001[Music] Good evening. The regular meeting of the Richmond Board of Education will come to order. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. 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. Sandy, if you could please take uh read our mission statement and take role. At Richmond Community Schools, we provide a quality education and empower students to be successful in the global community. Board member Cunningham here, board member Michan here, board member Sutton here, board member Telto here, board member Styer here, board member Gillis here, and board member 429 here. We have a quorum. Um, our student representative, Elizabeth Schaefer, is absent with notice, but we have our student representative, Joseph Bido with us tonight
002as well. Thank you very much. I'm looking for a motion to approve the agenda. Um, I need to make that a motion to amend the agenda. Under consent agenda items out of the personnel report, I'd like to make a D and pull uh the approval of Olivia Durst, summer school teacher cadet. Make that item D. Okay. Okay. I'm looking for a motion with the No, you're looking for someone to second my motion. Thank you. I'm looking for someone to second Margaret's motion. Second. All in favor? Opposed? Motion carries. Now I'm looking for a motion to approve the amended agenda. I am running late. We already done that. Sorry. We already did that. No. Is that what it is with that? That's what my motion. Okay. I'm sorry guys. Thank you very much. Okay. I'm looking
003for a motion to approve the consent agenda. I make a motion to approve consent item agenda items A through C as presented happens with D. Someone else will have to make a motion on D. I'm just a motion A through C. Okay, I guess I am too. I have to pull I can't vote for Olivia Durst for that summer position. So rather than having to not be able to vote for the entire personnel report, make a motion to pull that out and so it's voted on separately. So my motion is to approve the consent agenda items A through C. Do I have a second? Thank you. Any discussion, Mr. Psley? Um in your packet we have um some uh resignations um that took effect either currently or at the end of the school year. Um
004you'll also notice in your packet you have the appointment um with all the summer school positions as well as the um teacher cadets and this the teacher assistant positions. There were no um questions regarding the regular meeting or the special meeting on the 12th through 20th. U you also have the uh district headcount report that's in your packet. Anyone have any questions for Mr. Wley? Um I'm just wonder So are we all back to the summer school? All the positions have that we're running are full. Okay. Any other questions? All those in favor? I I opposed. Motion carries. I'm looking for a motion to approve the consent agenda item letter D. I move to uh or support. Actually, I just have to support that, right? Yeah. No, I need a motion. I need a motion.
005All right. Um I'll make a motion um to approve the consent agenda item letter D. Thank you. Any any discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. Now I need to abstain from the vote. Always do that. I knew that too. Okay. So, tell me what I say. Okay. You ask for support and you ask for oppose and then you ask for an abstain. Okay. So we already have the support. We already have the support. So all I really need to do is ask for a mistake. Correct. And that would be you. Correct. So I Okay. Thank you. Okay. Let's move on. Okay. Next item on our agenda is our high school sports esports program. um is our coach here. Start here. Um want you to tell us a little bit about the team
006and so forth talked about earlier. Yeah. Hi, my name is Hill. Uh I'm a science teacher here at St. Clair High. Oh high school. Uh I'm also the esports coach. So I see some familiar faces but I also see some foreign faces. So just a little rundown as to what esports is. Uh esports is essentially electronic sports right where we have online gaming uh competitive where students come together as a team and compete against other schools online in Michigan uh against their teams, right? Uh so we have one particular game called Mario Kart. Um well please some of you know what that is. If not that's okay. Uh but it's essentially a racing game. And in this game, they are team- based and there's items, a whole bunch of different tracks. There's a lot of
007skill that goes into it. Um, so I'm really proud to take our third state win in four seasons. And the third one that we didn't win was a runner up. So, not too bad for four seasons in a row. Um, real proud of these kids. I love esports. I did it in high school. I did it in college. I played um esports myself at Central Michigan. I think it's a really great program, especially for students who don't play traditional sports. It gives them a chance to uh get the team camaraderie and the teamwork and the sportsmanship that they may otherwise miss out on. It develops a lot of good social skills. So, um yeah, I guess we'll turn it over to any questions. We have certificates for you and whoever's here from the team. So,
008if you guys would like to step up, we're going to get the board up here. Everybody wants to shake hands. So, the board and everybody else want to line up [Music] here. They're not all here. So, acknowledge them. [Music] Okay. So, our first certificate is for our coach here. Congratulations. Thank you so much. Congratulations. Is Ethan here? Ethan is out here. So, we have one here for Ethan. Okay, our next one is for Balon Holdwick. I was looking at the print. Okay, Jones. Thank you very much. and make them. And I noticed you have your trophy here. Absolutely. Do you have a place anywhere in the building where like trophies are at? Yeah, I want to get them into the award cabinet, but for now, we have the three first place trophies and the second
009place one in the computer lab where we practice in the theme. Nice. Okay. So, we need to get you a a place out in the open. I love that. Yeah, we can get it advertised. So, great. Well, thank you very much for all you guys. Will you Okay. This one I didn't get to see. Thank you. I'll just say for any board member who has not yet I was not able to go to the last one but I've been to a previous comp competition. It is something to see. It is it is really cool. It really really is. And you can watch it on YouTube if you can't get there physically. That's where I follow saw the first one was on YouTube and it was it was just fun to watch it on YouTube. So
010it's a it's very cool. I had no clue when I watched that first one. Is it always Mario Kart every year or is it different? Great question. We have a variety of games. Um, but Mario Kart is the one that we have excelled at obviously the most. We have a lot of different games um down to single player. It's team based and co-op. Um, so a lot of different titles that MHLCL and Play versus work together to offer to the students so they have a lot of different opportunities to compete in games that they enjoy. So, I feel like you guys should take a trip to Universal, the new Super Mario Brothers. It looks like an amazing little world. You guys should come over. There you go. Here you go. Thank you very much. Okay,
011next item on our agenda is our candidate selection for the Mcome Intermediate School District bianual election meeting. Mr. months. Uh you should have received the packet. If not, the names are in your packet. There are three candidates running for two seats on the board. Uh two of our incumbent. One is not don't know much about the non-incumbent. I know Sandy sent what she had um to the board. So tonight, you as a board, you're going to have to vote to pick the two candidates that you want Danielle or Sandy to cast the vote um this coming. So, uh I think though just just for discussion I guess um Donald Fuger is currently the vice president and um Edward Farley I believe is the treasurer currently. So those would be the two and then the other
012person running is it and Ian is the other one from Ian the third one. I don't think that they are uh I I don't think that they're incumbent at all. Like I just think I was What school district does Oh, what school? East Point. East. And he's a brand new board member this year. He's at East Point. He he uh came I I spoke with him at one of the MISD meetings. Uh great guy. Um but again, he just this is his first year on board at all um with the East Point School District. He got sworn in in February and uh yeah, I don't know a whole lot about him. I mean, other than just seem like a nice guy and he's a new board member. I would think someone besides Hubler and Barley
013would be great. Be nice to have something different. Well, we can pick two though. Yeah, we have to pick two. So, well, you don't have to pick two. Well, I think it says it. It says pick two. You have to vote two. You don't necessarily I guess you don't. I guess Yeah, I guess it doesn't specify you have to. You can choose up to two. Yeah. Right. just we can't get somebody from ignore that. I really don't know much about any of these candidates to be honest. A lot of it out there. I was looking around today. I know about both of them. I won't support or sounds like Margaret Teller. Are there reasons that maybe we can Yeah, I was just going to say you'd like to share. Well, my my biggest reason is
014um all the years that the ISD refused to lock doors on my school building that I was in and every time that I went to those board members, their attitude was, "Well, we're we're a friendly environment. We don't, you know, lock doors." And I just so people safety. Yeah. Just walk in. You can walk in the ISTD main building. Right now there's no doors and I just they weren't nobody on that board is was a big supporter of my building that was there. And so I just I just feel um they they missed the boat. I completely support and it's just my personal experience. So, anybody else have anything or talk to any one of them or have anything to share or Yeah, I just I I tried to to look up all three candidates,
015you know, on on the internet and um I I wasn't able to find a lot of information, you know, same the the two letters that the other the incumbent sent out. Um that was the information I had for them again. Then I tried to look them up and there is nothing even on the I could not find anything on the MISD site. about them about them. I I did have a encounter with Mr. Farley um at the last meeting. Yeah. Um he was sounded like he was recruiting. He didn't really say anything new he was going to do. Um let's just say that. Um, I was concerned about, you know, the the actual timeline that this position is a six-year term. Um, so without being I don't know. Yeah, it it kind of seemed a
016little long for him. I It just seems I don't I don't know. I I I agree with fresh um minds, young minds, maybe bring something new, just some fresh Yeah. Okay. Anybody else? Any other comments? Any other information, I'm sure. Okay. When we get to that part of the agenda, we're going to have to come up with two or come up with at one or whatever. We'll we'll need you some Danielle. No. No. Okay. I saw your light turn on just going back and forth and I'm okay. You're good. Yeah. Okay. I don't think No, I'm sorry. Okay. I last call. I'll put my two cents in that. totally okay if we just vote for one or vote for none because we don't know anybody, you know, and it just the mere aspect of casting
017the ballot if we don't feel comfortable seeing that Ian's newer that might cause me hesitation. Um, just but it's also great, you know, to be in that position as well. But hearing Margaret's feedback, I guess I have something to say. Um, just hearing Margaret's feedback about her building, I think that was a good question that you asked. Um, because from a personal perspective, when I was impatient in a in Bowmont Hospital, I had that same concern that people could just walk in at any time. Like I was sleeping one day and I woke up to my septic sitting there and he's like, I've been here for an hour and a half and like nobody signed him in. nobody authorized for. Yes, it was my stepdad, but like at the same time, I could totally see.
018And their reasoning was it's a familyfriendly environment. We want you to feel like you're at home. Well, like that doesn't feel safe to me. It's just it's I got the same reasoning and I like having experienced it and having the personal experience like Margaret can relate to being in that building and having her. It's definitely a turnoff to me to know that that's something that, you know, they're supportive of. Yes. Like we want to be welcoming, but there's still there's still safety and security that should be a priority as well. There's a good flying, you know, and I think that there everyone in the county was locking the door was doing safety stuff and and Hubler's lanes cruise. Where's I don't I don't know where they I don't remember yet. Are are they both still
019at Hubler's not on Lance Cruise anymore? Hers now we the national school association um does a lot with that as opposed to local um I guess my concern with this whole thing is you can't find anything about and I guess as a schoolboard person on a school board I you know usually we would get something through email we would get I didn't get anything. I only got what Sandy had sent me. I I feel like a letter in the mail. Did Didn't we get in the mail? I received a letter from each one of the candidates, the incumbent in the mail. I did not understand from the incumbent. I did not. I did not. Or I mean, I feel like I was like picked and you know, they picked and choose who they sent to.
020I don't know. But I didn't get anything. And the fact that I went to the ISD site and was looking for information and couldn't find anything. I just I'm not like thrilled with any. I guess my thought would be if we collectively decide we want a change based on the feedback like that Margaret gave, then I would say we should vote for just the one because it gives him a vote and doesn't give the other two a vote, right? So if we do nothing, we're basically fine with nothing changing. If we at least say we want to change, then we should vote for the new guy. I agree with that. That's not Mr. Okay. Anyone else want to share before I move on? So, just at the end of the when we get to the
021action item, someone will have to make a motion and insert the name or name to the people that you want to know. Okay. Next item on our agenda is the fiscal year 2026 budget discussion. Mr. Msley. probably be our quickest budget discussion change. I think given given the time right now when I um kind of give my superintendent and stuff that you might have seen through emails through the schoolboard association, not a lot of discussion going on about the budget in Lancing. Um, so I my recommendation to the board is we take our existing budget that we're going to finalize the year with and we roll it over and then once we know something we've done that we have done this in the past especially when we had a lot of the SS or grants
022and money um we would either come back in August hopefully they'll have a budget passed and then we amend our budget and adjust it but I can't even give you a direction of where to go. Um the House um hasn't officially released their budget yet. They have their they have their uh shutdown budget that's out there in case of the government shutdown, but um that's it. And the reality is we could start the school year. approved. I think I said at the last meeting at our at the superintendent's meeting up in Lancing, all of them indicated in some fashion that they don't anticipate a budget till October 1st. So, we're going to we're going to start the school year with not knowing what any what our dollars are. So, um this the safest bet, I
023guess the most conservative, we know we're going to have some savings with retirements. We know we're going to have some cost increase with contract settlements. Um, we know all of them that have been presented gives something. We've looked at those dollar values. Um, I think at this point for us to start putting our all the paperwork and the the accounts around that order for that meeting, we just assume this year's budget in next year would be my recommendation. Anyone have any questions or any comments? Okay, we're going to move on. We're going to item on our agendas. Are we doubles? Um I'm going to start with Candace. Barbara, um two things. Uh Joe, you weren't here the last time, but raved about the play, so I want to do it when you're sitting here. It
024was outstanding. And I think I told you probably one of the best high school plays I'd seen in a long time. So, you did a great job and so did the whole campus. So, I want to say it when you're sitting at the table. Appreciate that. Yep. And um yesterday at the uh Memorial Day parade, once again, our band did a great job um in the parade and at the ceremony. So, thank you to Miss Shack and um the band members for that. Okay, Sandy. Um, I will just say quick, uh, great job on getting the graduation ceremony uh, together. I thought it was really well done once again. So, great job to Andrea, Zabbo, Becky, Borwick, the choir, the band was great. Everybody did a great job. Whoever else played any part in putting
025that together, it was it was done very nicely. So, good job. Right. Yeah. to echo along with that on and congratulations to all the high school seniors that that graduated this year and our top 10 and then the the 19 other students that had a you know 4.0 or better and and just congratulations to the senior year this year. Yes, Sarah, I was going to just kind of say exactly what they both said. Um I just thought it was a great graduation ceremony. Everybody did a good job. the band, the choir, um the administration, everybody. So, it was good. Um, everybody's echoed my thoughts. Again, I wanted to bring up graduation. I know how not much goes into it. Um, there's a lot of time and things and I just thought it went very smooth.
026Um, I was really impressed with some of where our students were going. Um, I feel like we we really hit some some good spots. Um, the kids were good. It just it went really well. So I whoever was involved and I know the key people whoever put it together, it went well. And I too wanted to acknowledge our band at the um parade. Um the shack does a really fantastic job with um with them. So that's pretty cool to see. Danielle, um I just wanted to say thank you to all the parents who volunteered for the color run again this year. Um the kids recovered as usual and it went off well from my understanding. So at least the rain held off for that day so that they could have it. Um but they did
027a great job this year. Okay. Next item on our agenda is our student board event. Joe, what do we have? All righty. Um we'll start with the high school. As like we touched earlier, graduation took plaid uh place last Wednesday. make sure you guys are all aware. As well as the senior party though, which um went extremely well. I attended, it was super fun, wonderful activities, really great. It was well put together. Thank you to all the parents and people who had helped out with that. It was it was wonderful experience. Excuse me. Where was it at? It was at the down on Main Street. Okay. And they had like all sorts of activities. They had like a game truck outside. Hypnotist came in. Great food, too. It was it was it was a very
028fun and and enjoyable collective experience for everybody. Um May is mental health awareness month. So the high school would like to invite all students and staff to take part wearing an article of clothing to spread the positive message. On Friday, May 30th, on that same day, the high school is also hosting an ice bucket challenge where students and staff can donate money to dump freezing cold ice water on selected staff members. Uh all the proceeds will go to the Sandy's Kids program that helps Richmond facilities in need. Uh, also on Friday the 30th is the underassman award ceremony taking place in the high school auditorium at the middle school. Today, the Lions Club brought in a service dog in training to share one of the programs uh that they sponsor while inviting 8th graders to
029join the Lions Club next school year. Following the oncoming third graders as well there, they had a school tour and an ice cream social on May 15th. Um it was today, this afternoon, where each student received a passport with stamps to come visit certain areas um of the middle school as well. And um yeah, that's yeah, it went along really well. It's good to have two events cuz not everybody can participate on one day. So to have those two days at branches and make sure everybody can kind of introduce from the elementary school to the middle school, especially with the new additions and everything that's been going on, it can be a big change, especially, you know, fourth graders. It's a it's a big school having five grades in one area. So it was really
030nice to have them all be there. Um due to rain, the BB Street park trip for the fifth graders has been moved from tomorrow to Thursday and but the fourth graders will still attend their field trip on Friday. Thank you to BB Street Park staff as well for being flexible and willing to adjust the schedule um with these last minute changes. Uh the last mini will display their talents for the fifth or the fourth and fifth show for the year. first and second hours on Thursday at the middle school. And grade level awards and celebrations will also take place next week. And the middle school would just kind of like to throw out a big thank you and good luck to all the eighth graders moving on to their next chapter in life in the
031high school. Elementary school, not much going on. Just a reminder that field day will take place on May 28th to give kids, you know, wonderful opportunity enjoy games, team building, all that fun stuff. Moving on to afterchool activities, there's a lot going on today. Boys golf is at regionals at Timber Ridge. Girls soccer district semi-finals are being hosted at home. They're versing Arvda. Baseball district quarterfinals are being hosted at home. They are versing Mary'sville. And we'd like to just wish you good luck to everybody. Yeah, a lot a lot going on here. Pretty awesome. Uh on Wednesday, varsity softball is at Algenak at 4:30. On Thursday, girls soccer district finals is being hosted at home at 5:30 and on the 31st, that Saturday. Uh on Saturday as well, the Richmond Trap Invitational is at the
032Richmond Sports Club at 9:00 a.m. There is also a home baseball district tournament. District finals will be at 3:00 p.m. There um will be a home softball district tournament as well as baseball. This will be at uh Richmond versus um NDP. I I don't know why that's not Yeah, I was going to say I don't know why that's um that expanded. Um and the district final will be at 200 p.m. this Saturday. Is that what it's Yeah, those both will be this Saturday and both will be at home. One will be at um 3:00 and the other will be at 2. Um, as Sucine, congratulations to the esports team and the Mario Kart department. Wonderful program. I never got to be a part of the team, but I have many friends and have attended their
033meetings and their practices. It's just a great stuff that Mr. Hill has running there. Um, congrats to them. Absolutely, uh, fantastic. A lot of banquetss are coming up as well. um track banquet, theater banquet, those will be um ongoing. But other than that, that's everything's still winding down at the end of the now that we're, you know, reaching the end of the year. Do I have any questions? And when's girls soccer again, please? Uh the girls soccer that I know it's home, right? Yes. On Thursday, the girls soccer district final. If they win, that is if they win today, they will be playing. Oh, gotcha. Got it. Okay, cool. Okay. Yeah, I realize that can be a little confusing. There's a lot going on, but um Yeah. Okay. Questions for Joe? Okay. Next item on
034our agenda is our superintendent and legislative update, Mr. So, I'm going to start at the federal level. Um you may have read or heard about the the US House passing the federal budget reconciliation last Thursday. Um the things that we're watching from an educational perspective are the the line items that identify for Medicare cuts um because that does affect school funding in some fashion. A lot of the budget that was um the reductions at the federal level are shifting those costs to the state. So we're watching what the impact is going to have on the state, whether the state's going to be able to make that up or um look at reduction. But we do get Medicare funding through the special education. Um it's kind of a complicated process, but we that would that is
035one that we're we're anticipating a decrease in. The other is there's uh in the budget there's about a $5 billion uh voucher for allowing families to send their childrens to private uh schools or religious schools using taxpayer dollars. Um philosophically this is something if we as a collective group if you support public education for all um this should not be something that um taxpayer dollars. I kind of look at this as uh in a very simple and it's probably not the best example but you can go to a you know an open golf course and everybody's welcome there but if you want to go to a private you got to pay not the public paying your tuition or your fees or the green fees. So um if if people choose to go to private religious
036um as superintendent I don't believe that dollar should be paid for that. So we're going to watch it the it now moves on to the US Senate where the where there are expected changes and goes through that process but the goal is to have it ready for the president to sign uh by July 4th. So from the state this is what's been going on in the state. Um they passed that the um last Wednesday the Senate approved the forgiven days for those uh uh state of emergencies for the ice storms primarily in the districts to the north. Um that will now go under the governor's office for consideration approval. Uh they've been talking about prohibiting certain items in the food at school. On last Wednesday, the House Education and Workforce Committee began hearings on Senate
037or on House Bill 4369 which would ban certain agree ingredients in foods in schools. Um becomes challenging when you have to do more scratch cook because some schools kitchens are not prepared or designed to do fully scratch cooking as far as purchasing meals or eat. Um but they'll be for future hearings on it coming up. They house passed a series of safety bills. Much of it is police in Mcome. We already do. One is the requires districts to update their plans every three years. We do that annually. Um requires the state police develop training for certain staff members and identify what staff members need that training. Uh we work currently with our sheriff's department and our local law enforcement to do that. Uh, okay. To say requires uh that information be printed on ID badges.
038Do that. Uh, switch one fire drill to a lockdown drill. Um, and it be required during passing time. Um, there multiple fire and lockdown drills. Um, in House Bill um 4258 4259 uh basically says uh okay to say transmission tips uh have to be within 24 hours to the local school law enforcement. which generally we get them very quickly. And then um the other item they've been talking about is firearm safety, House Bill 4285, which would allow students uh or require the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan Department of Education to create models for 6 through 8 firearms instructions. Um has to be available by September 1st. 62, sorry, 6 through 12, sorry. [Music] Um there's a lot in there, but basically that's kind of what they're going to talk about. So they
039are absin conversations about the budget. That's for the state. Um so we're going to protect firearms, remove food out of our dies, out of our food, I guess for our kitchen. So do do our kitchens make their own food here? We've done we have done more scratch cooking but not um it's not every day. A lot of our meals like the chicken patties or so forth we we buy we're just a heating up heating up the item. We've done more fresh where we purchase foods from weeks um meat market here local farmers for fresh food but there are some meals that we still um pull out of the bag but she Yeah. I just didn't know like what the impact on us that that would be. Um the high school and middle school kitchens are
040pretty decent in terms of have the space. Elementary it's it's a small kitchen which is one of those we're talking about um to increase that kitchen space for them. Yeah, that was going to it's going to go with cuz with the bond and the items we have on the bond passing that bond would kind of help support any issue that we in the at least in the elementary level. I have a question that um so do we have to follow that even if we have students that are willing to pay for lunch we have in the kitchen has has to follow that guideline even not under the free lunch or the typically the guideline is for the main meal that's being served because we offer allocart items so all kids have the nutritional meal that
041meets the guidelines whether they choose to eat it and go to the alikart line that's got their choice. We don't get the same reimbursement. We don't get any reimbursements for the alle cart. We get the reimbursements for the the main. So say the PTO wanted to buy snacks for the kids or something. Do they have to follow the same guidelines? There's the healthy snacks that you're allowed so many waiverss and I don't know off top of that, but there's a waiver that you can have unhealthy snacks every so often. Um, but otherwise your the snack that's provided has to meet the nutritional standard of a healthy standard that's been around for several chefs. So sometimes you can get a you know like when we sometimes schools will do a I don't know bagels on Friday
042sale or a donut sale. Those are considered your unhealthy snacks and you're allowed so many of those. um the administrator of the building who makes that call when that will be. We just got to make sure it's not 5 days a week. It might be okay. We can do this on Fridays or Thursdays or whatever. Um at the district level, this Friday is a congressional art award. I uh show and gallery ceremony. It's at 6:30 um at the uh St. Clair Community College. Um, I do know we have one student that has received the award tonight. Um, thank Mrs. Zable, Miss Borwick, Miss Fonte, Mrs. Schaefer, and the entire high school staff for like you guys mentioned the graduation. It was it was really nice. What I really loved about it was when you looked
043out in the audience from at least from our seats, the number of staff that were there speaks volumes to the building and and and this this school year. Um Joe alluded to this, but I just want to remind this coming Friday is our high school awards for 9101. Um Monday, June 2nd, which is our last week of school coming up. Can't believe this. Um it's fourth and fifth grade in the morning and kindergarten in the afternoon. Uh Tuesday is our preschool and early childhood special education. So three-year-olds in the morning, four-year-olds in the afternoon. And then ECS will be in their classrooms. Wednesday, which is a half day of school, is grade 1 and two. Thursday is also a half day of school. It's grades 6 and 7. And Friday is grade three and 8.
044All the awards are at the auditorium here. Um everybody's welcome. I think I put them on your calendars. If you can make it, come on. It's a great ceremony. I should say some of the little guys. Um big guys are good, too. The older kids are good, too. Um but it it is nice and to see all the um the smiles and the families that come out for that is good. Just a reminder, we have a special board meeting on June 3rd, which is the quarterly review of my evaluation, which is next Monday. No, June 2nd, excuse me, June 2nd. Um that's a 6:30. And then uh based on the action that we did on the 20th, just want to remind you, we expect to bring the language to be approved for the village uh
045bond proposal that we talked about on June 23rd. Um so it's been sent off to Treasury. They will do their final review. Um, we should have the results or official approval of it in the next week or two and then we'll come on to the board agenda on the 23rd. That's [Music] it. Anyone have any questions? I just want to say that your speech at graduation was speeches really good. You took words out of my mouth. I was going to say that, but yeah, it was it was a good job. I've heard many and I just I really like what you did. I like the analogy of roller coaster. It's true. We all ride a roller coaster every day. Even the students on the stage in the [Music] band there. Okay. Next item on our
046agendas are items of interest from the board. Sarah, just one thing. So, I'm just kind of going back to like the beginning of the meeting when we were kind of changing the consent agenda. I think it would just be helpful for me if when we're doing that, we kind of give a little cuz we didn't ask for discussion. It was just moved and supported and then voted. And coming from someone who knew nothing about why we were amending it, I think we would probably look a little more cohesive if we either said, "I'd like to do this because of this," or we allowed time for discussion so that we know what we're voting on. And I think it might have cleared up some confusion when we got to that part in agenda. Well, I apologize
047for that, but I assumed everybody knew who Olivia Durst was and that I can't vote for contract for her. So, well, and I know assumptions, you know, they can be dangerous, but I feel like we could just not be dangerous. I don't think there was anybody at this table that didn't know who Lydia Durst was that cannot vote for getting a job. Honestly, I didn't put it together and I I really didn't put it together. I so it just would a little background would have been helpful just to kind of clear that up so we kind of look like we know what we're doing cuz that just we didn't heads up to and I didn't think about it when I went personnel report so yeah I didn't I did see it I did see it
048but I I didn't anything else okay Sandy um I just want to say that um I will be absent on August 25th. I know it's a ways away, but we don't have any meetings in July and then August before we know it. And just because somebody else is going to have to do attendance and stuff, so I will not be here. My first meeting I think it is that it that's here we go. Uh Candace um I just have one thing for these um student representative for next year. Do we I can't remember. Are we doing that at the beginning of next year or do we kind of do it now for next year? We're doing it now. We're going to do their news. Okay. Absolutely. So, whoever we pick, right? Um, do we ever
049part of that? She previous kind of No, he did not standing up. Oh, she'll be so she'll be on next year. Yep. So, she gets to pick her. Yeah. Excuse me. Do you have a question? Sorry. I'm sorry. I was sorry for a second. I was just asking when the first meeting in August was. Okay. Um Danielle, do you have anything? Brandon, it's August 11th. Okay. Well, I didn't Nobody answered, so kind of Oh, sorry. Yeah. Well, I'm on the same topic. So, I also uh for the 25th I'll be missing that meeting as well because I will also be in Alaska. I'm like I'll be on the military train that time. So that helps. Anything else? Thank you, Margaret. No benefit. Okay. I just have um a card from um one of our staff.
050Uh just a uh this is from Barbara Plattz. Just a note to say thank you for the wonderful school staff party. It was so much fun to watch everyone loving having such a good time. All the time and effort put into the occasion produced a momentous evening. It's been a pleasure to work in Richmond School District. I will never regret going back to work in the twilight of my years. There are memories to add to my life. Hopefilled to share that with you guys. She is a special education. She does. She does. Okay. Um, I don't have anything else. So, we're going to move on to our public comments. Uh, since the last board meeting, the board has not received any emails and there were no public comments at that need addressing from the last
051board meeting. Um, at this time, any member of the public may address the board. Please sign in and state your name. You'll have three minutes to address the board. Are there any public comments? Okay. Being no public comments, we will move on to our action items. I'm looking for a motion for the approval of an overnight extended student trip to Hillsdale, Michigan. Motion to accept the recommendation of the superintendent and approve the overnight extended student trip to Hillsdale, Michigan as presented on May 12th, 2020 and outlined in the taxation. Support. Thank you. Any discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. I'm looking for a motion for the approval of an overnight extended student trip to Otisville, Michigan. I have a motion to accept the recommendation of the student attendant and approve the overnight
052extended student trip to Otisville, Michigan as presented on May 12th, 205 and outline documentation support. Thank you. Any discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. I'm looking for a motion for the approval of resolution of support for the Mcome Intermediate School District's fiscal 2026 budget. I motion to accept the recommendation of the superintendent and approve the attached resolution of support for the Mcome Intermediate School District fiscal year 2025 operating budget. actually it was 2026 as you were 2026 or budget less do I have support support any discussion yeah just although I am retired I have uh collected a paycheck from the ISTD this year so I'm going to stay with the time comes any other discussion All those in favor? I oppose and abstain. Motion carries. Okay. I'm looking for the um a
053motion for the approval of elective curriculum and instructional resources. I move to accept the recommendation of the superintendent and approve the K12 elective courses, curriculum, and instructional resources as presented at the board of education meeting on May 12th, 2025 for a total not to exceed $132,456.14 plus shipping and handling as outlined in the attached documentation as follows. Physical and health education courses 27,64646 performing arts courses 34,62916 world language Spanish courses 12,85350 steam courses 14,13776 computer technology courses 27,26960 visual art courses 15,91966 furthermore Instructional materials and supplies for elective courses shall be purchased over two fiscal periods for which 40,1626 is authorized from the fiscal year 2025 general fund budget and 105,464.88 is authorized from the fisc year 2026 general fund budget. Do I have support? Support. Any discussion? I actually do have um I'm sorry
054to ask this. I know that we had the opportunity before um regarding the health education course. Um I know if you could answer this. I know that we have we are a um yes absence. Um do is that tailored to this to that then? Do you know they have they must have separate because the reason why I'm asking is it came about that um perhaps there they don't really even go into total detail of the reproductive organs either because of that is that sound the absence is promoted our focus in the district's absence is the way you not have babies is absence we don't go into other Nothing's a birth control or anything, but the anatomy of the reproductive organs because it's the general body and anatomy that is covered. Well, there's two parts. You've
055got the [Music] um overall your body's changing and getting ready to go through puberty. And then you got required HIV, which is being done currently right now. Um I think they actually they did today with one of their session. Um they're going to you're going to see anatomy in pores. I mean and there's and so with the book there I mean there is there are chapters that we just will not cover. There are a couple of you know places in the book but they do also um there is a supplemental that goes deeper. We didn't we didn't purchase that. We didn't look to purchase that. So there's some basic you know chapters that exist um again that we don't get in depth in but we certainly did not purchase the additional option. Okay. I was
056just thinking about how we go about that if the whole book is one way or not how that would look different or be different. I do believe that at the high school level um they do cover the anatomy and physiology. Yeah, we have that class. I know it's covered in our health or was covered in our health as far as the parts. Um, so when do we teach the like Ryan said, my body's changing? That's not ninth grade health class, right? No, there's a there's a middle I'm drawing the actual grade level. Um, the state requires us to do minimally certain things in uh I want to say it's like fourth or fifth grade. Fifth grade. fifth grade and then there's another HIV lesson that we have to teach in the high school run. And
057so that that your body changing kind of what to expect is that fifth grade. I was hoping it was nitrate cuz that seemed a little I do believe it's pretty it it is. It does not go. It's it's does not go into a whole lot of detail. Is that because that's what the district has always decided or are is this in line with what with what most districts are teaching? A couple years ago, we had talked about doing a survey um to see if we wanted to change um our curriculum. Um, if you do that and you want to change it, there's a process where you've got to have, and I don't quote me on this, but someone from the religious community, parents that are not employees of the district, uh, they have to kind
058of come together and decide or review or figure out what's going to what you're going to teach. Um, we are the only district, believe when we when we did the survey last time, we the only district in Mcome County that still teaches absent That's our basis sex. So it is pretty black and white then about that what's absence and what's you can't even really talk about even some anatomy when you can talk anatomy in the sense of these are the parts of our body like in biology or in health class you just can't talk about you can't go into the process of other ways to prevent pregnancy. Yeah, but accidents to me would leads me to believe we're teaching them about sex. But saying don't do it, is that what we're teaching them? Don't do
059it as if you don't want to have a child. Abstinence is the teach correct there has to be some I don't I don't have the actual content in front of me. I'm going by my memory. Um there is general conversations about parts and could we have like a presentation one day about what the kids are learning? We just didn't go through what it entails. I have no idea. Yeah, we did. We actually Oh, not the one that we just noticed. We should we did it. Yeah, maybe we maybe we can figure out what meeting that was. Yeah, I watch it. Yeah, I would this what we're approving here tonight is it says physical and health education courses. So through the Sabbath program, right? So this would be a new the book that's being purchased is
060for the health course that you have to take as a requirement to graduate have credit. And I did ask at the last meeting when we talked about that if there were any changes and you guys had said no one. So whatever I watch should be up to date even while we're adopting them. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. I'd love to know a date so I can go back and watch it, right? Cuz it was a whole big thing cuz we we did talking about adding sex education and things like that and what would what would be entailed with that and everything cuz we talked about what's called the health advisory board. You kind of have that. Um we had somebody from the state come in and tell us like what what's what's required by the state and
061whatnot. She was from the ISD. ISD. I'm sorry. You're right. She was from the ISTD and we have not done a a change in for and need a health advisory more than 10 years. I was just going to say we had one saying it's been it's been a while but that what that's what we've been following for years and we had we had the person because the question was Candace was the one with the question when we had them come and did the did the present and it was last year. It was last year last year. It was based on a course that I took at one of the conferences that but I think if you some I'll go back. I'd like to watch it. But I guess what my mind is that we're approving
062this this house, you know, and I my assumption is that that is where they would get any information if anything. So I guess just at some point just to see what you're asking for a presentation on the health just the health just that just you know no wait board's not asking for a presentation. Hold on a minute. We've already we we had the whole stuff all about a year and all the No, I'm talking what we just did with Billy. the whole thing of what we're doing. So, if there's if there's something that Candace isn't figuring out or something, Candace can ask that question. But I'm not interested in another round of last year, this year, then Sarah has a very good question. And so, if she can watch the meeting where that presentation was,
063then that answers that question. But, if you've got an issue about the book that was already explained to us, then that's something you got to figure out. Well, it from this asks perspective, you know, what's being cut out of the So, yeah, once they have a chance to get their hands on the material, they'll make that final, you know, to abide by what we've decided to approve what is allowed to be taught, they'll determine, okay, these are this is our parameter, right? We won't what they teach, but it won't be the court. Okay. Any other discussion? Okay, this is a roll call vote. Margaret I, Sandy, I. Candace, I Raymond, I. Sarah, Danielle, I I vote I. Motion carries. Okay. I'm looking for the mo a motion for the approval of a district vision statement.
064Motion to approve the following vision statement for Richmond Community Schools to foster a culture of academic excellence, creativity, and character, ensuring that all students are prepared for success in an everchanging world. The board directs the superintendent and all school departments to include the district's mission statement and vision statement on all documents published by district and websites. Support. Any discussion? [Music] All those in favor? I oppose. Motion carries. Okay. Um, do I need to read Mr. Lley? I was looking for today part that says I'm I'm going to read this one. No, I'm going to read this part. I'm looking for a motion to identify two candidates at the board's designated electoral representative and alternate valor to pass on behalf of the Richmond Community Schools Board of Education. I motion to direct board member Sutton and
065Portville asking electoral representative and alternative electoral representative Richmond community schools respectively to cast a vote on behalf of this board of education for Ian Colin Kaine at the Mcome Intermediate School District by annual election meeting on June 2nd 2025 as outlined in the attached resolution. Support Thank you. Uh any discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. Okay. I'm looking for a motion for the approval of the Michigan High School Athletic Association 202526 membership resolution. I move to accept the recommendation of the superintendent and approve the Michigan High School Athletic Association MHSA membership resolution for the 202526 school year as presented in the attached documentation support. Thank you. Any discussion? All those in favor? Opposed? Motion carries. I'm looking for a motion to go into close session. Pursuant to MCL5.268 section 8C of the
066Michigan Open Meetings Act, I move that the board of education move to close session for the purposes of negotiations. Do you ask support? This is I'm giving it to Sarah and I heard her voice first. Any discussion? All those in favor? opposed. Motion carries. We [Music] will Heat. Heat. [Music]