuel is a yes. Mr. Westfall. >> Yes. >> That passes 6. And we have our scheduled report starting with Emily Graham. >> Hello everyone. I just have a very
016brief update on our young fives program and some um new exciting things that we have for happening for next year. Um last year uh actually when I um took the position as the assistant superintendent, we had one site for our young fives which we are now going to move into calling transitional kindergarten. It is a transition between preschool and kindergarten. Um so we had one TK site at Blair Moody. We added a TK site to Meyers and then for the 2526 school year we're adding a site at Kenyon and Randol. The benefits are wellstudied and researched about transitional kindergarten. Strengthening these programs and having a space for students with those little gap birthdays is going to do nothing but help us in every aspect. Um, I would be remiss if I did not mention uh
017Lee McKenzie, who is the director over at the preschool center, has been absolutely wonderful to work with and has helped us as we've tried to strengthen our transition programs between the preschool and the kindergarten. We have some summer learning opportunities planned um for teachers so that they can collaborate with uh the preschool teachers and get to know the kids that are going to be coming into our TK in kindergarten for next year. Um so I am actually going to stop um and allow this video to play if Matt if you can bring it up. Um, this was I was not able to attend all of the kindergarten roundups, but this was the presentation that each school played about our TK in Taylor and it highlights some of the changes for the upcoming school year. Good
018evening everyone. My name is Emily Graham and I am the assistant superintendent for preK5 curriculum and instruction. I'm excited to talk to you about transitional kindergarten and Taylor, a program designed to give our youngest learners the best possible start in school. Transitional kindergarten serves as a bridge between preschool and kindergarten, providing children with an extra year to develop socially, emotionally, and academically before entering traditional kindergarten. With smaller class sizes, students receive more one-on-one time with their teacher, allowing for personalized instruction and targeted support. TK gives children extra time to develop essential skills, ensuring they are ready to thrive in a full day kindergarten setting. Research shows that children who participate in transitional kindergarten benefit in several key ways. First, they build a stronger academic foundation before even starting kindergarten. They have more time to develop
019kindergarten readiness skills like early literacy and math. They experience better social skill development, learning how to work with peers and navigating a classroom environment. And they gain more self-confidence, giving them a positive start to their school journey. Simply put, TK gives children a stronger start and a smoother transition into kindergarten. Students who turn 5 years old between September 1st and December 1st of their enrollment year are automatically enrolled in transitional kindergarten. Students with birth dates between June 1st and September 1st may be considered for enrollment if space is available after the initial placement period. We are also excited to announce that we're expanding our TK programs this year. Transitional kindergarten classrooms will be available at Kenyan Elementary, Randall Elementary, Moody Elementary, and Meyers Elementary. Additionally, we have created sister schools. So, if your child's homechool
020does not have a TK section, they will still have the opportunity to participate in the program. Kenyan sister school is McDow. Randall is partnering with Holland and Taylor Parks transitional kindergarten students will have the opportunity to enroll at Moody. Remember, qualifying students will be automatically enrolled upon registration through pupil accounting. Here are some pictures of our transitional kindergarten students in action at Blair Moody. These classrooms have a specialized curriculum that balances academic learning with social emotional development. TK students engage in hands-on activities that help them build foundational skills while also learning how to work with their peers and gain independence. As an educator and as a parent, I have personally seen the benefits of transitional kindergarten. My own daughter attended a TK program due to her November birthday, and I am incredibly grateful for that
021choice. You can see her picture in the corner of the screen. It gave her the extra time she needed to grow academically and socially before starting kindergarten, which set her up for success. Thank you for taking the time to learn about transitional kindergarten and the opportunities it provides for young learners in our district. If you have any questions about your child's enrollment, please reach out to your school's principal. You can also contact pupil Accounting at the board office for further details or scan the QR code on this slide to be connected with the district's enrollment page. Thank you very much and welcome to Taylor Schools. We've changed the enrollment process a little bit. Um we operate transitional kindergarten will operate just as any grade level. Your chronological age will dictate your enrollment. Um, and so
022we've we've in years past we've kind of invited parents to consider it. They wanted to maybe try kindergarten a little bit and then dip their toe into TK. It is such a valuable program with its own unique curriculum that focuses on those social emotional skills that help the young kids, those kids that will be four years old in our schools until December. It helps get them ready and it is an essential part of what I would like to see become the fabric of what we do that young kids like like my own child are automatically enrolled in that because it is developmentally appropriate and really really good for kids. Um so I'm really looking forward to launching two new sites next year. Does anybody have any questions? >> I was just after you. >> Oh
023sorry. I was just curious, what if you have a parent that comes in and their child is a little more um developed or matured for and they choose to go to kindergarten. What does that look like for them? >> So, the pupil accounting directive is we're going to put this child in this section. However, Lee McKenzie over at Johnson has said that she will test any children with our kindergarten screener um and have discussions with parents about whether or not it might be more appropriate for them to be in kindergarten. Okay. So, she is having those conversations and and really being honest with the parents about what TK can give or if kindergarten is the correct placement placing them there. >> Okay. Okay. So, you guys are going to have things in place >> in
024that parents to to say, "Yes, I would like you to consider kindergarten for the placement." Yes. >> Perfect. >> I was just curious about the current um enrollment numbers and then the expected enrollment numbers if we when the new two schools are implemented as well. >> Our target uh numbers for these classrooms are between 18 to 20 kids. So, that we do offer lower um class sizes. Um, and currently we are sitting, I believe, at nine at one school and about 15 at our other school. Um, and this can be a very thriving program. Um, the we should have a wait list for people to be able to get into this program because of of what it offers. And I'm kind of it's kind of a mission of mine for everybody to see the advantages
025of this. Um, and I love that I'm able to speak personally about the advantages. My child is currently in second grade and is going through the battery of testing to be considered for the gifted and talented elementary school. And I credit the fact that she was able to have that extra year as part of the reason why she is in such a good position in second grade. >> And do you see this as potentially bringing out of district uh students into our school district? >> Absolutely. This is this is something that we should be openly pronouncing. Um Shauna has put together um a flyer that we'll be distributing and making sure that that people have access to. This is a bragging point of the district. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> You couldn't
026get a a a better person to work with you than Lee McKenzie because when she opened up the uh the uh preschool program, we did have a waiting list. I don't know if she currently still does, but she's phenomenal. So, you couldn't get a better partner to help you with this >> and thank you for that. Um, I have worked more closely with her this year than I have in the past and her desire to streamline our procedures and make things just really seamless transitioning students from her program to ours. It is I mean she just has this incredible dedication and is willing to help and do anything. I I cannot thank her enough. So, prior to this program, children in this age group, where did they go? Did they go to Did they wait?
027Did they I'm curious, was that preschool? What was it? They the parents were opting to sign the waiver to put them directly into kindergarten. Um, so we had parents that were enrolling the students and then they once the students were already placed in kindergarten and if it looked to the teachers and the professional staff that that student might be better suited for TK, we would then do the testing and have the conversations with the parents, but those kids were already established in those classrooms. So that was a really difficult conversation to have. Now we're doing it the opposite. your your chronological age will dictate your enrollment just like any other grade K12. Um and then we will decide if if there isn't in Miss Shoe Belt's case where somebody would want to go to kindergarten
028and we entertain that that >> No, I understand that. But I'm just saying pretend this program never existed. The four-year-olds would go where were they going to kindergarten? >> So they wouldn't go to when does preschool are the ages for preschool then? >> The Well, it they kind of everything kind of overlaps. There has not typically been anything specifically for those students. Um, the state of Michigan moved the chronological age. So, it used to be that you had to be five by September 1st. Then they moved it to you had to be five by December 1st and implemented the waiver. So parents that did not want their children to be in a preschool for an additional year or didn't want to do daycare for an additional year, they could enroll their child in public education
029and just have that child go to kindergarten. >> I got you. Okay. >> So now we we have like a place for them. Like it's a dedicated place and it it just it makes sense and I please tour these classrooms. They are they're really incredible and there's a lot of good stuff happening. >> Our current classrooms that we have, are they full? >> No. No. That's why we needed to change some things for enrollment so that the parents better understood what an opportunity this was. Um, we're below 10 in one of the classrooms and about 15 in the other. >> Okay. >> Do we have anything on our website? >> I don't know if we do yet. Do we get >> Yeah. >> Are we ever going to update our website that something like this
030should be on there that it can be promoted >> there? We actually have we we've got a plan for the website. So, and there there are we've been talking to other companies and I don't have all the information, but yes, that is on the agenda to update that. >> When you do that, you should definitely upload that little slideshow, too. >> I should what? >> Upload that slideshow. >> Oh, thank you. Yes, I tried to keep it under four minutes and not too long. >> I would upload it so that the families in the district can just go to it and review it themselves. >> Awesome. >> Thank you. That's a good suggestion. And I will reiterate I my youngest son Dominic uh we did the transitional kindergarten in our school district and you can
031tell the difference. You can tell the benefits. I and it's one of the best decisions we made uh along the way to say the least. >> That's awesome. Anyone else? >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Moving on to the Taylor Public School Foundation for Educational Excellence. Armando, I cannot say your last name. >> Oh, yes, you can. >> What is that? >> It's Sardonopoulo. >> What he said? >> Okay. >> Well, good evening. Thank you for your time on the on the agenda. Again, uh I left a couple of things in front of you. one of the flyer for an event we have coming up and the other is just a list of things I wanted to just quickly uh cover off. The first one being our inaugural wall of fame uh gala.
032It's something actually we I think I've mentioned to the board before something we copied off of the Trenton Education Foundation. They've run for 13 years and this is our first attempt at it. Uh thank you to Stephanie and Linda Moore uh for helping out in actually the selection. We had uh four nominations and two were chosen as you could see from the flyer that I gave you. The two gentlemen that were chosen were John Pantalone who spent 38 years in the um school district and also Lauren Ruski who spent 17 years unfortunately passed away uh last year. Two exceptional selections for our inaugural event Gala. Um hopefully you guys can join us that evening. It'll be a very interesting weekend actually. You can join our event on Friday and then go to the high school
033play on Saturday. So make that a really great weekend. Uh again hopefully that we could have a table of uh of you joining us that evening. Also uh the other thing we have on the agenda again is an invite for everybody at the head table here to our English te. We've done this a couple of years in the past inviting uh what we call champions. These are our facilitators at each of the each of the schools in in the district that help us uh disseminate our information. Uh this year we've invited quite a few actually along with yourselves. We've invited the uh principles. We got a good response so far from the principles and also from a handful of the champions and I'm expecting some more to attend. It's a great English tea. Being that
034we got an English lady that works at the cafe, it's really exceptional. The food is great, the sandwiches are wonderful, and the desserts are even better. Uh, so again, it happens on May 7th. It's actually, unfortunately, a day that you are meeting. It's the first Wednesday in May. Starts at 4:30, but you're more than welcome to come and eat and run. >> Where is it? Hold >> the I'm sorry. Oh, it's going to be at the CB cafe at the uh career center. Uh we will be making a short presentation just to uh thank everybody for all the help uh during the course of the school year, explain what we've been able to accomplish during the school year and actually uh plan ahead a little bit as to what we're planning for for next year.
035And as it says on the list I gave you, we we need a head count about a week before. If you could let me know uh if you can attend or not, that'd be great. Uh the next item on the kindergarten roundup, what we did this year, I meant to bring it and I forgot to bring it. We are uh selling a lawn sign for each of the elementary schools. We have a lawn sign that uh has the uh mascot of that elementary school depending on what school the kindergarten student is going to. We're selling it for $15. Uh we have uh at currently one sponsor on it. It's a uh DCFU uh credit union here in town. We're looking for another one to actually uh defer the cost a little bit. Uh and uh
036what we're doing, we're selling it for $15. Again, we were at the roundup. We covered five out of the seven elementary schools. We had a different board member at each one of the school to help the uh sale of the item. We didn't get too many bites yet. Um, and I'm looking for ways of actually to promote it between now and when school actually starts. The plan being that we'd have the signs uh prepared the end of August so we can distribute them to the family before school actually starts. Now, one thing that I I was at the Holland Elementary School and it was mentioned to me uh Emily, maybe you could infer uh tell me whether it's case or not that registration is only online now for kindergarten. Is that the case? >> Okay.
037Uh because again, we're looking for just any way we can to promote it. We'll we'll try whatever we can. I know the the schools are having their own open house towards the end of August. We're going to hopefully use that as the last attempt to sell the sell the lawn signs and hopefully it goes. Again, it's another idea we got from another uh education foundation in the state of Michigan. Um the other thing, the last item, um again, it's another item we learned from a meeting we went to that had education foundations from all over the state. Uh and there were certain districts that actually had They called it a commission of PTO's from the district itself. Uh I f I'm going to be meeting with the PTO Monday, this coming Monday at um Holland
038just to tell them a little bit about the foundation, see how we can work together. And what I'm trying to see if we could do is actually create an association with whatever PTO's exist in a different elementary. So well actually all the schools uh for two reasons. one to see if we can work together as a team and two, we need some young people in our board. Uh I'm sort of one of the youngest on the board, believe it or not. We just need some people with kids in the district who really uh care a lot more about the district because their kids are in a district and can help us as a as a board. Uh also uh and that's again my story for this evening. If anybody has any questions um again please
039let me know if you can attend the tea and secondly uh let us know if you could uh come to the gayla it's really going to be an outstanding events thanks again for the talk >> thank you >> okay >> I'm sorry hold on one second I apologize is there a cost for the gala >> oh I'm sorry yes there We have um a table costs uh for $400 for a table of eight or for individuals it's uh $60. >> Okay. >> And again, if you if you went on to our web page, there's an event page there where you could actually pay uh pay online. >> Okay. >> Thank you. So, >> there were other sponsorship ones too that you could get so many tickets but also get your name and right >> advertise
040that as We're searching around for sponsors to help it out help us out with that too. And that'll also be on the on the web page. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Uh moving on to agenda item seven, discussion items. First item, overnight of fieldtrip, uh Toronto, Canada with Brian, >> how do you say your last name, sir? >> Wizoric. >> Wizerk. Thank you. >> Hi everyone. Um, first off to piggyback, you piggybacked off of Elaine. Uh, after you go to afternoon tea with Taylor Foundation, you can come to the Taylor High School band final concert on May 7th at 6:30 at Wayne County Community College. So, we're all plugging our stuff. I love it. >> We're have to move the board meeting >> right after. Yeah, I know. I apologize. But, um, anyways, yeah, I'm
041Brian Moorak. I'm the band director at the high school. Uh, we are planning our next trip. Uh this is a big one and every two years we do a trip with the music department. Last year we did uh Disney World and that was a great one. And this will be my third fourth trip with the kids and we're going to Toronto in Niagara Falls. This would be April 23rd through the 26th uh in 2026. So not this year. That would be crazy. But so we're going next year and we're seeing all the big things. Uh, we're going to the CN Tower. Um, we're going to Niagara Falls, as I had mentioned. We're doing a really cool clinic at the University of Toronto, and this is going to involve the band and the choir. So, they're
042going to see some uh, you know, some college uh, instructors and stuff. And then we're touring the campus as well. Uh, we're going to see the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. We're going to see a museum. uh the Hard Rock Cafe, the Ripley's Aquarium, a Broadway musical. So, we're doing so many things and then there's so much more too packed into three days. Uh we're going through Guardian uh Travel Group, which is a new one. We haven't used them before. We've usually done our trips through Bob Rogers and um the Guardians quote came in uh cheaper and we were able to get uh a lot of stuff through them. So, we're hoping to get 55 kids or sorry, 50 kids. um myself and Marquita Moore, the choir director, uh along with a few chaperones as well. So,
043we should be able to fill one bus and we're super excited for it. So, kids have been already starting to fund raise and stuff. They're anticipating a trip somewhere. So, hopefully this one is the one that they're looking at. So, uh yeah, I don't know if anyone has any questions about it, but thank you for allowing this to get on so quickly. um you know, things are expensive, so we want to make sure we give the kids enough time to um you know, get the money pulled together. So, thank you guys for being flexible with this. So, if you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them. >> No, but they've got a good casino. >> A little too young for that, but thank you guys. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> In other
044words, don't ask you to be the chef. >> Oh, please. We know where to find you. >> Okay. Uh item two, uh overnight ofate conference request, the K through2 Alliance of Michigan. >> Yeah, I want to come uh tonight and speak about an opportunity for us to send a team to Washington DC coming up later in April to uh advocate for the 50th anniversary of IDA funding. Um the IDA legislation uh that is now as I said 50 years old was groundbreaking legislation to provide supports for students with special needs. And since its inception 50 years ago, it has never reached full funding uh from the federal government as it should have as was promised when it was put into legislation. So, at this point, we we did ask uh earlier in January as part
045of what the K12 Alliance is putting together in honor of the 50th anniversary for the board of education to pass a resolution uh stating that we cited and we wanted the support full support of IDA and we did pass that uh earlier this year. Uh this is a followup to that piece where now they want to be able to have teams from districts go and to a symposium in Washington DC uh later this April and actually have that opportunity for us to express how much ID funding means to a school district with uh federal legislators with uh members of the federal government to to have those conversations. Uh I think it's essential for a school district like ours, I know I've cited it before that, you know, when we have a school district where 26%
046of our students uh qualify for an IEP and uh receive some sort of special education services, it is essential for those students for us to go and advocate on their behalf and for us to be able to fully get uh the supports that they need uh for their education. And so we're asking tonight to send a team uh that would consist of uh Emily Graham, assistant superintendent. Uh it would also consist of Erica Smith, our special education director, and Marissa McRae, our assistant director of special education, uh to attend the symposium with the K12 alliance. >> Who's going to show Holly? >> No, I'll still be here. I'm not I'm not going. >> Oh, you're not going? >> Neither is Jason. >> Yeah, we'll be here. Jason's on my list. >> Welcome to the party.
047>> Okay. Well, thank you for that update. Uh moving on to item three, uh roofing bids. Uh like to come on up. >> Good evening everybody. Um so about three weeks ago we put out some bids for some roofs that um we really need to get replaced. Um we did get three contractors that bid on all five buildings. Um we start I'll start with Holland Elementary there. We looked out to we're looking to replace zones 1 2 3 and four. So we're going to replace everything except for the new addition. Um, we received a bid from JD Chandler for1,120,58529. Uh, Lux Roofing came in at1,59,855.31 and Shriber Roofing came in at 1,56,989.32. and we recommend awarding the contract to Sherber Roofing. For Hoover, we're looking to replace um the zones that the the last uh
048five five zones that um have not been replaced in 30 years. So that's zones 3, 6, 7, 8, and 9. JD Chandler came in at $828,55.80. Lutz roofing came in at $790,36956 and Shriber Roofing came in at $637,7575. So, we recommend awarding a contract to Shriber Roofing. >> When was the last like the zones that aren't on here, when were they redone and how do they look? >> Um, they they they are in great shape. Uh 2019 was the last time we did any work over at Hoover. Um I don't have the exact numbers, but within the last 10 years, >> those other zones were done. >> They were done. Yes. >> So there's no leaking, no? >> No. I mean, we have a minor every now and again, but that's under warranty still. >>
049Okay. So, it's being fixed properly? >> Yes. >> Okay, cool. >> Uh at Johnson, um we were doing a total roof replacement. JD Chandler came in at1,237,29046. Lutz Roofing came in at1,17,6495. And Shreber Roofing came in at1,128,228.93. And we we recommend going with Lutz Roofing. Meyers Elementary. We're looking to replace zones two, three, four, five, and six. Um, so that'd be everything except for the the the roof that was done during the renovation over the summer. JD Chandler came in at 1,001,16,987. Lutz Roofing came in at1,71,696.669. and Shreber Roofing came in at $99,39.30. We would we recommend going with Shriber Roofing on that though. At West, we are looking to be to do a complete roof replacement. JD Chandler came in at 2,316,830.32. Lutz roofing came in at 2,326, $67.31 and Shriber Roofing came in
050at 2,121,9945 and we recommend going with Shriber Roofing. Um I we are going with the TPA, the new TPA system. It's a a single ply. Um it's a 20-year warranty, covers winds up to 74 mile an hour. Um they that's considered hurricane winds 24 to 7 uh 247 leak response through a 1-800 number uh high commercial resistance like airplane dischar discharge things like that it resists that. Um then we get uh inspections with light maintenance on years 2, 5, 10 and 15 with online database uh of all the inspections and pictures and I think that's all I had. >> Are there other schools that need new roofs too? >> They are. We we met with the contractor. We went over the the roofs that we have to get done this year. Um we were putting
051to get together a plan. We're going to put together a a two-year plan, a three-year plan of what we want to do with the other roofs. The other ones, these five roofs are probably 40% of our repairs right now. So, that's why we picked these five roofs. >> Yeah. I I'll say this, like I know when we first started when I started talking about with the board back in January, originally I wanted to pace this out over at least two years, but I this February when Jack and I saw what kind of happened to lots of these buildings, some of these, they can't wait. It's honestly we've hit that that point that the lifetime of those roofs is >> Yeah, this winter really hurt us. A lot of the freeze thaw, the water, you know,
052it we really our roofs they show their age. They show >> that at Hoover it's become an issue because the it's leaking down through the ceiling tiles and then the ceiling tiles are falling and when that get I mean they're normally a light >> in weight but when you get them wet they're not so light and you've got I mean we deal with kids you can't have it >> and the way the way it worked out too Hoover they they're actually talking about starting like 1 of May along with Johnson so we can have two buildings done before school ends and then we'll work on the other three over the summer. >> That disrupt classes up. >> Well, no, we've done it before. I mean, they the the company we have, they'll have people in
053there. It it's only during tear off. They'll they'll they'll start tearing off at 7:00 a.m. So, they'll have most of the tear off done before the students get in. There may be a little, you know, inconvenience where we might have to move some students out. Johnson will probably we might have to put them in the gym for an hour while they're tearing off, but it's it's we it's done all the time and and we'll have uh safety, you know, people in there just to control and make sure that everything's safe and there's nobody around. >> Yeah. I'll say when I was a teacher at West, so a long time ago was probably last time any of West roof was uh addressed and I remember having to move my classroom and we we so that they
054could get it going. >> Did you complain? No, I I never did. Not saying others didn't, but I never did. >> Yeah. >> And you know, we we're going through Omnia, which is a consortium. We probably saved a quarter million dollars going through the consortium. U we the reason why it took us so long to bring this back was we had to bid the labor. The the materials already been bid out through the state. So the labor was the the biggest part that we had to bid out. >> Under the company, under the cons consortium, >> the labor's not only the material. Yeah. So, um and and a lot of the numbers, the freight they came back, you know, they sent us the the numbers for freight. I did get some numbers back and they
055are much lower. So, the prices are probably they're going to be in they're going to come in under these bids, but we didn't have them in time for this presentation. >> So, saving money. I like >> we will be saving money probably a total of another 10 or $20,000 between all viable. >> And do we know the expected lifetime uh of these roofs? I know we have two different companies here. Like I don't know if we have warranties as well going into these contracts or >> Yeah, we do. There's a 20-year warranty on this, but the life expectancy is 35 35 years. Um this is the top of the line. This is Trump. They're getting maintenanced regularly every few years. And >> any issues that arise if they're fixed correctly? >> Yep. >> They should
056last every bit of 35 years. >> They do. And we meet with our contractor. We do our roof inspections annually, usually twice a year. Um but then they would do the full inspection every, you know, the second year, fifth year, 10th year, 15th year. They go through and, you know, just everything's being checked. And and just for um a little bit of transparency, um do we have the budget right now to like absorb these multi-million dollar roofs? >> Yeah, I think the three elementaryaries would be >> Yeah, I was going to say that was one of the things I was going to clarify uh even if you didn't ask the question was the uh Johnson, Holland, and Meyers can be covered out of bond money and we do have that still in what was in
057that first bond sale. So we we have the ability to cover those. It's Hoover and West that would have to be general funded at this moment. However, with the actions taken at the last board meeting that we are changing the direction and we're looking at selling the or we will be selling that other $und00 million in bonds, we also have to go to the state of Michigan and ask them to amend the PQ application from the original bond. As part of that process, we've expressed to the Department of the Treasury that we do want to add Hoover and West because they were not included in the original PQ application. And uh when we have initially spoken to them, they have said that that would not be an issue. Um but obviously we still have to
058officially complete that process and that's going to be things that the board does over the next few months. So um but our goal is to also get those included and then you can reimburse from bond money as well for that. >> Okay. Thank you very much. >> Okay. Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Oh, I one other thing I did want to clarify and I think you're good on this, Jack. I know because a couple board members previously we did vote on uh replacing the rest of Meyer's roof. Uh there was some things that we had to adjust because the numbers had changed. The estimate wasn't exactly correct. That's why that one came back again, but there there was a previous action with the last board on the Myers. So, I just wanted to clarify that's
059why it's it's on the table again. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Number eight, uh, public comment agenda items only, uh, policy 0167.3. Thank you all of you. Thank you to all of you who can be with us tonight. We understand the importance of continuing to keep you informed in providing an opportunity for you to be heard. Public comment will begin with those in person and then move to our online audience. For those in person, please step up to the microphone and state your name and address for the record. After the in-person comment, our online audience will need to find the raise hand symbol for our moderator to recognize and unmute you. Please take into consideration common courtesy, refrain from any personal attacks, and keep your comments to 3 minutes or less. We will provide and
060assist with timekeeping so each guest will be able to monitor their own time and know when to conclude. So all who wish to speak will have an equal opportunity to do so. As a reminder, if there are any questions at this meeting or by some other avenue, Superintendent Wager or his designate will work on getting those answers in a timely manner. Please note this portion of the meeting is reserved for comments regarding business discussed on this agenda only. There will be another opportunity for comments later in the meeting for general comments. If anyone would like to speak in the audience, please step up to the microphone. Uh we have someone online. >> Hi, this is Mr. Hall from Hoover. I just wanted to say thank you to Jack and uh the consideration of the board
061on the roof the the roof. >> Thank you for your comment. >> Is there any other online comments? >> I don't I don't know if Matt was done, but >> did he mute himself? >> Yeah, I don't know. >> I figured >> he's done now. >> No, my apologies. I didn't unmute. Someone muted me. I just wanted to say thank you for your consideration. It is a it is a safety issue at this point at Hoover and I I think I can speak for all the buildings. Um I want to thank um Mr. Wagger and board members and Jack for walking around the buildings and and especially at Hoover and seeing what the the needs are. So it it is uh something that needs to be needs to happen. Thank you. >> Thank you for
062the comment. Um any other comment online? Going once, going twice. Okay, moving on Yes. >> Mr. Morris. >> Yes. >> Miss Shufelt is a yes. Mr. Westfall. >> Yes. >> Miss Block. >> Yes. >> Miss Fields. >> Yes. >> That passes 6. Number three. The bid 25-47 roofing policy number 6320. It is recommended the board of education adopt the following resolution accepting a and authorizing the award of contracts for roof replacement. Let's roofing for Johnson Early Childhood Center in the amount of 1,17,6495. Shriber roofing for Howland Elementary in the amount of 1 million. 56,989.32. Shriber roofing for Meyers Elementary in the amount of $99,39.30. Shriber roofing for Hoover Middle School in the amount of $637,7575. Shriber roofing for West Middle School in the amount of $2,120 thou $1,9945. >> Motion. >> Is there a motion
063by Miss Fields? >> I waited. >> Is there a second? >> Second by Mr. Westfall. >> Mr. Madarski? >> Yes. >> Mr. Morris? >> Yes. >> Miss Shufeld is yes. Mr. Westfall. >> Yes. >> Miss Block? >> Yes. >> Miss Fields? >> Yes. >> Miss Morris? Absent? That passes 6. >> That's a lot of numbers. >> I think Jack said uh the other day at our meeting he was going to cover those nickels that were in there. So you were going to cover those nickels that were on the end and some of those. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> All right. Uh thank you everybody. Uh for my superintendence report, I have three things I want to to put out there. Uh the first is the same thing I put out at our last meeting that we
064are in that time of year that state assessment season is upon us. So parents, students, please check your communications from your individual schools as schedules will be altered next week as we get into those testing days. Um so at the high school and middle school levels next Tuesday, there will be a virtual day for most students. Um, but the ones that will be in person next Tuesday will be the 11th graders who are taking the SAT and the eighth graders who will be taking the PSAT. So, they will attend in person. Uh, but everybody else at Hoover West and Taylor High School will be virtual that day. Uh, on next Wednesday at Taylor High School, uh, it's going to be a normal day for our middle schools. Let me just clarify that. everybody in person
065like normal next Wednesday. But at the high school level, uh they will be having another virtual day, but 9th and 10th graders will be coming in for their PSAT and they will be in person. So 11th and 12th graders would be virtual on next Wednesday. And after that, we'll return to normal sessions, but for very specific numbers, for all the specific information, please make sure you're checking your school's communication as they have it all laid out for you. Uh, the second thing I want to bring up and bring awareness to is that today is autism acceptance day. And the reason I purposely chose the words to say autism acceptance day because in the past a lot of people have always said a autism awareness day, but it's a day not just for awareness. And that
066was why I purposely wanted to make sure we we worded it this way. It's a day rather to promote and understand the acceptance of individuals who have autism uh within our communities, within our schools. So, every person with autism has their own story, making it ever so important for us to listen, learn, and embrace those differences with open hearts and open minds. And autism is not something that is to be fixed, but it is a part of someone and who they are. So, let's work on, and this is what I'm putting out to everybody, let's work on and make sure that we're creating a community here in the Taylor School District, where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to be truly their authentic selves. And that is why I really wanted to stress today being
067autism acceptance day. And great at timing that these happen to fall on the same day, it is also paraprofessional day. So I want to say happy uh paraprofessional day to all our paraprofessionals throughout the school district who work and provide those vital supports uh to our special education students, to our career center students, to to all the different locations that we have pair of professionals working and providing that absolutely important assistance to our our students and staff. Thank you. All right, moving on to the consent agenda. Policy number 066.1 and policy number 6470. Minutes from the committee of the whole meeting of March 19th, 2025. Minutes from the regular board meeting of March 19th, 2025. Consolidated items, payment of current bills, certified, non-certified, and administrative reports. Is there a motion? Motion >> motion by Mr.
068Morris. Is there a second? >> Second by Mr. Madarsski. >> Mr. Morris. >> Yes. >> Miss Shufaltzy. Yes. Mr. Westfall. >> Yes. >> Miss Block. >> Yes. >> Miss Fields. >> Yes. >> Miss Morris absent. Mr. Madarsski. >> Yes. >> That passes 6. >> Thank you. Okay. Moving on to agenda. Agenda item 12. Items scheduled for next agenda. Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Uh, good news and, uh, student representatives from, uh, McDow. Okay. Um, get my right sheet of paper back. Uh, agenda item 13, uh, general public comment, uh, policy 0167.3. As mentioned earlier in the meeting, we will now open the floor for general public comment. The same guidelines previously outlined will remain in effect and any questions at this meeting. Superintendent Wagger or his designate will work on getting those answers in a timely
069manner. We will begin with those in person and then move to our online audience. Is there anyone currently here that would like to address the school board? Is there anyone online that would like to address the school board? Okay. Where did my sheet go? There we go. And moving on to agenda item 14, board member comments. >> I do um when I was at both um Moody and Randall, uh they have some pretty bad furniture. The way I understood it was though all the elementaryaries were to get new furniture under the bond. I know they they did a trial on uh Moody for the special ed room, PohHigh, I believe it was, excuse me. But now they've been told all of that's put on hold. Why are we keep Why Why are we still And
070what happened to the old furniture at Eureka Heights? >> I believe with Eureka Heights, there should still be furniture that's over there. I know we've used some of it for filling in other locations as needed, but I don't know if it's all been moved out of there. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Well, my concern is is the the board is sort of been assuming that we break promises. Is this going to be another promise that we're breaking? Are we going to follow through with I I would like to see the principles get with their staff to see what they need or they want or whatever before they leave so that these kids and staff can come back into some decent furniture. Um the other thing I wanted to address is quarter of a million dollars
071of playground equipment sitting over at Eureka Heights. You still got that Christ center sitting on Eureka and you got an empty building which is going to be a problem down the line anyway. Why wasn't that going to it had to be moved anyhow even when the utilization plan was in effect because the preschools had to have a special playground. So I'm sure that some of our larger um elementaryaries could use the additional playground equipment. Is that correct? >> Oh yeah. And then we can absolutely. We had quotes originally when we were doing the utilization process for um moving the playgrounds of the buildings that were to be closed and that so we can just revive that and get that back on base. That won't be a problem. That can be done >> because I just
072don't want to see one. >> Oh yeah, agree. >> We've seen buildings fall apart over neglect equipment get, you know, destroyed over neglect. Let's do something with this. >> Absolutely. >> And when you say furniture on your first point, are you talking about like desks or like everything or is there anything in particular? >> You know what the students desks is what what caught my eye. But but when I'm the I'm sure teacher desks, some of those desks I've seen >> were in buildings when I went to school and that was a hundred years ago. >> Get your post still there, >> Jack. When you say some of it was donated, it was no new stuff, was it? >> Okay. >> Well, normally when a when a school closes, normally the other buildings are are
073going and sticky noting everything with their initiative so they can get whatever. >> Yeah, I I've seen that and experienced that in my career. I know exactly what you're talking about. If we've already promised the elementaryaries that then why >> and I think part of it is we held off on doing that part of because we had the intention that we were going to be using that building still but now that things have changed we should get back and revisit it. >> Hey Jack with is the Fisher over here. >> Yeah. >> Is that is that recent uh furniture or is that Taylor schools? >> Uh no that that was theirs. >> Okay. did something there, >> but nothing worth. >> They took >> all the good stuff. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Well, my whole
074point is this district has scrged for years to supply furniture for the staff and the students and now that it was written into the bond and that's what we're t we got it voted on and that's what's approved. Let's do this for the for the elementaryaries along with the playground equipment. That's all I have. >> Thank you. >> I I do vaguely remember that some of it was put on hold because we were trying to figure out the high school stuff. And >> can I add a little bit of clarification for this? So, we did a full district pilot survey of the furniture and and you're right, Kathy, there were there were um sites all over the district that were piloting furniture and providing feedback. we have the total order set and ready to go.
075Uh but then when we voted to halt everything, then we we stopped all of that. We told interior environments to hold off. Um and in answer to your question, it is student desks, student chairs, teacher desk, teacher chair, and then some kind of a filing cabinet, a reading table with six chairs. All of that has already been picked out because when I spoke to my principles, >> they don't recall picking anything out. Or is this something central office picked out for them? >> No, there was a team there was a committee if I remember correctly. >> But there was a district-wide survey that was sent out because there was a big um discussion about do we get tables or desks for kindergarten and first grade. It was kind of heated and so they did all
076their survey results. We had the order compiled. So, it would be my point is it'd be very easy to just revive where we left off. >> Wasn't there complaints about some of the stuff that was received though? >> Yes. Well, there's some teachers that have expressed that it was a poor choice to ask for um the desks are too large for first grade students and the chairs. >> Oh, something like that. >> Yeah. So, we were looking at I had been talking to um Steve from Interior Environments about modifying some of the ordering going forward. They have been wonderful to work with and have offered to even swap things out if they're really not workable. But my my company line keeps being, you know, we just we just have to wait. I will have more
077direction soon and then we'll be able to revive where >> do we have to do that as a boat to get this back going and so that because it's going to be a process and we're in April and school's going to be out. >> I'd have to clarify that. My my initial thought would be that it wouldn't necessarily take that. What it does take is knowing what we want to spend on the high school and then what's remaining after you spend that is going to be the what drives that number. So I think it's the that's the part we'd have to know. But it's it wouldn't I don't think >> about the bottle allowed x amount of money. You do this. >> Yeah, it's Yes, it's allowed. It's it's >> okay. So why aren't we
078using what's allowed? I don't think it was like designated the X amount of dollars for it. It was just that it's allowed to be spent, >> right? It's what >> we were given permission to spend money on furniture just but we didn't allocate a specific amount. >> It's almost like the leftover money after other things are done. >> Yeah. >> Sounds a bad way of saying, but that's kind of how it is. And am I wrong when I some of the other stuff was >> it came down to a point where we were everything bond related had been spent on the elementary and people were starting to say like okay this is also supposed to go to the high school we haven't done anything they haven't seen any dollars and I think that was part
079of the halting because we just put in all this money into the rebuild of the elementary schools and they were getting this, they got the playgrounds, they got X, Y, and Z. And so I think that's part of why everything kind of halted because we were spending all of this money on elementary, elementary, elementary, and the high schoolers hadn't received anything yet. They got sidewalks. >> They're in the process now getting 11 million worth of fields. >> But that wasn't the case then agreement after the committee picked out the furniture. There was not an agreement to go forward with any of it >> because other teachers had problems with it. Correct. >> With the additional buildings, >> we it all kind of happened. >> I can hear you. >> It all kind of happened at
080the same time. It was there was feedback from the teachers that some of the choices maybe needed to be edited. Was at the same time that the board was voting on a decision to pause to pause what we were doing to kind of regroup. I I remember us discussing what Stephanie was talking about. We had talked about some of the furniture choices may have needed to be adjusted. Um so it kind of all happened at the same time. I communicated with Gary and Steve that we needed to kind of just stop for a second, but we were still actively working. >> Yes. We were trying things out. We never really actually bought furniture. >> No, we did >> for three of the buildings. Holland, Meyers, and McDow have them. And actually, Interior Environments has been
081working with McDow and Meyers and Holland this week to get them permanent office furniture and reception furniture because to your point, Corey, there was money left over from the first uh bond. >> Well, not only that, they had money left over in their contingencies from the from the >> from their renovations that they got. >> Correct. And so we had them so that they can take the board that is currently covering the file cabinets that is their welcome desk and have an act have actual office furniture that you know welcomes people to the office. >> Well even if it's not bond is it something that we can look into maybe not replacing every stitch but I mean there these buildings need these kids are on rickety stuff. Yeah, I honestly think that we could because
082I mean uh when we just talked about it this week, we are between 17 million and 18 million left from that original bond sale. 11 million of it's going into athletics. That leaves 7 million there. Well, obviously we just said we need roofs. So, some of the money go, >> but there's going to be money left in that pot in addition to whatever gets left when we make >> We look into that to to service students. >> Jack, did you know that there's desks falling apart over there? Has anybody put in orders to get new stuff replaced from other buildings? >> Well, we got to look and see what's at your guides. >> Oh. Well, that's the assumption. >> Okay. Okay. >> Any other >> I'd like to um say thank you to the young
083man that came to speak to us from TVLA because that's real intention of TVLA. >> Absolutely. >> Is a success story like that. I know you had mentioned the Chryset facility. Yeah, it looks like it's going to probably stay open for the foreseeable future. The city closed it at the council meeting. They took their business license away. Well, the city failed to inform people that almost a week later. Chryset went to court, federal court, and got an injunction against what the city did to stay open. And usually, I'm not an attorney, but when you get an injunction on your first try, it tends to kind of stick around. you know, anything can happen. But, uh, >> well, there was issues with with some of their clientele. And now that we don't have an elementary there
084or or students that were using, my concern is, is that going to become somebody's new house? I know it's still alarmed, but there there was damage being done when when it was open. So, >> yeah. Well, I think the problem with what the city tried to do is they couldn't prove and I sat through the whole hearing. Crime happened. Maybe that person visited Chryset. Maybe they visited Meyers. Maybe they visited the gas station. But there was no causal effect. Chryset was not saying, "Hey, go do this." And in some cases, they weren't even from Chryset. So, the city, in my opinion, they didn't prove anything. And the judge agreed. So, >> I I watched last night's meeting. It was interesting. >> Well, that was a whole different thing. Yeah, that's for that's for later. >>
085Are there any other board member comments pertaining to school? >> Yeah. >> Um, yes. I just want to say um a huge kudos to the TVLA program, Miss Cluck and right, is that how you say it? Cluke and uh Miss Scott who invited me to be a part of their um reality day. I thought that was awesome. the way that they conducted it was in a game-like setting. Um, everybody was given a job, uh, similar to the game of life. And like you had heard earlier from the student that participated, he left with $33 in the month. Um, but some kids essentially without really being stressed out, they're like, "Oh my god, like I don't have enough money. How am I going to survive? Like how am I going to get groceries?" And then they
086had to revisit like um you know f financial aids, state assistance and they moved around the building child care. That was my job. I handled the child care portion and worked through some of that with the students and how that can affect um your monthly budget. And honestly, I think Jason um it's something that should be included into the curriculum for even our general high school. um knowing those kind of situations, how to write a ledger, um how to manage your money. I mean, some of the kids were real had some real eye opening like moments and I thought it was super cool. So, I think that our high school TVA everybody should >> kind of like a home course, right? Is that what they used to call it back then? >> What? >> Home
087economics. I think that's like a personal finance personal finance. Home. Yeah. My my grandma said it was called homeac. Yeah. >> So just to share a little bit a little bit there is a new law that goes into effect our current sophomores by before they graduate. Now one of the classes required is personal finance class and we're in the process of getting it up and running. Awesome. Be a semester class. So to kind of merge that together I love the idea that we can talk about >> but I know going into we're already talking about it. in our secondary and admin meetings in preparation for that new state requirement that students now have to have a semester of personal finance because now it's written in the law. So >> awesome. I thought that was great
088and so I just wanted to shout them out for >> Right. So on top of the economics the students would take if they choose to take economics but now one of the necessary graduating required now finance plans. >> Awesome. >> And and I'll say like that's what lowkey stuck out to me. I've stood there today and because I love this program. I've seen it done in other schools. I implemented it when I was a high school principal at the building I was principal of. And uh but it stuck out to me because I stood by where the medical table was and they had to go into the clinic and pull a card and it was going to be whatever they did. And so many kids came to that table and they're like, "Uh, okay, you
089have medical insurance. Do you have vision insurance?" "No." "Do you have dental insurance?" "No." And then the kid just pulls a card that says, "Oh, you need to go in and get an eye exam." no vision uh insurance. Here's your $400 bill. >> Yeah. >> Like >> I should have went and did that. Yeah. >> But that young man was the only one who came up and paid for every piece of insurance. Yep. >> And he pulled it. He's like 20 buck copay. And he walked down to the next table. >> And they even had like a grim a grim reaper come through with like you got a flat tire. Y like with very unexpected cost or like a reward, right? Like sometimes they're like, "We got a $100 ticket in the mail for Kroger,
090you know, and so then they could add that into their income instead of deducting it, but then they might have gotten an $80 parking ticket or so. I just thought it was cool because it it really was real life things. It wasn't pretend. It wasn't um you know you got a hang nail or it was you know you got a flat tire or your car went into a shop or you have to buy a car or oh this job you don't make enough money so now you need to revisit and now you have to go get a different job and kids actually had to go and try to find a new employment to make more money and I just thought it was super super cool. Justin, you're right because that was part of home a
091hundred years ago because that's where I had learned it. But the kids don't know how to live life when when because you're right, Stephanie, all these unexpected expenses. >> Uh you get a paycheck, figure out how to budget, figure your food. I mean, we just went on spring break in Florida and my teenagers ran over a nail in Florida and I was like, "Oh, we have flat tire." Like, you don't expect that to happen, you know? So, then thankfully I had tire coverage, but I had to find a Ford dealer. >> Yeah. >> And that's something that they wouldn't expect. So, >> I just thought it was super super cool. >> Any other comments from the board? >> Okay. Uh moving on to agenda item 15. Ajournment >> motion. >> Second. >> Thank you. Okay.
092Um Miss Shoufeld. >> Yes. >> Miss Westfall. Mr. Westfall. My apologies. >> I've been called a lot of folks. >> My apologies, Mr. Wood. >> That's okay. >> Uh Miss Block. >> Yes. >> Miss Fields. >> Yes. >> Miss Moore is not here. Mr. Morarski, >> yes. >> Uh yes. From me. Uh 6. Uh, the board of education regular meeting for April 2nd, 2025 adjourns at 7:20