Hazel Park School District - Board of Education Regular Meeting - April 21st, 2025

001Oh, Jesus. Thank you. I'm sorry. You have an excellent crew. You'll be all right. Oh, man, I was too rushed. Hi. How about it? Thank you. I'm glad we started off on a positive note about these students. Yep. Call the Hazel Park Board of Education meeting to order at 6P601 on April 21st. Super quiet. Maybe it's just that. Roll call. Beaten. Here. Becker. Here. Present. She said present. Present. Here. Vax. Here. Here. Here. Here. Here. Could we all stand for the pledge? To the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice. We need an approval motion to approve the agenda. I move the Board of Education accept the agenda as written. I'll second. Motion made by Heidi to approve the agenda

002as written and second by Darren Fox. Any discussion? Is now the time if I want to table things? Now is not the time? Now is the time. Oh, now is the time. Because we can just strike it from the agenda. Yes. I want to table all of the contracts. For a later date, when we have more stable with what's going on with money in the state, in the federal government, in our own district, we'll have a budget. We'll have a next year's budget. We'll have what we, if we have to borrow money again. I'd like to table it for like six months. Is there a second? All the H or G, no, H through double H maybe. We should have discussion and I have to amend my motion. Somebody has a second and then discussion.

003First we need to get the motion. Yeah, I have made the agenda, but I would like to have discussion. You have to go through the process and then the second. Then Jimmy's here. Yeah, I understand. I mean, I get the spirit of that, but these are contract renewals. We have to get a motion and a second before we can discuss. We have it. Didn't you already second it? She knows she didn't. He's second. To approve the agenda, now she wants a table, and I would like a discussion on that before I put it in to update my motion. Is Mr. Patterson out there? He was. Mr. Patterson, we have a question as the board. There was a motion made to accept the agenda as written. I second it motion was by Heidi and then we

004have a slam tram boys who wants to make some Take some things out the contracts for six months. So what do we do at this point? Do we? you have the option to withdraw the motion and then Someone can initiate a different motion or you can take a vote on the motion as it's been seconded Can we have a discussion on it? You could have a discussion on it. To get more clarification on why they went to table? You could do that, but you could also withdraw it if you're inclined to entertain the motion that's been newly initiated. It's a parliamentary order. You can vote on your motion as it exists, but it would have to be withdrawn to proceed with the second motion. You can go forward with discussion on the motion as it

005sits if you want. So we can go... You could have discussion on it and then subsequently decide whether to withdraw. And we can have discussion on possibly tabling the contracts. You could. So the motion was that we were going to approve the agenda as written and I second it right and then we should make a discussion Yes, the front voice wants to table it and I would like to have that discussion. Yes, so we're good under the original Motion I can yeah, so we're okay now, right? Yeah, you can discuss it just making just like whether or not you I go forward with a vote or draw Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Okay, so now discussion. It was motion and seconded. Now discussion on the agenda. So can you give us a little bit

006more understanding on why exactly? So you want to table H through... Through, I think it's double... Oh, no, not double H. Double G. I just think that if we write even four months, we'll have an... Current budget will be done. We'll see where we stand a projected budget for next year will be in place and we'll see where we stand The audit hopefully for this year will be done to give us more just more financial information and not that I have any intention of firing anyone but I Would like to just know where we stand financially before I commit more Aren't they just renewals on that committee more? Right. Well, we're doing them all for another year through 26 27 And again, I'm not saying I won't do that, but let's pretend, or worst case

007scenario, we come in and we are worse than we think. Worst case scenario, we might not be able to keep all of the people. If it comes to that we have to make cuts in the budget, I don't want to have committed everybody and then... have to go back and have that discussion. I'd rather see where we are and then we can say, okay, we're doing really well, let's just approve everybody like we were going to do today. Okay, so we should have the budget by June. And financials are probably not going to be done until maybe August or September. Which is six months from now would be October. Right, I think that's a long time to wait, personally. And they're already in the next school year. Right. And I do understand that their contracts

008are valid until the 26th, 27th, right now? No. No, 25-26. Oh, so they're valid, I'm sorry, June of 26th. They don't have to be renewed until 90 days before in 2026. The extension doesn't have to happen until 90 days before. Not a two years ahead of time. Would you be okay with the budget being done or do you want the budget and the financials? The budget for next year, is that what you're talking about? Yes. Like the projected budget for the fall? In June. I was hoping for the audit too, but I just think that's pushing people a very long time. But their contracts are already valid until June of 26 already. So if we can get the audit from this year, from... what is this, 24-25 when that audit is complete, right? So we,

009outside of sort of the semantics and the budget and whatnot, there are, I mean, even just looking at these now, there are legal protections in these contracts that provide for automatic renewal if we do not provide these people with written anticipation of their contracts not being renewed. So if we... If we punt this six months just to see where we are, not only do we massively fan the flames of discomfort and confusion across our administrators, but a number of these contracts are going to automatically renew, even outside of the 90-day stipulation that exists within the academic administrator contracts. So by doing nothing, we're... We're removing our own votes because these these contracts have a nice little class right in them But when does it say we have to remove them? It's usually 90 days before

010they expire. We have some that are Academic administrators and some that are not so I'm trying to pull out of like one of both While you're doing that if I could put my two cents in I think it would be a disgrace to our administration to do this I think that we should vote now and Keep our administration as it is. We're facing a lot of issues in this district and one of the issues is trying to figure out to trim down The staff and to trim down it but if you do this and wait six months What administrator is going to want to sit there and trim down? You know the staff and in work with us or work. It's not going to happen and they're going to go off looking and for other

011positions that are more solid. I think it would be a disgrace. I think our administrators, our good administrators, and I know no one's here saying they're not, but in the contract, in one of the contracts I'm reading, it says if you... due reduction in personnel notwithstanding that there is a fixed term to the contract as above there may be an extension of set termination date the district may terminate the administrator employment in the event that the Board of Education determines that it is in a financial condition or other circumstances warranted a reduction in personnel so it's right there in their contract that if we have to reduce then we can That's just my, because I don't want to, I mean, there's a lot of negative stuff going on now. I understand that. I'm just fearful

012of what the budget might come through. But if we can, and again, I don't want to get rid of anybody. I want them all to stay. Debbie, I think the option that Darren's talking about is when... I think it's paramount. Our administrators work so hard. They are the glue keeping schools together. And I think sending a positive message that we want to retain you, but you would have a right to lay off if you needed to do some changes even after approving these contracts. Okay, then I'm good. Then we don't need to change the motion. Okay. Are we going to vote? Yeah. Okay, we're going to vote. We'll call, please. Fortress. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. So now we have special order business student of the month. I'm here today for our Webster

013Early Childhood Center student of the month. And Miss Laura has nominated Winter Ziegler. And she wrote, it is with great pleasure that I write this letter about Winter Ziegler. Winter is a charming, smart, curious girl that is very deserving of the honor Webster Early Childhood Center Student of the Month. Winter has become a positive leader for all in her class. She welcomes all students to the community and happily shows her new friends around the school. Winter knows most of her ABCs, letters, and sounds too. She is also able to recall important facts from stories and is able to remember facts from non-fiction entries as well. Winter loves to create colorful, artistic pieces that highlight her writing, coloring, and cutting skills. Winter also knows her basic shape names and can name her numerals 0 through 10.

014Winter has a delightful sense of humor, which charms and brings joy to her peers and teachers. Congratulations, Winter. Webster Earl Child Center is so proud of you. Good evening. I'm Deborah Demas, Prince of Hoover Elementary. Emma Goh. Is she here? She is not here, but I'm going to read the wonderful things we have to say about her anyways Emma's a sweet girl who comes to school every day with a smile on her face and is ready to learn She always tries her best and when something is difficult for her she does not give up instead She asked for help until she understands I can also count on her to help me or other students in the class when needed Keep up the good work Emma Hello, I am Lisa Burness from United Oaks and Miss

015Demas nominated Isaiah Jacobs. Isaiah, will you come see me? Isaiah is such a wonderful example of soaring at United Oaks. He is kind, respectful, responsible, and always on task. He is a leader in his classroom, helping to guide students to make smart choices throughout the day. Isaiah has been eager to learn since the beginning of the year. During mindfulness, after recess, he would raise his hand and ask if we were almost done breathing in and out because he was ready to learn. His growth from the beginning of the year has been so exciting to watch, and we are so lucky to have Isaiah at United Oaks. I'm Heidi Koons, and I'm here from Jardin to honor our student of the month, Finnegan Tucker. Finn has grown so much this year as far as attending all

016morning rotations and participating in afternoon activities. He independently rings himself in upon arrival in the morning and continues to increase his independence throughout the day. We are so proud of you, Finn. Good job, buddy. Hi, everybody. I'm Michelle Krause, principal at Edison. I would like to acknowledge Jazz McClain. Jazz? Jazz is an excellent student. She's kind, caring, and respectful. She completes all of her work. Her teachers report she's a joy to have in class. Jazz is currently transitioning back to her resident school district where she's thriving and it's anticipated she will return full-time. She's a role model for all her peers and when she walks through the door she just lights up the whole building. Hello everyone. My name is Monique McMurtry and I am the Dean of Students at Advantage. Oomba Barrow is the

017Advantage Student of the Month. Her teachers state that she is mature and takes the lead in cooperative learning settings. She motivates classmates to complete their assignments. She overcomes the challenges that she is faced with. Umba is also organized and manages her workload to meet deadlines. Umba's most impressive quality is that she treats her peers and everyone else, in my opinion, with empathy and understanding. Thanks, Umba. Job well done. Good evening. Good evening, I'm Carla Beach from Hazel Park Junior High, and our student of the month is Ms. Hannah Bettis. We are proud to recognize Hannah Bettis as the Junior High Student of the Month. She is an 8th grader who consistently demonstrates kindness, responsibility, and a strong worth ethic. Hannah is always willing to lend a hand to classmates and shows a positive attitude in

018and out of the classroom. Hannah also participates in after-school activities as well as summer school and goes above and beyond in everything she does. Hannah is a student that demonstrates what it means to be a junior high patriot. She is responsible, respectful, safe, and kind. Thank you, Hannah. Corey Nastassi from Webb Elementary. And our student of the month for this month is Carly Fuller. Come on up, Carly. Ms. Sheerhart's class chose Carly Fuller as student of the month. Carly is a wonderful member of our fifth grade community. Carly's teachers describe her as hardworking, very attentive, respectful, and honest. Her friends describe her as trustworthy, kind, and loyal because she stands up for all students. Carly is a great role model, and we're so happy to have her at WAP. Great job, Carly. Hello. Is this

019on? Can you hear me? Okay. Our student of the month is senior Christopher Sandifer. Come on up. His teachers, Mr. Smith, his social studies teacher, said Chris is one of the kindest students here at Hazel Park High School. Miss Kelly, his math teacher, said he's an amazing young man, hardworking, dedicated student, positive and kind individual, always willing to help others. She said, I can always count on Chris to say good morning when he comes into class and tell me to have a good day on his way out. I truly enjoy having Chris in class. Mr. Benedetto, who Christopher's been part of the Chrysler School to Work program for a few years, says Chris is a great young man that represents Hazel Park well. He's punctual, comes prepared for class, since math is his favorite subject.

020He often helps his classmates. with their Algebra II homework. He has expressed his intents to pursue a career in engineering. I have no doubt he'll be great at whatever his career path is he chooses. Ms. Brodsky, his health and PE teacher, said he is always polite and friendly. He does well on everything he does, as there is always 110% effort. He truly is an example of a student who cares and is concerned about everything he does. It has been a pleasure and an honor having him in class this semester. Chris will be a shining star that the whole world will soon appreciate. And Mr. Demas and I have had the distinct pleasure of knowing Christopher since sixth grade. And he is, if you've heard over and over, kind, hardworking, the things that make you successful

021in life as a human being. So Christopher, congratulations. We have our last one from Invest Lean. Lean is a determined and compassionate young woman with aspirations of becoming a dental hygienist. An immigrant from Syria, Lean plans to attend college after graduating next year, driven by a deep desire to make a difference in the healthcare field. Outside the classroom, she's an avid reader and a devoted older sister to her three younger siblings, finding joy in purpose and caring for them all. Lean's friends describe her as deeply mindful of others' feelings, the one person they can always turn to for support and encouragement. Known for her ability to thrive under pressure, she consistently rises to meet both academic and personal challenges with grace and resilience. She credits much of her motivation leadership mindset to her role model,

022Mr. Dillon, whose guidance and example have inspired her to pursue her goals with confidence and purpose. Congratulations, Leen. Where's the resolution? We don't need a junior high. Oh, the rats. Okay, getting things back to the agenda. junior high is not here? they are not they had a game today. okay high school representative reports anyone here from the high school student rep no student rep? no they're coming. oh I see him okay he's always so dependable I'm surprised I didn't see him. good evening very good Oh, well, you guys already know my name. Hi, my name is Jeremiah Kemp. I'm a current senior at Hazel Park High School. Oh, I'm sorry. Yep. Thank you. We want to hear you. Thank you, Mr. Patterson. Hello, my name is Florentino Vance. I'm a current junior at Hazel Park

023High School. And today we'll just be bringing you a couple of things that we've been doing for the past month and some things that we're going to be doing next month until the end of the year. Florentino, let's start us off. Okay, for the upcoming month of May, 2025. May 1st will have National Decision Day for seniors. No outside guests will be allowed in this event. May 2nd will have our NHS Blood Drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 5th will be grade-level meetings for 9th and 11th grade during advisory. And May 6th will be grade-level meetings during 10th and 12th grade during advisory. Remind you, this will be students' last grade-level meeting for this year. May 6th will also have our NHS induction ceremony starting at 7 p.m. at the Hazel Park High

024School. On May 8th, we'll have prom from 7-11 p.m. Students, the last day to get your prom tickets will be this Friday, $80 per ticket. May 13th, we'll have our choir concert honoring veterans starting at 6-30 p.m. This will take place at the Hazel Park High School. May 15th, we'll have our Senior Chromebook Collection. And we'll have our band concert at 7 p.m. at Hazel Park High School. May 16th, we'll have our Honors Night Rehearsal at 8 a.m. and Senior Activity Panelist Assembly at 1.30 to 2.50 p.m. Last day for seniors in good standing. Good standing meaning is like they're passing all their classes. They pass all the CPR training and has enough credits to graduate. Their last day is May 16th. Senior class trip is May 21st. Seniors, please remember to send that link

025out to get fundraising. May 22nd will be our honors night. Families are welcome to watch. It's in the high school auditorium. May 23rd is a half day for everyone. May 26th is no school. Happy Memorial Day. There will be a band performing at, I think, around 8 a.m. starting from the Hazel Park Junior High. May 28th, drama kids, I'm sorry, 8th graders will be able to attend a drama event based about everything that happens at Hazel Park Drama all against the year. Spring sports are going pretty well. Last week we finished up pretty much all the state testing. The talent show is this Thursday. It says 6 p.m. There's $5. Students, it's $3 to get in with your ID. May 30th is the mandatory graduation rehearsal at 8.30 a.m. Attending is the clap out, the

026parade, and the graduation commencements at 7 p.m. on the football field, May 30th, followed by the senior sunset right afterward. And then June 6th is our last day of school. And then what else do I have? And then I think that is pretty much all. This is my last board meeting until I graduate. So I just want to say thank you guys. Thank you for supporting the Hazel Park Schools. It's been a great journey. I've been here since kindergarten and I love my experience. I'm forever remembering you guys. And next year I'll be attending Wayne State University and Tech Theater. I have gotten an $8,000 scholarship to attend there. Thank you guys so much for all the experience. I've had and yeah, thank you Good evening George Dimas assistant principal at Hazel Park High School

027I just wanted to add a couple notes to the board about our transition from student drop-off into the back of the school And the addition of our metal detectors that we've been using on a daily basis now a little bumpy to start but Our phenomenal security team of Sue, Dana, and Joe, who do not get enough credit for what they put up with every day, have the system down. Kids are coming through. They know Mrs. McHenry's notes about making sure you're not adding things that you don't need into the building every day. They come in, they use the little trays like when you go to the airport. They put their things through, and we're getting through just fine. Parking lot seems to be safe. We're kind of keeping an eye on those things. Just want

028everyone to know that if... students are late it's because they're getting to school late it is not the metal detector so things are going well on that front our PBIS committee positive behaviors interventions and supports continue our weekly drawings this year We've added the staff, so students may nominate a staff member. So that's a little addition to keep that positive culture going in the high school. We also have our Most Valuable Viking and our Student of the Months recognized at grade-level meetings that happen in the auditorium each month, as the gentleman here we were talking about earlier. We've also added something that we call Mindful Mondays. So every hour, teachers take the first five or so minutes to do an activity, whether it's a breathing activity or a stretching activity, just to kind of work

029out the kinks from the weekend and set a tone for the class period and then the rest of the week. We've yet to get our Lucky Locker Wednesday going, but that's something we're also going to do, just kind of like a lottery. We're going to pick a lucky number from each hallway so that each grade level would have a locker recognized as kind of a little treat at the end of the day, and that happens on Wednesdays. We continue to use restorative practices in lieu of suspension. So when we do find those challenges with if it's student on student or if it's teacher and student, we're trying to repair those relationships. Keep things going in a positive way instead of sending kids out of school because that just does not work. So we continue to

030do that and administrators will be meeting on this Thursday during our ad council time for another restorative practices meeting to find out where we'll be going in the future and for the next school year. So with that, I'm going to hand things over to Mrs. McHenry. This was supposed to be the high school's month to present so we've put a lot of effort our students So you're gonna get to see a short video because we'd like to keep it short and sweet But you need to see why we do what we do There's a video that our video production team that the board approved a few years ago with all the technology and the course and They put together this video as just a representation of some great things happening here at Hazel Park High

031School But before we do that, I just want to sincerely thank all the staff members Every single day can be a challenge just showing up and like mr. Dimas said our security our maintenance staff custodial staff teachers parapro's Kitchen like Brenda has been amazing with testing this week. Just accommodating. We got it. We got it It's just a team effort and I couldn't be more proud to work with mr. Dimas miss Chancellor is not here because it is her daughter is a senior and she's at her event tonight They have senior night. So of course family first can't miss that But we have been working with our MTSS, which is Multi-Tiered System of Supports. Consistently, the team, our support team, our counselors, our social workers, who are also amazing, our secretaries, please, I hope I

032did not forget any group, because they are all amazing. They have been working weekly and meeting to support students however is needed. Our testing has been very time-consuming. We are finishing that up this week. And again, a big round. I think Jeremiah left, but wow, isn't he impressive? Like, what a guy. He's here continually. He reminds me, we got to meet, we got to talk. What are we going to cover tonight? And I hope Florentino, he and I spoke. I hope he will continue the process of being the next one the next year. So I just want to thank all of you for your continued support. And I'd like you to watch a short video and representing great things happening at Hazel Park High School. Thanks. video highlighting all the special memories from this year.

033We would like to give special thanks to our board members for making all these opportunities available to us. The song was very appropriate, best time of your life. The school has always been, I'm not a piece of park, I'm very into kids and letting them. express their self and have fun. That was very, very awesome. Thank you. Next I have support person of the year. Are we going forward? I am very pleased to be able to honor these dedicated, hardworking, inspiring individuals who make students' lives better each and every day. So I'm going to... I'm going to invite first Lori Patterson from our food service team. Brenda or Corey, if you would come and just say a few lovely words. We are so fortunate to have Lori at our building. She is the most amazing,

034organized, lovely. She's kind to the students. She's patient with the students. She will do anything for me. Anytime I need something, sometimes, for those of you that know me, I might be a little scattered, and she's always there to keep me straight on track. She's just amazing. We love her, and I've tried to steal her for latchkey, but it's not working. But congratulations, Lori. It's very well deserved. Next, on behalf of our paraprofessional team, I would like to invite Janelle Fashbender and either Heidi or Megan. At Jardine, we are so lucky to have Janelle working with our youngest age, severely multiply impaired classroom. She is just amazing and is dependable, kind, helpful to all of her peers. Janelle, thank you so much for all that you do. I just have to add, when we went

035to present in her classroom, all of her students became part of the presentation, and it was just this warm, loving experience that you create for them every day. Thank you. Next, I would like to have, we're going to have Jeanette Robbins come up, please. Roberts. Jeanette represents our secretarial team members, and I don't think we could have gone wrong so So I've known Janet a long time. First, she was a paraprofessional at Edison. And then she worked in the district prior to that, but I've known her since she's been at Edison. Then she was our building substitute teacher, and then she became my secretary. And she's my third secretary. And I don't want to diminish what the other two secretaries did because they were fantastic, but no one is like Janet. And I tell her

036this every day. I literally could not survive in my job without Janet. She knows what I need before I know I need it. And she makes sure I don't miss meetings, which sometimes I'm apt to do because I got so many things going on. Anybody who needs help in the building, no matter what it is, they go to Janet because if she doesn't know the answer, she will find it out for them. She is just an outstanding person, an outstanding secretary. And I just can't imagine my life in Hazel Park without her. So before I announce our final support person of the year, I want to acknowledge those individuals who are also nominated. So we are just so thankful to have Tori Motlock, Kendra Johnson-Baw, Laura Brown, Andrea Ray, Karen Fredrickson, Randy Bartek, Patricia Bonfield,

037Joshua Schroeder, and Tiffany Brew, also as employees for Hazel Park Public Schools. So I saved Rachel for last, Rachel Keaton from Hazel Park High School. Please come and join me. And I believe, Tammy, are you still here? Okay. Without a doubt, Rachel is the most amazing. custodial leader, and she's just amazing. I mean, it was hard coming from the junior high. I had Kendra, for those of you who know Kendra, and then Rachel is equal in so many ways and surpasses in others. I mean, they just both have their strengths, but Rachel is the person that is always kind. It doesn't matter how hectic the high school gets. You're like, Rachel, I need five more tables. Okay, I got it. No problem. She gets it. She's never, I don't think I've ever seen you angry

038or upset. Honestly, they couldn't be more kind, more hardworking. She is the first one there. If those of you don't know, even on her day, she doesn't have to come in. She comes to check the building just to make sure everything's good. She'll text, like, do you need this? Again, she thinks ahead before I do or we do. So there is no one more deserving than this honor, Rachel, and I have had the honor and pleasure of working with you, and I will sincerely miss you. And don't go near her quite yet. The reason I wanted Rachel to come up last is because she is going to be our overall district award winner that we send up to April 6th. Keep it in the middle. Can you take a couple more shots? Sure. So congratulations

039to all those people again. And let me say, Hazel Park is blessed with the best staff. Always has been. Very dedicated, caring people. I have a few additional names that I left off my first list of people who were nominated. If I could read them. Nydia LeBron, Robin Hively, Ashley Patak, Christine Glasper, Amy Rosenblum, Lance Newsome, and Mario Agrugros. So congratulations to all of them. I say going on to public comment anybody wishing to speak should fill out a little form here and I'll read your name. It goes to miss Bucco after the meeting. So I have one I have Jennifer Jackson You have five minutes Hello again My name is Jennifer Jackson. I live at 139 West Robert Avenue Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them and takes action

040to correct them We've had 84 days and zero transparency. Dr. Krupe was placed on paid non-disciplinary administrative leave by this Board of Education for possible policy violations 84 days ago. Since January 27th, our community hasn't been provided any information or updates about the investigation or what policy violation may have occurred. It has been 77 days now since the board voted to appoint Dr. Cost, the interim superintendent, for $800 per day. Note the seven-day gap where a school district did not have an approved superintendent that the board provided a public vote. The board chose, for reasons unknown, not to utilize our assistant superintendent to fill the void for those seven days and instead simply informed the community in an email that the high school principal was holding the position, again, without a public vote. In addition

041to the investigation into possible policy violations with Dr. Krupe, a second investigation is being conducted into possible policy violations by two Hazel Park School board members. An additional law firm was hired, an additional cost to our district, to conduct this investigation. And here the board members sit, conducting business as usual. I have questions. Hazel Park School District has an in-house attorney. We currently pay $125,000 in salary per year plus benefits, which creeps up to about $200,000 in costs. We've hired three outside law firms in the last four months, and we're only four months into 2025. There's one law firm investigating whether or not Dr. Krupe violated a policy, and they're charging $250 per hour plus travel and expenses. There's a second law firm investigating whether members of the Board of Education violated policies in the

042days after placing Dr. Krupe on leave. They're also being paid $250 per hour plus travel and expenses. There's been a third hired to write policies for the district, something that's typically done by human resources and reviewed by legal experts prior to dissemination. Are they also charging $250 an hour? Is there an estimated cost of $15,000 for these policies? I was amazed to hear tabling. people's contracts at the beginning of this when I'm reading this. Would having to hire multiple law firms when you currently have an in-house attorney on the payroll maybe be red flags that mistakes are being made? Does this sound like a board that is focused on its fiduciary responsibilities or a board that is determined to do whatever they want with our community's money? How many tens of thousands of dollars have

043been burned since January 27th on this fishing expedition? To date, no one has responded to the questions I asked on February 25th or March 17th. I followed up with emails the day after those board meetings with the exact same questions that I asked here, and no one has answered any of my questions. I did receive one email from Dr. Cost on March 1st replying that she had forwarded my questions to your legal counsel and someone would be getting back to me. I've heard nothing. To recap, Dr. Krupe is still under contract. We are paying her and she still has benefits while this fishing expedition continues. Hazel Park Schools has paid roughly $50,000 for the interim superintendent at $800 per day. We are paying an in-house legal counsel salary and benefits, and we've hired three law

044firms for three separate contracts for tens of thousands of additional dollars, and we are not out of April yet. Does the board find any of this embarrassing? The instability, poor decisions, internal chaos, pretending to be human resources, the horrible behavior we see at meetings directed at district professionals who come up here and speak. creating toxic work environments most importantly neglecting your fiduciary fiduciary responsibilities With all due respect I believe some of you should consider resigning Before you pilfer the district's coffers anymore. Thank you. Okay moving on nobody else Okay, because I just announced that she would get just announced You want to go first, Mr. Harris, since you're up? Okay. State your name and address, and you have five minutes. Brad's on it. Brad has the Senate. Hi, my name is Jeffrey Harris, address 23303

045Vance Avenue, Hazel Park, Michigan. Can you hear me now? Okay, good. I have four subjects I'd like to talk about. The first one is about Black American History Month in February. I had a hard time with this one because I had four or five students at a basketball game. What did you guys do about Black American History Month? They said, nothing. That's discouraging. Very discouraging. Then I asked the kids about, what do you know about the Civil Rights Movement? Four African Americans. Nothing. And recently, I just asked a kid about, what about the NAACP? Nothing. Guys, what are we teaching these kids? NAACP scholarship money? Civil rights? What's the biggest thing in civil rights we need to talk about? Folding. Foley all our peers went through this you know nothing about what happened in 1964

046It's bad It's 42 percent of people between the ages 6 18 and 22 did not vote. I guess I live a little bit the students here Some of these students here need to understand that they need to check the email communication out of five kids that's in the college last couple of years Foreign dropped out because one reason why they won't do a study hour. They want to check the emails They want to communicate. When I bring something up at the school, they say, hey, we need to do a study hour. No, that's okay. We don't have time to do it. As a freshman in college, you are required 10 hours per week in study hour. We need to build that gap up and help these students out. I think one thing can happen if

047we give the students an assignment through e-mails so they can check their e-mails, force them to check their e-mails. When they get to college and they don't check their e-mails, do anything like that, they're gone. Administration versus board. I was listening to you guys bickering back and forth. It's us versus them. We versus them. Let's think about this. It's right versus wrong. That's not good. This is a nice city we need to work on together. Right versus wrong. Track team. I understand the track team, we haven't had a good season so far. But the interview process, I didn't like it. I'm leaving. First aid coach, I should have been in the interview when they interviewed the two assistant coaches. I was not. So the HR person should be the facilitator of the interview process. And

048the AD should be the person who hired the assistant with my input. Didn't happen. If it would have happened, they would have found out that I knew Emily, the assistant coach, because she's coached by my partner. I found that out by talking to her outside after the interview. So to me, it usually involved the assistant coaches into this, but it wasn't. The last thing I want to talk about, my expenses for last year. This is really bad. Last year we talked about, the HR said we should do training. I went to training. They get paid for it for the hotel, the training course. We got two all-state members on the board at the school. They gave me a pay for that. They told me it was declined. Drive her to the state meet and you

049pay for that. They said it was declined. But what's, what's supposed to do? I'm over $1100 and spending my own money for the school, cook things they want, they want to pay for. Hotels, mileage, food, declined. I want to thank you for your time. But the biggest thing I really want to say is figure it was right and wrong. A lot of stuff on this board can go somewhere else with this. I was talking about we need to figure out what's right and wrong with the board and administration staff. Thank you. Next is Sue Hempel. Sue Hempel, 1203 East Hayes. I just came back from a tennis game from Hazel Park. I'd like to say our girls won. Yay, girls! But I'm here tonight because I did send out an email to the board last

050year about this time We had a meeting at the high school auditorium. I brought up socks for the soccer team Which I'm sure everybody remembers because it was everyone talked about it The socks ended up being a vote for we will support all teams that need socks And just recently I was talking to a coach that is now fundraising because he needs to get socks for his team, which I don't understand if the vote was done a year ago, and it was voted for, that we would supply socks. So I don't remember the vote going backwards to say, no, we changed our mind, we're not doing it. So I think maybe we need to go back in our notes, or if we're going to say we're going to do something, we need to do it.

051Also, our swim team was very small this year. Our team swam hard. We had Monica and Chris Reddy come to a few, and they saw some of the teams with warm-up jackets, and our girls and boy had towels wrapped around them. And I don't know what they did, but they got donations or used their own money, but they ended up getting our team warm-up jackets, and they looked very nice, and they looked like the other teams. So I want to give a shout-out to Monica and Chris. Thank you. The team appreciated it. Thank you. Okay, nobody else? I'm looking at the motion for the consent agenda. I move the Board of Education accept the consent agenda as presented. Support. Motion to accept the consent agenda by Heidi and supported by Debbie. Any discussion? No discussion.

052Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. LaFromboise? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. Rotee? I have to see. Hinton? Yes. Unfinished business. A motion to approve and accept the handbooks? I move Board of Education approve the revised handbooks for the 2025-2026 school year as presented. Support. I'm sorry, President Hinton. Is there, does there, a reason for abstaining? Do they have to, do you have a reason for abstaining? No, you're. Thank you. Okay, motion made to accept the handbooks by Monica and second by April. Any discussion? Yeah, I just have a couple things, a couple small things. Under the alternative ed section of the graduation requirements, it doesn't say how many. You can add it up and it tells you, but on the regular ed it does say it, so I just wanted to know if we

053could put that in. So it's an addition? I'm sorry. Yeah, just the graduation credit requirement. on the thing. And then it says, what did we put in the section? AGV 11-14, acceptable use policy of technology, internet, and safety. It just says, are we just supposed to go look there? I mean, there wasn't, or I missed it. I don't know because I just wrote notes. I didn't print it all out this time. There's a lot of pages. I know. I'm sorry. The acceptable use policy, it says AGV or AGV11-14. Do you know if that was under the technology portion? It probably was. And it just said it had this, but it didn't say what we put there. I'd be happy to look at that. Okay. And if it's okay with you, get back to you. That's

054fine. And make sure that I can find it to be accurate with my response. Okay. And so I'm just going to email you in that way. And maybe email through Dr. Kost. Perfect, yeah. Anything else? Vote, please. More fun. Routine? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fortress? Yes. Fox? Yes. La Framboise? Yes. Pugetton? Yes. going under new business the first thing is teacher appreciation resolution need a motion to accept I move the Board of Education approve the teacher appreciation resolution as presented support motion by Heidi support by Monica to approve the teacher appreciation resolution and Debbie's gonna read it Whereas teachers mold future citizens through guidance and education and whereas teachers encounter students of widely differing backgrounds and whereas our country's future depends on providing quality education to all students and Whereas teachers spend countless hours

055preparing lessons evaluating progress counseling and coaching students and performing community service and whereas our community recognizes and supports its teachers in educating the children of this community. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the School District of the City of Hazel Park proclaims May 5th through the 9th, 2025 to be Teacher Appreciation Week. and be it further resolved that the school district of the city of Hazel Park strongly encourages all members of our community to join with it in personally expressing appreciation to our teachers for their dedication and devotion to their work. I need discussion about it. Okay, roll call. Fortress? Yes. Routine? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. So it's adopted this 21st day of April 2025. Thank you. Second amendment to the budget. I move that the Board of Education approve the

056second budget amendment for the fiscal year 2024-2025. Support. Okay, motion by Heidi to accept the second amended budget. Support by April. Any discussion? Roll call, please, Ms. Bucco. Fortress? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Yes. Cromway? Yes. Routine? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion to accept the Oakland Schools 2026 budget. I move the Board of Education approve the Oakland Schools 2026 budget as presented. So board. Motion made by Heidi to accept the Older Schools 2026 budget supported by April. Any discussion? No, I just, it was interesting to read. It was very detailed. It would be nice if we could get our budget to look that detailed and a lot of information in there. Anyone else? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Routine? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion to accept the 25-26 certified

057staffing request. I move the Board of Education approve the certified staffing changes for the 25-26 school year as presented. Board. Motion by Heidi to accept the 2526 certified staffing request. Seconded by Monica. Any discussion? No? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Routine? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. motion to accept the 2526 uncertified staffing request I move the Board of Education approved the uncertified staff for the 2526 school year as presented support motion made by Heidi to accept the 2526 uncertified staffing request and second by Monica is there any discussion okay roll call please fortress yes routine yes yes Yes. Fox? Yes. LaBramboise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for additional parapro at United Oaks Elementary. I move the Board of Education approve the hiring of a one-to-one paraprofessional at United Oaks Elementary

058level four resource. Support. Okay, motion by Heidi for the additional paraprofessional at United Oaks. Year second by Monica. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Eaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Cox? Yes. LaFramboise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. 7-0. I keep forgetting that part. Motion for the licensed practical nurse for Webster. I move the Board of Education approve the hiring of one licensed practical nurse at Webster Early Education Center for Brute. A motion by Heidi that we hire the licensed practical nurse for Webster and second it by Monica. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Eaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaPromboy? Yes. Yes. Motion for the contract for director of technology to extend until 2027. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension of the contract for the director of technology as

059presented. Support. Motion by Heidi to extend the director technology contract until 2027. Second by Monica. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Routine? Yes. Beacon? I do. Is this not a two-year contract? It's just a one-year extension to it. Yes. Sorry, I was confused about the word extension. I don't think I heard that. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for the Hazel Park Junior High Principal Contract to extend to 2027. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension of the contract of the Hazel Park Junior High Principal as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi to extend the Junior High Principal Contract to 2027. Support by Monica. Discussion? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Rattie? Yes. Eaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Cox? Yes. LaPrompise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for the Director of Communications contract

060to extend to 2027. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract for the Director of Communications as presented. Subvert. Motion made by Heidi to extend the... communications contract to 2027 supported by Monica any discussion roll call please fortress yes yes yes yes yes yes Yes. Yes. Motion to extend the Hazel Park High School Assistant Principal contract to 2027. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract of the Hazel Park High School Assistant Principal as presented. Sorry about that. Okay, motion made by Heidi to extend the Hazel Park High School assistant principal contract to 2027, supported by Monica. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Extension of the Webb Elementary Principal Contract until 2027. I move the Board

061of Education approve the one-year extension contract of the Webb Elementary Principal as presented. Subject. Motion by Heidi to extend the Webb Elementary Principal Contract until 2027. Supported by Monica. Any discussion? Okay, roll call. Fortress? Yes. Rattini? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for the Hoover Elementary Principal Contract to extend to 2027. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract for the Hoover Elementary Principal as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi to extend Hoover Elementary Principal Contract to 2027. Support by Monica. Discussion? Okay, roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Routine? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Hazel Park High School, oh, we need a motion. Hazel Park High School Assistant Principal Contract Extended 2027. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension

062contract of the Hazel Park High School Assistant Principal as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi to extend the Hazel Park High School Assistant Principal Contract until 2027. Any discussion? I just want to clarify there's two separate assistant principals that were spent. Because it's not a choice. Yeah, same with the junior high. Yeah, I just want to clarify. Just wanted to let him know. Oh that there's two assistant principals? Yeah. Yes. Okay, roll call please. Fortress? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFromboise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for supervisor maintenance, no I missed one, supervisor transportation contract till 2027. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension of the supervisor of transportation as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi to extend the transportation supervisor contract until 2027. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes.

063Routine? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrance Boys? Yes. Yes. Motion to extend the supervisor of maintenance and custodial contract to 2027. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension of the supervisor of maintenance and custodial as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi to extend the supervisor of maintenance and custodial contract until 2027. Support by Monica. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

064Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract for the supervisor of special education as presented. Good work. Motion by Heidi to extend the supervisor special education contract for Jardine until 2027. Second by Monica. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for Supervisor of K-12 Teaching and Learning Contract. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract for the Supervisor of K-12 Teaching and Learning as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi that Supervisor of K-12 Teaching and Learning Contract extend until 2027.

065Support by Monica. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Bertie? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFromboise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for Director of Community Schools Contract. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension of the Director of Community Schools as presented. Support? Motion by Heidi to extend the Director of Community Schools Contract for one year, 2027. Support by Monica. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Routine? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFramboise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for Advantage Alternative Principal Contract. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension of the Advantage Alternative Principal position as presented. Support? Motion by Heidi. Support by? Monica, to extend the Advantage Alternative Principal Contract for one year, 2027. Discussion? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Deaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Yes.

066LaFronte Boys? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for Supervisor of Student Services contract for one year until 2027. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract of the Supervisor of Student Services as presented. So moved. Motion by Heidi to extend the Supervisor of Student Services contract for one year until 2027. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Henson? Yes. Motion to extend Director of Human Resources contract for one year until 2027. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract of the Director of Human Resources as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi to extend the Director of Human Resources contract by one year to 2027, supported by Monica. Any discussion? Roll call. Fortress? Yes. Routine? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. LaFrancois? Yes. Hinton?

067Yes. Extension of United Oaks Elementary Principal Contract. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension of the United Oaks principal's contract as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi to extend the United Oaks elementary principal contract until 2027, one year, and support by Monica. Any discussion? Rochelle, please. Fortress? Yes. UT? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for Executive Director of Student Services Contract. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension of the contract of the Executive Director of Student Services as presented. Support. I.D. motion to extend the Executive Director of Student Services Contract for one year until 2027. Seconded by Monica. Any discussion? Roll call. Fortress? Yes. Routine? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancois? Yes. Hedgen? Yes. Extension of the Supervisor of Special Education contract

068for Edison. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract of the Supervisor of Special Education as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi to extend the supervisor special education contract for Edison, second by Monica, for one year until 2027. Any discussion? No. No? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion to extend Assistant Superintendent of Business and Operations contract. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract for the Assistant Superintendent of Business Operations as presented. Support for. Okay, Monica, motion to extend the Assistant Superintendent of Business and Operations contract for one year until 2027. Support by April. Any discussion? Is this the employee we just hired? No, I think it's Crystal. No, we may need to amend the motion because this

069is not Crystal. It is Monica, and the extension isn't to 2027. It's to 2026. At least that's what's in more books. I didn't think she was the... Oh, it's assistant superintendent. Okay, I'm thinking assistant. Assistant superintendent. So we're approving her through 2026. 2026. So it's not necessarily an extension. Or is she still on probation for one year? Yes. Before we can extend it. Yeah, see, I thought that was Crystal. What do we do, Mr. Patterson? I believe we have to still give her next year's contract. 25-26, that's what we're voting on. This contract is different than the ones that we just ran through. It ends June 2026. Okay, so we may need to amend the motion. I mean, we should still vote on the contract, but instead of saying it ends 2027. Right. I think

070we just need to say that it's one year to 2526. It should be the same thing, just instead of June 30th, 2027, you say June 30th, 2026, because that's the way it's written. I don't even think I said that in general. In the contract, that's the way it's written. my motion until June 30th of 2026. I retain support. Thank you. Thank you for clarifying. Support for that amendment. Any other discussion? Okay, roll call. Routine? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Backward? Yes. Fortress? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaPromboise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for Dean of Students Advantage Alternative Contracts. I move the Board of Education approve a one-year extension contract for the Dean of Students Advantage Alternative as presented. Support. Motion made by Monica to extend the Dean of Students Advantage Alternative contract until 2027 for one year. Second by

071Heidi. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Ritchie? Yes. Forkers? Yes. Eaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Boggs? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for Dean of Students Hazel Park Junior High contract. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract of Dean of Students at Hazel Park Junior High as presented. Support. Motion made by Heidi to extend the Dean of Students Hazel Park Junior High contract for one year. Support by Monica. Any discussion? When did this person start here? More than a year ago. Thank you. Good question. Anybody else? Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Eaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFromwood? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for Hazel Park Junior High Assistant Principal Contract. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension of the contract of the Hazel Park Junior High Assistant Principal

072position. Support. Motion made by Heidi to extend the Hazel Park Junior High Assistant Principal contract for one year until 2027. Support by Monica. Any discussion? Okay, roll call. I'm sorry, when did she start? She's been at the Junior High for a year. She was at Webster. Yeah, she's been here. Thank you. Okay, roll call. Fortress? Yes. Petit? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. Brown-Foyce? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Contract. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract of the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi to extend the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Contract for one year. Aye. Go ahead. The contract, actually, it's a three-year contract and it goes to 2027-2028. That's according to what's written in the...

073I was wondering if that was... So it's extended for two years until 2028. I just wanted to make sure that we're aware. Okay, that I read it correctly. Well, she had a three-year extension, so it has a three-year contract. So it'll be a one-year extension, but to the year... To 2028. Correct. Okay, that's why I wanted to make sure that was clear. Okay. Any other discussion? Roll call. Fortress? Yes. Ritty? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Cox? Most definitely yes. LaFramboise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for district council contract. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract of the district council as presented. Support. Thank you. I was waiting for you. I have a motion to extend the district council contract for an additional year, 2027, supported by Debbie. Any discussion? I do have

074discussion. Just because we've been talking about lawyers and council and all of this. I just think that it is something that we need to think about. with money we've already spent about what district council's do-dos are really going to be. We've gone back and forth on Committee of the Whole and if that person's going to help with policy writing or if we're going to hire someone with policy writing, I just think we need to, no problem approving it, but we need to really think about this and what this person will and will not be doing just for community's sake, our sake, everything. Any other comments? I think that we will need to sit down with the superintendent, interim superintendent, and come up with a new job description because I have not seen a job description

075from when he was hired until when he was interim athletic director. I think that we need to give him more direction, and I think that maybe we could, Madam President, have a committee. Maybe Monica and myself or somebody else could sit down with the superintendent and come up with that job description. It's not really our job to do a job description. We can direct the superintendent on what we'd like to see him do. That's a good point. I just thought we wanted our input. I understand. So perhaps in a committee of the whole we could... Maybe you come up with a job description and then we can discuss it. A draft? Mm-hmm. Okay, anybody else? No copies Porteous yes the frown boys Yes, beaten yes Yes, yes Yes Yes Yes Motion to extend the Webster

076early childhood center principal I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract of the Webster early Education Center principal as presented support Before we vote, should this also be a one-year contract for an employee that has worked for less than one year? It's okay. Okay. Okay, perfect. Okay, I amend my motion to make it a two-year extension for the principal of Webster Early Childhood Center in Iwellsburg. And that's until what year? 20. 2027. Correct. Same as the others. Same as the others. Okay. But it's a two-year extension. So she wasn't good? 25-26 wasn't okayed yet. Correct. So, okay. Because she was new. Correct. All right. So I know what I'm voting on, so it's going to be until 2027. Correct. Yes. Like everyone else, that's 2027. Yes, but it's a two-year for her.

077Thank you. All right. Motion by Heidi and second by... I have Debbie. It wasn't Debbie. Yeah, I didn't think it was Monica. She only got one ink, so she's starting to echo. To extend the early childhood center principal's contract for two years until 2027. And now we need further discussion? Okay. Roll call, please. Fortress? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Yes. Yes. McFarland? Yes. Hanson? Yes. Motion for Director of Business Contracts. I move the Board of Education approve the one-year extension contract of the Director of Business as presented. Support. This one's Crystal. Motion by Heidi to extend Director of Business Contracts, second by Monica. Who is this? Monica Papazian? No, this is Crystal. This one's Crystal. She's a director. I've got to get their titles right. Sorry, Crystal. Okay. Any discussion? When she's earned her dues,

078I'll tell you. Roll call. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Moving on to a new subject. Administrative sick time payouts. Motion. I move the Board of Education approve the charge change of sick time payout for the Central Office Administration as presented. Support. Motion by Hagee, support by Monica to approve the administrative sick time payout. Any discussion? I do. Only because I was not here in March. So this sick time is not paid out until they retire? Correct. This is just drawing a line in the sand for what the sick time earned that the employee had before they became a member of the administration. Okay. So this would not become effective until this particular person decided to retire. And it's the same with everybody that was approved. Previously mentioned except for Tammy. She's getting paid. She's

079actually retiring this year. I would like to amend my motion to approve the sick time for the central office administration with this being the closure of this topic for this board. So if we hire another staff member to be a principal, then that needs to become to the board at a separate time. Oh, yeah, this wasn't a blanket approval. This was the specific people listed only. Yeah, this was not ever intended to be a blanket approval moving forward. I'll support that. So what's your motion going to say? You're amending it to? I'm amending it to approve the sick time payout for the central office administration with, The understanding that this topic is closed, that we're not approving anymore after this point. Wait, ever? It has to be redirected to the board. Okay. At the time

080of their retirement, I would prefer, because I don't think this board should be making decisions that would affect the other boards. Well, some of those people may not retire for 10 years. Exactly. Or deciding. Exactly. But I understand why they're doing it, but I also want to make sure that it's not a blanket. Look, I'm sorry, because I want to support, but so what you're saying is if someone does want to do this, they are going to have to come to us one by one. In the future. In the future, when they're retiring. It should be a case-by-case when they're retiring. So we're approving people that might not retire for 10 years. And we're not going to be, we might not be the board in 10 years. So we're approving something that might not be

081our responsibility to approve. Or we don't know our financial standing in 10 years to make that decision. But they will be able to come to us when they're going to retire. Correct. Okay. I think my worry with that is that... Sick time pay is pay that they were entitled to. They worked. They earned it. And what I want to be careful of is that I would agree that we don't necessarily want to put future... Future boards on the hook, but at the same time what I want to be very careful about is that we are not discouraging our internal staff or our current teachers from moving up and applying for administrative or principal positions because they have a fear of losing out on time and money that they have already worked for. That they will

082then need to come to their current Board of Education at the time of retirement, which could be literal decades after they would have applied and were approved to be administrators or principals, to only be told no. I'm not necessarily saying... And I hope that we don't discourage staff from seeking promotion or staying in the district because they're afraid of losing out on their benefits. Because that's the way that we're going to... That that's the way we're going to word it if we say you can't ask again until you're ready to retire But here's the thing they get paid For their sick time. It's just at a different rate of pay Right, but they serve their sick time at the right That's a decision that person should be making whether or not they want to advance

083or not. That's a decision for them because Advancing increases your pension amount when you retire So they are getting more in their pension by advancing. And they are going to get paid out for their sick time just at a different rate of pay. Yeah, they're not going to be losing their sick pay. They're not losing their sick pay. It's just depending on what that contract is at that given point in time. They still would be applying with the understanding that they would be leaving this money that we have approved for everybody else who's not the president for on the table. I mean, I think we should vote on the motion that's on the table, but I would just hope that... See, I don't see... And that it doesn't discourage. I don't see the motion as

084being one that is open-ended for people. To me, in the future, if this comes up again, it has to come up again to us anyway. Because it was closed to specific people, spelled out to us. Right, right. So, you know, it's going to have to come to us anyway. Right, but I think it should come to us when they're getting ready to retire versus us doing it not knowing when they're going to retire. I mean, we can always say no. Correct. I don't think we've ever done this before, but I remember. I don't either. I mean, look at Ms. Schultz's, what she's earned on there, and we're disapproving it now after her 30 years or whatever. I don't know. It's 25 years' worth of pay. Correct. I do feel like it could go many ways.

085They won't lose their money. I just don't want to set the standard as this and make the decisions for future boards. When we do that, though, we are saying, hey, we want to keep you. Like, we're approving you. Yes, you will get that. Yes. And then they want to stay with us. So it's like a hard gold sign. And they can negotiate that in their contract, too. It's, you know, just like if you were to leave a job, you don't get paid your sick time or you get paid your sick time at the rate that you have. Again, I think that. The way it's written here, this is a one-off. This is a one-in-particular thing. That's what I'm wondering. If it was to come to us again, it would have to be the same. Yes,

086but it was also, it's not a one thing. This one is just a one. The other one. Last board meeting, you guys spent an additional $173,000 on this situation. Understood. Granted, it's not going to be paid out until that person retires, but it's still a potential issue that the district has. No, and that's absolutely fair, but I don't think that we should limit people's ability to come to us and ask. Exactly. They can come and ask, but I just think at this point, it should be when they're going to retire. So can we approve this one and then maybe bring this back? to chat about it. Like, we'll do this one because that's what this is. It's one person. And then bring it back at Committee of the Whole or something and actually discuss and

087think about what we want to do going further. Absolutely. I'm not changing my motion. My motion is to it's over and in each case at this point is when they're going to retire. Then I am not going to second that one. Okay. Then I'm a no on everything. Okay, so a motion fails and... Well, can't someone else make a motion? What's that, Monica? Yeah, I move the Board of Education approve we change the sick time payout for the central office administrator listed in our board mail. Support. Okay, now we're approving them all with no. It's only one person. Wait a minute. I still had a motion on the table and it needs to be voted on. Nobody's voting on it. No, I made the first motion. I amended my motion. And then it failed. But

088my first original motion is still on the table. And your first original motion was the one that she just re-read, correct? Correct. Okay. So someone needs to second that original motion that she made. So the original one as presented, yes, I support. That's without the camp. That's without bringing it individually in the future. Okay. If you all have that straight, do you get it? Yes. Okay. Roll call, please. Fortress? No. Routine? Yes. Beaten? Yes. Packer? Yes. Fox? No. What, Proud Boys? Yes. Hinton? No. Three to four votes. Motion passes. Four to three. Four to three. What did I say? Just three to four, just so that it's on the record, right? Four to three. It passes. Thank you. Motion to approve the 2526 museum contract for the historical museum. Yes, ma'am. What's that? You skipped

089the board office assistant. Oh, yeah, I was marking. Okay. I move the Board of Education approve the offer to Matt Miller to continuation of consulting as needed for the months of May and June 2025, a rate of $75 per hour not to exceed 66 hours or $5,000 as presented. Support. A motion by Heidi to, I mean a motion by Monica to hire Matt Miller for business office assistant. When does his current approval expire? Is it April? End of April. Okay. Second by Heidi. Matt's been helping us with our finances. Any discussion? Okay, roll call, please. Richie? Yes. Fortress? Yes. Eaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Now we'll do the motion for the 25-26 museum contract with the city for the historical museum. I move the Board of Education approve the renewal

090of the Erickson building lease as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi to extend the contract with the city for the museum for 2526. Second by Monica. Any discussion? Hearing none, roll call. Fortress? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Eaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFramoise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for Hazel Park Junior High Communication Devices. I move the Board of Education approve the purchase of additional radios to address safety concerns. As we continue to improve our safety in all our schools in the district, in the amount not to exceed $8,225. Support. Motion by Heidi to purchase the junior high communication devices for $8,225. Second by Monica. Any discussion? None? Roll call, please. Orders? Yes routine yes, yes Yes, yes Yes, yes Yes motion for extended Jordanics and extended school year I move the Board of Education approved the hiring

091of two teachers of students with autism spectrum disorder, two teachers of students with cognitive impairments, eight paraprofessionals, special education support, one social worker, one speech language pathologist, and one occupational therapist, and one physical therapist as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi to hire the staff. Utilize for the Jardin extended school year. Support by Monica. Any discussion? We do this every year. We always extend that program. Roll call, please. Ortes? Yes. Ritten? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Acker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFramboise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion to purchase athletic uniforms for football. I move the Board of Education approve the purchase of two sets of football uniforms in the amount of $16,488 for the 25-26 school year's budget. Support. A motion by Heidi, second by Monica, to purchase the football athletic uniforms for $16,488. Any discussion? I do have discussion.

092I just want to, I know they have said that they are going to help fundraise an offset. I kind of guess I want to think of, like, what is their goal, what is the plan, because if not, we're on hold for $16,000. Mr. Patterson is going to address it. They have a fundraiser coming up. They have a goal of achieving at least half of the... Half of the $16,000. Correct. They've got a fundraiser the 26th, this Saturday, 2 o'clock. So I'm just wondering if this is something where we could say we would do a certain amount, because $16,000 or $17,000 for uniforms is a lot for us to be on hold for if they don't fundraise well. We pay for uniforms for all the sports and we've not required them to fundraise. So I think

093them making the initiative to fundraise for HAP is to try to fundraise for HAP is a good up. They're trying to demonstrate their good faith. Yes. And I love them for that and I'm all there. I just don't think any other team needs that amount of money for uniforms, so it just makes me a little nervous. Yes, and at the same time, there's also a lot of players on the team. Correct. A football player typically is walking around with $700 to $1,100 worth of equipment, not including their stuff. Have we inventoried everything that we do have? We do have an inventory. We don't have enough darks for home games. Do not have enough. hope to have a JV team, we wouldn't be able to sustain a JV team. For one color? For the home colors,

094the darks. Do we have enough of the other color? We have enough away uniforms. We have enough whites for both teams, white uniforms, but we don't have enough dark uniforms to have any. We couldn't host a JV team. But this is, again, doing both anyways, because didn't you say it was like a buy one get one? It is a buy one get one. That's correct. Okay, and this this is the most reasonable price Significantly under at least two of the other days significantly now it is the plan of the You guys to do a three-year athletic Indeed keeping inventory on everything Yeah, there is a careful inventory that's kept. I've seen the spreadsheet. It's just dark uniformity. We don't have enough If we're prepared to say no, we don't want a JV team or hope

095to have a JV team any time in the next three years, and it may prove not to be, but the numbers seem to indicate that it will be. We just don't have enough. And quite frankly, we don't have enough as it is in dark uniforms to have a sizeable team. If we were to increase 20, we would not be able to have enough dark uniforms. I'm all for switching to the maroon anyways. What's that? I said I'm all for switching to the maroon anyways. Yeah, and the maroon is the class that has been pushed, as you heard, probably most everywhere you go. Jim, all of the quotes that we have to choose from here seem to be for... Pants and jerseys where do helmets and pads come into play especially considering the safety of a

096football player? We already have helmets they're out for reconditioning at this point because they're two years old and they have to be reconditioned every two years so the helmets and girdles belts Pads separate pads for the pants. That's all been accounted for. Okay, so we would be set on those and not be expected to purchase additional? That's correct. There will be a $5,000 or $6,000 reconditioning of helmets that will come due but that's been in the works and is legally required. Otherwise, we have to buy a new set of 80. 80 helmets at $410 apiece. Okay. I just want to make sure if we're talking about starting a new team that we have their protection. But if you're saying that we have enough, we have enough. We do have plenty of adult and, quite frankly,

097a significant number of youth size shoulder pads and things like that. For your JV team as well? For the JV team, correct. It would be all set. It's just the jerseys, the home jerseys. Okay. Thank you. Anything else? No. Okay, roll call. Jamie. Fortress. Yes. Ritchie. Yes. Beaton. Yes. Hecker. Yes. Fox. Yes. LaFrancoise. Yes. Henson. Yes. Motion to accept the 25-26 school year calendars for each school. I move the Board of Education approve the calendars for the 25-26 school year as presented. Support. Motion made to accept the calendars for next school year. 25-26 for all schools. Any discussion? Okay, roll call. Fortress? Yes. Rattig? Yes. Eaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrance Boys? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion for the dance team. I move the Board of Education approve the closing of... the out of district

098students for the Hazel Park dance team with grandfathering and the current members already on the team as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi, second by Monica to accept the dance team proposal of grandfathering in the students we have and closing to outside students. To new outside students. New outside students. Any discussion? Roll call. Fortress? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Beaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion to accept. Well, actually, this is the first reading of the language. We did have some discussion at Committee of the Whole. It says action item, so it's to motion to accept the. Is it an action item or just an informational item? It's informational because it's a first reading. That's what I'm thinking because it's a first reading, so we're not voting. Right. And we did see it at

099committee of the poll, so I guess this is first reading because it's a regular meeting? Correct. So it's still informational, right? Yes. Anybody have questions of Ms. Papazzi and anybody? Because we have the wording. I think Mr. Knobloch went over it at Committee of the Whole. Okay, so next meeting we adopt it. Correct. Michigan Virtual Academy, we need a motion to... I move the Board of Education approve the reappointment of Raymond Crowe to the MVCA Board as presented. Support. Motion by Heidi, second by Monica to appoint... the reappointment of the board member to the Michigan Virtual Charter Academy. Any discussion? Roll call. Fortress? Yes. Ritchie? Yes. Eaton? Yes. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaPrime-Weiss? Yes. Hanson? Yes. The next one's informational, the freedom of information. We have the list of the four people. I guess if

100you have questions, you can ask Dr. Cost or Mr. Patterson who answers those. Are there any more FOIAs outstanding that haven't been answered? Do you know, Mr. Patterson? Yes, there are two. There are two? There are two. And do we file an extension for those, or are they going to be answered within the next? We did, and the answers have been prepared. Have been prepared. They're ready to go. One of them is. The second one we're awaiting information. Okay, perfect. Thank you. Is there another one that I'm missing? We are waiting for the responses from Truen as well on two of the other FOIAs. But those that have submitted a FOIA request have, they received. Two of them have been forwarded to outside counsel. But they have the response that it's taking longer than the

10110 days. And only because the two of them that are in here. far exceed 10 days and there's no sort of documentation that, well there's one with, there's one, I don't want to say the name, that Hazel Park Schools is extending for a period of not more than 10 days, but the other ones took well over a month to get back. They did. Okay. But those that have outstanding FOIAs have at least been made aware that theirs are being worked on, right? Yes. Okay. Okay, thank you. Student discipline action item. Move the Board of Education approve the student discipline as presented support motion by Heidi's support by Monica for the student discipline any questions roll call Fortress yes routine yes beaten yes yes yes yes Motion for board training. I move the Board of Education

102approve the board training. And if there's anybody else that would like to attend the dinner that hasn't signed up yet. Can I add me that I thought I sent an email and I didn't please? I was going to say you weren't on the list. I know. When I looked at it earlier, I'm like, I swear I sent an email. You have to go. You were getting an award. I tried to find them. I don't think Mr. Fox has signed up. I don't think. Ms. Beaton signed up, and I don't think Ms. Hinton has signed up. Do we get reimbursement for these, Jamie? Up to $750. These are included. Do we have a second to the motion that we pay for the training? Did somebody second that? Yes, she did. I'm sorry. I need to be

103added. I wasn't on there. Is there anybody else that would like to attend the dinner? I'm not able to at this time. Okay. June 18th. It's June 18th. Okay, all in favor? I just want to at least provide sort of the understanding that I don't know if we can have a guarantee that this is within that $750 or that it is reimbursable. I think it's an excellent dinner. I know that we have four. Three four board members who are receiving awards I'll be open. I'm very much struggling with this knowing that we have staff who have requested to attend conferences and they are being told no because any any traveling conferences anything with an excess cost is being denied and not brought to the board yet we are up here to vote on our own

104training it feels disingenuous if we are being reimbursed that I think I'm more comfortable voting but I hope that that staff understands that this is not money that is being taken from them and their opportunity to attend training I would struggle with that if I was turned down to then see the administrators or the body that is not approving my training costs to then approve their own. I don't know of any teachers that are not being approved. We did have a list that was in the consent agenda. I believe there was quite a few teachers on there that were going to some training courses. I think there was somebody approved last month to do some training also. So making that statement, I'm not quite sure the information you have versus what the other board has.

105And to defend that, there's quite a few board members here that don't collect their money for attending meetings like we should. Like any of us do. So right there. And then we're still in the current budget that had all of this budgeted for. Any other discussion? Roll call. Fortress? Yes. Reteat? Yes. Beaton? No. Becker? Yes. Fox? Yes. LaFrancoise? Yes. Hinton? Yes. Motion carries 6-1. Superintendent report. Enrollment and fundraiser. So I have an enrollment update, and since the last month, March, we have dropped 84 students, most significantly from the Cyber Academy where we lost 31. From invest, we lost 24. And from advantage, we are down 18. So those would be our three most in and out schools, I would call them anyway. And that proved true for this month. Do we know the reason? I

106don't know the reasons. I just have the numbers. And these students were dropped after the second count, correct? The February count, yes. Correct. So it doesn't really affect our funding. But it does affect our longevity of next year. We lose 84 students for the October comp day. I just wanted to make people understand that because it's confusing. I like this report that comes out of Power School. My only complaint is it doesn't give us a total. Not that I don't mind 10 keying it up. However, 3,140. 3,140. Are the students at invest counted in our... Yes, yes moment there The other item you have is the one fundraiser since last month, which is for the basketball team men's basketball That's my report Is there a book can get an update I really sit with the

107Investigation I'm sure but I would like her to an update on the ad interviews. Are they wrapping up or I'm glad you asked. So we have now narrowed the field to four candidates, and the second round of interviews will be held Thursday in person here. I'm excited to say that if we have two finalists or whoever the finalists might be, we're having a community meet and greet May 8th at the high school from 5 to 7 p.m. And that's open to anybody, parents, students, coaches, teachers, board members. alumni, for them to just talk to these finalists and then give us your feedback. May 8th from 5 to 7 at the high school, is it going to be in the auditorium, the gym, the comms area? Right now, there's a choir concert that night. Okay. And

108so we're trying to figure out what space. But if you come in the main doors, there will be a direction for you. Okay, perfect. Just wanted to put it out there. Yep, thank you. The last time they did it in the auxiliary gym. Something similar. Yeah. Thank you. So, investigation update. The attorney from the Allen Law Group, Nicole Hunter, has been sick with COVID. And so things were delayed, and she hopes that she will have her report sometime this week. And so I reached out to tell Tim Gardner from Truen, and his mother passed away unexpectedly. So they gave me a new attorney today that will be taking Tim's place. In the meantime, they don't expect him back for a couple weeks. So if the report comes in, there will be a special meeting shortly

109after I find out what the report has done. Then we'll have the schedule to come in and review the report. Is there an update on the second investigation? There's nothing on the second investigation. Thank you, Ms. Hinton. Nope. So, requests for future agenda items? Nothing? We did get a coach of the year, and we have not acknowledged that. So I was wondering if that could be on the next agenda. So we recognize that with student of the month, coach of the year, I think we're honoring some teams who did quite well. We didn't want to have that here with limited seating capacity. So we're going to be at the high school next month. and there'll be room for everybody. Unfortunately, I will not be there. I'll shake with both my hands. Okay. My baby's graduating.

110The socks. The board did vote on supplying socks last year. I was wondering if we could get quotes on the socks, how many socks we need for each team. It was, I think, was based on request. So if there was a team requesting it, then that should automatically go through. Of course. Dr. Cost, can you look into that? Yeah. Can we get the sock thing paid for and taken care of? We'll get that resolved. So our athletics are. Mr. Patterson to see that that happens by the end of the week. I just want our athletics covered. Understood. That's fine. And then also Mr. Harris. I don't know anything about. What happened in the past, but I was wondering if you could look into why he wasn't in first for $1,100 because it sounds like all

111of the items that he was mentioning He should have been reimbursed and I don't know why I won't get to that and I never heard about it at the last only two things Second point hanging made up with the discussion earlier about paying out for the sick days connect me So we can have the discussion? Absolutely. I have one more. I would like either more information or whoever it may be was told that they could not do training to bring that to you and let us talk about it. I don't think anybody in our teams, when they want to better themselves and make our district stronger, should be told no to training. 100%. If there's a request that's open, it should be brought here, not denied prior to the meeting. I will get all of

112that information. Dr. Dolan does a great job of keeping spreadsheets and requests, and I'll work with her to get that information to you. Any other requests? Okay, calendar dates. Well, we already know the next meeting is at high school. Well, actually, we'll have Committee of the Whole here. Oh, that's the one I'm going to miss is the Committee of the Whole. That's the one you're missing, the Committee of the Whole. Public comment? Any public comment? Okay, seeing no public comments. Board member and administration comments. Anybody have, you always have some good news. I know when I left softball, they were winning 10 to 4. I'm not sure if Mr. Richardson is still here. Thank you, great job. I know Sue mentioned that the girls tennis won, so that's super exciting. Also, I do want to

113acknowledge, I know Sue mentioned about the swim jackets. This was my first year ever watching swim. I've never watched them before. And these, they started with three kids at first, and I was watching them shiver and shiver and shiver. And you guys all know I will ask anybody for donations for the Promise Zone. So I went to one of them, and I requested, if they could, help me. So they helped me with the three. Well, then, unfortunately, basketball, girls' basketball, got canceled the rest of the season. So two more joined. So we did provide the other ones. These kids were so excited to be in a jacket. It literally melted my heart. I know I was excited for them to have them just so they all matched and they went with the other teams, but

114these kids, as soon as they put them on, they just smiled and lit up, and it just made me feel so good. I know it's a jacket, but it literally made me feel good. So thanks, Sue, and great job to the swim team this year because I very much enjoyed watching you guys. The dance showcase this weekend was amazing. I know I go to dance competitions, but when you're at the showcase and it's at Webb and it's a smaller venue and you can actually really watch and not worry about all the other crowd and teams, these girls work super, super hard all year round. They are not just a little season. They are all year round. And I remember growing up dancing for them, so it's exciting to these kids, and I'm super happy that

115us as a board grandfathered the ones in because they deserve it. And I do want to acknowledge that Junior Ohio was not here. They do have a band concert tomorrow at 6 if anybody wants to go. Oh, one more. I'm totally going to miss Jeremiah, and I really hope this other gentleman lives up to his standards because Jeremiah was always on top of things, always updating us, and I'm super excited for his future. He's been a great kid to watch grow up. I'm glad you mentioned him. He was awesome. Yeah, I just want to say it's great seeing all the students of the month. You know, it's good to see them getting recognized for the hard work they're putting in and the good things that they're doing. Same for the support staff. You know, it's

116great to see them getting recognized for what they're doing for the students and the staff. Student representatives, again, it's been great to see. Jeremiah, I haven't been here as long as you have. He's very visible in the community. You see him, you know, between drama and everything. And looking forward to seeing, you know, the new faces coming along. The administrators, you know, I appreciate you guys, the work you guys put in for our students and our staff. And looking forward to a good finish to the school year. All right, thanks. I just want to say I hope everybody had a happy Easter. I would also like to congratulate the students of the month and the support staff that were recognized today. And if we, because it was sort of embedded into a discussion, I'm hoping

117that Mr. Patterson can loudly again say the date and time for the fundraiser that the football team is hosting at Eastern Palace. Saturday the 26th at Eastern Palace. This upcoming Saturday? At 2 p.m.? Yes. Okay, perfect. And I think that we also may not, depending on when we have a special meeting, may not have a chance to meet again. So board and administrators, Megan Burr had also sent us an invitation for her 3P learning, the 3P learning showcase that is taking place at Oakland Schools on May 1st. It promises to be exciting. I know because I said, will it be exciting? And she promised me that it would be. So I would, and she's never broken a promise to me before. She's never made one, but she's never broken one. So if you are able

118to attend, it does sound like a really awesome project, and it will be not only exciting to see what 3P is doing in Hazel Park, but across the county. So if you are able to attend, that is May 1st at 530. All right, thank you. You said that was at Oakland Schools? Yeah. Invitations in your email. You can RSVP right at the link. Okay. Can I just make one little quick announcement? We talked about teachers and the other week that is celebrated is Administrative Professionals Day. This week is also the week designated for that. I just wanted to thank Jamie for all the work you do to keep us on path. There's so many, you know, there's... All the special days for everybody, and they're just special every day. You should always be thanking everybody,

119the staff, your friends, your neighbors, your children. Everybody is important. Tomorrow is the junior high band concert. I don't have the time. I wrote it on the calendar. What time? Six. Six o'clock. And then the 24th, on Thursdays, the High School Talent Show at 6 o'clock is $3 admission to get in. But it's fun. It's a lot of fun. I think it's five admissions, three for students. Oh, you know what? It only had it on the Facebook in the big circle, $3. So I didn't read anything smaller. Okay, $5. That's all. Well, next month, Teacher Appreciation Month, that's what I'm saying. Everybody's special all the time. You shouldn't have to wait for a special title of something to recognize people's hard work and dedication. So thank a teacher. Thank Parapro. I thank anyone in our

120building for the great job they do. And that's all I have. Motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn.