001Let's say our mission statement together. Our mission is to inspire and empower our students to reach their full potential through opportunities and experiences in a safe, diverse, and collaborative environment. Miss Windless, will you please lead us in the pledge of allegiance? United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Roll call. Trusty Anderson. Trusty Belttowski present. Trusty Dyro present. Trusty Sterlin present. Trusty Steanovic. Trusty Wall present. Trusty Willis present. We have a quorum. Adoption of the agenda. Be it so resolved that the board of education accepts the May 7th, 2025 agenda as presented. A board member may request an item be moved from the consent agenda to superintendent recommendations. May I have a motion? So moved. Moved by Trusty Wall. Support.
002Supported by Trusty Sterlin. Any questions or comments? Roll call, please. Trusty Dyro. Yes. Trusty Sterling. Yes. Trusty Stavan Novik. Yes. Trusty Wall, yes. Trusty Winless, yes. Trusty Belowski, yes. Motion carries. Moving on to public comment on agenda items. Do we have any public comment on agenda items only? Seeing none at this time, we will move on to superintendent reports. Mr. Kleinhands. Thank you. We have uh five items this evening and we're going to start with the building and site meeting minutes from April 15th. Mr. Wall, thank you. So, building and site met on April 15th, which happen to be Tuesday. came in at 6:02 p.m. In attendance was myself, Trusty Sterlin, Trustee Stephan Obi, Superintendent Kleinhands, community members Pat Grea and Virginia Morgan, and Steve Gary from director of operations. Not present was community member
003Shannon Porcowski. for the old business 2024 2025 school year. It was uh discussing on the Annapolis High School uh auditorium HVAC project was completed with the AC um being operated by a device versus the wall. So therefore, there's not an accidental flipping of the switch, especially during inclement weather, which wouldn't be good for the unit up on top. The uh 2025 summer projects uh are for Pulk and Part E for the HVAC. Uh the approval was done, the contracts have been completed, the units have been placed on the roof and the deed paperwork which usually seems to be the time limiting factor there and for was submitted to DTE and the project is scheduled for completion by the start of the 2526 school year. Yes, Mr. Client. So, not part of the minutes, but um
004we did have a construction meeting on this issue and to ensure that it will be ready to roll. The construction company is asking that the week um and I'll I'll send in an update just that they do some pull ahead work um to make sure that DTE has enough time to do the work that they need to do. So, I'll be sending out a memo on that so that uh everyone's aware of that. Excellent. Thank you for the update. Uh Bedford site project plans are to have a pre-construction meeting the last week of April which Mr. Klein might be able to tell us about um on the time schedule with the project. Yep. And we did have uh that uh pre-construction meeting and talked about a lot of things. Um the big issue with that
005is we're still working on the lights as you know. We put 100,000 set aside for the light project. It's coming a little bit over. So I sent it back to him and said revisit it. Excellent. Thank you. for new business. Uh the discussion was led by Mr. Kleinhands regarding the seeking fund accounts with discussion on renewal. The committee was in favor as there are multiple projects to address and more of that will come on a future committee meeting. Um with the other business, we did a pretty extensive discussion on what projects we would like to complete through the different fund resources and with the understanding the board would need to approve uh with use of 2526 general funds 500,000. We're looking at uh doing the party playground with the fencing. Uh that's estimating three thou
006300,000. Party lockers replacement estimating 30,000. Annapolis high school restrooms estimating 170,000. Then we also looked into uh the 2627 with the general funds of 500,000. Now, there's not going to be actual values for this because that's still much further down the road, but we're looking at the Annapolis High School band room having a refresh, the Chirop Field installation of visitor bleachers and new fencing, which would be on the opposite side of the home team bleachers, and then the Secret Garden refresh and Annapolis High School home economic room upgrade with the use of a 10-year sinking fund. If renewal is approved, projects tenatively planned are based on the yearly income allocated. But Mr. Klein Hands did mention to us that he did double check and there is a chance of borrowing from the general fund so
007we don't have to actually wait to the specific years for some of the projects. Uh but the plan is hopefully start with the roof at OW Best and Pulk board office. then uh follow up with the UNI event and air conditioning for Annapolis High School and the Part D park parking lot. Then third would be uh work on Madison reopening. And then fourth would be the district bathroom refresh. And then the remaining would be based upon other projects that we would work on. Um and if anybody's ever been building a site, we always know that things do change. Sometimes they, you know, you have to do one before the other then. Um and that's the plan is to discuss more at the future committee meetings on uh what uh possible projects and um hopefully to
008get something submitted to the board for the sinking fund renewal. There was no public comment. The next meeting um uh will hopefully be next week. We're going to work on some dates on that. just uh final finalize a couple things and uh but the meeting adjourned on the same day at 8:55 p.m. Any questions? All right. I would just add um give me a question. No, no question. But one of the reasons I I really appreciate your leadership on this committee, all the committee members on this group. One of the things that we came out of there with was a specific plan moving forward and that helps us from an administrative um you know so that we could think about what it is we need to do, our next steps, where we're going and moving
009forward. So um I thought that was a great meeting and we do have a a vision of where we want to go and some of the projects that we want to complete. Thank you. Okay, so I'll roll right into that. Our next uh item that we have is project updates. Um I wanted to just take a a few minutes to talk about what it is we're doing right now. So every um spring we do we um maintenance director goes around we look at all of the cement the areas that you know either just wear and tear or whatever needs to be repaired. So um we're in the process of putting together and in my uh report Steve's already done uh some significant leg work on that. I've also reached out to a company to kind
010of help us look at the front of our buildings and give us an idea um in the party um in that party area. Help me out. It's called the the garden the the party garden. There are these huge uh boulders and they're worth a lot of money. And so the district approved that um pro project to clean that up, but I put it on hold for two reasons. one, they were going to take the boulders. Two, that that project when we approved it didn't include any stone work or any anything with that. It was just to put dirt down. We certainly didn't want that. So, I'm trying to get I I met with the landscape company actually to think about have them think about these beautiful rocks that we have. How can we repurpose them
011and move them strategically and spruce up the front of our building? So, we're working on that. Also, we're in the midst of a, as you know, I got the second memo today from MDE that we haven't sped down our food service um general fund account. So, we're working on um the the high school primarily um seating uh project and Tanya's sending email. She wants those in the color of our of our district. Yeah. Yeah. So, that was the thing I'm just gonna bring up later, but yeah. Um, because I can't obviously I want this, you know, like something we should talk about like color schemed when we're doing stuff. I've never been to a high school that doesn't have the color scheme of this of the school represented. Our cafeteria is maroon. Even in here,
012we've got maroon. Like so I would hope like going forward projects that we do we are sticking to this the theme or scheme other scheme of each each school you go to Robashad they are big on black and red they are bulldog strong they even I heard they even go even into the other schools they want those kids getting pumped to come into high school and we don't have that represent we did when I was in school so I don't know how we got the color schemes all off and I just I just So that was my great time. You sent me an email. I said, "Yes, we'll we can look into that again." That was for to have the discussion. I just didn't want to forget the discussion. So um I have a question.
013The seating pro it's a seating project. Um, two years ago, we had a leader Napapolis High School leadership team presentation that was done on the seating at the high school and how that the seating currently in the cafeteria is not inclusive. Yes. um to um people who may be um handicapped or to people who may be larger in size and that it should be more like here where you have seats around tables. So are you when you're talking about seating project are you looking at at that um presentation that was done possibly. Um so starting point. Yeah. So that's not where we started. Okay. But I don't it's no secret I don't like those seats that are in there as well. So um we had a company come in and look at the seating. They
014put together a proposal all tables and chairs with some tall tables and chairs as well. Um and so I I get it. Um also uh he just did some mock drawings. I sent that to building principal. He shared that with the with the school leadership with the um one of the leadership teams. if they they like the concept of going to chairs and getting rid of those round things. I also found out for the company that those are fairly new. We can resell them and and so that's good. Um so yeah, we are working on all of those pieces together. Um and I think it'll be really cool. The other piece in there, and Paul's working on uh equipment upgrades, but another thing, and this came up at one of our meetings, was it is
015so dark in there. I mean, you walk in here and it's boom. you go into that high school and it's I mean it it's it needs to be brightened up. So, we're working on that as well. Now, those dollars can't come from this the cafeteria. There's specific things that can come from the cafeteria uh food service uh general uh fund. And so, but I put it in there because we have to do something. I mean, it's just it's just that that place needs to be spruced up. But, thank you for the the comment on the the table. Can I interject to about So what you were talking about I believe with the tableling was actually desks in the the No, there was both. Okay. There was both. So I know for the cafeteria um it
016was brought that they wanted um logos on the tabletops. There was a company that could do like the cougar and all that, but I I don't care about that as much as No, I get that. And this company, I emailed them. I emailed him a file of our Annapolis logo, so he's going to see what that they can get that done. So, no, I think that that kind of input's huge. The tables are a big deal. Like, I stress that's smart, too. They really are cuz like they're grown men sitting in these chairs. Yeah. Right. And even people like my size, that doesn't work, you know? It's not fair. So, I was at the um event that they had where they um forget the name of the event. It was on a Saturday. They did
017the the breakfast and then they had the thing and I ate in there. I It's just not comfortable. So So that'll be cool. We're working on that plan. We'll hopefully get those. We We have to spend those dollars down. So that'll be coming to you in in in a fast fashion. Then some capital projects. We've started some work on this. Um this was part of the building and site. Again, this is why it's helpful to have direction and guidance. to some other, you know, things that we're just starting to lay the groundwork on the party uh playground. We have the folks that design uh the Bedford playground and there's been lots of talk at this table about how things should be similar. So, he's putting together a proposal with similar um playscapes and um play
018apparatus that we have over to Bedford for Part D. So, it kind of gets to that talk that about trying to be equal across all of our areas. And then um also we've been seeking bids on the party um party lockers as you know that's a uh Mr. Kleinhands thing because I think we have to do something about those. Um just started some initial work on the baseball field and also initial discussion with IDI on uh the the AHS restroom project. So again, I just want to give you an update of some of the things. That's why I think this last building and site meeting was huge for the district because it really gave me some direction about which way to go. Right? Okay. So, uh, teacher appreciation, you spoke about that while we were,
019it's been busy week for everybody and, um, certainly here we on behalf of the board and and, um, and central administration, we sent out cookies to all of the the, uh, staff and we tried something different. I would like to take credit, but Sue did all of the work. Thank you. Yes, she did. Thank you, Sue. And so um and then I would like uh Scott to read um the resolution from Wayne Resa. Thank you Mark. So in recognition of national teacher appreciation we did research about whereas our country's future depends upon high quality equitable education to all students ensuring that each scholar can learn grow and whereas through their dedicated efforts to prepare students for successing Teachers and educators are vital contributors to the country's future and public education, shaping the next generation of
020leaders, innovators, and engaged citizens to drive progress in our society. And whereas teachers and educators play a critical role influencing academic achievement and improving student outcomes, fostering love for learning, building confidence, and improving scholars skills necessary to reach their greatest potential of receiving the knowledge and skills necessary for success in college, careers, and life. Whereas teachers deeply care for the whole child supporting their social, emotional, physical and financial well-being. Essential skills. Self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, responsible decision making, critical thinking, resilience, healthy life choices, socialization strategies, financial literacy, awareness, exposure. And whereas the evolving needs of our scholars require teachers to constantly expand learning to adapt their instructional methods infinite time of effort teaching lessons, monitoring and evaluating student progress, providing mentorship, serving as role models, motivators and champions of public. Whereas teachers and educators are
021and how I demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to the students they serve, making a profound and lasting impact, positive inclusive educational experience. And whereas the board of education play recognizes the creativity and perseverance of our teachers and educators and acknowledges them for exhibiting continued focus and resilience amongst uncertainty and whereas teacher appreciation week is an opportunity to not only celebrate incredible teacher but also to express the gratitude for your contributions, our scholars, our schools in our communities. Now, therefore, be it resolved that Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency, Board of Education, hereby proclaims May 5th through the 9th of 2025 as teacher appreciation that encourages all parents, students, and stakeholders to take time throughout this year to recognize, thank, celebrate teachers and educators in Wayne County for their tireless efforts, passion, and commitment to excellence. Let this
022be a reminder that the impact of a teacher, educator lasts a lifetime. presented and adopted this 16th day of April, 2025, honoring teachers and recognizing the lasting contributions they make to our communities. Thank you, Scott. And I would also add a special thank you goes out to all of the outside organizations, the PTO's, the administrators have been running around late night. A lot of people doing a lot of different things to celebrate um our our teachers and they are a vital part of of our organization and we appreciate it. We love them and so I appreciate you reading that and um again, thank you to all the PTO's and all the other folks that are propping up our teachers this week. And then I just have two other quick things. Sorry, I'm taking So, you're
023fine. Okay, good. Good. So, just a couple of upcoming events I want to remind everybody. The family fun night is this Saturday from 5 to 9 at the high school. There's all kinds of fun events. If you were there last year, uh it was pretty cool event. And so, we're looking forward to this year. A special thank you goes out to Tom Wel. He's kind of spearheaded this whole thing. Um and so it should be a fun night. So, we'll be there on Saturday. this Saturday again from 5 to 9:00 at the high school. Family fun night. There's free food, there's raffles, there's um all kinds of things going on. And there's special Mother's Days act mother's day activities there as well. And then just one final, the ecourse uh 32nd annual Ecourse Creek cleanup
024and garden uh rain garden maintenance, Saturday, May 17th, 2025. Um, and it starts at 9:00 and I think it goes till noon there shortly after. Um, they need again additional help. Uh, they're looking for sponsors and volunteers. We can put this information up on our website, but this is the Dearborn Heights Watershed Stewards Commission. And Tanya, I believe you're part of that commission, correct? Yep. So, um, so if people have questions, they could reach out to you as well, but they're still looking for volunteers. We try to get our school groups there. So, um, we're already working on that, but, um, it really is a a neat event. So, I wanted to just announce that and thank everybody for the work that they do on that. Thank you. That's all I have. Thank you very
025much. Moving on to superintendent recommendations. Letter A, certified staff resignation, exhibit one in your packet. Be it so resolved that the board of education accepts the following certified staff resignation. Sarah Nissant, special education teacher, Bedford. Effective date, April 16th, 2025. May I have a motion? Some move. Moved by Trusty Terini. Support. Supported by Trusty Windless. Any questions, comments? Roll call, please. Trusty Dyra, yes. Trusty Sterlin, yes. Trusty Stanovic, yes. Trusty Wall, yes. Trusty Winless, yes. Trusty Belowski, yes. Motion carries. Letter B, non-certified staff resignation. Exhibit number two. Be it so resolved that the board of education accepts the following non-certified staff resignation. Sherry Garberino, GSRP, associate teacher, Madison. Effective date, April 28th, 2025. Rodrik Jones, behavior interventionist, OW Best, April 18th, 2025. May I have a motion? So moved. Moved by Trusty Serini. Support. Supported
026by Trusty Windless. Questions or comments? Roll call, please. Trusty Sterling, yes. Trusty Stavanovic, yes. Trusty Wall, yes. Trusty Winless, yes. Trusty Dyro, yes. Trusty Bowski, yes. Motion carries. Letter C. Envirro clean contract extension. Exhibit number three in your packet. Be it so resolved that the board of education accepts the proposed contract extension of Envirro Clean with Dearborn Heights District number seven to include the wage increase structure as presented effective July 1st, 2025. Money's derived from the general fund. May I have a motion? So moved. Moved by Trusty Wall. Supported by Trusty Windless. Questions or comments? Seeing none, roll call, please. Trusty Stavanovic. Yes. Trusty Wall. Yes. Trusty Willis. Yes. Trusty Dyro. Yes. Trusty Sterlin. Yes. Trusty Beltowski. Yes. Motion carries. Letter D. Donation to Annapolis High School. Exhibit number four in your packet. Be it
027so resolved that the board of education accepts the charitable donation as presented. This generous contribution comes from Breeze Smoke LLC to Annapolis High School in the amount of $2,465. May I have a motion? So moved. Moved by trusty wall support. Supported by trusty windless or stini, I'm sorry. Any questions or comments. Question. Yes, sir. Um, do we have any idea where I'm assuming is for more of the detective device. Do we have any idea where they might get placed? Um, I don't have the exact, but I can get that for you. Okay. Yep. Thanks. Anybody else? Roll call, please. Trusty Wall, yes. Trusty Windless, yes. Trusty Dyra, yes. Trusty Sterlin, yes. Trusty Stavanovic. Trusty Battowski. Yes. Motion carries. Letter E, Title One Grant Fund Purchase, exhibit number five. Be it so resolved that the board
028of education approves the title one grant purchases as presented, which follow each of the buildings school improvement plan, MKIP, funds derived from the title one grant. May I have a motion? So moved. Moved by Trusty Wall. Support. Supported by trusty Sterling. Any questions or comments? Roll call, please. Trusty Willis, yes. Trusty Daryl, yes. Trusty Sterling, yes. Trusty Stephanovi, yes. Trusty Wall, yes. Trusty Belowski, yes. Motion carries. Letter Letter F, second reading of proposed, revised, and reissued board policies. Exhibit six in your packet. Be it so resolved that the board of education approves the second reading and adoption of proposed, revised, and reissued NEOLA board policies as presented. Bylaw 0131.1 bylaws and policies polist sponsored trips. PO 3430 leaves of absence. PO4430 leaves of absence. PO immunization. PO 5330.01 epinephrine auto injectors. PO5350 student health well-being
029and suicide prevention. PO5460 graduation requirements. PO8320 personnel files. PO8510 Wellness. PO8640 Transportation for Field and other district sponsored trips. We have a motion moved by Mandy Dyro. Trusty Dyro support. Support. Support by Lesie. Trusty Lindless. Questions or comments. Seeing none, roll call, please. Trusty Dra. Yes. Trusty Sterlin. Yes. Trusty Deanovic. Trusty Wall. Yes. Trusty Willis? Yes. Trusty Belowski? Yes. Motion carries. Moving on. Do we have any unfinished business? Seeing none, we have any new business. Dr. Okay, great. Uh, moving on to district points of pride, Mr. Clan. Thank you. So, um, not only is it teacher appreciation week, but, um, the month of May is mental health awareness month. So, I do want to speak to this. observed since 1949 during the month of May. Mental health awareness month is a way to promote mental
030wellness and bring awareness to one in five people who are affected by mental health challenges to highlight the importance of supporting mental health of all students and staff throughout May. Hey, the Michigan Department of Education invites school communities to take action to improve awareness around mental health by and then they list these and we'll get this up on the web page as well because they're uh links that you can click on but partnering with partnering with organizations advocating for mental health supports and schools and communities like the National Alliance for Ment mental illness using the 31 tips from mental health America to create a calendar of ideas to support students and staff mental health during May using substance abuse mental health service administration steps to start open and honest conversations about mental health. Um and
031there's a guide a family uh conversation guide and sharing mental health awareness month toolkit and again there's a link on our that will be on our web page with members of your community. Then it goes on to say, "Working together, the stigma around mental health can be broken and support from the broader community can improve the lives of people feel comfortable sharing their experiences and seeking help." Please visit the MDE school mental health web page for additional information. And then also on our web page with support from this board of education, we have our care solace link which is the 247 365 mental health and social service care coordination service for D7 for our staff, students and family. So that link is on our web page and that's a that's a thing that you guys
032approved which is fantastic. And then our citizens advisory D7 community resource guide. A lot of people spend a lot of time working on this guide. Um, it's a one-stop guide for students, staff, and families who need assistance in a variety of areas, including school mental health services, support groups, mentoring, afterchool care programs, tutoring, mental health services in Wayne County, outpatient community mental health, outpatient mental health, private practice agencies, psychiatric and crisis services, free student advocacy programs in Dearbornne Heights, free student advocacy programs in Wayne County. Crisis hotline um in Michigan focused on K12 students. Crisis hotline uh specifically for uh Dearborn Heights. Also in this document are hospital uh listings and urgent care listings. There's also information about free food resources in Dearbornne Heights, Michigan and free food resources in uh Wayne County. So the
033committee spent u a lot of time putting this document together. It's on our web page if um you know it supports this whole mental health and all of the work that we uh have done. And I will also say that um in Scott's area of HR as you guys know and you guys approved um we have hired a number of folks to support our students. And so we're all part of this whole u mental health awareness. And so I appreciate everybody. I thought I would put that out there. And again, if you get a minute, go to our web page. um click on the the advisory uh community resource. It's a great document. There's up-to-date numbers and just all kinds of information that um can help folks or if you know of someone in need.
034So, I wanted to speak to that and then I'll do points of pride from the buildings. Okay. Okay. So, at Madison, they're going to the zoo in May and they'll also be having a mother day mother's day lunchin. Uh this is really cool for their senior clapout where the seniors walk around. The preschoolers will be wearing their caps and gowns as well to take pictures with the seniors to show from the beginning to the end of D7. So that clapout's a great event. At Bedford, they're ending their leaprog visits this month with the high schoolers. All the students had a blast working with the big kids this year and they're having their um annual fun night tonight, I believe. Um and it's a it's a fun night, a great activity. They do carnival games and
035all kinds of stuff for their students at part D. Um their final visit from the Annapolis student mentors has taken place. It's been a very enjoyable and successful partnership and they certainly will continue this. The PTO at parties been very busy celebrating our staff week. There was one night they were here till 11:00 uh decorating doors. The doors look fabulous. From treats to lunches to movie themed decorated doors. I just talk about that. They've gone out to show how much everybody at party is very appreciated and that holds true in all the buildings just amazing things. Pulk celebrated traditions around the world. The EL staff has uh coordinated a week-long event with their students share cultural experiences with their classmates and then Pulk along with Bedford and Party. They're um they're hosting books and bites
036under the lights if you're there last year. Really cool event on the turf. So it was the first year on the turf. It was really nice. Um, I think they gave away some Chromebooks and some things. It was a a a good event. That's May 21st, 6:45 to 8. We might have a meeting that night. Not sure. But, um, nonetheless, um, it's just a great the the families come in, they bring a blanket, they read with their children, it's on the football field. Um, there's refreshments and games and prizes. So, really neat event. D7 um, elementary school uh, school school spelling bee was fantastic. Thank you for the volunteers who worked that sitting at this table. They're proud of all the participants. Derek, Elise, Wendy, uh Celeste was there and she was a previous winner,
037I believe. Yep. Two-year winner. So, um but a great event. Um and and they certainly want to thank everyone for all their efforts with that. At the middle school, they're wrapping up state testing and they're swinging right into I Ready, end of the year diagnostic testing. Students have done a great job finishing that off. The eighth graders visited the high school today um as a tour. They're finalizing their math curriculum for the school um and they've this is included work that's been ongoing with pilots um to select the best fit for our students. No pun intended. And students um had amazing time at the color run. Hats off to the PBIS team for putting it all together. It's it was a fundraising event. And then tonight they're have a all school skating party and then
038they're leaving for Washington DC. And if uh you saw in your report they um Denise um Cole Coleman hopefully I got that right um wrote a grant and got some of the dollars offset for that. So thanks to her and congratulations at the high school. The CAD students did very well in their MIT competition. They had three first, three seconds, two/3s, um some fourth and fifth and honorable mention uh placers. So, they did a really nice job. If you had an opportunity to see the play, I was floored with the amount of dialogue in that play, Pride and Prejudice. I was I was floored. I could not believe the amount a lot of dialogue. They did a fantastic job. Um, the seniors, this was their last performance. It was awesome to see also the new
039faces in the theater that were involved, but they did a great job. So, testing's wrapping up. Staff and students working hard on that. in ath in athletics. They're um trying to hold sports in between raindrops. Um it's been a challenge, so they're working on it in their virtual program. Um they're busy wrapping up the school year and uh doing some planning um moving forward. School safety. Um they've completed the Mert cardiac drills in all buildings. Um I took some pictures of that. So, uh you'll see that they're also um ordering uh remaining items for the go bags, but uh the mer I actually got to observe one of them that was being assessed. So, the team it was at pulk they were running a drill and the um school nurse along with uh school safety
040Cheryl was there and they were actually had a check sheet to make sure that the mer team were going through all the steps. So, it was uh it was really good. Really, really good maintenance. The ground team's working on cleaning up the grounds. Um I talked about the summer cement replacement. They've been going around identifying areas need to be updated. And then, uh maintenance was involved in the pre-construction meeting with the architects and contractors who are doing the the Bedford site and the air conditioning projects. It took both Pulk and Hardy. The tech uh department successfully transitioned all teaching staff to a new fine grain password policy. What is a fine grain password policy you ask? I didn't know till I asked Michael just a bit ago. Um so that is um allowing instead of
041like updating passwords every I don't know two weeks, three weeks, this allows for a longer transition and but there are some caveats with that. can't use the same symbols and all that kind of stuff. So, but we've got everybody moved over. Um, it's valid for 180 days. It will reduce disruptions to staff workflow, making day-to-day tasks more seamless across all schools. They also installed uh new microphones at the party cafeteria, enhancing clarity and the reach of the audio systems when we did the ELLL uh presentation. Um, I believe it was last spring. We had all the ELLL families in the microphones. you could hardly hear people talk. So that was because a there was so many people in the cafeteria which was a great event. I mean it spilled over into the hallways. Um but
042definitely needed that upgrade. The curriculum uh area the district MTASS teams met last week and began discussion uh vision for the D7 MTSS framework. Um the state of Michigan is uh requiring an MTSS. Uh we have the uh information each building. were uh compiling a district MTSS uh book that they they are requesting and then the well wellness committee met today to review the district's wellness policy um and set goals for the upcoming school year. So, a little lengthy, but I appreciate everybody's patience. Any comments, questions? Okay, moving on to other business. Uh board committee updates. We did have a building insight committee update this evening. Thank you. U Mr. Wall, uh no updates from the other um committees. I could I could do policy. We met today. You want to do it right now?
043Absolutely. Well, I mean I can make it I can make it short and sweet. Um we met up we met today. Everyone was present with the exception of Miss Anderson. We reviewed the two policies that Niola had given us that um were being reviewed, one by the nurses and another by food service staff. Those will be coming to the board um at the May meeting for the first reading. Then we picked up on our bylaws um because we started reviewing every policy and we picked up where we left off and um there's a couple that we made some minor changes to. Those will be coming before the board as well. And then we're going to meet again sometime in July. I'm thinking that's it. And I will do minutes and send them to everyone. But
044that's the update. Thank you. And there is as far as upcoming meetings, there is a possible building and site committee meeting next week. Mr. Wall will keep us updated to that. Uh none scheduled for finance committee committee meet met today. Thank you for the update. Citizens advisor committee. There's none scheduled. and we have a board study session, work session, whatever you want to call it, next week at six o'clock here at OW Best. Um, just a quick comment about that. That is an informal. We will not be seated like this. It's an informal uh meeting. We um will have um opening ceremonies, but then um we will do our presentations. Um and it's just kind of a casual conversation. We don't necessarily follow Robert's rules of order. Um, you know, just ask that everybody's respectful,
045but just so people understand that it's not a formal meeting. It's it's a discussion session kind of type thing, but there's still the opening and the closing and the voting on that type of thing. Yes. Yep. But there's nothing. We're not taking action on anything. So, all right. Yes. Will it Will it be taped, though? Do you know? Um, yes it will. Yes. So, we'll probably still be talking in mics just so it can get picked up, right? Yes. Okay. But we're gonna we're not gonna be sitting like this. We're gonna be sitting kind of closer together. So, more like of a conversation kind of like the table in the um lounge area. We'll be together. Okay. Okay. Um, moving on to public comment number two. Do we have any comments? Welcome. Just state your
046name and your affiliation. Okay. Hi, my name is Katie Licus and I'm I have been a teacher at Madison for the past year. I'll be working at our summer camp again this year and while I enjoyed it last year, I was concerned about the lack of shade on the playground. This is more than a comfort issue. It is a safety concern. The National Association for the Education of Young Children, NAI, recommends shaded outdoor areas, especially for preschoolers. Shade helps prevent heat related illness and protects against sunburn and UV exposure. Madison lacks buildingwide air conditioning, so keeping children indoors isn't a safe alternative. Outdoor play allows children to enjoy fresh air and sunlight and it can reduce obesity and promote a healthy lifestyle. Providing shady shaded outdoor areas is a simple effective step we can take
047to prevent their health. I suggest planting trees and investing in umbrella shades like the ones in the handout I have provided. These are some of my ideas. I'm sure you have some as well. May I hand you a paper on the topic? Thank you for your time. Okay. And I appreciate that. I do have a comment for everybody here. Um what she said, this is not just from NI, but it is also a Michigan Department of Licensing. um speaking from experience that children um need to be provided a shade area outside on the playground, a licensed um facility, which Madison is a licensed childcare facility. So, we do um need to look at that as a board to make sure that we are um in compliance with licensing and um just you know the overall
048health and safety of our youngest little people. Thank you. So I I will jump in. So I do appreciate it. Thank you. So um the the gentleman that we're working with, Tyler, on now two uh playground areas, um I will consult I we're in discussions about party particularly and looking at shade. So I will consult with him as well. We'll buzz over and look at uh Madison and we'll see what we can see what we can do. Thank you. Did you have I was just going to say instead of discuss it as a board perhaps we turn it over to our superintendent to come up with something and he said it before I could. Great. Thank you. Thank you so much for attending. Do we have any other public comments at this time? Seeing none,
049moving on to kudos. We have any kudos? We have a couple of them that I secretly stashed around the fable. Okay. Um we'll start with um trusty ball. All right. This is to Joan Harris from Mercy Jupy May 5th, 2025. We're always going above and beyond for our Bedford students over the past few months. You've helped so much on your plate. Oh, I'm sorry. You've had so much on your plate and yet you've tackled unfinished business, stepped in wherever help was needed and handled it all with a smile in a positive attitude. Your dedication does not go unnoticed. We are truly grateful for everything you do. Thank you, Mrs. Harris. This is to special education at Annapolis from Aaron Mallette, dated 5225. Kudos to our special education department here at Annapolis. Complete rock stars on
050the true definition of a team. Michelle Nu, Neu, Olga Smith, Brittany Bishop, Daniel McKelan. I'm saying that wrong. MC I L H N E Y. Uh Julia Cppel and Brenda Ernst are a force to be reckoned with. They go above and beyond every day supporting both students and staff. We're lucky to have them. to Brandon Beas and Scott Spencer from Aaron Mlette dated 5225 for kudos to Mr. Beas and Mr. Spencer are two rockstar PE health teachers. They get students moving, engaged, and excited about being active. They build strong relationships and lead by example right alongside the kids. They've even got students asking to join other gym classes just to swim. Super cool, super proud, super awesome educators. This is to Andy James from Kelly Giles, dated April 24th, 2025. Thank you for always being
051a champion for band students. You continuously push them to master their craft. You believe in them and support their skills every day. Your hard work doesn't go unnoticed. Anybody have anything else? Okay. It's so resolved that the board of education adjourns this meeting at 7:47. May I have a motion? Move. Support. Moved by Trustee Sterling. Supported by Trusty Wless. Any questions, comments? Roll call, please. Trusty Dyra. Yes. Trusty Sterlin. Yes. Trusty Steanovic. Yes. Trusty Wall. Yes. Trusty Wless. Yes. Trusty Batski. Yes. Motion carries. Thank you everyone. Thank you. I do have the Someone wants to look at the the uh flyer from the the uh Pride and Prejudice. I do have it here.