001I'd like to call the meeting to order. We'll start with the pledge of allegiance [Applause] to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God and his liberty and justice for all. >> Roll call, please. >> Kristen Hamenzy >> here. Jennifer Ray >> here. >> Jason Zadun here. >> Jennifer Cliff >> here. >> Cheryl Maddox Smith >> here. Cassidy Thomas >> here. >> Eric Smith. I don't think our mics are working, but >> I think the speaker's not on. >> Speaker's not on. >> Sure. >> All right. Well, um I would entertain a motion to approve the agenda. >> Second. >> Okay. Motion made by Mr. Zadna, support by Mrs. Cliff. Um, all those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Uh, moving
002on to the superintendent report. >> Thank you, Mrs. K. Menzy. And just seeing that the sound is working. I'm going to look at the audience. It does not appear to be there light affirming nods. So, I'll just talk a little louder than I expected. I'm going to be reading a little bit more than the normal. I have some notes from some other folks. Uh but I wanted to quickly uh allude or quickly highlight some things as we prepare for the upcoming school year. So celebrating a fresh start, new year. Uh thank you to all of you for coming tonight. Excited to be bringing back many of our students and families, but also welcoming new students throughout all our grades, especially in kindergarten. New staff hires bringing fresh energy and expertise. We're excited to have them
003join this incredible team. As far as student opportunities, of course, fall sports, clubs, facility improvements. You're going to hear me talk a little bit more about facilities here shortly. Our continued commitment to student well-being uh through multiple initiatives, most importantly, MTSS. MTSS is the mechanism that drives our strategic plan. It is comprehensive. It is focused on student achievement and it is aligned with best practice. Our focus this year is social, emotional, and behavioral health. We're going to be kicking it off tomorrow morning with all of our staff for our back to school PD. And that is uh going to be all staff, not just teachers. And then uh Wednesday is also going to be professional development. Kids of course come back all week from tomorrow on September 2nd. I want to highlight a couple of
004programs from the summer as well. Our summer enrichment program that's grant funded. We used 23 G grant funds uh to provide a six-week summer enrichment program for this year over 320 students from grade JK, grades JK through 8. Each student participated in both reading and math courses to support academic growth. In addition, students selected two enrichment activities from a diverse array of options including art design, crafts, brain games, STEM, Spanish, sports, yoga. The program is re uh reinforces core academic skills but also offers students engaging creative learning experiences over the summer. Thank you so much to our student coordinator, Katherine Styles, Terry Tamlin, our summer enrichment program director this year for putting on that incredible program. It's a heavy lift. Also want to quickly highlight food service. That's a hot topic right now in Michigan
005public schools and Mr. Collins, our food service director, is here tonight. He's actually got a couple agenda items on uh for for you this evening. But this one is more from me on uh the blurb is from him, but from me, Marquetary Public Schools has proudly provided meals at no cost to families the past two years. We've participated in several programs that provide meals at no cost. These programs include the summer food service program, both the congregate and non- congregate meal program, extended school year program, Michigan school meals, and also selling meals to the Wolf YMCA. Funding for these programs are provided through federal and state funding. Uh during a t typical, excuse me, typical school year, we can provide approximately 45 to 50,000 meals a month. This past July, we had our busiest summer
006to date. We provided approximately 20,000 meals to families. Our staff truly enjoys providing meals for families and the highlight of our summer is during the non- congregate meal distribution. Having a chance to not only feed the students, but to protect families a great part of the summer food service program. Currently, the state of Michigan has not passed a budget for the coming fiscal year. We are currently unaware if the Michigan school meals program will continue through the entire school year. I'm sorry. Bring myself down a couple decibbels here. However, we will be able to provide meals at no cost for the first month of the school year. So, once the state of Michigan has an improved budget, we'll be able to plan for remainder of the school year. In short, we provided meals to many
007families over the summer. We've done that for multiple summers now. We also do it during the school year. This school year, however, a little bit unknown. Since the state has not passed their budget and we are not yet sure if we're going to be able to provide free meals to all families, we have committed to providing free meals first September. Okay, moving on uh to the second agenda item. U in addition to your normal back to school type updates, I do want to talk a little bit about our facilities. We have discussed facilities at length in the past. We are certainly committed to safety that has a physical uh infrastructure component. Safety does addressing students physical, emotional, digital needs as far as this 21st century technological age. We're committed to providing a safe, welcoming, and
008inclusive environment for our students. Looking ahead, we're also thinking about how our buildings and learning spaces can best support the next generation. Over the coming months, we'll be talking with our community about what our students need for the future. Facilities directly impact student learning, safety, and opportunities. These conversations will be hopeful, collaborative, and focused on what's possible for our kids. So, in regards to facilities, uh more to come. I want to put on the screen a a flyer that will all eventually be coming um through a variety of mediums. I don't know if you can see it very well. I was trying my best to project a PDF. I apologize that you probably can't read it and it's okay that you don't have to read it. I'm going to highlight it here for you just
009shortly. Before I talk about the flyer though, I do want to give a quick shout out to our custodians maintenance and summer work crews. Uh we've had the best crew in years and uh they've done a phenomenal job. We had work crews working on grounds, building facilities, painting, and our infrastructure looks great. Uh we spent approximately $3 million on infrastructure improvements this summer, including a roof at Sandy, outdoor learning spaces, otherwise known as playgrounds, at Cherry Creek and Sandy. The Shers Planetarium underwent significant renovations, including a roof replacement. The alternative school had uh received a uh quite a a significant upgrade. Their college and career readiness, one of their college and career readiness rooms, uh their shop room underwent a an upgrade or we invested significant dollars into that space to make it more conducive
010to learning. We also updated the sidewalk and fascia, the front door if you will, at the alternative school. And there's a solar project wrapping up at the alternative school as well. The high school has got a new pod or not, let me back that up. I'll get called on this one. They will soon have a new HVAC system in the pod. Uh, and that's currently being installed. They also have a new PA system as part of the safety grant money I mentioned earlier. The high school and Sandy are both getting new PA systems. Those new PA systems have safety fe features which are going to be uh very important if we ever had a an emergency. At a minimum it will give people I think more peace of mind of of how we on how
011we would address uh an emergency. So shortterm we have $3 million this summer worth of projects. The board has heard me talk about some of these projects in the past, how much we're spending versus how much we're gaining. We get about $1.3 million a year in syncing fund revenue, $3 million this summer alone. You've heard me talk about the hundred mil $100 million worth of need that has been addressed and that is that is an accurate number. that that that assessment or that that particular uh appraisal was confirmed both from our own internal audits and also a state of Michigan infrastructure study where they also found over $100 million for critical infrastructure. The flyer that you can't see very well on the screen is is part of an effort that we are embarking on to
012better inform the community on the needs that we have in the district regarding facilities. There will be a survey and I'm trying to highlight this or zoom in for it uh for you so that you can see it a little bit better. But there will soon be a survey hitting your mailboxes. There's going to be multiple ways multiple ways that you can see the survey that you can engage with the survey. We don't need to get into the nuance how that survey is going to be administered, but the details are forthcoming. So, the week of September 8th, we're going to distribute uh we're going to distribute the SE survey to staff. The week of September 15th, we're going to mail the survey to all of our households. The survey will be open through October 3rd
013and the results will be presented at our October 13th board meeting. Miss Hopper, is that the still the right date? October 13th. I know they're going to be considering some new dates. If you could just check on that, that'd be great. So the survey again will be hitting all of our community's mailboxes and there this is going to be an opportunity for you to provide us feedback on the facility planning that we have that we're discussing and also a potential May 2026 uh bond proposal. So look for more information on our website you can find this flyer that I'm actually projecting in case you want to take a deeper dive look a little bit closer. The survey is just one way we're gathering feedback. We're also going to have some listening sessions on September 22nd
014and 23rd. And of course, we'll answer questions that come to us via email or our website. So, our closing thought though, these projects that we're talking about ensure that our staff and students are teaching and learning in spaces that meet their needs and support personal and educational growth. For those of you who attended MAPS, the adults in the room that have attended Matts, we have some students, but the adults in the rooms that have that also were graduates of Matts, as you walk these halls, you'll probably notice that many of our spaces haven't been updated since you were in school or even longer than that. And our average our average age, if you will, of buildings in this district is 1965. 60 years old on average and some are older, some are newer. Our newest
015buildings are 30 years old. Many of our spaces haven't been updated uh since they originally built. I think we've done as well as we can with the sinking fund. Again, the $1.3 million, thank you so much for supporting that, but in light of 100 million plus, 1.3 million a year doesn't take a mathematician to figure out that that's just not sufficient. So, we are genuinely looking for feedback. The survey I mentioned will be coming soon and I very much appreciate the partnership with our community. I think we all value our students learning environment and it's just it's it's been the most probably the most glaring need maybe the maybe not the most important need but the most glaring need that I've seen since taking over as superintendent. We have over 750,000 square ft of building
016buildings at Marquette Area Public Schools and there is just more need than than we can currently finance with with the revenue that we have. So that's all I have. Mrs. Cam Bentfield, I'll turn it back over to you. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. All right, moving on to approving the consent agenda which includes the minutes of the regular board meeting of July 21st, 2025. the personnel report dated August 2025 and the financial reports of July 2025. >> Make a motion to approve the agenda as presented. >> Second. >> Okay. Motion made by Mr. Zunick, support by Mrs. Clip. Uh any comments or questions? Okay. All those in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Okay. Moving on to comments from the public. Uh we'll start with uh Lori Belco >> just right here. Or >>
017Oh, I get to go a little bit. Sorry. Hi, my name is Lori Belgo. I'm a parent of two alumni from MHS. I'm here to speak about two serious issues. Cancellation of cross country meets out of the UP. My second concern is resigning of highly respected coach Derek and Shaye Maher from the cross country program. My concerns about cancelling meets outside the UP has become a critical part of this cross country program. has given chance for these student athletes to compete at higher level to grow and to res represent our school with pride and have been extremely successful at this. It does not really make sense to me since it's been a past practice some funding from comes from the booster club and cancelling them without solid explanation feels like a step backwards for this
018program instead and for our athlete students. Now about coach Garrick and Shaylee Maher who resigned because they could no longer able to enact on their physi physical co coaching at MHS. They were just coaches. They were coaches who built strong or successful programming four years from beginners. They taught the elite athletes how to become an elite athlete with their great leadership. None of these kids were born to be this way. It was from them. Their enrichment, their encouragement constantly. Just look what has been Oh, I'm sorry. You lost me, please. Just look what has been accomplished in such a short period of time. Who has who had the respect of the entire team, the parents of these athletes. Losing coaches of this caliber doesn't just happen for no reason. It raises serious concerns about the
019support by the athletic director and MSHs staff. They coach these athlete with so much heart. Not just the sport but for these students success the years to come. My run many runners on this on the boys teams cross country have been named coach Derek the goat which stands for the greatest of all time. So why did coach Derek and Shaylee Marle MS m what are we missing? We need now we need answers. We need transparency. We need action to make sure this amazing program and the people leading them are supported. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Um Carson Worholm, my name is Carson Wol. I'm a student here at MSHS entering my senior year. Thank you all for the services you provide for my school and community. Um, in my time at MSHS, my
020extracurricular involvement has been with cross country, track, and robotics. I was homeschooled until I entered MSHs as a freshman. When I went to my first cross country practice that summer, I knew nobody on the team, and I didn't know the coaches. Little did I know what I had signed up for. Dr. Derek Maher welcomed me with the loudest, most enthusiastic welcome to anything I've ever been involved in. He went on and on about statistics, can do attitudes, and overall passion for the sport. We had our first meet at Pres Skyle, and I could not believe that Derek was at so many check checkpoints on the course, yelling, cheering, and getting his mantras in our head to conquer our expectations and goals. At the end of the race, he was drenched in sweat and had no
021voice. From there, we started receiving long emails about our race statistics and shout outs for hard work paying off. I also know that all the work he put in for this program was substantial. I will never forget my first large cross country meet in Portage, Michigan. I watched the varsity lineup and it was incredible to think that coming from the UP, we had the same opportunities as the big schools in lower Michigan. I now I know now that that was because Derek wanted us to know that the sky's is the limit no matter where we come from. Derek was also instrumental in bringing adaptive racing to track and field at MSHS and in the state of Michigan. My friend Jimmy was able to have opportunities to be part of the track team competing in the
022adaptive 100, 200, and 400 meter dash. For many races in the UP, he had no one to race against in lower Michigan. And it was amazing to see Jimmy lined up with so many other adaptive racers. What Derek did for MSHs cross country, track, and student athletes of all levels is monumental. Having him for my coach in cross country and track has truly changed how I live my life. And although I'm not a collegiantbound runner, Derek's mantras, mindset, and calculated formulas for success have helped me in all as aspects of life. dare to solve the dream big and having to leave because these philosophies don't align with our district is a huge loss to us all. Um, now on to robotics. I've been involved in robotics since I was 6 years old. Uh, I competed
023with Northstar Academy as a homeschooler in team 7826 at MSH. In 2024, after experiencing a lack of space to work with and having little to no school support, our parents formed a 501c3 and helped to start a new team 10589. We received support from NMU space to work space to work there. And we also formed partnerships with schools like Gladstone because they have a robotics lab. And we also formed partnerships and a large team of amazing support from the community and school system. We actually ended up having an incredible year last year, winning a regional meet, qualifying for the state meet at Segment Valley University, and qualifying for the first robotics world championship event in Houston, Texas. We had the smallest team of any other team we met. Some schools had 150 team members and
024we had seven. It was eye opening to compete against teams from Egypt, Turkey, Japan, Poland, and other many other countries and states. My grandma sent me her newsletter from the CLK school district where she lives. In the front page article is Cal Copper Bots to compete in Houston, Texas at the first robotics world. Kelly met Gladstone and our team 10589 were the three UP teams to qualify this year. It could have been something to hold high for this district. My my time here in the district is coming to a close soon. It is my hope that for the younger students here in Marquette that things evolve, promote robotics and STEM, and promote coaches that show Marquette kids that anything is possible. Thank you. [Applause] >> Thank you. Um, Andrea Knack. Wow, that's going to be
025a hard one to follow. Nice job. All right. Good evening, members of the board. My name is Andrea Knack and I'm here to advocate for the Marquette High School cross country program and to share my deep concern about the recent resignation of our outstanding coaches, Dr. Derek Maher and Mrs. Charity Shay M. Their decision to step down was not due to lack of passion or commitment, but because of changes in policy and a perceived lack for fair opportunities for their athletes. This is not just a loss to our students, but for the program and the broader community. The purpose of varsity athletics is to represent our school through high level competition, promote student athlete well-being, and develop essential life skills like teamwork, discipline, leadership, and resilience. Varsity sports foster school spirit, improve academic performance, and
026provide critical social and emotional growth. Research consistently shows that student athletes have higher GPA, better attendance, and lower dropout rates. Athletics strengthen both students and schools. That is why I'm so concerned by the direction being taken. It has been stated to me that the goal of our cross country program is to simply win UP finals, not to foster individual student growth. That message fundamentally misses the purpose of varsity athletics. Winning championships is a wonderful outcome, but it cannot be the only goal. True success comes from preparing students to face challenges, from creating opportunities for them to compete at their highest level, and from developing skills and character that will serve them for life. If winning the UP finals were the only purpose, then why have varsity athletics at all rather than inter mural clubs? I
027believe these restrictive policies are also undermining student opportunities. While our cross-country athletes will be permitted to travel outside the UP this fall, I have been told this may not continue and our track and field may not be permitted at all. These limitations prevent our division 1 athletes in a school of over a thousand students from competing against schools of similar size and ability. Limiting them only to smaller UP schools stunts their growth and contradicts the mission of varsity athletics, which is to provide the highest level of competition possible. Additionally, the new fundraising restrictions create additional obstacles. It has been said that teens are asking too much of the community for financial support. I must disagree. Our community is strong, proud, and eager to invest in our students. Their generosity is not a weakness to be
028managed, but a strength to be embraced. The new fundraising model requires families to provide personal contact information of community members without consent, which is not only concerning, but also unnecessary when we have a supportive community ready to step up. Marquette has a long history of excellence in academics, the arts, and athletics. We should not settle for just winning the UP. We should provide our students with the resources, coaching, and opportunities to reach their fullest potential. I respectfully urge the board to revisit policies that restrict competition and fundraising, and to adopt a vision for athletics that is about more than a single title. It should be about student growth, school pride, and excellence across all programs. Every Sentinel athlete, whether football, hockey, basketball, soccer, track, or cross country, deserves the very best opportunity we can provide.
029Thank you for your time, your leadership, and for putting our students first. [Applause] Thank you. Um, Bill Balor. Bill Ballard, 2625 West Fair. I'm here to speak about athletics at MH MSHs. As the father of two multisport athletes, I've had experience with many organizations, teams, and coaches. I can attest that the best program was MSHS cross country and track and field led by Derek and Shaylee Maher. Aside from excellent athlete results at the local, regional, and national level, they also mentored their athletes to be better people. This had a trickle up effect on parents and families, thus bettering the community. Their resignation is a great loss to MSHs. If the bridge can be rebuilt, it should. I'm not in the know as to why the Mars resigned, but I did notice a decrease in organization
030with the transition to a new athletic director. I saw a decline in communication, uncertainty, and unpredictability, and it hampered both cross country and track and field. Moving forward, I hope to see the Mars legacy of bettering their community continue by fostering an environment where athletes have a positive mindset. Our athletes need to be assured they can compete outside of the UP so they can thrive both in sport and in academics. I hope to see MSHs administrators supporting the booster clubs. I feel the community fundraising efforts are more enriching for our athletes and our community compared to thirdparty fundraising companies that take a significant cut through unauthorized solicitations. I'm extremely proud to see the cross country athletes rebound from the adversity they've been presented with this season. It's testament to the Mars that they are carrying
031on the growth mindset they've learned through cross country and track and field. This administration has some big shoes to fill. I hope you find some inspiration from our athletes and the Mars. I was glad to see members of the administration team at our first meet. I hope to see more of you there so you can get a glimpse of what these kids have learned from the Mars. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh moving on to new business. Um consider acceptance of bids for dairy bakery and dairy as recommended. believe that is in our bucket. Mr. Collins, would you have anything to add or >> hi? Um, we received one bid on dairy and we did receive one bid on bread uh for the coming school year. We did send out multiple communications to uh different
032companies requesting bids. We didn't receive any uh bids back from these companies. Uh the two bids that we received, we did business with last school year, uh they're both they both provide a good product and the prices are uh at a good price. Um going into the current school year, uh the cost of bread, we are not seeing an increase in the cost of bread and the average increase cost for a carton of milk is a half cent. So prices are very stable at this time. Anyone have any questions? >> Quick question. When you mentioned the bids that were mailed out, just to reiterate what's in the packet that those were mailed out to local companies for >> Yep. >> services. Yeah. So, we sent uh I don't know if I should name the places
033um but we did send out the actual bid form along with a letter requesting uh that they uh submit a bid. Um so, we sent it to some local businesses and um they just didn't return it. >> Thank you. >> Yes, sir. I was just going to say Chris, you might want to stay for the next two items that >> Okay, sure. I was thinking that too. So, >> yeah, I'll just stay put. >> Okay. >> Um, so consider acceptance of bids for bakery and dairy as recommended. I would entertain a motion. >> Make a motion to approve the bids for bakery and dairy as presented. >> Second. Okay. Motion made by Mr. Zudnick, support by Mrs. Clip. Uh any further comments? Hearing none. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes.
034Um consider purchase of cafeteria tables for Graette Elementary School. >> Mr. Collins. >> Hi. Um, so the uh cafeteria tables at Great Red Elementary, they're starting to show some wear and tear and we would like to have uh some cafeteria tables that uh show how nice the cafeteria is as well. It just that it blends really nice together. And it's time to purchase some new cafeteria tables. So, we reached out to our local companies and requested quotes on cafeteria tables. Um, and The most competitive was Strike Equipment at $1,743 per table, which will come in just a hair under $14,000 for eight cafeteria tables. Um, do we have any questions for Mr. Collins? Okay. Um, hearing none, uh, I would consider purchase of cafeteria tables for Gret Elementary School and entertain a motion. >> Make
035a motion to purchase the Gret cafeteria tables as presented. >> Support motion made by Mr. Zendic, support by Ms. Ray. Any further comments or questions? Hearing none. All those in favor. Any opposed? Motion passes. Um, consider purchase of double door reachin freezer for Bathwell Middle School. Mr. Collins. >> Hi. Um, so uh one of the things that we do at Bothwell uh middle school is we cook food on site. We consistently hear that the students do appreciate the freshness of the food at Bathwell Middle School because it's cooked on site. Um, one of the things that hamper us is the limited storage capacity in that kitchen. Um, we currently have two household style upright freezers. Um, by having a double door reachin freezer, it will basically double our storage capacity for frozen items, frozen vegetables,
036some of the other items, and it'll give us a little more flexibility instead of um having the staff rely so much on uh delivery. Now, it it just gives us a little more flexibility to work within that system. So, um, reaching out once again to our vendors, uh, Strike Equipment came in at the most competitive price at $4,697 for a an Atossa uh, double door reachin freezer. We recently purchased an Atossa double door reachin freezer for the high school. It works great. It does exactly what it should do. Um, and it does not have a high energy bill as well, I believe. So, it's a really good It's a good unit. Is there any additional work that needs to get done to put that in? Plug it in. And >> we've got a milk cooler
037in the way that we just have to roll into the back haul and then the freezer will go where that milk cooler currently is. So I believe uh it should just be a plugandplay type of deal. >> Okay. Um so any other questions for him? Um, so I would consider uh entertain a motion to purchase a double door reachin freezer for Bothwell Middle School. >> Make a motion to purchase the double door freezer as presented for both Middle School. >> Second. >> Okay. Motion made by Mr. Zudnick, support by Mrs. Clip. Any further comments or questions? Hearing none. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. >> Thank you for your support. >> Thank you. >> Let's see here. Um moving on. Approve revise meeting dates for 2025. That is also in
038your packet. Um so it' be um consolidating um some of the meetings in October and December. Does anyone have any comments or questions about it? Okay. Um, so I would entertain a motion to approve the revised board meeting dates for 2025. >> I'll make a motion to revise the board meeting dates for 2020. >> Second. >> Motion made by Miss Ray, support by Mrs. Madam Smith. Um any other any further comments or questions? Okay. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. Um approved course offerings for the 2025 2026 school year. And this is a pupil accounting requirement. >> Mr. Cedric, do you have any? >> This came to us from Shroom as part of the annual review. Miss Hopper knows much more about the details, but we're required to uh we're
039required to adopt >> when we do our count um we have to put this in our count packets. >> Yeah. >> For our counselor, our schools. So, it really is just what classes all of our students um it's course offerings booklet from the high school which was given to all the high school students, course offerings booklet from Bwell which was given to all the Bwell students and really just you know the basic classes that we offer in elementary school and those should have all been packed. >> So, this is just sort of a formality formality that we every year. >> Thank you. I apologize. I was talking about the policy update, not the course offerings. The course offerings is an annual review that we do approve, the board approves every year. My apologies. >> No,
040you're fine. Uh, does anyone have any further comments or or questions about that before we Okay. So, I'd entertain a motion to approve the course offerings for 2025 2026. I'll make a motion to approve the course offerings for 2025 to 26. >> Second. Okay. Motion made by Miss Ray, support by Mrs. Cliff. Uh, any comments or questions hearing? >> Quick, sorry, quick question. Is it is this for all maps or is this just for >> This is all of us. Yes, single building. There were course offerings for every building. and are we sending David PE teacher over to Father Marquette. So we have to have that approved too for the top. Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any further questions? Um all those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. Um consider establishing
041tuition rates for the 2025 2026 school year. believe that is in your packet. And this is something that we do every year and this is mostly if we had someone move into the area and from another country basically. Yeah. Cor >> correct. So um if if we have a non-resident student who doesn't qualify for school of choice or say an F1 visa um there so there are limited circumstances that that um uh we would charge a tuition fee uh to a a student that would want to attend MAPS. Um so this this fee is established uh under state law MCL 380.141. Um, so there's a formula to calculate what the tuition rate is and it establishes a range. Um, it's it's different for grades K through 6 versus 7 through 12. Um, the minimums equate
042to the same amount, but the maximums are are slightly different based on uh different in the grade level. Um in the past the board has uh opted to adopt the um maximum tuition allowed. Uh so uh currently the minimum for uh K through 12 would be $12,752. The maximum for K through 6 would be $15,939. And for grades 7 through 12, that would be a maximum of $16,497. Uh my recommendation would be uh as the board has in the past uh to adopt the maximum tuition rate. Uh but the board can adopt the minimum all the way to the maximum. In my four years with the district, we have not had a student utilize uh the tuition rate. Um so it's not something that that is invoked uh frequently. So, >> okay. Um, any questions?
043>> Okay. So, I would entertain a motion to establish the tuition rates for the 2025 2026 school year at the maximum amount. Make a motion to establish the 2025 2026 non-resident tuition rates to the maximum level as presented. >> Second. >> Okay. Motion made by Mr. Zudnick, support by Mrs. Maddox Smith. Uh, any further comments or questions? Hearing none. All those in favor? I >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. um consider certification of up to three voting delegates and alternates to the MASB delegate delegate assembly which is Thursday, October 23rd, 2025 at 700 p.m. at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in Traverse City. So, I believe that Mrs. Maddox Smith will be attending. >> Yes. Yes. Um, I don't know that anyone else is planning on attending. So then I guess I would
044entertain a motion to appoint um, Mrs. Maddox Smith as a voting delegate to the NASB assem delegate assembly. We'll make a motion to approve the certification of Mrs. Maddox Smith to the RNAB delegate at the grand support. Support motion made by Miss Thomas, support by Miss Ray. Um, any comments or questions? All right. All those in favor? I >> I >> any opposed? Motion passes. Um see consider approval of the July July 25th 2025 goodness true policy update. I believe that is also in our packets. >> This is the one I was talking about earlier. >> I can repeat or The changes to the policy update are very few as you sign your board packet. Truan gave us the big policy update for the summer which you've already approved. This was just an additional one
045that they added. Um they added a new template opt out form for that that that parents can use to to opt out of instructional materials. And the procedure was certified a little bit differently. Um really the the main change is that um it goes for uh instead of going to the teacher, it goes to the principal first of then to the superintendent. Um, so I would entertain a motion to adopt the policy update as presented. >> Make a motion to adopt the through policy update as presented. >> Support. Okay. Motion made by Mr. Zenick, support by Mrs. Maddox Smith. Any further comments? Hearing none. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. Uh, moving on to board member comments. Um, we'll start with Miss Thomas. Thank you for all of you who
046came out to speak tonight, particularly the cross country parents. I understand your concerns. Um, I'd like to say two things regarding this. Um, the first is that I'm very sorry to hear that your coach, who you all care deeply about, has stepped down. I was a cross country athlete myself not too long ago and I was very lucky to have been coached by your current coach, Kyle Demmer's. And again, I don't know Dr. Derek Maher, and I've never been coached by him, but I can assure you, you're in good hands with your current coach. Um, second, I'd like to say that I understand that there are some questions and concerns regarding policy. I do want to reiterate our support for Mr. Engles and and mention that he has stepped into an incredibly difficult job um
047as a as a first big job. And I know that's not easy as a person who myself was quite young when I stepped into a difficult position in my workplace. And so I'd like to encourage us all to remember that this is, you know, everybody's first time doing something and that this is a tough tough job. Um, and so I I appreciate hearing your concern and and I I'm sure Mr. Engles has an open line of communication should should you wish to speak to him and we all have open lines of communication as well. So thank you for coming up. >> Thank you. Uh, Mrs. Maddox Smith. >> Thanks. So, I just wanted to thank everybody for coming out and speaking. Um, I think that is it takes a lot of courage to to get
048up here and to uh speak in front of the mic and and tell us what you're thinking, but we don't know what you're thinking if you guys don't talk to us. So, thank you for coming up and talking to us. Um, the uh stuff that's happened over the summer in the um in the district is amazing. Um, I don't know if you guys have had a chance to look at the schools, but there's just been great stuff going on. Um, and again, um, as Zach pointed out, you know, $3 million over the summer, um, it seems pretty amazing and a lot of stuff going on, but the need is is just so high. So, I encourage everybody to, um, to participate in the survey and to I look forward to those results. Thanks, everybody. This
049is Clip. just echoing. Thank you, sir. Thank you so much for coming out. Um, thank you, Mr. Collins. Athletics are always tricky and they're personal and they're super important. I understand that. Um, so thank you for sharing those concerns. Um, and again, thank you uh to Mr. Engles. It's it's a big wall of wax. That is uh but we do appreciate them hearing or hearing from you because we don't know what we don't know. And um you know our our um pledge and our oath in this job description is really not getting into the weeds of the management of uh different departments. So thank you for expressing what you needed to express and um you do have a very supportive um board for listening and a supportive administration even when we disagree. It is the
050first um of school uh starting next Tuesday and um it's my favorite time of year as a teacher. So I spent today in PD. We start a little bit earlier than you guys, but I just hope all the teachers, all the administrators, and mostly all the students have a great um first day and first week. It's such a fun time. I still get excited by the smell of a racers which I probably should not put on public record but I said it anyways. Good luck everybody. >> Mr. Zenick. >> No additional comments. Thank you >> Miss Ray. Uh well I'll just echo that thank you for coming out particularly Carson because I don't know if any of my kids would have not became the board event. Takes a lot of courage and yet a lot
051of powerful stuff to say. Thank you for that. And uh and one else who spoke as well. Um we've been putting in a a lot of hours, not we just spoke weekly meetings this entire summer. um some of us looking at the infrastructure we all keep talking about and I get super excited about because as our microphones showed us our just even our technology is not very up to-date and we really need to kind of take our schools um to the level where our students need and deserve them to be. Um so I'm I'm super excited about that. um again starting the school year and I know it's not starting out the way um a lot of you here had hoped and I appreciate you coming out and letting us know and hear your concerns
052and the issues going on. I know that um we are not here obviously to manage that but we are here to listen and to help process when needed and to um try to find paths through all of this. So, I appreciate you all coming out and um thank you. >> Okay. Um board president comments. Uh just echo what everyone else already said. Thank you guys so much for coming. Um announcements and other meetings. September 2nd, 2025, first day of school. September 15, 2025, board meeting here in the library at 5:30. And I would entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> Make a motion to adjurnn. >> Support. Okay. Motion made by Mr. Zudnick, support by Mrs. Maddox Smith. All those in favor. >> Any opposed? Motion passes.