May 27, 2026 - Board of Education Meeting

001Good evening. Test. Test. Got a hot mic. Good evening. Welcome to the Anchor Bay School District regular board of education meeting. Like to call to order. Ian, the pledge can still flag. Please rise. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. All right. Thank you very much. Uh, Mr. Ventelli, do the roll call, please. >> Yes. Um, Mr. Covert >> Here. Uh, Miss Knox >> here. >> Mr. Sunnyberger >> here. >> Mr. Venitelli is here. Miss Burkmeer >> here. >> Mr. Powers here. Mr. Richards >> here. Mr. President, everyone is here today. >> Great. Thank you. All right. Next item on the agenda is approve the agenda. I would like to entertain a motion

002to approve the agenda as presented. >> I'll second. >> All right. Motion by Mr. Colbert, supported by uh Miss Knox. Any questions, comments, or concerns? All right. Hearing none, call the roll. All right. Uh Mr. Covert. Yes, >> Miss Knox. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sunnyberger. >> Yes, >> Mr. Venitali. Yes, Miss Burkmire. >> Yes, >> Mr. Powers. >> Yes, Mr. Richards. >> Yes. Motion passes. Okay. Next item on the agenda is student art recognition. Um, Miss Muriel Hayes and Miss Libby Libby Fortune. Eight. Thought she was on mic, didn't you? >> Yeah, I'm sure you thought you teacher voice doesn't get in here. >> Oh, thank you. >> Well, oh my goodness. >> We're going to announce our award winners and then we're going to call all children up on stage. >> Ready? >> Okay.

003for kindergarten. Our honorable mention was Payton Long from Lahi and Nani >> and Nani Fowler from Nauldrret. Third prize was Cora Davis from Naul. Okay. And honorable mention awards uh in grade one go to my Maya Kacheski, Great Oaks Elementary. And another honorable mention goes to uh Colton Rush, Nulred Elementary. And uh grade one also for first prize, first place, uh Ra Railen Bush. Oh, Lahie Schmidt. Lahy Schmidt Elementary. Okay, second prize is Hadley Ricky, Great Oaks Elementary. And third prize in grade one is Eli Elijah Strange. >> Stringer >> Strand Stranger glasses glasses on. Great. >> For grade two honorable mention, we had Arya Zarziki from Nulrid Elementary. And second prize for Meline Seaffort from Nulra Elementary. And third prize Jackson Davies from Ladish Elementary. And then we have grade three. First prize goes

004to Ryder Cunningham, Nald Elementary. Second prize goes to uh Charlotte Turville, Great Oaks Elementary in fourth grade. Now for honorable mentions, uh Ivy uh M uh geez, she told me just a minute ago. Is that Mowski? >> Oh, Macowski. Great Oaks Elementary. Sorry, Ivy. I probably messed that up. Leila Woods, Carla, Latty Schmidt Elementary. And grade four, third prize, Kate Bilderbeck, Lahy Schmidt Elementary. If all students could grab their artwork off of the table and join us on stage in front of the steps, we would appreciate that. >> I'm not getting any What's happening? All right, great job. Moving down the agenda, the next item is going to be support staff employee of the year. And presenting that tonight will be Miss Gonzalez. >> Good evening, President Richards, Board of Education, and Superintendent Janowski. I'd

005like to call Sherry D. Christophar. Tonight, it is an honor to recognize this year's support staff employee of the year, Sherry de Christopharro. Her kindness, dedication, and positivity has made a lasting impact on everyone fortunate enough to work with her. I have tortured Sherry all day with this speech. Since beginning her journey with Anker Bay on November 29th, 2000, she has been a constant source of kindness, positivity, and support for everyone around her. She started at the administration office as a half-day mail driver and half-day afternoon receptionist and then moved to a full um I'm sorry where in a role where so many people first experienced her warm smile and caring spirit. She then became um the full-time receptionist and then in 2014 she was promoted to her current position administrative assistant to the superintendent

006where she continues to serve with professionalism, compassion, and heart. If you know her, you already know that she is truly the kindest person you will ever meet. And that's worthy to say again, she really is the kindest person you will ever meet. She's always smiling, always looking on the bright side, and always willing to help. She is the first person to step in to offer her support. Even even if she doesn't know exactly how to do the work herself, she'll jump right in beside you and together you figure it out. I have experienced that and I'm very grateful to Sherry. I can share that anytime I have to go to the the file room where we filed stuff from, you know, the the 1900s. Um, I ask Sherry to join me because she's the only

007one that can get that door unlocked. Plus, she's the only one with the key. She is certainly the definition of a team player. Perhaps one of her greatest gifts is the way she treats people. Over the years, she has answered countless calls from upset parents and frustrated community members. And every single time she responds with grace, respect, patience, and kindness. Sherry has an incredible ability to make people feel heard and cared for even during difficult moments. In those difficult situations, she brings compassion. Anger Bay is stronger because of people like her. People who quietly show up every day, care deeply about others, and make this district feel like family. She is the heart of central office. Her positivity, support, and unwavering dedication makes our district stronger every single day. So, Sherry, congratulations on being named

008support staff employee of the year. This recognition is incredibly welld deserved and we are grateful for you. >> You're welcome. and you don't I'm not going All right. Next item on the agenda is the retiree recognition also by Miss Gonzalez. >> Okay. Again, good evening. If I could have Ann Seroka join me. Come on down. An is number 76 on the teacher seniority list and she was hired on September 4th, 2000. Welcome. I am honored to recognize an for her years of dedication and service to the students and families of Great Oak Great Oaks Elementary where she has taught for at least the last 13 okay the last 20 years. Um no okay as a fourth grade teacher an has made a lasting impact far beyond the classroom. She inspired students not only academically but

009also as the sponsor of the green team and student council, helping students become leaders, problem solvers, and caring members of their community. Anne's passion for the nature trail gave students hands-on opportunities to explore, discover, and develop a love for learning outside the classroom walls. She understood she understood that some of the best lessons come from experience, curiosity, and connection with the world around us. She also consistently gave of her own time, often sacrificing sacrificing her lunch hour to supervise student community service projects, showing students the importance of compassion, responsibility, and giving back to others. Anne's kindness, dedication, and passion for students have left a lasting legacy at Great Oaks Elementary. On behalf of the board of education and superintendent Janowski, thank you, Anne, for the countless lives you have touched. We wish you happiness, relaxation,

010and many wonderful adventures on your retirement. Congratulations. Okay, Jennifer Pratari, come on down. Jennifer is number 69 on the teacher seniority list and she was hired on August 27th, 2001. So, I'm proud to recognize Jennifer Patari for her years of dedication, service, and commitment to our students. Jennifer began her career as an elementary teacher before transitioning into special education where she has served in a middle school self-contained classroom with incredible compassion and devotion. Throughout her career, she has been the definition of professionalism and a true role model for fel fellow educators. Jennifer's caring nature and commitment to her students helped them achieve far more than they ever believed possible. She took the time to truly know each student, building meaningful connections with both students and families alike. Her patience, encouragement, and belief in every child

011made a lasting impact on countless families. Jennifer's devotion to helping students grow academically, socially, and emotionally will leave a legacy that will not be forgotten. On behalf of the board of education and superintendent Janowski, thank you, Jennifer, for your years of service, compassion, and dedication. I wish you all the best in your well-earned retirement. Okay, Sandra Davis. Yay. Sandra is number 21 on the teacher seniority list. She was hired on September 8th, 2005. Sandra Davis, what an incredible career dedicated to some of our youngest learners, fellow educators, and the entire Anker Bay Elementary community. Sandra has always been described as patient, kind, supportive, and willing to help in any way she could to do what is best for the students. Those qualities are exactly what makes a truly exceptional kindergarten teacher. For countless children, Sandra

012was their very first school experience. And because of her care and dedication, that experience was filled with encouragement, safety, and love. She has also been a me a mentor to numerous student teachers, helping guide and inspire the next generation of educators with the same compassion and professionalism she brought to her own classroom every day. Sandra is the definition of a dedicated early childhood professional. Anker Bay has also played a special role in Sandra's personal life as it is um it is where she met her husband and now just as her husband retired from Neldrid Elementary, Sandra will retire from Neldrid as well. A fitting and meaningful full circle moment. Yes, Sandra. Thank you for the countless lives you have touched, the children you have n n n n n n n n n n n

013n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n nurtured, and the kindness you have shared throughout your career. Your impact will continue for many years to come. Congratulations on your well-deserved retirement. You will be greatly missed. >> Hey Okay, Bruce Matsurazzi, come on down. I hope I said it correct, too. I've been practicing all day. All right, so he is number 18 on the teacher seniority list. Hired on August 20th, 1997. Bruce Matarazzi has had an extraordinary career filled with music, creativity, and unforgettable memories for generations of students. Bruce is not only a talented teacher, but an impeccable musician himself, able to play several instruments and inspire students through his own passion and talent. Under

014his direction, elementary concerts became much more than performances. They became full theatrical productions, complete with auditions, costumes, props, and elaborate stage sets. Students didn't just sing or play music. They became part of something magical. For many years, Bruce also led the fifth grade band program, helping students discover confidence, discipline, and a lifelong appreciation for music. And perhaps one of his his most lasting legacies is the Ashley Allstars School Song, which Bruce composed and is still proudly used today. That song represents school spirit, tradition, and the lasting impact Bruce has had on the Ashley community. Bruce, thank you for sharing your incredible talents, your creativity, and your dedication with so many students over the years. Your music, and your influence will continue to echo through these halls for years to come. Congratulations on a welldeserved retirement.

015Thank you. Thank you. >> Yes. Okay, Sherry Gilbertson, is she here? There you are. Okay, Sherry, come on down. Hello. Sherry is number 11 on the teacher seniority list. Hired on August 28th, 1995. Today we get to celebrate someone who has truly made a lasting impact on Ashley Elementary and on the countless students, families, and co-workers lucky enough to know her. Sherry started her career at Nulit, teaching there for her first two years before moving to Ashley. For the past 29 years, she has walked the halls at Ashley Elementary with dedication, kindness, and a level of organization that most of us can only aspire to. If there was ever a question, a problem, or a lastm minute need, she was the person everyone knew they could count on. As a first grade teacher, she helped

016shape the very beginning of so many children's educational journeys. First grade teachers hold a special role. They teach reading, writing, math, confidence, independence, and sometimes even how to tie shoes and navigate friendships. That takes patience, heart, and a whole lot of love. She brought all of that and more every single day. While retirement is certainly well-earned, it's hard to imagine Ashley Elementary without her steady presence, organized classroom, and caring heart and her unwavering support. Sherry, thank you for the years of dedication, the lives you've touched, the example you've set, and the love you've poured into this school community. Your impact will continue long after today because every child you helped, every teacher you supported, and every family you encouraged carries a piece of your influence forward. Congratulations on your retirement. May this next chapter be

017filled with good health, relaxation, adventure, and all the happiness you deserve. Ashley Elementary will always be a part of your story, and you will always be a part of Ashley's. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Okay. Leanne Smith. >> Yay. >> Leanne is number 10 on the teacher seniority list. Hired on January 29th, 1993. Today we celebrate an incredible teacher, Leanne Smith, and the impact she has made on so many students, families, and colleagues throughout her career. Leanne has the kind of teacher voice that people would literally stop in the hallway just to listen to. There was something so calm, caring, and captivating about the way she spoke to her students. And when she read a book aloud, it became an experience with different voices for every character. She made stories come alive in a

018way her students will never forget. Many years ago, Leanne also taught physical education at Lahi, where she was apparently just as memorable for her teaching as she was for her collection of the coolest windbreakers around. But beyond all of that, what truly defines Leanne is the way she worked tirelessly for her students and their families. She gave her heart to this profession and made every child feel important, supported, and loved. Leanne, thank you for the joy, dedication, creativity, and kindness you brought to education every single day. Your influence will continue far beyond the classroom. Congratulations on your retirement. It is so welld deserved and I will miss our early morning chats in the parking lot. >> Yes. character. >> Okay. Audrey Croer, please join me. >> Yeah. Thank Audrey has been the heart of our

019high school community for many years. Since September 3rd, 1999, Audrey has welcomed students, staff, and families with kindness, patience, and dedication. For over two decades, she has been more than a secretary at the high school. Audrey has been the friendly voice on the phone, the calm in the middle of busy days, and the person who always made sure things ran smoothly behind the scenes. students and staff have benefited from her hard work, compassion, and unwavering commitment to Anchor Bay. Retiring marks the closing of one chapter and the beginning of an exciting new one. While we will deeply miss Audrey's presence each day, we are grateful for the years of service, friendship, and care that she has given to all of us. Audrey, thank you for your years of hard work and dedication to the Anker

020Bay School community. I wish you the best in your retirement. I'm going to miss you and I appreciate all you've done to help me when I'm trying to chase down administrators at the high school. I know I could call her or Lori and then within seconds I get a call back. So, thank you. Thank you. >> Yeah. You're welcome. >> Yep. Stand up front. You can stand on this side of Ann. You can stand wherever you want. Okay. Stand. Okay. Go. You're good. You're good. Okay. Lori Seleki. So, let's celebrate someone who has truly been the glue holding the high school front office together since January 17th, 2003. While teachers may run the classrooms, we all know the real panic starts when there is a vacancy with no substitute teacher. And that's where Audrey becomes

021our hero. For years, she somehow managed to find subs at 6:00 in the morning during snowstorms that didn't close school, flu season, COVID, and every other reason in between. Lori had the unique ability to track people down to fill vacancies when no one else could. But beyond keeping the building running, Lori has always been kind, caring, and the friendly face everyone could count on. Whether it was helping a stressed out teacher, calming a nervous student, or just offering a smile on a hectic day, she made the high school a better place. Retirement means no more early morning substitute calls, no more juggling schedules, and finally getting to ignore the phone without feeling guilty about it. Thank you, Lori, for your years of dedication, laughter, and care. You will be greatly missed. Congratulations on your well-earned

022retirement. >> Want to go stand by your phone? Okay. Alexis Metipedigan. Yay. So, Alexis joined the district as a bus driver on October 16th, 2020 during the challenges of the COVID pandemic, stepping into an incredibly important role during an uncertain time. From the very beginning, she demonstrated dedication, professionalism, and a deep commitment to student safety. Alexis has had a true passion for working with special needs students and ensuring their safety during transportation each and every day. Her care, patience, and compassion gave families peace of mind knowing their child were in such capable hands. Her dedication to tu student safety also led her to become a bus driver trainer where she shared her knowledge and experience with others helping maintain the high standards of safety and professionalism throughout the district. For many years, Alexis proudly represented

023Anchor Bay in the school bus rodeo, showcasing both her skill and dedication to her profession. This year she achieved the impressive accomplishment of advancing to the state competition. Oh yes. Alexis has always been an outstanding employee, dependable, supportive, and always willing to help wherever needed. Her positive impact on students, co-workers, and the entire district will not be forgotten. On behalf of the board of education and superintendent Janowski, thank you Allesus for your years of service, compassion, and dedication. I wish you all the best in your welldeserved retirement. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Okay. And our last retiree acknowledgement, Miss Muriel Hayes. Where's Muriel? Muriel is number one on the teacher seniority list. Yes, she is the grand pooa. On September 2nd, 1986, she began her journey in education. And what an amazing journey it

024has been. For decades, she has inspired students not only to create art, but to see creativity, beauty, and confidence within themselves. An elementary art teacher does so much more than teach painting, drawing, and color theory. She helped children express emotions, discover talents, and believe in their own ideas. She created a classroom where imagination was encouraged, mistakes were part of the learning, and every child felt proud of what they created. Beyond her classroom, she has been an incredible team player. The kind of co-worker who steps in without being asked, who helps others succeed, and who makes difficult days easier simply by being there. Schools don't thrive because of programs or buildings alone. They thrive because of people like Muriel. She brought an easygoing spirit to every room she entered. No matter how busy the day was,

025she always seemed to have a smile on her face and a calm, positive energy that made everyone around her feel a little lighter. She reminded us that kindness matters, positivity spreads, and sometimes the best thing you can offer is simply your presence and support. Retirement marks the closing of one chapter, but the legacy she leaves behind will remain for years to come in the students she expired inspired, the co-workers she supported, and the countless lives she made brighter along the way. Muriel, thank you for your dedication since September 2nd, 1986. Thank you for sharing your talents, your kindness, your laughter, and your heart with generations of students and colleagues. Congratulations on your retirement. May this next chapter bring you the same joy and happiness you have given so many others. You will be dearly missed,

026fondly remembered, and always appreciated. Congratulations retired. Okay. We'll get a picture. Okay. All right. Incredible. All right. Moving down on the next item is uh board member recognition. I will be presenting that. It is on hot mic. All right. Here we go. Moving down to the next item is going to be board member recognition and I will be presenting that. I worked a couple days on mine just um Mr. Green Mr. Green started I believe in 2019 on the Anchor Bay school board and this the school board uh of education would like to uh with deep appreciation for your dedication, commitment and support to the Anchor Bay community. Thank you for your dedication and your commitment to everything you've done for the school district. Please come forward so we can present you with this nice

027plaque. And the last one before we break for a short recess for cake. Uh the next one's going to be student congress representative recognition. I would like to present this to Madison Borg uh with thanks the Anchor Bay School Board of Education like to thank you for everything you've done in the six years I've been on the board. It was great to hear great feedback from the different schools. Um your dedication not only to the updates that you gave, but just your commitment to Anchor Bay. You know, we we saw different presentations with DECA. So, it's great to see how involved you are in the school district and I'd like to wish you luck on your future. And with that, another picture, another plaque. Yes. And we are going to have a short recess. Uh

028please join us for a piece of cake and we'll take a 15 20 minute recess. No more pictures. All right. Welcome back. The next item on the agenda is going to be the 2025 2026 special education department highlights. Uh Nicole Eert. Okay. Good evening, Board of Education. This is probably a good opportunity to reflect and um just kind of highlight some of the elements of our department that we're most proud of. And I think it comes at a very unique time when the Michigan Department of Education is unrolling an initiative to monitor least restrictive environment. And uh you know LRE and education terms are always using acronyms and basically it's it's this mindset of ensuring that students with disabilities are educated in the least restrictive environment whenever possible and that as public school districts we

029are always promoting access to those settings. Um maybe a better way to go through this is to have a visual. Um the department of education released this hierarchy or basically it's a learning continuum and generally what we are always trying to acknowledge is that all of our students are gened kids first and only through copious amounts of data only through carefully considered planning do we recognize when students need more restrictive supports in order to access education the way that their non-disabled peers do. And as you can see from this hierarchy, as you go from bottom up toward the top and as those uh rows narrow, um there are instances where you know maybe you have consultation with support staff like our speech pathologists or social workers or teacher consultants. Progressively, you might adopt accommodations where

030you have an IEP that grants you various tools to help you access the curriculum in different ways. Progressively, we get into resource room where maybe you remediate the curriculum and you build uh and try to improve skill gaps. You have some time out of the general education classroom. And then you see as you progressively go up, you get into specialty considerations such as special programs. Sometimes those are in the same building, sometimes those are separate buildings. even toward the top where you're into homebound considerations or complete change of placements entirely. Um so the Michigan Department of Education um wants to make sure that as public school districts that we have procedures, we have programming, we have processes to ensure we are meeting LRE requirements. And the importance of this is we rely heavily on our

031building lit tutors. We have instructional coaches. We have support staff gened and resource from teachers and of course our principles who orchestrate this big educational ecosystem and make sure that we are following these processes. However, knowing that uh the state has wanted to take this a step further and with their monitoring initiative, what they've decided to do is kind of a two-step process. Number one is an audit of all of the state ISDs to kind of determine how is each ISD regulating and ensuring least restrictive environment. And then also uh something a little more unique was the state decided we are going to pick ISDs and districts and come around and do interviews. So uh Mcome was one of the first to volunteer for this and uh all 21 districts in the county received uh

032interviews with uh Michigan Department of Ed representatives as well as the county and uh we had to basically choose cohorts. They wanted a blend of gened specialed teachers. They wanted administrators. Um they also wanted uh support staff. And the goal was to not only review through auditing of our paperwork and our programming and procedures, but they wanted to hear from the staff themselves. What do you know about LRE? What does your district do about it? How does it influence you specifically as a staff member? And oh, I'm sorry, Tim. Actually, can you go back? Uh, one thing I do want to point out is, um, after these interviews, there was a debriefing session where, uh, at the county level, all 21 districts were encouraged to come back together at the MISD. Uh, all 21 districts

033were represented, including, charters, even the MISD center programs. And um we were of course reminded of approximately 755 items of state and federal compliance that we are responsible for with LRE consideration. Uh fortunately I will not be going over those tonight. Uh but I am happy to say that uh we had a successful audit. Uh there were no findings for Anchorbay specifically. Um but importantly for us and additionally uh during this uh opportunity, MDE actually took time to acknowledge uh some district achievements and some noteworthy discoveries. I'm proud to say that Ankor Bay um was acknowledged during this session. And uh as you can see on the PowerPoint slide, oh I'm sorry, Tim, I got to watch my pointing. If you can go back to the uh previous slide. Um the that uh round uh

034LRE that is actually a coin that was distributed. Um I have not uh appraised this coin. I don't know its value. Uh but it is a a thick kind of metal coin. It's very cool. But it was just the state's acknowledgment at the time that um they felt that we had creative and innovative ways to maximize LRE. Uh and it was it was just a a proud moment uh to be acknowledged by the state, but particularly so a credit to our district interviewees who did sit down with the state representatives. Uh two of those interviewees are here tonight. Uh if they don't mind, I would like to briefly embarrass them. Uh we have our first grade teacher at Nul Elementary, Miss Rachel Hansen. And we have our middle school self-contained teacher at Middle School North,

035Miss Laura Prader. Thank you ladies very much. In your uh in your celebratory uh gift bag, you will receive one of those coveted LRE coins as well as uh something else from us, our gratitude for participating. Um, all of our interviewees did a tremendous job of conveying and demonstrating not only the work that they do to support kids every day, uh, but our district initiatives and our thoughts and plans. And, um, it was not a perfect process. Part of the interviews involved what do we want to improve on? Um, you know, what do we maybe not do quite as well? Um, so there was a lot of acknowledgement of both pros and cons. But, um, before we move off this, I did want to say it's also worth mentioning that our superintendent, Mr. Janowski uh

036was also acknowledged for his support at this meeting uh particularly because throughout the interviews um he was routinely mentioned uh as someone who is um supported our department initiatives and is always willing to uh turn over every stone and consider opportunities um to you know promote LRE and to you know grant us resources. So just wanted to reference that as well. >> Yes, for real this time Tim. Thank you very much. So, um, now that we've covered kind of least restrictive environment in more detail, really thought that this would be the opportunity to take a closer look at some of those programs in the kind of middle to higher part of that that hierarchy, that pyramid you saw earlier, and recognize some of our specialized programs uh that we have in the district for unique

037learners. Uh, and really just at a bird's eye view and a glance, we just listed some of those here. Um, we have a uh an abundance of programs starting at the preschool level. Obviously, we have general education preschool programs, but we do have specialized early childhood specialed programs. We have six of those sections. Um, we have a supported kindergarten that's about uh two years old now. We're entering the third year of that. That was a more innovative program where we basically have um a a specialized classroom that helps some of our learners who maybe aren't quite ready for the full sixh hour kindergarten day, the break neck speed of the curriculum, the the demands and the one teacher for 20 some odd, you know, students, you know, that ratio. Um it's a tremendous program at

038Lighthouse Elementary that uh we've had a a lot of success with and uh again we're going on our third year of utilizing this program. We have five elementary self-contained uh programs. We call them crosscategorical because we service students with all disability levels. Uh but for coding purposes, these are our mild cognitive impaired classrooms. Lahi Elementary has two and has three and we have a variety of diverse learners in these programs. uh at our middle school and high school level, we have continuations of those programs so we can promote uh the same type of learning initiatives and objectives at our middle school and high school level. We have two programs at each level. Uh we also have programs at our elementary and middle school for our emotionally impaired students. We have some students that need uh

039some of the self-contained support um and regulations and uh resources and we're very proud that we have those at multiple levels. And then of course finally at all of our buildings we have resource room programs. Again those are programs where we are still promoting curriculum development but uh we are just remediating skill building. So um we have a copious amount of special education programming throughout the district. Um, and before I turn it over to Nicole, these programs are tremendous for our students and they definitely serve a need, but we are always striving when we have students in these programs to maximize least restrictive environment even in these settings. So what was important when we met with the state was to not only acknowledge these programs, but when students are in these programs, what are we

040doing to ensure that kids could potentially someday exit these programs or while they're in these programs, what access do you have to general education opportunities and supports? So that is where I'm going to turn this over to Nicole is we are going to brag about some of those supports and resources that have enabled that. Um, so it's going to get a little more exciting with a little less words and a lot more pictures on the next few slides. So go ahead, Tim. Um, so I just want to start off by thanking all of you. I know at the last board meeting where we spoke, um, you had approved the continued adoption of the unique learning system curriculum. So, I just included that on here again because we truly feel as a department that this is

041one of the best ways that we can allow equal access to our students with the access to this curriculum, the differentiation that it allows, the adaptive standards, um the individualized supports. It allows multiple access levels for our students. And as we mentioned at the previous meeting, it does allow us the opportunity to utilize this in the general education setting as well. We've been working closely with our elective or specials teachers to help provide them with some differentiated opportunities to help adapt electives to make them more equally accessible for our students all because of the resources that come with this program. So, um, a big thank you to the board for supporting this initiative. Um, we're really excited to continue to watch our students progress through it. So, you've seen these pictures before, but I had

042to throw them in there again. Um, but the next one should be new. So, um, the next few slides are actually going to talk a little bit about our peer pal programs. Um, I'm going to hang on this slide for a little bit while I talk about the elementary level of our preschool program or excuse me of our peer pal program, but I'm also going to touch on the other levels. This is something that we are working on assuring is accessible for all levels and we are currently uh working towards developing some updated opportunities even at the preschool level for this opportunity for our students. So, when we're talking about a peer pel program, we're talking about pairing students who are in self-contained programs with um general education peers so that they have the ability

043to learn social skills to promote increase social interaction, have some at the elementary level, a lot of times this looks like inclusive play. It might be like structured play with maybe a social worker or pair of professionals allowing support to help them work on some play-based skills. But while they're doing this, they're interacting with GenEd students and they're learning classroom skills and they're getting some exposure in the gened classroom or we're bringing students from the general education classroom into the self-contained room so that they can start building these relationships in the comfort of a classroom that they're familiar with. So these are some pictures from the Perell program. Um the pictures on this slide are actually from the Purel program at Nolford Elementary. So you can see a few different really sweet pictures here just

044showing some of the play skills. There's a little picture of the girls painting nails. So, they have a lot of fun in these opportunities. It's not always based around learning academics. Sometimes it's it's based around those play skills or just those friendship interactive skills that you may see happening at recess or at free on, you know, unstructured time within a classroom. Um, the Nul Perpel program actually does an award ceremony every year. Um, I'm sure that if any board members were interested in attending, they would love to have you. It is on June 3rd at 2:00 this year. Um, I did attend last year. It was a really awesome opportunity. They sing songs. Their peer pals um go on stage with them. It's really, really fun. Um, I pulled some statistics from last year's just

045to share with you how big of a program this is. Um, they have not sent me the new stats from this year quite yet, so I didn't want to kind of give false numbers. So, I'll tell you what last year's were. Last year we had 103 students participating in the peer pal program at Nulrid. 17 of those students were students who were in the myai program and 86 of them were students from the gened classrooms and they would come in to classes and have fun with students, play games with students, um learn musical songs with students, participate in this award ceremony with their peer pals. It's a really great opportunity. Um, but the peer pals also are trained to properly interact and communicate with um, students who may have specific communication needs. Maybe they're using

046a different form of communication. Maybe it be picture symbols, coreboards, some of those things we talked about that our ULS curriculum allows us to support. Uh, we do train the Peral students to properly interact and be able to communicate effectively so everyone has equal access for these fun opportunities and moments. Uh so they can play games and become friends and just enjoy what we would call everyday school memories together. Um at the middle school level, you can go ahead and flip to the next slide. Thank you. At the middle school level, uh there are some fun pictures here and actually Miss Prader sent these pictures. She's in the audience today, so I'll call her out. Um there is um a heavier weight of increased inclusion at the middle school level because students have already started

047to build these relationships and worked on these communication skills. So a lot of times we're looking a little more at academic integration when we're working with our peer pals. So we may have students coming into an academic math class and working together with our students in the self-contained program and working on a math assignment, working on in some of these pictures you're looking at like some STEM based or some maker space-based activities. Um building social skills still. It also is a great way to support transitions. A lot of times we're building these strong friendships with our peers and it's a great way to help if maybe we struggle transitioning from class to class, but a peer can come and walk with us. Now it's become an exciting opportunity to move to that next class. I

048get to walk with my friend. So just really honing into ways that we can um maximize the opportunities with these peer pal interactions. Um a lot of planning goes into this. So, props to our teachers, to our support staff, as um Frank mentioned earlier, to our principles for supporting this. Um to our general education teachers, too, for allowing us to pull students out of class sometimes and, you know, bring our bring students in and just make make exciting groups out of these opportunities. There's thoughtful pairing, making sure that our students have a say in maybe what sort of opportunities they would like. We know that with students, especially at the middle school level, if you're not sparking an interest, you might not get a whole lot of participation. So, um, thoughtful planning of when we're

049having these opportunities occur and how we're facilitating them is very important. Structured training again. So, our students who are peer pals from the elementary level up, even if maybe they've been trained by a social worker at the elementary level, they will be going through training again with teachers and with support staff to make sure they really know the students that they're going to be becoming friends with and making sure that they know how to make them feel comfortable and welcomed and included. Um, and again, differentiated supports. How can we make sure it meets the needs of all of our learners at the high school level, which is our next slide. I really love these pictures because they've done some really cool things this year at the high school. Um I think my most exciting um

050observation when I speak with the high school staff or when I get to go over and participate or observe some of these opportunities is how well they'll utilize student strengths. We all know that our high school is broken into students with their pathways, right? We have these CTE opportunities and we have all the pathways that students can declare. um we allow we make sure that our students within the self-contained classroom have the same opportunities to try the CTE opportunities and different classes within the pathways and we'll utilize Perpel opportunities for that. So you'll see some things here that we might have honed in on some strengths and some interests. Uh they're selling cotton candy in one of the pictures. Uh there looks like there's a pizza party in one. And um just there was a

051little really cool puzzle piece um on the bottom right that I really thought was cool. just talking about being unique and like what makes you special. So, there's some really great opportunities and the students are always very excited to share introduce us to their peer pal and share what what they're working on and what they're doing. The picture on the left is really great. That was for our senior sendoff. So, getting our peers involved in the senior sendoff and acknowledging, you know, these are our seniors, they're graduating, let's do something really great and let's acknowledge them. Um, but we're also able to integrate the curriculum using the ULS curriculum. We are able to do a lot because of that transition piece. There's a lot of really cool opportunities that we can pull into our peer

052pal opportunities. Staff collaboration is a huge one. There's a lot of wonderful staff over at the high school that are constantly working with our self-contained teachers and inviting them in and coming up with new creative ways that we can be involved. Um, student feedback and input is always very important. We always really care about the learner, what they need, what they're interested in, and what they're looking for. So, as students get older, we know they tend to share more and they tend to have more input. So, at the high school level, we get to hear a lot and it's always exciting to hear that feedback. So, that's a little bit about our high school um peer pal program. So, I'm going to pass it back over to Frank and he's going to talk a little

053bit about some other opportunities we have outside of peer pals. I think as as time goes on, you get enough feedback, whether it's from staff, students, parents, and you start looking for even more innovative ways of using uh the resources at your disposal. And um the photo that you see now um was really an opportunity and uh Miss Prader in our audience will give credit where it's due here. um started thinking about not only do our peer pals help support our students, not only do our students learn and interact and grow because of those experiences, but our students have the capacity for leadership and we have opportunities to empower them as well. And we have found opportunities to kind of do a little mentorship program with some of our secondary students where we travel to

054elementary buildings and work with general education students. And there are a variety of activities that our kids do together. Um they are mostly fun and social activities. We we we try not to get too bogged down for the mentorship opportunities with the academics, but um we've saw tremendous progress uh with some of our kiddos when they have the opportunity to be models uh for some of the younger peers. Um so that was a very unique experience this year and we will look to continue and maybe expand upon that uh for next year. So that was a very unique experience. Um we're also very proud of again feedback that we receive about you know what other course offerings can we expand to make sure that our students have meaningful access to you know the programming that

055our general ed students do. Um so making sure that you know our maker space program and some of these really uh highly soughtafter electives are available to our kids. And sometimes that involves making them adaptive courses just to make sure that they're a little more digestible and a and appropriate for our kiddos. And then finding ways to involve peer pals to make sure that they of course get the perfect blend of, you know, their peer pal uh population, you know, working with them and supporting them through these initiatives. >> Almost the last switch here. All right. So, I'm just going to talk really briefly about a few of the um I would call them CTE level classes that we're offering to our self-contained classes at the high school. And and we do have hopes and

056dreams to continue broadening these opportunities. But, um we've had a really great outcome with the adaptive hospitality class that has been offered. Um and I have some really fun pictures here. uh students actually participated in a hospitality prostrart boot camp this year where they got to design and develop a food truck and present a proposal uh with the support of the hospitality team over there. Uh what's really great about this class is it prepares our students for entry- level roles in hospitality. So they get adaptive instruction and hands-on practice with some really great hospitality opportunities. Uh they work on teamwork skills, punctuality, problem solving, following routines, and self- advocacy. Speaking with the um self-contained teachers over at the high school, they'll talk to you about like at the beginning of the class what it was

057like just kind of getting to know like kitchen safety basics, right? And now we're here at the end of the school year and we have students calling out the teachers if they're not saying like behind you, you know, in the kitchen like they should be. So, it's really great to know that like they're building some really great skills that can be used in future vocational opportunities as well because of the um option that this class has brought on. So, that was really great. Um, another class that has been a big hit is our adaptive, excuse me, adaptive graphic arts class. This class, they have gotten very creative and they've honed in on a lot of different skills and interests with students. Um it does basically focus on foundational graphic art skills, but they the teacher

058who has been working with the students at the high school has realized a lot of the pieces of the self-contained classroom. We could tap into graphic art opportunities to help promote and to help um you know create some exciting functional and interesting objects for students. So you'll see in the bottom right, everyone got to make a personalized water bottle bottle with a graphic of their choosing. That was one of their big projects that they enjoyed doing. Um but they have a very functional approach to this class because um they also run something that is called the Tar Cafe. And if you have not made it to the Tar Cafe on a Friday morning, you can always reach out to me to ask for information because I frequent the Tar Cafe. Um it is in the

059self-contained classroom every Friday morning. They run a coffee shop and they make lattes, they make teas, they make all sorts of different awesome coffee. It's like going to Starbucks, sometimes even better because they know my favorites over there. Um they had their their closing last Friday so I had to make a trip. But um the Tar Cafe is really exciting for the students. And the next slide is going to show a little bit more about it. But what you'll see on the next slide actually everything on this slide was created in the adapted graphics arts class. So, when you get a drink from the Tar Cafe, you get a really cool sticker on your cup. The students designed that sticker. They made it in graphic arts. They printed it there. They love to stick those

060on the cups and give them to you. Um, you can see some of the baristas. They're wearing aprons. They also made those and printed them through the graphic arts class. They have t-shirts that they will wear. Um, and then they took it a step further and they worked with the digital media teacher and they've made a commercial and these are my favorite. They make seasonal commercials. Some of the high school administrators make cameo appearance appearances in these commercials, but I just included their basic commercial for you all to watch because I just think it is pretty impressive. Uh, so we'll play that really quick if the sound will work for us. >> Keep an eye out for the Tar Cafe order sheet that will be placed in your mailbox every Monday. There are many delicious

061options available. Turn your orders into Miss McCollum's mailbox by the end of the day on Thursday. Your delicious beverage will be hand delivered every Friday by smiling to staffing staff member. >> So, Mrs. McCullum or Miss Williams when they reopen in the fall, we'll gladly send order forms if anyone needs one. Uh, that might have been my coffee on the screen. You're right. Um, but they're not they're very generous with their flavors. It's great. And they have sugar-free. But um what's really great about the coffee cart is they work on business skills. That's the whole purpose of the Tar Cafe. So the students have to apply, they interview, they train, they have a management role, um they manage the funds, they go through food safety training, they work on customer service, they have to find

062different recipes and learn how to make them. It's all studentled and the teachers really just step back and let the students run it. Delivering them, they have to navigate the entire high school, deliver and meet teachers they maybe have not worked with before. Um, and then the tie into the graphic arts and videography is really awesome. So, just a few things we wanted to highlight that we don't always get to share and it's it's kind of fun at the end of the year to capture it and share it with you all. Um, so we're going to end the um end our long chat with um Frank's going to give you just a little summary of a couple partnerships that we're excited to still have within um our department. >> Should have never ended this uh

063with this slide after that slide. This is far less entertaining, but it really is just a continuation of what Nicole was talking about. In addition to employment skills, education and training, and uh independent living, we are looking to improve functional independence with our students. And that's through partnerships within the district. That's through partnerships um outside of the district. And we have a variety of community-based instruction opportunities uh where our kiddos at all levels but particular our high school uh have opportunities where uh we have weekly field trips and these are kind of job site opportunities with our teachers with our pair professionals. Um we have had uh opportunities to work with CVS in the past, Kroger, Subway, currently working with Always Care uh our Feed the Bay program uh here in the district, East Harbor.

064Um we worked with uh the senior center at one time. Um so this really is our opportunity to kind of expand and grow just beyond kind of you know our our grouping here in the district and and make sure that our kids have the opportunity um to also expand and get their foot out um in uh that postsecary life and ensure that they have opportunities beyond what we can offer here. Um so whether that's Michigan Rehabilitative Services uh and a variety of the other programs that we work with um closely. Um we're also going to be working u to develop a parental advisory committee in our district and this was something that came up from feedback from our last uh board session. Um, we clearly value input and and we feel like there's a lot

065more that we can tap into and explore that we haven't considered and we think our parent population is is is really the great source that we have not yet tapped into quite as much. So, um, again, more to come and we hope to keep expanding and have some something new to share with you next year as well. So, thank you. Any questions for us? I do have a quick question um two questions but I think you already answered once. So right now currently we do not have a parent advisory committee right now but we are working on a parent advisory committee. >> Correct. So we um we did follow up prior to our last board meeting to selective um parents who had shared concerns letting them know that we're working on developing one sharing a

066proposed first date. Uh we still have more follow-up to do to spread that further but we have spoken to particular parents who brought that to our attention already. Okay. So, um, it's formed. We've not had our first meeting yet. >> Sure. >> Great. Um, we did I did want to clarify, we did have a PAC rep the previous years. Uh, Mr. Melvin Bailey, uh, who works at Middle School South uh, was our PAC rep for quite some time. Um, after Mr. Bailey stepped aside. We did hire uh, Miss Bajoka or hire I should say. We uh, were graciously um, working with Miss Bajoka, who is one of our um, parents and paras within our self-contained program. um once she decided to step aside, we are now looking to kind of fill that vacancy and and

067build this program. Again, um that is one individual that works with the district, but this would be more of an actual committee where we are hoping to bring in more than just kind of one uh one parent to to work with us and be a bridge with the county. >> Okay. And then my second question is at the assembly that you guys attended, um, is there anything that other school districts offer for special education that Ankor Bay does not offer now and is it something that we should look into offering in the future? >> That's a great question. I will say at that at the at the debrief, uh, there was not a whole lot of, um, individual districts having opportunities to share what they are doing in particular. uh we do get a chance

068to speak with other directors and supervisors throughout the county when we attend um a case meetings for special education administrators. So we're constantly kind of listening for that feedback, what's working, what's not working. Um right now there's definitely a focus at the ISD level for preschool through 2 grade for instruction for LRE opportunities. Uh we did represent Ankerbay did join an ISD committee to help talk through some of those countywide concerns. Uh myself and one of our teacher consultants was on that committee for curriculum and then we also sent another staff member that attended the committee for programming and services. So we're still affiliated with that. We're hoping to hear more from the county through that process. Um but unfortunately there wasn't a whole lot of individual ideas shared at the debrief. was more of

069the state debriefing on what their findings were or were not. >> The adopting the curriculum was probably the big one o over the last year or so. That was really our biggest initiative. Um now that we have that we are expanding it. Uh the last time we were here we talked about add-ons and supplements. Uh we talked about um increasing our tech so we have appropriate access and use. Um and uh I I think probably a focus too is going to come down to now our preschool uh supports and um we we feel like we've expanded the LRE considerations and the peer pals for those levels, this K12, but we really want to now focus a little more on preschool as well. So great. Any other questions? >> Um how long has our peer pals

070programs been going on? Uh, I would say we have had peer pals for several years now. Um, it it it probably started more prevalently with the elementarymentaries and then progressively expanded. >> Okay. >> Um, but we've always had student cadetses and we've had a variety of uh like iterations of this um working with like Sher Kenward and our CTE uh department. Um so this was really over the last couple years as we've just become a little more unified especially with the training of students and what the expectations are. Um so that part of that was uh we work very closely with our ISD consultants um and try to ask them you know can you take a look at what we're doing? How would you improve this? Uh there are a variety of trainings Mr. Jenowski

071is always willing to uh send us to and we get a lot of great ideas to help bolster these programs. >> Thank you. Thank you folks. Thank you. Moving down the agenda, superintendent update. >> Okay, just to follow up. Um, again, mo most of this will be about the the bond. We are, as I've said for a couple years, we we are kind of climbing the mountain of work and all that. We will have over the next two years, we're going to have the the the most work that we'll probably see at any point. Every single building is going to have um some type of construction or updates and so on. So, I'm just going to run through these are the ones that over the last three board meetings. Um the board has approved some

072of these projects and they've all started in some level. Um first one here is Ashley. If you've been by Ashley, this is where the just it's um just south of the main entrance. You can see the main entrance there to the right. This will be where the new media center and um a student support area will be. Um and they're right now what they're working on is getting the roof ready so that when they start pouring the um foundation for that area. Um so there this has been just every time you go by there you're like, "Oh, okay." It's been a huge change from the the previous few days because they're they're just really making great progress on it. Um, next slide. This is right now. This is where the addition will be of the

073classrooms at the south end. Um right now we are waiting because they're doing you can can't really see it on there but there's three plate tests that are going on where they're just doing soil um testing and that'll take place basically over the next two to three weeks and then we'll get the results and they just want to make sure that everything is solid before they go in and do the um foundation for that wing. Next slide. This is just another view from the the building, top of the building there. And you can kind of see how much it encompasses. This will end up being a 10 classroom edition. Next slide. And this is it looks somewhat the same. This is actually NDR. They are actually in the process of pouring the foundation as you

074can see where we'll attach to the building. Um, next slide. They are because of it's Michigan, weather is always a challenge. So rain is has been an issue in some regards. Um but they're making progress on this as well. It has become the highlight. If you are there when kids are in recess, everybody races to get to the top of the slide so they can see over the fencing to see what they are doing. It's been like a field trip. All the teachers are like it's like having a field trip in your own backyard. Next slide. And if you haven't been by South, they're really making progress on this will be the new main office area. You can see the seal has been in place. This will be the awning that will um go over

075the new entryway. And so this is the wing that kind of sticks out between the south and the north parking lot. And they've been adding windows, you can see with the plywood, larger windows. So now instead of the office, this is we're doing in many of our buildings now. instead of being set back, they'll be able to see um both parking lots as well. And next slide, take it inside. You can see the steel structure that's there. That will be the new secure entryway. Um that'll be inside that kind of steel where the three posts are that are attached to the wall. Next slide. The It was great going there today. I got to see that they're actually pour they poured the footings. This is something we've been waiting for. All the steel is in

076place. So now um all the supports are are going in. Next slide. And again just another angle. You can see the to the right that opening is where the the main entrance will be. This will be the main office side. The other side of the next slide. Again just a close-up view of that. If you look on the right, this is will be the main entryway hallway. To the right will be counseling. To the left will be the main office area. Next slide. Also, on top of that, we're we're looking for whatever we can do in order to pull it ahead so that we can stay on um progress. The the office area is slated to be done in the fall. And so that's as they're working with that. This is a polehead area for

077um used to be the because the school was the old high school. There were some locker rooms that were not being used. This will now be um a wrestling and cheer area that we added. We kind of created a weight room out of surplus weight equipment that we had from the high school. And then this will be an actual designated area for wrestling in for cheer out of um the second locker room that they have there. Next slide. This is what it looks like inside because they just took out as they're taking out the walls and they're opening up the area. Um it's all supports right now. The plan is that the steel will start going in over the next two weeks. And then our our basic timeline as always is before July 4th, we

078want to have all demolition done. And then after that, then it starts to put everything back into place. And you can see we're already starting to put stuff away back in at the main office area. Um, and so this is still under demolition. So, we're just moving like groups around so that they can stay really try and get ahead of schedule because we know inevitably something you'll get a hiccup here or there and we just want to make sure that we're maximizing our time on the front end. Next slide. Same thing. Um this is actually in the what we used to call the CTE wing where the restaurant the um horiculture classes our food service is actually housed at the end of the hallway. So as part of that um there's not a there's basically

079in in in a lot of the building they're just doing updates. So this is painting um they've painted the trim trying to make it more consistent. This trim used to be kind of an kind of a a greenish blue and now to make everything consistent. So, we're going with black trim just to kind of carry it out throughout the entire building. So, they're we're actually bringing those groups in before because that's always been a challenge that um it's the the last second things. And the the contractors, we've been cognizant of, hey, you can get started now, but we're not billing us if if something gets ding. And they're like, nope, that's fine. We just want we know we have people available now. Let's get them in and then we'll just be ahead of it because

080at these contractors are also working in other districts and it's always a crunch in the last few weeks before school starts. Next slide. This is actually the old um at the old shoreliner kitchen which we are now getting ready as part of the CTE um expansion down into middle school. This will become a feeder program. So, what they're doing is patching in areas um in order to kind of um take out all the equipment that they had because it's not going to be commercial like restaurant like level equipment. It'll be kind of uh between your residential and commercial. So, then they're preparing all of those areas. So, they were actually filling in the areas in the floor where they had to fix plumbing and and move some fixtures and so on. Next slide shows you.

081So, they're basically pouring the concrete, trucking it inside. They're also working on some of the brick work on the outside as well. Next slide. And as if we didn't have enough, we are starting to work on the restrooms, which desperately, this is the one thing when we spoke to kids, they're like, "We just need new bathrooms." So, this is right when you walk in the main entrance now, across from the office. This is the boys restroom. So, they've kind of taken out all the the um fixtures. And then the next slide, this is the girls restroom on the other side of the wall where they're taking out the old dividers and all that in order to bring things up to code and um just just really update all of that. So, the floors will be

082redone with an epoxy and then there will be um different tile and so on. And then we'll have new fixtures that go in in order to update these um and make sure all the plumbing works and everything. um because most of this is original. Next slide. As if we don't have enough of our construction. If you recall last year um we the board approved an easement for part of it's it's an extension of the Mcome Orchard Trail. And so this is out by south by the um tennis courts. They're working on that as well. This will also be done over the summer. Next slide. And you can see it goes all the way back to where there's an opening onto the road there. This is also part of our um safe routes to school initiative.

083Although the grant money is not going there, it still feeds into that. So when this is connected, people will be able to ride all the way from the park on the water and all the way through to Rochester as part of the whole Mcome Orchard Trail. And um and more kids will be able to ride bikes to school as part of this if they so chose. Next slide. And again, we're going back to the high school here where we as part of the energy bond we talked about um solar panels and all of that. So all of that is arriving at site and they will begin immediately after the last day of school. Next slide. And you can see all the solar panels are arriving. They're getting prepared. that will go um up on the

084they have all the approvals from DTE so we can tie in so we can feed back into the system and this will offset quite a bit of our um electricity which is been a good thing because since we approved this um last year if if you you probably see this at home your electricity rates have probably gone um pretty up pretty quite a bit. Um I think it was when we locked in like the first solar rates it was like 15 cents a kilowatt hour. Now the average is about 19 cents. So it's this will help us kind of maintain that and keep us hopefully about 20 25% under um the cost that everybody else is paying. Next slide. And we have other things that have approved that will not start until after. So if

085you remember the last two board meetings, we approved it'll be boiler replacement at Mac, McDonald, Great Oaks, North South, Ashley, and Nulret. We're also wrapping up the filter first grant. That's the bottle fill stations that we had gotten the grant from the state. We are also working on LED lighting updates throughout the district, which when it's all completed, um should lower our costs as well. combined with the um solar project of it should save us $2 million o over the the long haul. Next slide. And just moving on from the bond, we we did have um couple staff members that were award winners over the since we last met. One was Chris Dagan from South won Walt Disney World's um best um spring break. So she was part of um 15 teachers that each were

086awarded $10,000 got to go to um the Magic Kingdom where they were celebrated based on their accomplishments and so on. Um, also we had Melissa Van Hull from Ashley was awarded the technology administrator of the year by communications um with design that they also do. They work with many districts throughout the state, most of them on the west side. And she was nominated by Kevin Grainsman's and was also awarded $1,000 with that that she can use any way that she would like. And that concludes my presentation. Any questions? I have a question. Um, did did something in particular prompt the concerns at Ashley that led to the the plate testing for the soil? >> Well, they do they always do boring like dozens of our engineering does it ahead of time and then when they

087got in there and they start doing the actual excavation, they're like, well, we better be safe and sorry. So then they'll do the testing. So then they're focusing on null direct. they'll do that and then basically the hope is if they don't move then they should be okay. If not then we have to do um either peers that will go tie into the foundation or they'll look at something depending on whatever the results of the testing are >> like do we have an idea of like what the worst case scenario is in terms of >> Yeah. Well, worst case scenario was that they would they would have to do some greater excavation and bring in other um film material in order to offset that. Um so there's just the three areas that you saw that

088they're kind of worried about that are closer to where the um the drain that runs by there. It's the the stream that's at the the south end. And so they'll do the testing on that and then we like we'll know and then they'll basically um the the guess is based off of what they have now that it'll it might be the helical peers that they'll put in that you kind of drill them in for lack of a better term and then that should be enough. You just have to go down further that'll avoid the whole having to excavate and bring other things in. But it really depends on what the final results of that test is. And they don't like knowing that the creek was there before we did all this like they didn't they

089don't test for that kind of stuff before. >> We do we they do if you are around the district you will see all these bore holes that they do of and it's always depending on the amount of square foot. They have certain number that they do and they spread them out and they have to be a certain distance and it didn't come back on any of that from the engineering and that's a separate group that does that. And then so it it's really not until you actually start digging that you come come across some of these things. >> So who's doing the play testing? Is is it like an independent third party or >> Yeah. So the play testing will be an engineering company that will do that. It's Spalding to Decker. >> Okay. >>

090I have a couple uh quick questions also. um at the high school pictures. I noticed that the lot you're using is the lot that the band uses for summer uh band practice and things like that. >> No, that's it's actually outside of that. >> Okay. All right. And then a follow-up question to that. The last time that we used the lot for storage for the the roof, there was some damage done to the ashvault. Is the contractor responsible for the repair of that damage if damage does happen or is that >> Yes, there they this all there won't be the heavy equipment that they have. Um, so they won't be using that. And we're also avoiding that lot kind of with that in mind. So if tomorrow you'll probably see if you park in in

091that lot, it's actually closer to the it's to the north, but it's in front of that lot. And part of it too is that's our parking for all of our spring sports. >> And so we we were avoiding all of that. But we put up temporary fencing in order to kind of secure that. >> Thank you. Uh my question was just um at South with the bathroom renovations. So I know you probably can't do them all in this moment, but are all the bathrooms going to be? >> All the bathrooms will be done. Yeah. So we're starting basically what we'll do is we'll do one and then when that's done then we'll move on to the next one and just keep rotating through. >> Okay. Thank you. All right. Next item on the agenda is

092hearing from the public and I did not receive any. Moving on. Uh the next item is going to be the consent agenda. Items on the consent agenda are of recurring nature and are voted on as a single item. Any board member may request an item be removed without a vote of the board and it will be discussed and voted on upon individually. It's recommended that the board of education approve the consent agenda, minutes, and personnel report. I would entertain a motion to that effect. >> So moved. >> All right. Motion by Miss Knox, supported by Mr. Covert. Any comments, questions, or concerns? I have a question on the personnel report, Phil. I it looks like there was three teachers that are participating in that summer enrichment program. >> I was expecting more based on the

093number of students that that were going to be in that. Is that like did we just not have teachers that wanted to participate? >> No, there should be more. We have quite a few. We have more coming. That will be part of it. >> That's not a final number then? >> No. >> Okay. Okay. All right. Any other questions? Can I call the RO, please? >> Okay. Miss Knox, >> yes. >> Mr. Cobert, >> yes. >> Mr. Sunnyberger, >> yes. >> Mr. Venetelli, yes. Miss Burkmeer, >> yes. >> Mr. Powers, yes. Mr. Richards, >> yes. Motion passes. >> All right, moving on to new business. Uh, first item on new business, the MISD budget resolution. At the April 2026 annual meeting of the Wakom County School Boards, the MISD budget was unanimously approved. Under the

094new ISD legislation, the general fund operating budget must be approved by each individual board. The deadline for this resolution is June 1st, 2026. It is recommended that the board of education approve or not approve the MISD budget resolution as presented. I would entertain a motion to that effect. >> So moved. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Um, yes. I'll make a motion to approve. >> I'll second. All right. Motion by Miss Knox, supported by Mr. Powers. Any comments, questions, or concerns? >> Yes. Um, Miss Burke Mayer, didn't you attend that? Can you give us uh your findings, please? >> Yep. I uh attended that meeting, took a lot of notes that I'm trying to remember what they meant at the moment. Um so, I'll just kind of run through kind of just some random facts and figures

095um of things that I just found either interesting that I wrote down. They kind of give, if you haven't been to that meeting before, they give a very broad uh it's not too broad, it's pretty good um overview of the different things that the ISD offers throughout the county. Um it's actually kind of interesting if if you're unaware um to to attend it in that sense. Um and then also kind of a little bit of like a state of the ISD sort of uh synopsis in the sense of like you know how many kids we serve and um and what they're doing and different things um in different directions that they go. Um so you know um one thing you know in Mcome County about 50% of students receive free and reduced lunch like overall

096in the county. Um, Acre Bay is actually about the third lowest in the county with about like 25% of that. Um, in comparison, um, there's like 251 CTE programs across the county. They obviously um, help support the MCOME College uh, dual enrollment. Um and something that's newer going on through the ISD, um Mcome County was selected one of three counties in the state to um to have the Mirror Lab, which is hosting and housing manufacturing and engineering education. It's like a re-imagined um program for middle school level. Um and so they have a building on um Malar Road um that they will be training teachers at um and setting up teachers um to be able to offer that uh in the county. Um there are 292 uh GSRP classrooms in the whole county and then

097the ISC also supports the International Academy of Mcome somewhat uh early middle college program. um focuses more recently countywide have been on literacy um as we know and then also chronic absenteeism. Um maybe something not as problematic for Ankor Bay as maybe other districts, but um uh chronic absenteeism ranks around like 32% currently. Um a little bit eye openening number to me. The special ed programs, they service 20,000 students from ages 3 to 26. Um, about 15% of the Mcome County school population has an IEP overall. Um, and about 77% of students with IEPs graduate countywide. Um, and then kind of a number in comparison, and I wish I would have kept my notes from last year, but um, it it keeps increasing, but one in 31 kids in the United States at this point,

098um, has some level of autism, which and four times more um, prevalent in boys um, for, you know, probably a multitude of reasons, but um, you know, that's obviously just a number that keeps increasing for for whatever reason. Um, you know, which obviously just spokes the ISD and then kind of trickles down to all the districts as well to kind of adapt services and such. So, um, you know, I know last year I I want to say that number was it was a little bit bigger. It wasn't one in 31. It's it's gone up. So, um, and they did um, you know, to the presentation that we had tonight. They there was also discussion on the least restrictive environment um kind of audit that had been going on um from May 11th to 14th and

099overall it was kind of just said that there are the I the thought was there's too many children in center-based programs and they should be more you know pushed towards general ed population overall not like necessarily a specific criticism to Mcome County but um that's kind of what the audit was focusing on. Um, and so the ISD obviously services and has those runs those center programs. And if a center program is where the ISD hires the staff and maintains the program versus like a local program like we kind of just got a presentation on where we hire those staff and we run those classrooms ourselves. Um, and then the other discussion was on uh the early childhood I think uh Nicole kind of mentioned early childhood K2 uh special education project where there's four different

100action teams. um they are listening and trying to assist districts regarding um you know a lot of concerns and it was actually brought up by some of the board members that were there regarding you know just student behaviors especially at the younger ages that are um entering the districts. And so they have action teams regarding autism behavior intervention continu continuum of services and curriculum and instruction. Um so they are uh trying to assist and kind of um work together across the county to kind of um you know improve resources and assistance to the districts for those things. Um let's see another um piece as well um that was kind of brought up was that uh the ISD, you know, in talking about like least restrictive environments and such, they actually um lost a $1 million

101lawsuit for not secluding a student. uh kind of interesting um and not kind of typically what you might hear or expect, but um you know, so there are a lot of eyes on um the special ed uh population and the in the state. Um and then you know they they kind of go through too like the ISD if you don't realize also kind of services, information and technology as well. um things costs that they cover some um somewhat for the district. Some sometimes there are uh charges where we like pay back towards the district um just to maintain things like for example like power school is like provided across the county and stuff. Um and the ISD pays a portion of that for us. Um and we we pay a piece of that as well.

102Um they run payroll um assistance as well. And if you had heard of the larger power school data breach that happened in the last year or so, um one thing that they're pretty proud of is Mcome County was not breached um because we have a lot of additional security measures um in their IT structure. So um that was another piece. And then flip to my budget notes. Yeah. And then they were um also just kind of going across the board with the budget. Um all which we've heard from Mr. Jenowski as well, but you know at at the time of um that meeting, you know, all three proposals were fairly consistent with about $250 per pupil estimated. Um, one thing particularly for the ISD that really can cut into their budget is um, you know,

103more recently is the cost of diesel um, is up 70% from just a year ago and that or the ISD traversing the entire county and uh, back multiple times a day. Um, you know, that is a huge expense that they have to account for. Um, another thing that just to keep in mind is, you know, the special ed enhancement mill, um, in it's it's actually already it time flies, but it's already six years in of that 10-year um, mill. And for me, I that went really fast. It seems like we just that was just happened, but it they're already in six of the 10 years. So, that's something on the ISD's radar as well that they will have to decide when to go for a renewal. Um, last time it was passed in a February

104um presidential primary. Um, so they're thinking they may also need or go for uh Hadley override at the same time potentially. Um, in the past they've foregone some of that um, just because it's it's a very difficult endeavor for them to do countywide. Um, so that was kind of the bulk of um, what I can recall from the notes. Um they also kind of talked about at the time um upcoming legislation and things locally to Michigan um you know with some of the budget amendments that were going on but um if you want I could tell you about those at another time but uh I won't get into that in the moment but um but overall you know like I said I would really encourage um anyone else to go just because you do get

105a really good overview of everything that the ISD offers. Um, and some of it's it's interesting sometimes just to look at the stats um, across the board and just kind of realize where the county is as a whole and see where Anchor Bay falls, but um, and just see kind of what's going on all over. >> Thank you, Leaf. >> All right, any other questions? All right. Call the roll, please. >> Uh, that would be uh, Miss Knox. >> Yes. >> Mr. Powers. >> Yes. >> Uh, Mr. Ventelli, yes. Miss Burke, >> yes. >> Mr. Richards, >> yes. >> Mr. Cobert, >> yes. >> Mr. Sunnyberger, >> yes. >> Passes. Great. Thanks, Mr. Burkmire, for also attending. It's going to be uh I don't know hard to get a replacement to to go. So maybe

106next year. All right, moving on. Uh next item on the agenda is policy first reading. Um let me see. Policy first read. Miller Johnson uh went over some policy uh some policy updates. Uh update 22.01, policy 20003, educational records. Update 2202 policy 20004 extracurricular activities. Update 22.03, policy 20006 for behavior. Update 22.04, policy 30003 for instructional. Um, update for 22.05, policy 5003 for purchasing. Uh, update 22.07, policy 7001 for goal. Update 22.08, 2208, uh, policy 7008 for advertising. in update 22.09 policy 80003 for website and digital content. Uh is recommend the recommendation is that the board of education review the suggested policy updates for the first reading. That's just the first reading for that. All right. And moving on for the next item is going to be field trips. Uh the first field trip I

107have is for uh DECA emerging uh leaders summit uh student president Vivian John Jane John John Jane thank you will be traveling to Tyson's Virginia July 11th through the 13th 2026 for the DECA emerging leaders summit. The recommended action is that the board of education approve the DECA president travel for the DECA emerging summit on July 11th through the 13th for Tyson's Virginia. I would like to entertain a motion to that effect. I'll make the motion >> support. >> All right. Motion by Miss Knox, supported by Mr. Culver. Any comments, questions, or concerns? >> Um, on the submission uh request form, who's who's going with uh Mr. Jane? >> So, this is part of his since he's now president. So he will travel with the rest of the officers and then it's actually the DECA

108leadership will actually sponsor them. >> I believe Mr. Yono mentioned in the last time. Yeah. Okay. >> Thank you. >> Are we getting any airline miles with all this DECA travel, >> right? You're not kidding. They're they are flying. All right. Any other questions? Call the roll, please. >> Okay. Miss Knox, >> yes. >> Mr. Cobert, >> yes. >> Mr. Powers, >> yes. >> Mr. Richards, >> yes. >> Mr. Sunnyberger, >> yes. >> Mr. Bentoz, yes. Miss Burkmeer, >> yes. >> Motion passes. >> All right. Next field trip is band camp. Uh, marching band camp 2026 would be held at Central Michigan University July 26 through July 31st, 2026. They will have 130 students with 20 chaperons. Uh the recommended action is the board of education approve the marching band camp at CMU July 26

109through 31st, 2026 as presented. I would entertain a motion to that effect. >> A motion. >> I'll second. >> All right. Motion by Mr. Sunnyberger, supported by Miss Knox. Any comments, questions, concerns? Hearing none color, please. Mr. Sunnyberger, >> yes. >> Miss Knox, >> yes. >> Mr. Richards, >> yes. >> Mr. Cobert, >> yes. >> Mr. Vanto, yes. Miss Burkemeer. >> Mr. Powers. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. Out of order here. Senator. All right. Next item on the agenda is the MHSA 2026 2027 membership resolution. Annually, the district approves the Michigan High School Athletic Association membership resolution for middle and high school athletes according to the Michigan Attorney General Opinion for number 4795 of 1977. any local board of education which desires to voluntarily join the MHSA MHSA by adopting the rules of the association

110and agreeing to enforce those rules with respect to schools. The recommended action is that the board of education approve the MHSA membership resolution for the 2026 2027 school year. I would entertain a motion to that effect. >> A motion support. >> All right. Motion by Mr. Sunnyburgger supported Mr. Covert. Any comments, questions, concerns? >> Um, I just know in previous years we've always gone back and forth, but in the end that's what's best for our students that they're able to play other MHSAA schools. Um, but we're not really a fan. >> I would agree with that. And this is the only association that we're able to >> Yes, it's it's the only one. >> Yeah, we go over this every year, >> right? So >> maybe a new association could come to town, right? >>

111All right. Any other questions, concerns? Call the RO, please. >> Mr. Sunnyberger, >> yes. >> Mr. Cover, >> yes. >> Mr. Powers, >> yes. Miss Burker, >> Mr. Benellis, yes. Miss Knox, >> yes. >> Mr. Richards, >> no. >> Motion passes. All right. Next item on the agenda is close session. Uh the board of education would like to move into close session pursuant to open meetings act 8C, collective bargaining strategy and pursuant to section 81B of the open meetings act to review a student reinstatement petition. I would like to entertain a motion to go into close session. >> Second, >> Mr. Covert. Second by Miss Knox. All in favor? I think we have a roll. All right. All right. Call the roll. >> Dennis. >> Uh, do we ask for any conversation? >> Oh, yes.

112Thank you. Um, any comments, questions, or concerns? >> Okay. >> Uh, Mr. Covert, >> yes. >> Miss Knox, >> yes. >> Mr. Venotelli, yes. Mr. Richards, >> yes. >> Hey, uh, Mr. Sunnyberger, >> yes. >> Mr. Powers, >> yes. >> Miss Burkemeer, >> yes. Motion passes. All right, it is now 9:13 p.m. Go in close session. Come back at 10:31 p.m. from close session. Would someone like to make a motion to come back out of close close session? Some move to >> support. Motion by Miss Knox. Supported by Mr. Colbert. Call the roll, please. >> Uh, Miss Knox, >> yes. >> Mr. Cobert, >> yes. >> Mr. Richards, >> yes. Mr. Sunnyberger, >> yes. >> Mr. Powers, >> yes. >> M. Burkmire. >> Mr. Ventelli? Yes. The motion passes. All right. The next item on

113the agenda is going to be um approving the close session minutes. Um would anyone like to entertain a motion to approve the the uh close session minutes? >> So move support motion by Mr. Powers supported by Mr. Colbert. Sorry. >> Oh, any discussion on that? Okay. Call the RO. Okay. Mr. Powers. >> Yes. >> Mr. Covert? >> Yes. >> Miss Knox? >> Yes. >> Mr. Sunnyberger? >> Yes. >> Miss Burke? Mr. Vantel is yes. Mr. Richards, >> yes. >> Motion passes. >> All right. Moving on. We also now have uh a student reinstatements. Uh would anyone like to entertain a motion? >> I would like to make a motion that the board of education adopt the recommendation of the reinstatement committee and deny the reinstatement of a student whose identity is known to the board.

114The student can apply for reinstatement after 180 school days. I'll support by Mr. Colbert. Any discussion, concerns? Okay, hearing none. Call the role, please. >> Miss Knox, >> yes. >> Mr. Cobert, >> yes. >> Mr. Sunnyberger, >> yes. >> Mr. Powers, >> yes. Miss Burke, >> yes. >> Mr. Vanelli, yes. Mr. Richards, >> yes. Motion passes. Okay, moving on. Uh, next item is going to be points of pride. Uh, Mr. Sunnyberger, I'd like to talk for a minute about the one of the items in the Republican House budget. We talked about it last meeting. um the one that takes away 20% of his school's discretionary spending for a laundry list of things including DEI and um trans people and sports and pronoun use. Mr. Vinditelli commented on that last meeting and he inspired me to

115give an differing opinion. Um I don't think this kind of social policy should exist in any budget. I welcome discussion on any or all of these topics and I think they should be debated and and through our community and we should listen to everybody. Honest debate is healthy and productive. But threatening me with 20% budget reduction, I don't understand how that helps me reduce class sizes or put more tutors in schools or improve reading scores. It just doesn't. If this is a real proposal, it's misguided. I hear we need to protect girls with this proposal that it's unsafe for trans girls to participate in girls sports. That's a great discussion to have outside of a budget, but if this is true, how come we let girls wrestle boys? I don't I don't understand. I've also

116heard kids learn best when adults meet them where they are and that we should form real relationships with our our students. If that's true, why does this budget item limit me to meet kids where they are only if they are straight, white, and Christian? If this proposal is not serious, but merely political gamesmanship, then shame on the Michigan House. And for a little bit of evidence, I was at Lancing last Wednesday and I sat in on a education round table and I had the same discussion with the Republican member on this round table and he pushed back and I asked him for a definition of DEI and his response was, "I know it when I see it." So, we had a we had a special education presentation. I don't know how many times I heard

117the word inclusion. Is that could that be 20% of my budget gone because of my special ed programs include everybody? I don't know. It's It's way up in the air. That's why it shouldn't be in the budget. Um, we wonder about teacher shortages. We play these these social social issue games all the time. We're still arguing about litter boxes and groomings and pronouns, stuff that's completely ridiculous and we're arguing about it. And this kind of proposal in a budget just continues that. Um, I'd like to see discussion. I'd be happy to discuss these issues with anybody, but I don't think it belongs in a budget. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Sunnyburgger. Mr. Cobert, um nothing for me tonight other than to say congratulations to everyone who was awarded and recognized tonight. Um as well

118as those that were retiring. There were a lot of uh names that I had forgotten and um joged my memory and transported me to another place in time, which was weird. I was not expecting that tonight. Um, so congratulations to everybody who's uh who's put their time in ready to um to relax and congratulations to uh Sherry as well and everyone else that was recognized tonight. So that's it for me. >> Thank you, Mr. Powers. >> Yeah. Uh first of all, congratulations to all of our retirees, wishing them u much success and a healthy and and happy retirement. Um, congratulations to whoever number two is on the seniority list for the teachers because I have a feeling they've been waiting for that top spot to open up for for quite some time. So, they they

119I hope they they do whatever they want with that number one spot. Um, Sherry, congratulations. That's, you know, you also help us as board members and and you do a phenomenal job. And you never complain when I ask for stuff that you remind me that I already have or when I ask to be reminded about meetings that don't exist because I don't like Outlook's calendar. So, I appreciate you and uh that's a muchdeserved award. Um, thank you to my colleagues for um approving our membership into MHSA as a as a MHSA referee. I appreciate you allowing me to continue to uh fund my summer golfing habit uh by doing games. And then uh just a personal note, I will not be at the June meeting. So, apologies in advance. I'll be on vacation. Um my

120my older daughter um her clinical schedule at college goes year round and this is literally the only week the entire summer that she would be available. So, um that's the only week we could take a vacation. So, um, if you're looking to get solar panels approved or volunteer appeals through June, June is your time to do that because you won't, uh, you won't have me to worry about. Um, other than that, uh, have a good night and, um, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Powers. Miss Knox, >> uh, points of pride. Um, Madison, our student council rep, uh, her level of maturity and ability to engage with adults as soon as she got here and to sit up here, it was it was amazing. I mean, she's she's truly amazing. I can't wait to see what

121she does next. Uh, Sherry, thank you for everything you've done for me in the past six years. I don't ask for things that I already have. I can't find anything ever. Um, so I'm always like, what? Where is that again? Um, and she's very helpful. Um, our retirees, the class of 2026, um, I like that peer pals, um, is more formalized now and has a more formal name. I think that gives it more credence. And Ryan, you were talking about the retirees. You probably took it back to when you were in the classroom. Yeah. So, Miss Smith was my boy's kindergarten teacher. So, that made me feel nostalgic in a different way and made me feel more my age and uh but she was amazing. So, I wish her all the best. We loved Mrs.

122Smith. And that is all. >> Thank you, Mr. Venitelli. >> Um I'd like to thank all the teachers and staff that we've had. Um, you know, it's interesting going down the list going from, you know, the lowest in the totem pole to the first uh highest in terms of hierarchy. Um, kind of slowly starts to realize like when they were hired in, I just keep getting younger and younger to the point that the last person who's there, I think it was 1986, I just happened to be four years before birth. So, it was kind of interesting to see uh that that all play out. Made me feel I still I got gray hairs coming in, but uh >> we just cut his mic off. I still got more to say. Um, so I thought I

123thought I was getting old, but I guess I I still got a little bit more to go, but uh anyway, so uh to Mr. Sunnyberg, I appreciate you uh making your your opinion known, and I think there is, um a fair amount of discussion to be had about this, I suppose, and I and I will assume that you're making a good faith effort. Ultimately, we we certainly care about kids. We want to do what's best for their learning environment. Uh, and perhaps you weren't here, I don't believe you were here when we initially discussed the Elliot Larson Expansion Act. Uh, and at that time I did bring up a number of examples of female athletes that were uh, harmed horribly in uh, sports that had uh, boys playing in the girls league. A couple examples

124would be a uh, male student who is an athlete uh, spiking the volleyball into the face of a female athlete, completely unsuspecting the amount of force that they'd be delivered. uh and so doing suffered uh a concussion as well as uh minor paralysis which basically ruined her high school athletic career many such cases of that but you mentioned uh girls wrestling and boys uh girls wrestling boys in the wrestling sport itself u I actually don't agree with that either I think that's uh one of those things of wrestling that's just a consequence of there not being enough to be a girls league but if there was enough wrestlers certainly they should have their own league separate from boys and girls. In fact, there are certain uh religious uh beliefs that prevent boys from being able

125to wrestle girls. And in because of this, they have to essentially void their match, which is unfair for everybody. Um I I I reject the notion that pronouns are a ridiculous thing to get upset about. I think that's one of those things that uh when you start socially grooming a child at that age where they're supposed to be developing, you're not helping them in any way. You're playing politics over education. That's the last thing that you mentioned uh DEI you can't really identify. I I will do that for you right now. And that's the anti that's the opposite of colorblindness, merit and equality. Basically having anybody who achieves something based on their own skill, their own work, and their own abilities instead of picking someone because you've identified some characteristic that you believe makes them

126a victim. So that's my thoughts on that. Welcome to disagree and I appreciate the conversation. >> Thank you, Miss Ventil. Miss Burkbear. >> Um, just want to share my congratulations to all our retirees, uh, the class of 2026. Um, Sherry, our, uh, support personnel of the year, um, who definitely keeps all of us on track up here. Um, there was a time where I was the youngest person on this board and now I'm reminded yet again that I think there's two people younger than me now. It just means I'm getting older yet. So, um, let's just not talk about that any longer. >> Um, I did feel pretty good that the one person started and I was only I was like four days short of being one years old. So, I mean that's something for

127me. Um, other than that, um, you know, I just want to thank, um, all of our staff that has end of the school year, does a lot of field trips, um, across the district. I know um South had just done a great trip to Washington DC um which is actually yearly but um thank you to all those staff members that are putting on end of the year uh programs and um all the extra things that make um the month of May busy for all of us but in a good way celebrating our students and doing all the fun things um field trips and productions and things like that. So, um, and I hope everybody, um, has a healthy, happy summer. And, um, that's all I got. >> Great. Thank you, Miss Burke Meyer. My list

128is short tonight. Uh, I would like to recognize the JRO JROC in the Anchor Bay Marching Tires that participated in the new Baltimore Memorial Day parade. They did a great job representing the district. Uh, trucks for a cure at Middle School North is Saturday, June 6 from 1 to 4, sponsored by Relay for Life. Uh, the 2026 2027 new student registration u for kindergarten through 11th grade uh school of choice is now open. Congratulations to Anchor Bay student council member Lily Markell uh who has been selected to serve on the Michigan Association of Student Council Board of Delegates. Uh this is the first for Ankor Bay. This is a first for Anchor Bay School District. I'd like to thank the Anker Bay Community Foundation for sponsoring an animal magic assembly at Mac. Looked like a

129great event. Congratulations to Ashley Elementary Principal Melissa Van Hoo on being named the 2026 Communication by Design Impact Administrator of the Year. I'd like to congratulate the 14 patient care technicians on their pinning ceremony. All students displayed excellence by passing their certification exam. Congratulations to the Anker Bay varsity baseball team on being MAC white champions. Um I'd also like to recognize them for the amount of community outreach that they did this season as well. I even received some emails from um you know different uh I think they went to an elderly complex and I received an email. It's kind of cool to you know have them being recognized for that. Um, congratulations to Middle School North N student of the month, fifth grade Vince Valente, Sophia Sher, sixth sixth grade Lillian Han, Connor Loren, Maline

130Meister, and Zoe Crerer. Congratulations to varsity softball coach Mike Downey on his 200th career win with the with Anchor Bay. Great accomplishment. Uh, reoccurring theme here tonight for my points of pride, I'd like to thank um and congratulate uh Sher Discuss on being awarded to support staff employee of the year. Thank you for everything that you've done for me and the board. I echo everything. Thank you very much from day one. You know, thank you. I couldn't couldn't say enough. So, that's all I have for tonight. Um legislative update. >> Really, there's nothing of note. The whole only game in town is the budget. They did the consensus revenue estimating conference. Basically, it said they have about what is it like 90 million more in the school aid fund. Um it's not the general fund's

131not going to shrink as much, but we're we're back on the countdown. They have 34 days by the the law in order to pass the budget. Last year they didn't pass it and they didn't pass it until 108 days after that deadline. So that that's the anticipation is that hopefully they'll get things moving. We'll know basically the second week of June if they don't start getting things moving whether we'll have a budget by um June 1st because we have to pass our budget bylaw by the end of next month. So our next meeting's 31 days and that gives us three days to get into the state and we'd like to know what we have before then. So that's it for legislation. >> All right. Has any committees met since the last Senate? No. >> All

132right. No board committee updates. And graduation is what time tomorrow? >> 7 p.m. Looks like to be 60ish. Dress warm. >> True. All right. Anyone like to make a motion to adjurnn? >> Support. All in favor? I. All right. Out of here. 10:48