001please stand for the iedge AL to the flag of the United States of America and stands one nation God indivisible with liy and justice for here member here M billsboro here member H here member Dean is absent member Lake here thank you next we have a presentation and building program highlights Max spon Elementary where did she go thank you everyone for coming to Max Larson Elementary for our alphabet fashion show with the flare um there is an educational component to this and um the kids have had a wonderful time learning their letters and sounds they mastered most of these previously this year probably by the end of November but we thought this would be a really great way to Showcase what they have learned so without further Ado uh miss boo go ahead and begin
002all right here we go hi my name is Jackson and I'm letter [Music] A my name is keny and I'm going [Music] [Applause] [Music] my name is and I'm see come this way buddy come this way walk this my name is I'm r d and I'm my favorite thing start with the is [Music] do and my is and I like this [Music] my letter G my name is [Music] all right this is Rosalie she is helpful age and she likes hearts and [Music] hugs hi my name is Bernie and good job we have another Le Fe this iselia [Music] hi my name is CL and I like jelly beans and [Music] jam this is Rosario she's letter K and she likes kangaroo and kits this is Rose Mary she is the letter L and she
003likes in lion [Music] you this is f he is the letter F I'm sorry sorry is f yes it begins with f but his letter is M he likes motorcycles macaroni and cheese and [Music] mang now we have and Ry of the letter N like noodles Nutella nail polish and mangles I'm sorry nail polish and Riley likes [Music] necklaces this is Ben Ben is the letter O he likes Oreos actius and acun [Music] all right next up on the red carpet we have Salan here he is rocking the letter P would you like to do a walk look at him go there he go good job buddy all right next up no okay we have Jude here and he is wearing the letter Q today loves question marks quarters we have a queen and a
004quilt you like to head on down Jude okay Dre a walk buddy good [Music] job okay go ahead right into it um my is and I have a little and and um good job buddy go ahead Do Your Walk good job what's your name hi my name is j my letter is s and I like [Music] sun all right next up on the red carpet we have Brianna here and she is modeling the letter T today would you like to do your watch Brianna looking good couple letters but focusing on that letter T today this way do you want [Music] to all right it looks like we have Jace ready for the red carpet Jace is wearing the letter are you umbrella unicorn up upside down would you like to do your walk buddy yeah
005feeling good okay give him the go good job [Music] buddy this is Jan and her favorite beers are Valentine and Van here she goes on the red carpet go Jane [Music] POS all right because the letter W is so wonderful we have two W's that's going to walk this is Carly and Carter go ahead and start walking down Carter's favorite W word is whale and Carly loves watermelon and winning POS to yeah I'm [Music] down next we have Noah Noah is the letter X you can start walking his favorite experts are X-ray and six has X at the end good Noah and I'm the letter why all right would you like to do your walk okay no is taking the red carket with her letter Y today that was a quick one all right here
006we go and last but not least would you like to try you do okay tell them your name tell them what letter you are letter z letter Z good job adley okay adley let's finish up the alphabet take that red carpet great job you can wait to your mom all right there good job and that is that is [Applause] it thank you so much for um allowing your children to participate with us this evening parents if you would like to leave you are free to go rather than stay for the entirety of the meeting you oh you're [Music] free is there anybody that wishes to address the board next we have the approval of the minutes from January 27 is there a motion to appr any discussion all in favor oppos motion passes next uh
007agenda additions and deletions we have two uh amendments to the agenda tonight both additions the first under um Roman numeral 4 consent agenda number two Personnel recommendations we will add that the board accept the resignation of teacher Keith Johnson and under action items which is Xi number four where the recommendation to approve the athletic uh um I'm sorry not number four number three uh recommendation to approve jvm varsity baseball uniforms to include bags and pullovers in the action item thank you next we have the consent agenda we have one communication a letter written to each of the board members uh you want to address yeah we received uh letters last week um in support of an individual in the community who has been giving individual swim lessons at the um at the Aquatic Center and
008and since we have hired on a third party to uh run the operations and do all the hiring for the um for the aquatics center this person was offered a job to work through Hampton Aquatics and turn that down this letter was not written by that person but was written by a supporter of that person and I did send uh a response um through the mail explaining our position okay thank you next we have Personnel recommendation you're up again all right be resolved that relative to certified staff recommendations the Board of Education accept with regret after serving coldw Community Schools for 32 years the retirement of res uh the retirement resignation of Lake Middle School teacher Andrew Roso effective July 1 2025 the Board of Education accept the resignation of leg Middle School teacher Keith
009Johnson relative to super uh to support staff recommendations the Board of Education accept with regret the resignation of Heather Pinson from the bus driver position for Coldwater Community Schools effective February 7 2025 the Board of Education accept with regret the resignation of Bonnie hunman from the bus driver position for coldw water Community Schools effective February 21 2025 the Board of Education accept with regret the resignation of Becky Cole part-time caregiver at kids club effective immediately upon board approval and relative to extra Duty staff recommendations the Board of Education accept with regret the resignation of Fred Yaki from the extra Duty coaching position for leg Middle School tennis and the Board of Education accept with regret the resignation of Joe Clawson from the extra Duty coaching position for freshman girls volleyball effective immediately upon board approval
010thank you very much uh next [Music] uh approval of uh January accounts for payment and financial statement we resolve of the following accounts for January be approved for payment as follows General funds account in the amount of 2,781 9630 special Revenue accounts in the amount of $3 152,246 and be it resolved that the general fund financial statements be approved as presented thank you KY next we have the acceptance and approval of gifts via member bill recently the administration was made aware of the following gift offered by the donor uh in this uh announcement recognition and approval for acceptance of the gift is being sought this is from the American region post 52 in a in a in a monetary amount of $500 for the Recently formed boys volleyball club the gracious and continued support of
011the donor listed above and ciliate appreciated we ask that the board accept the gift noted and acknowledge the donor's generosity it resolve that the Board of Education gratefully accepts the gift is presented and be further resolve that a letter of appreciation on behalf of the board be sent to the donor indicated above for their worthwhile and generous GI thank you Jim that is the consent agenda is there a motion to approve move support any discussion all in favor I oos motion passes next we have reports presentations recommendations building reports do the principal wish to add any information for the what was on the website no uh direct of curriculum report is in there you wish to add anything Mr dancer not at this time what color your shoes tonight they're caky board committee reports I
012didn't make any money did anybody we did we had a district Improvement advisory committee we're paying for that yes we are it's good stuff it's a good meeting okay would someone like from the committee like to talk about it or would you like me to go ahead okay um you in today's packet uh you received the minutes from that meeting we uh we met on February 19th me members present were Claire Dean Kate Frederick Kristen Lian Welch also present was myself the we discussed the purpose and vision of the committee since um this is a new group of people on this committee and we talked about um how it ties in with the school and District Improvement plans the vision of focus on culture and climate of the district which would also include curriculum and
013uh and reviewing the Strategic plan uh being the the committee that looks at the strategic plan next we talked about the Strategic plan I provided them with copies of the district's strategic plan mentioned areas of focused Improvement including uh where we've gotten to improving Mental Health Services uh ml support which is our multi- language Learners professional development and focus on curriculum most and all of this has links to our high reliability schools process that the school adopted this year we talked about curriculum uh in your packet there are some new High School courses that are recommended and the committee reviewed and discussed those new course recommendations and supported certain electives to be brought to the board for approval tonight and we talked a little bit about the elementary literacy discussion that the Elementary uh principles
014and I have been having this year to update them on curriculum review collaboration with Elementary principles and upcoming plans for incorporation of Mor phonics based instruction in the everyday instruction of our students so more tier one teaching of phonics um uh other items brought by the committee was discussion on how this committee can be included in the upcoming bond process and ideas for maxim maximizing communication to the community such as presentation at Township board meetings coffee with the superintendent uh at areas throughout the district Etc um and discussion of elementary school fundraisers in Need for review of what the district should be supporting for fundraising opportunities and we adjourned at 9:40 a.m. is that going to be your superintendent's report too you got that's not my superintendent report okay is that next you're getting to
015talk a lot I appreciate that um my superintendent report is is short this month um but I'm very proud of the um the efforts by Leslie hagelin and Becky Heaton who are working and have worked with Western Michigan University the um on a program that will offer incentives for our teachers to receive higher education in English is the second language uh instruction by either obtaining a master's degree endorsements or um getting an ESL expedited route certification uh Western Michigan University is offering funding to offset some of the cost for our teachers so this will and and we have grants that are uh through us that are covering it so this training will be at no cost to the teachers so for this first cohort with 10 guaranteed spots for our teachers we had 28 who
016have expressed an interest so they are starting a um a system of deciding who the first 10 will be uh very proud that Mr dancer applied for a second round of Grant monies for fostering safe healthy and drug-free environments implementing safety and violence prevention programs anti-bullying programs Etc and coldw Community Schools was awarded $117,000 for that uh which is very good for us and we'll be working with the principles on how to best Implement programs in their buildings to improve those Services uh at the Aquatic Center uh I'm very excited about this the sheriff's department reached out about their dive team using the Aquatic Center during closed times for um scuba training and we had a great meeting with um with Audrina Hampton and uh and the sheriff's department and I believe their first day
017of training uh was just yesterday so uh really good to have that collaboration as well and last not least uh we need bus drivers if you know of anybody that wants to drive a bus if you know of anybody that would like to work with kids and drive a bus Dr Lanford I'm looking at you it's early in the morning um it that's not just a need for cold water schools it's a need everywhere but uh especially in the spring when we have a lot of field trips and and sporting events um it really gets tight so um we're trying to find ways around things but if you know anybody get the word out cuz we could use them and we train them so that's all I have you have a you have to have
018a commercial license right yeah looking for a gig supplement yeah thank you very much uh any discussion items no next we have the action items uh request to approve the 2025 2026 curriculum proposals for cold water High School fwat High School administration recently submitted the request for board approval of eight new curriculum proposals for the 2025 2026 year the courses include story lines and timelines number two leadership number three art Essentials number four mass media number five lifeguarding number six AP seminar number seven officiating number eight swimming superintendent Flynn met with members of The District in advisory committee on February 19th to review and the details of each of these new proposed courses CHS Administration along with the support of the superintendent Flynn and District Improvement ad advisory committee are requesting approval of the new
019curriculum proposals for Coldwater High School for the 2025 2026 school year the full proposals for each course are submitted with this report for the board perusal being a resolve the Board of Education approve the adop option of the 2025 2026 curriculum proposals to Coldwater High School as presented is there a motion so move support any discussion roll call vote member lion wel yes member Frederick yes member billsboro yes member Holbrook yes member steel yes member Dean is absent member late yes motion passes next we have the recommendation to approve the purchase of JV and varsity baseball uniforms which are amended Coldwater High School JB and barity baseball teams are in need of new white uniforms the district received the three quotes for the new uniforms pullovers and bags with the most cost effective quote coming
020from the team Choice which is included with this board repord for board perusal the administration is requesting approval of the quote from Team choice for new uniforms pullovers and bags for the JB and varsity boys baseball teams in the total amount of $99,900 to be paid out of the district's general fund be Revol resolved that the Board of Education approve the purchase of new uniforms pullovers and bags from Team choice for JB and varsity baseball teams in the amount of $9,900 to be paid from The District's general fund as amended there a motion support any discussion I have a question just how often do we get uniforms for each team is it is this like when was the last time we got uniform I guess five years no so when I asked I think Ry
021told me it was 6 years ago on the uniforms and then the pullovers were eight one of the things we've been discussing with our athletic uh director in our department is is getting a rotation schedule put together so we're all on the same page for questions like that is that true of all the sports um January 6 seven8 years I would it kind of depends on the sport um and and the usage like you know when you're sliding ant need replaced more frequently that kind of stuff but well a football uniform is going to be a lot more is going to go through a lot more wear and tear than what a basketball uniform will and all that so uh relle and I have been trying to set up time so that we can sit
022and talk to determine okay what is it cuz usually we it went on a 4year uh rotation um and so what we want to do is sit down and take a look because four years for a tennis uniform is different than four years for a baseball or softball uniform so we're going to sit down and figure out okay what exactly what exactly is cuz we all know Fair isn't equal do you typically change the uniform from the previous iteration I mean like if you have a a player that has a uniform and he never plays the uniform is not going to get dirty not going to get used and and going to last longer so if we had just replaced the ones that were damaged with that it in some instances yes you change the
023whole uniform in some instances yes but you also have to look too at at Style because what looked good in the 70s doesn't necessarily look good now probably the companies that make them make sure that you got to buy new ones too CU they just change a little ABS here and there oh that one's discontinued now Sor and do we also look at when vary gets new uniforms moving the the old uniforms down to a lower level for their use we we do um the constraint that comes in with that is when you're looking at well I'll just take basketball again since we're in the season you know we fit for what a 17 18yearold boy slman would wear and then we put him on a 13 14y old boy sometimes they don't they don't
024mix understood and and and at the same time too by the time that that you know if it's a 4year cycle or five year by the time it gets to the Freshman it's SP 10 12 years and depending upon you know not everybody's water is the same some people have really hard water so the white uniforms aren't necessarily white they're kind of a off white offwhite tacky color just like Gary shoes your poor shoes my shoes are getting a lot of attention put them out here on the red carpet I'll pass I got glitter all over myself already what condition are the red uniforms in what's that what condition are the red uniforms in for what sport because this is just this is just for the white uni yeah he bought the red ones um
025see my son I think he got those three years ago so he got the red ones three years ago so the red ones are still good anything else all in favor I opposed motion passes next we have the recommendation to approve the athletic overnight stay for the bowling gymnastic swim and dive teams for the regional and state finals atletic director Todd farmer is requesting formal board approval for overnight stays for the bowling gymnastics boy swim and dive team for each team's qualifiers to participate in their respective Regional and state finals bowling is going to Waterford and Auburn Hills Regional gymnastics is going to Grand Rapids and staying at The Hil state finals are at uh Grand Rapids staying at the Fairfield boys swim and die will be going to Eastern michig University staying at the
026Hampton in being resolve the Board of Education approves the athletic overnight stays for the bowling gymnastics and boy swim and dive teams to participate in their respective Regional and state finals as presented is there a motion so move support any discussion I had one more question sorry time just like how who picks the hotels cuz there's literally like one from every brand in here like if you guys focus on one get points and put that toward you know future stay that kind of stuff so the state um the state outsources Theirs to to a company and then they give us a list of preferred housing um so I tried to do that at one point but we were paying if they're not in that group we're paying a lot more sure so we stayed in
027inside that group and when you say the state that's mhsa correct anything else all in favor I I oppos motion passes announcements and comments the next regular meeting back action item one good catch I missed it next we have the request to approve the Contracting with TMP architecture for pre-bond services TMP architecture has submitted a proposal to pre-bond services to regard to a prop potential bond issue in 2025 or 2026 the scope of the pre Bond Services include but are not limited to facility Assessment program assessment Community engagement and uh Discovery and exploration architectural engineering and Interior Design Services the pre-bond professional fees are as follows uh facility condition 9,000 program assessment 6,000 pre-bond Services 11,000 the full proposal is included in the report of bond perusal of roll call vote is recommended be resolve
028the Board of Education approves the Contracting with TMP for pre-b Bond fees at a cost of $26,000 is there a motion move any discussion are these typical fees yes yeah and then when the bond passes is that what we paid uh I don't know the no the the previous architect firm um the cost was higher because you had gone through two cycles oh um and they were working on um yeah through those two cycles that um that number got all right roll call Bo member Holbrook yes member steel yes member Dean is absent member billsboro yes member lion W yes member Frederick yes member Lake yes motion passes uh now the announcements and comments the next regular meeting of the Board of Education will be held Monday March 17th at 6:00 in the evening at
029the administrative service center located at 401 s River Drive In cold water B we