001[Applause] [Music] All right, we'll go ahead and call our meeting to order. >> Rachel >> here. >> Katie >> here. >> Sarah >> here. >> Doug >> here. >> Lorie >> here. >> Harry >> here. Jack >> here. >> All right. All right, if everyone will stand for the pledge of allegiance and then remain standing for a moment of silence for armed services personnel. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Are there any items to be added or changed to the agenda? There >> is that >> correspondence and commendation. We have a thank you letter to Laura Distler and the E-Free Kids Camp director to Mr. Parcell and
002his staff for assisting with furniture and busing for the live it out loud camp. Thank you, Mr. Purcell and staff. Recognitions and acknowledgement. New staff. Uh, this would be uncertified staff and we do not believe we have any of those staff members present. >> No. >> Okay. Public input. >> None. >> All right. We'll move on to the consent agenda. It is recommended the board approve the consent agenda as presented. Uh, we have regular board meeting minutes from July 14th. We have August 5th uh minute committee of the whole meeting on August 5th, excuse me. Treasures report. We have general fund and athletic fund bills in the amount of 3.4 million. Cafeteria fund bills in the amount of 28,000. Sinking fund bills in in the amount of 155,000 and prior period adjustments in the amount
003of zero. And then we have new hires. And we will come back to these introductions after uh we discuss and approve. And so we'll come back to these teachers shortly. Does anybody have any questions? I shouldn't say all teachers, but some teachers. Does anybody have any questions on the consent agenda? >> I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> I'll second it. >> I guess I got a little ahead of myself there asking. >> Okay. Rachel, >> yes. >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lorie, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jack, >> yes. >> 70. >> All right. Now, we'll move on to the introductions for the staff members that are here. Who would like to go first? >> All right. >> I'm going to
004introduce two. >> We're We're glad for the enthusiasm. >> She was too slow, right? you know, so we're changing it up this year. She gets to go first, so I wanted to be her one last time. All right, so I have two. We're going to introduce um I'll start with uh Haley Mooney if you want to come on up. >> Oh, meet them all. So >> am I saying no. >> So Haley graduated from uh Sagenov Valley. Um she most of >> Yeah, most of her career is in Sagna special education. Um we're kind of you're a utility knife right now. She can she can do it all right. So we we >> I think you might give me two jobs. You can't tell me I'm like I might have had to be two places.
005>> I can clone her probably. It would be all right. But we're looking at high school or middle school. So we're excited to have her. Um her expertise and um with a special ed group is going to be great. So this is >> nice to meet you. >> Welcome. I'm okay. Nice to meet you. Thank you. Thank you. >> Welcome aboard. Love your energy. >> Thank you. Nice to meet you, lady. I wasn't expecting all that. Nice to meet you, Sean, as well. >> Thank you. >> We zoomed. So, this is our first Yeah. First. So, Adrien Dobs, our other we have her at the high school. She's joining us for the science department. U Michigan State grad, 23 years of experience. Um, we're excited to have her actually in the interview process. we found
006out that she did her internship at Epcot. Um, which is exciting because she was doing all the growing of the plants there at Epcot and she's taking over our horiculture program. So, we're pretty excited to see the ideas that she's going to be able to generate and bring with us. So, for join >> is this. No turning back now. >> Um I have with us our new reading specialist at South Maple. This is Susan Gallas. Rhymes with Dallas. That's how I can remember her last name. Um Susie comes to us with 30 years of experience in the teaching world. Um most of her early years were spent as a classroom teacher. Then she took a brief retirement. Um discovered a deep love of all things literacy and has been spending the last three years as
007the Inland Lakes um literacy specialist up in Indian River. So we're so happy to have her. She's a 40-year resident of our community, graduated from Gaylord. So, welcome aboard. So, happy to have you. [Applause] Congratulations. >> Welcome back. Welcome back. I'm sure nothing has changed. >> And this is a familiar face for all of us. Formerly Haley Miner just got married on Saturday. Really Mrs. Gordon. Um Haley has taught preschool for the last six years. Um, she has her master's degree from Grand Canyon University and she's going to be joining us teaching first grade and she's so super excited. I thought she'd be on her honeymoon. I'm like, why are you here? >> Not training. So, yeah. So, >> welcome. >> Congratulations. Welcome and congratulations. >> Welcome. [Music] And I'm excited uh to introduce Kira
008Raymond. Uh she is joining North Ohio this year. She's got a couple years of teaching experience, classroom teaching experience under her belt. She'll be starting her third year of teaching um at North Ohio teaching third grade. and she has a degree um actually in English from Michigan Tech and uh was interested in elementary education and began to further that uh education and she is an elementary certified teacher and we're very excited to have her. >> Awesome. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. Welcome. All right, we'll move on to new and unfinished business. GIS assistant principal. It is recommended the board approve the hiring of GIS assistant principal uh Sarah Scrronsky as presented. I will motion to hire Sarah Scrronky as a new GIS assistant principal. >> I'll second. >> Any questions? >> Okay. >> Rachel, >> yes. >>
009Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lori, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jack, >> yes. >> Motion carries 70. >> We'll finish up with these and then we'll have the introductions at that time. Preschool teacher. It is recommended the board approve the hiring of Brooke Doniker, preschool teacher, as presented. >> I'll make a motion to approve the hiring of Brooke Dunker, preschool teacher, as presented. >> I'll second. >> Questions on that one. >> Okay. >> Rachel, >> yes. >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lori, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Motion carries. 70. preschool teacher. It is recommended that the board approve the hiring of Taylor Faustst, preschool teacher, as presented. >> I'll make a motion
010to approve Taylor Faustst, the preschool teacher, as presented. >> I will second it. >> Any questions? >> Okay. >> Rachel, >> yes. >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lori, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Motion carries 70. >> Introductions, please. Here is >> is Miss Kronky here. >> There she is. >> I would like to introduce Sarah Scrsky. She is no stranger to GIS. She has served in three different capacities as a social worker and has supported our students in many different ways over the years. She's a graduate graduate of Michigan State University and we're very excited to have her join our team. Congratulations. >> Congrats. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> I'm not ashamed to admit that we've been trying to get Brooke on
011our team for a while now. She is a 10-year preschool teacher who has previously worked for Neka um and is placed in the building and now she'll be working for Giller Community Schools. She's a graduate of Central Michigan University and we are very blessed to have her on our team. So, welcome. >> It took us a while, but we got you came over. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, we'll move on to MASBS superintendent search contract. It is recommend the board approve MASB contract as presented to facilitate the superintendent search for Gaylord Community Schools as presented. I will make a motion to approve the MASB contract for the superintendent search for Gayard Community Schools >> as presented. >> I'll second. >> Any questions on that? >> I had one question and I'm not sure
012if it changed. Um, is there a date on this contract >> with MASB? >> Yeah. >> Uh, that I don't know. I guess I didn't pay that. I saw somewhere in the document and I apologize that I didn't um look at it again today, but like it was um July 30th was the date 2025. >> It says that. Yeah, I have it printed here >> that that's when we would we're entering into it now, but this would be for moving forward. >> So, is it just like for a year? >> For a for a year. Yeah. or until we get the superintendent chosen fulltime. >> That was the date it was submitted. >> Oh, there you go. Thank you. >> Everybody comfortable with that. >> So then once we approve it, do we have an
013exact date that they would be >> No, my I guess my assumption is we you know, we were going back and forth. Do we do an internal one? Do we do do we find somebody? Um the next part I'll explain to everybody of what I've been working on over the weekend and um our stop gap I guess we'll call it uh with Mr. Pearson helping us out. Um we can Tim said he would probably start the full-blown search in on January 1. That's when he'd start putting it out there. But I would imagine now he'll start at least telling different people that we're we're looking. So, um, my thought is January 1 is when when this would hit full full speed. So he would present us with candidates and we would >> he would he
014would uh officially put it out there um for I think he said six weeks uh starting in January and then wherever the candidates and then then he'll go through his whole process >> give us those candidates um and then we'll go through and pick out ones that we think uh would fit our school and then he would do more of his background checks, reference checks and that's what >> meetings there's a whole >> agenda of dates that he'll create for you. >> Yeah, I remember he said what was it 11 weeks? 11 to 13 weeks he said. So you're talking two and a half, three months to get this all done. So um to do it right. So >> good. >> Perfect. Thanks. >> Yep. Anybody else? >> Okay. >> Rachel, >> yes. >> Katie,
015>> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lorie, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Motion carries 70. >> All right. So, now I kind of let the cat out of the bag, but um I uh I've been talking to Brian Pearson and he has agreed to come back on and be our interim superintendent at least through the end of this calendar year. Um and he has absolutely positively no intentions of applying for the full-time job. So, we we're over that hurdle. Um he's he's asking for I can't remember exactly but it'll be a full day on Monday a half a day on Thursday or excuse me half full day Monday half day Tuesday one would be in the morning half a day on Wednesday would be the
016afternoon and then Thursday he would be in Friday he would not but he'd be available zoom or um phone and on the weekends as well. Uh he's some of those days he's got grandkids to take care of and I kind of approached it to he's helping us out. We need somebody with his credentials. The nice thing about Brian, he's in Okan which Jim or Dennis could tell you more exactly what they but it it's dealing with Brian right now is hiring superintendent and interviewing them and going through their searches. So his certifications are up. He still knows what's legislatively going on. So he's still in the heart of he hasn't been a soup in three three and a half years, but he's still heavily involved. Um so he knows what's going on. Uh he knows
017our district. Um when we talked, his plan would be the teachers go back. Um I don't remember the exact day, but he would be in, he and Jim would meet with the teachers, Jim would speak, and then Brian would um kind of say a few words that he's back. Um and then he'll be back when the kids come back to school. and um walk around the buildings. Jim will just kind of fill him in what's been going on the last 3 years, where the buildings stand, what we're working on, that kind of thing. Um and then he would go back. He said he was willing to come in in in September uh when before Jim's officially done, but he's got his vacation that he's taken that was already planned before his retirement. Brian said that
018he would come back in and for those two weeks it's I'm kind of um we could save a little bit of money and I'm going to really or ask Joe and Dennis and Mandy if if it's agreeable to all of us that we skip having Brian come back in in September because I one I don't want to overdo it with him. I want to I want to keep him for as long as we can um until we we find our new superintendent. So, um, Joe, I haven't talked to Joe straight up, but Dennis and Mandy have both given me the nod. I guess Dave would be a part of this, too. Vic, you're you're all in there. We're going to rely on on the central office team a little bit more in those two weeks
019while and some of the other time when when uh Brian's not in the office, but he did say he'd be available at any time if there's something comes up. So, um, >> so what would his start date be? >> Um, I'm thinking like, uh, October 1st. I believe that's a Monday. Um, is that right? Okay. October one. That I I think that would be good. If the seven of us didn't, we wanted him in here. He would come in. I think it's September 19th, give or take a day or two on that one, but it' be roughly then. So, um, >> so quick question. Yep. So you said that he is thinking he would stay through the year. Is there a possibility that he would continue on? >> I and that's kind of why, you
020know, if we can skip the September part and move it on to the back end of the other one and and how much we how hard we push them uh moving forward. So um it would be nice if he would have said all the way through, but it took me a little bit to talk him into this. Um, from what everybody I everybody seemed to be good up with Brian, like I said, he knows I did talk to Joe Somerville. He'd be willing to step in a little bit, too. Joe's got a little bit of um retirement issues. He could work now, but then he can only work so much because of his retirement and when he can start making money and how much he can make. So, Brian would get us at least to
021there. And if we're all really nice to him, maybe we can get Brian a little bit longer uh if needed. So, >> is there any benefit? I mean, the only thing that I understand what you're saying about October 1, but it would be nice to have if if he were willing to come in in September and start in September since usually beginning of the school year, that's when, >> you know, we haven't hit our stride yet. Things can pop up. Um >> it yeah, I mean it it definitely is not going to hurt to have him come in here. Um what he's asking for I forgot to mention this. He's asking for $10,000 a month while he's here, which uh when you do the math, um Mandy provided me with a daily rate. Our our
022superintendent daily rate right now is $6 basically $20 a day. If you figure Brian's time in there, that's right about what it is. And then he's asking for $7,000 if he does come in September. So, um, $7,000 is not a lot of money, but it is a lot of money. So, we just have to figure out, do we definitely want them here or I mean, I get it where you're saying September we're we're getting going, but we also are getting going, you know, do we really hit our stride until October? Um I don't I don't know if there's a right or wrong answer. It's just >> I I you know I could go either way. So my biggest thing is I don't want to overwork them now so that we can keep them a little
023bit longer on the other end. Is there any discussion about and I don't even know if it's if it's like a workable situation to have a job share where he's sort of part-time and then we have maybe Joe coming in or someone else coming in in January or something part-time or kind of like job share. >> Oh yeah yeah yeah I think we could if that's a possibility. >> Okay. >> Yeah. When I talked to Joe, he had to talk to his wife first and that's what both have said. They to bring them back out of retirement. They got to get approval from home. Um I haven't heard back from Joe yet, but he he seemed to be on board for it. He he would come back and help out. And he did uh pretty
024sure he reaffirmed me too that he has absolutely no uh intentions applying for the full-time job either. Do we have hopefully this will not happen but like with regard to disciplinary hearings hopefully we will not have a lot of those. Um do we need a do is it required by law to have a superintendent there? I mean is it let's say something happens do we >> it's required by law to have a superintendent. So at that particular meeting >> you're going to want um I think we have one that needs to be done in September. >> Oh. So >> it's it's a followup actually from last year. You know the people. >> Okay. But I think if we look back on and the ones that we've sat on uh our you know Sean speaks for
025the most part or Brooke or um at the time >> so that we're after that September like in between September 19th October 1st we're not out of compliance if we have >> no as long as we have uh as long as Brian is is signed on and his credentials are under our name then then we're good. So, >> I don't know about anybody else's feeling, but I would prefer to have him in September. >> Just throwing that out there. >> That's fine. I like I said, I it's I go either way on that. So, um Lori, would you >> September 19th or at the start of school? >> Sounds like that's the earliest he can start. >> Yeah, he wouldn't start. Well, he'll be here in the there's a couple dates and uh one is
026when when do you when do the staff come back? >> Teacher never reports back the 25th. I think what you're referring to is the 26th when we have our all staff meeting. >> Yeah, I believe that that's when Brian he said he will be for he will be there for that and then the students come back on whatever day >> the second. So, he will be he he is definitely planning on those two days cuz that I asked him I thought it would be good to have him come back and I mean everybody knows well not everybody not all of our staff has met him yet but um so yeah he'll be there for those and sometime around the 19th he he's fully on board to come back on those two weeks. So um we
027can do that and then then we we have somebody in there the whole time. So, everybody in agreement on that 19, we'll we'll figure out exactly what day. >> Even if he wasn't there every day, even if he could just come in a little bit or have a presence like two days a week or something, if he was >> he was fully on board to to start his schedule um on that 19th or what whatever that Monday is, he he he thought a lot about this. He laid it all out for me. He did, you know, searches on what other intrams are making and what all they're doing. So, he he didn't take this lightly. So, let's just plan on having him back here roughly the 19th and and we'll go from there. >> Good.
028Sounds good. >> So, this isn't the mo I guess the motion would be should do do you have a motion for to to hire in a or go into contract with Brian Pearson for a interim superintendent? >> Yeah. Motion for parent interim superintendent for Gay Community Schools. I put through December 31st, 2025. Or we don't have to put that date. >> We can always add to that date, right? We can extend it. >> Yeah, you can at a later date, but right now that's what he agreed to. >> If he is not willing to stay after December 31st, do you think Joe might step in? >> I think so. Um I'll I'll I'll get in touch with Joe again um and and see. And then there and and Brian did tell me there there's a
029gentleman his wife teaches for us. Um he's out of East Jordan I think Stephvenson is that his name? He is right now taking he's retired um principal but he's taking a fill in in Charavoy that would be ending in at next year. Um I don't know if it's probably be this semester. Um but Brian spoke very highly of him. um he was going to mention it to him so he could possibly come into so we we've got there's we we do have options if if we can't talk Brian into it for for longer. >> Okay. >> Thanks for doing that work. >> Yeah, >> no problem. Any other >> questions or to make to >> so I wait so we need to make somebody to make the motion that Cindy just told to us that
030for Brian Brian to be our interim superintendent through the 2025 school year or yeah it' be the year calendar year of 2025. >> I'll make a motion for Brian to be the interim superintendent until December 31st of this year. >> I will second it. Any questions? More. More questions. Okay. >> Rachel, >> yes. >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lori, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Car 7. >> Um, I think right now we're just going to skip over the interim or uh no, excuse me. Um, and we've already went over internal. Uh, we're going to skip over that one. uh in the superintendent search timeline. I think we kind of answered those questions. Is everybody comfortable with that? >> Yes. I think
031you want to make a timeline and when you would like me to reach out to if you're going for the January to start reaching out to Tim like make that >> Oh, okay. Uh let let's start talking to Jim like December 1st. >> December 1st you said. >> Yeah. >> Okay. We'll we'll start that conversation then then we'll be >> I'm sorry. >> Tim from M. >> Jim that's >> No. Well, I I'll I'll reach out to Tim um on the first part of December because I mean I guess we really think about it. Half of December is between Christmas and everything. We'll we'll get that stuff going and then um >> Do you think that's enough time or should we do it earlier? I think that you want you want when do you want
032when do you want to get a hold of him? >> December 1st is a Monday. >> We approved the contract already with correct so we can talk to him. I mean >> yeah I mean >> tomorrow he can start the time. Is it time >> he has to look at his schedule start looking at >> well will you call him tomorrow and just tell him that we've approved that? >> What you're telling me you were going to call him tomorrow anyways weren't you? There's a question. >> I familiar with that company in the search for my previous job and my I know this isn't public comment. I would say reach out to them as soon as possible. It will just to lock down your dates. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Fair enough. So, we'll
033get a hold of you'll get a hold of Tim. Uh I'm sure Tim still has my number from the last time, but you can give it to him and uh let Yeah. I mean, I guess the sooner he he lets the cat out of the bag that we're looking for somebody, >> um, >> can't hurt anything. >> And he'd like to start the full search >> in January, hoping to have it wrapped up by when? That's what he's going to ask me. >> So, that's what I want to begin the full balloon search starting January. >> So, then we're Yeah, >> that would be the stakeholders meetings like that process. I didn't bring my sheet, but that's >> Yeah. Um, interview in March is what you're looking at like where you >> I I think
034if we could have it done by Yeah. by March if we can get all that stuff done >> and get at least get into the we're narrowed right down. >> He said we'd want to be hired by April. >> Yeah. I think July they would start the new superintendent would start July one correct at our >> Yep. Yep. >> completed by Okay. Would there be any reason to try and get somebody to start sooner if we don't have that interim person after Brian? >> That's a poss. Yeah, I mean that's definitely a possibility. >> I think kind of my intent was we've got Brian started now. Let's get this going and then but this is going to be an ongoing conversation. Um like Tim said, we're right now we're doing the most important thing uh
035what we're hired to do is is picking our next leader. So, um, we'll have and Brian, like I said, he's he's involved with this, so he might know people out there that, um, he can let them know and we can use him for some inside information and he knows who would be a good fit for us. So, so I think, yeah, we essentially we're starting now. We've decided we're going to go with MSB. We've got things growing. We know we know we need a new soup. Um, so we'll get moving on it. And if there if Tim needs anything else from us, I'll let you all know. >> Now, we skipped over the internal superintendent. >> Yep, that's it. We're going to we'll go with this. Um, unless somebody wants, we we have that. Uh,
036we can do an internal one. If we go back to Tim, Tim kind of said the cleanest thing would be January. Get people. Now, if we remember, uh, now is a bad time to be looking for a full-time soup. Um, and then we get into it. We'll we'll see what's all out there. Um and then at that time any internal candidates that want to apply can apply at that time too. So >> everybody good with that? >> Okay. >> So we just need a motion. So what I have is that I will contact Tim Paul MASB facilitator facilitator tomorrow, August 12th, to begin the process for a full superintendent search to begin in January 2026 and to be completed by April 1st, 2026. >> Correct. >> He would recommend that. That's his >> that that
037was what his recommendation was on. And then you kind of your point >> like what if you don't get a bunch of candidates or something then do you extend it for more candidates? deal. >> Well, then we can always have those options. >> Yeah, that's you never know until you put it out there. Um, but I think he said 6 weeks is what a a typical full-blown um that he would leave the posting open for. But I think now with him, it it it's going to get out. People are going to find out it it's going to go around. So, um we're like I said, we're kind of starting already. So, um, and if something comes up, we can always make an adjustment. We can hire somebody sooner. So, we have options. Um, first, now
038we we've got our gap filled. Um, and we'll just play by ear. >> So, you still need a motion. I will motion for the adopting the timeline of January 1st and having it finished by April 1. >> I have a second. >> Any more questions? >> So the whole thing will be done by April 1st. >> That is that is the hope. >> Dream's case. That's the dream. >> Keep your finger. Yeah. There's no guarantees, but that's the hope. We will be done by then. >> That's what we're shooting for. So, >> okay. I have a motion by Sarah and second by Rachel. >> Okay. >> Any questions? >> Anybody else? If you have any qu as we go along, please don't hesitate to call me. Let me know and I'll do my best to
039either answer or find whatever the answer is. >> Okay. >> Rachel, >> yes. >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lori, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Motion carries. 70. >> All right. Uh, we had no public inbook before, so we should have none now. And we need one more motion. >> Make a motion to adjurnn. >> I'll second it. All >> in favor? >> I >> Thank you all. [Music] [Applause] [Music]