Meeting of the Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Board of Education

001X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:49518533 See, we're going to call the meeting to order at 7:01. If we can all please ride for the pledge of 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. Thank you all for being here. We are going to move on to our golden apple awards, Dr. Lonz. Thank you, Madam President. I'm happy you turn it over to Ms. Muir. Thank you, Dr. Lons. Our first golden Apple Award recipient is Katie Kraft, our ASD paraeducator at Oakley Park Elementary School. Katie, can you come up to the front of the room? Most people. Are really uncomfortable. Right now. Kat. Ie. Was nominated by Amanda Gossett for helping to create a supportive, inclusive, and student-centered

002environment where every learner can thrive. She consistently brings compassion, patience, and positivity to her work, building meaningful relationships with students and helping them feel safe, valued, and encouraged each day. One of Katie's greatest strengths is her calm and steady presence in challenging situations. She approaches students with patience, understanding and care, creating an environment where students feel supported and empowered. Her ability to remain composed and encouraging help students navigate difficulties while building their confidence and building trust. Katie is also deeply committed to meeting the unique needs of every learner. She thoughtfully adapts lessons, strategies, and supports to help students succeed and improve outcomes for all. Her flexibility and creativity ensures students have access to the tools and encouragement they need to reach their fullest potential. Thank you, Katie. Your impact is felt every day and your

003care and dedication truly makes a difference. It is our honor to recognize you this evening. Thank you. Our next honoree is Olivia Bennet, ASD paraeducator at Oakley Park Elementary. Olivia, can you come up to the front of the room? She's not here. Okay. All right. Thank you. We're going to move on to the kindness matters awards. Dr. Lutz. Thank you, Madam President. Happy to turn over to Mr. Hess. Thank you, Superintendent Land Board of Education Cabinet audience. The purpose of the kindness matters initiative is to honor and recognize those individuals and organizations who exhibit kindness and care towards others. These are people who demonstrate kindness on a frequent basis. Go out of their way above and beyond to make others feel better. They lead initiatives in their school, in their community. That benefits others. Or

004inspire others to show kindness. We have four 2006 kindness 2026 kindness matters recipients. Tonight. I believe we have. Will make you feel. Uncomfortable one at a time and then collectively so we can get some pictures. Thomas Ropeck. Thomas Ropek consistently demonstrates kindness, compassion, and unwavering support for students and families. Known for going far above and beyond in his formal role as an assistant principal, he takes time to advocate for students, communities with community members and families, and ensures that young people feel supported and understood. More than just an assistant principal, he has trusted, he has a trusted mentor and child advocate whose patients care and dedication make a meaningful difference in the lives of countless students. Here's an. Award time. Is Lucas Brown here? Lucas. Come on buddy. It's okay. Mom, you want to come

005up with them or that's okay. Luke, this is an outstanding young man right here. I know, I feel the same way, buddy. It's okay. It's all right. A lot of places to be tonight outside playing, but I know. The place you'd rather be than right here. Lucas Brown exemplifies kindness in its purest form. He has a natural ability to notice when others are struggling and quietly offers comfort through kind words, sharing, and simply being present. Lucas is incredibly generous and often putting others'feelings before his own. Whether creating handmade cards or making someone feel included. Lucas has a special gift for helping people feel valued, cared for and important every single day. Lucas Brown. And Cipriano, Shannon's here. Yep. All right. Shannon Cipriano embodies kindness in everything she does as a behavioral interventionist, a mentor and

006a leader, and a problem solver. She supports students and staff with empathy, calmness, and unwavering compassion. Whether helping students navigate challenges, leading initiatives that foster inclusion and belonging, or simply offering a listening ear, Shannon helps make Walde Elementary a place where kindness, confidence, and connection thrive. Shannon Cipriano. We have one more. Katie Mosseri, I believe she's from Oakley Park. No, Waldek Owl is unable to, I'll leave this with you, unable to be here tonight, but that is Katie. So Lucas and Thomas and Shannon on behalf of the kindness matters committee, thank you for all you do. Thank you for spreading kindness and making cards and putting everyone else first. You certainly all three of you are a role model to all of us. Thank you. And thank you. We're going to move on to Foundation

007for Excellence Awards, Dr. Linds. Thank you, Madam President. I'm happy to turn this over to Mrs. Jackie Girwin. Thank you so much. All right, I'd like to invite Matt Nahan, Executive Director of Orsa Foundation, up here to an Accept Award for Outstanding Support and Generosity. If any of, there are actually quite a few of our board members here today. So if anybody else wants to come up here and we'll shake hands and. Give out a. Plaque? Now if Orsa Foundation is a new name to you, don't let that fool you. They are absolutely not new to supporting our community. Orsa Foundation was formerly known as the relentless care foundation, which was part of community financial credit union, which is now ORSA credit union. A lot of name changes, same great people. Got it? All right.

008So here's what I really want you to know about them. When I went back through our records, I found that since 2018 Orsa Foundation has contributed 33,400 dollars to the foundation for our support for grant program. That is remarkable. About two years ago, they made an intentional shift to focus their giving. To things that are deeply meaningful to them. Economic stability, affordable housing, and strong communities. When we talked a bit about what that could look like in Wald Lake schools, it came down to something simple making sure that every student had what they needed to succeed. Specifically, they wanted to reach students who needed a little extra support, whether that be adaptive equipment, special education tools, or financial assistance so that no student is locked out of any opportunities here in our district. The impact

009has been real. In just the past two years Orsup Foundation funding has helped bring new appliances to our cognitively impaired classroom at Wald Lake Central High School so they can continue moving forward with their life skills lessons. They funded electronic language translators to help staff communicate with students still learning English. And more recently, they help provide adaptive gym equipment for our high school special education students. I had the privilege of having Matt join me and his partner Laura, who was unable to be here tonight for some of our grant presentations this fall. And I have to tell you watching them in that moment and the joy they saw, you could just feel how much they genuinely cared. They are the absolute definition of walking the walk and we are lucky to call Orsa Foundation a

010true partner. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping us make every student. Get the chance for everything they need. It couldn't. Happen without all of you. To shout out. Thank you. All right, so next up I'd like to invite Michelle Tomei from M3 Investment Services who will also be getting an award for outstanding support and generosity. M3 Investment Services has supported the foundation for over 20 years since co-founder Michael Bernhardt first got involved with the FFE. What began as a connection through his role as a financial planner turned into a mission dedicated to making an impact on staff and students in our district. In 2010, we hosted our first golf scramble with M3 Investments as one of our sponsors. Thanks to Michael. Sadly, he passed away in 2015, but support from M3

011investments has continued on. Through Michelle and Michael Passendorfer, their current president, M3 has continued to show up for us every single year. And we are now celebrating our 17th annual golf scramble. Their support goes beyond a sponsorship check. They've donated raffle items and giveaways. And specifically, they make a point of letting their clients who have reached the age of the required minimum distribution. Know that the FFE is a wonderful place to send some of that money. It might sound like a small thing, but it really has meant a great deal to the foundation. And then there's Michelle specifically. Every fall she sponsors a retiree reception as a way of giving back to the district that helped launch her career in financial planning. I love that about her. The way she gives back. And I especially

012love that she truly understands what an education foundation is because she is the president of the South Lion Education Foundation. She doesn't just support us. She lives this life. It's easy for companies to get caught up in growth and forget about the relationships that got them here. And three investment services is not that kind of company. They work hard to provide outstanding financial guidance to the Wald Lake School staff and at the same time they don't lose sight of the bigger picture. Making a difference right here in our classrooms. At a moment when many of us are feeling uncertain about the economy and when some of our sponsors have had to pull back, M3 investment services has stepped up. Increasing their commitment this year to a platinum level sponsorship that says everything you need to

013know about who they are. We cannot thank you enough for the connection you've built with our district, with the FFE and with every student whose life is better because of your generosity. Thank you so much. Now awkwardly, I'm going to call Brian Feldposh out of line here for the, he is the marketing coordinator at the Wald Lake Schools Federal Credit Union. And Kara, you can come on up too. Kara is the CEO of Wald Lake Schools Federal Credit Union. They are also receiving an outstanding support and generosity award. I have no doubt that Brian could sit down with any one of you in the audience and make a very compelling case about everything a small credit union has to offer. But if you ask me, the greatest thing is the strong community connection they provide.

014You know the old show of cheers. For those of us that are old enough. It's just like that. You walk into their credit union and everybody knows your name. They don't spend money on advertising because frankly they don't need to. Their reputation speaks for itself and it has for years. They're not just a wonderful financial institution. They are a partner in this district in every sense of the word warriors for warriors pink out game. Yup, they're there. Legacy scholarships. Yup, they're there. Therapy dog program. Yup. PTAs. Yup. They are involved in everything. But what really sets them apart is their support doesn't just stop with writing checks. They give their time and energy too. Every year they help us sell tuition expedition raffle tickets right at their branch. They help share the information with their

015customers. And when we launched our superstar staff awards a few years back, they jumped on board immediately sponsoring two $500 prizes for winners drawn from all of the nominees. This means every dollar that we raised through that program can go right back to our mission. They sponsor our golf scramble. They've shared extra income with us. They've given us gift cards. And honestly, they say yes to just about anything we ask for. But beyond generosity, what I want you to know is these are generally wonderful people. Friendly, warm, welcoming, they make you feel like you are part of their family. Thank you. Waldey School's federal credit union for everything you do for the FFE and for our community. We are so lucky to be your partner. Thanks, Dan. Iel. Okay, so Brian, get back in line.

016Marcia, come on over. Our next couple of awards are going to be our Michael Bernhardt Legacy Awards. I mentioned Michael earlier. But he was a big part of the foundation. Well before I got here. But he had a serious dedication to helping. Teachers and students within Walde Lake schools. And this award honors the fact that he did that without caring about recognition. And the couple folks here that I am honoring are very much the same way. So Dr. Marcia Beatty. I'm not exaggerating when I say I have never heard a bad word about Marsha. In fact, it's pretty much the opposite. If you say her name, somebody will light up and say, oh my gosh, I love Marsha. And you know what? They're right. Everybody loves Marcia. Marcia's always been the person to walk into

017a board meeting and instantly the energy increases in the room. Her enthusiasm is contagious and her heart for this community is very real. Over the years Hirsch Beauty Orthodontics has given tens of thousands of dollars to PTA fun runs. Booster clubs, sports teams, and yes, the FFE. But today I want to talk about Marcia herself. Marcia joined our board back in 2016 when her two children were still in the district between running one of the best orthodontic practices around and cheering on her very active kids from the sidelines. I really have no idea where she found the time, but we are so glad she did. If there's one person who will always be the first to say, what do you need? How can I help? It's Marcia. She's a master at selling raffle tickets, usually

018selling more than everybody else. Sometimes everybody else combined. She gave her time organizing donations and raffle items for the golf scramble, made sure FFE information was front and center in their busy orthodontic office. And when we launched our kindergarten welcome kits, Marcia was first in line to sponsor it and make sure that it was successful. And here's one of my favorite things about her. She doesn't just show up herself. She brought her kids along too. She encourages them to get involved with the FFE. And I can tell you they are every bit as wonderful as she is. They volunteered at events, brought their friends along to help. And honestly, the world is a better place because of the entire Beatty family. So while we're beyond thrilled that her kids have headed off to college and

019are out there doing great things, we were genuinely sad when she told us she was moving out of state. But here's the thing about Marsha. Even 500 miles away, she still hops on her Zoom calls. She still asks what she can do. She still to this day is making a difference in Wald Lake schools and the FFE from halfway across the country. We are forever grateful to you, Marcia. And my final award is not to somebody standing in front of us, although she should be. But certainly somebody who is not unknown to this audience. So Dr. Marcy Augustine, please come up. When I think about Marcy, I honestly don't know where to begin. Because there's so much to say. Marcy wasn't just a principal. She wasn't just a mom to two wonderful boys or an

020FFE trustee or a friend. She was all of those things all at once, and she brought the same fierce dedication and protectiveness to every single one of them. I've known Marcy personally for 10 years, and I'll be honest with you knowing she was on the board of the FFV was one of the reasons I was excited to take on this job four years ago. Here's the thing about Marcy. She's a problem solver through and through. She could calm a crying student navigate a difficult conversation with a parent because there's a few of those. And rally behind her staff in whatever battle they were facing that day. She could do it all before lunch and three-inch heels without even breaking a sweat. So hopefully dealing with me was easy in comparison. Marcy was my go-to person

021for so many things. And especially when I needed to start a conversation, okay, I need you to be honest with me. Marcy's ability to see how our decisions as a foundation would play out in real life classrooms was invaluable. Sometimes things look great on paper and land very differently in the real world. And Marcy had this remarkable gift for seeing that before it even happened. She kept us focused, and I have no doubt saved us from making more than a few mistakes over the years. She always made sure we stayed true to our mission, supporting excellence in Wald Lake schools. When it came time for reviewing grant applications, she was no-nonsense and she never lost sight of the importance of keeping equity across all of our schools. I know it was never easy for her

022to recommend turning down a grant from one of her own staff members. But time and time again, she put the needs of many ahead of the needs of one. Marcy is simply an exceptional person. In her career, in her community, and in her life. So honestly, it's no surprise at all that Novi Schools snatched her up as their director of secondary curriculum. We were sad to see her go, but no Vikings something very special, and we hope they realize it. Marcy, we are grateful for the time you gave us and the marks you left on the district. Thank you for letting us be part of your world. Thank you. To. Everyone. I think one of the. Awesomest things. About. Welding is. The relationships, the team. Like as I'm looking to my principal team, I'm like,

023oh my gosh, they're all here. And the teachers, like you're here, you showed up. And that's what happens in Malden, right? People show up. And I miss that dearly. I miss you all. And I wish you all well. So thank you very much. I appreciate. And I'm going to invite our awardees out for pictures. Congratulations and thank you all. We're going to move on to the annual sports recognition, Dr. Lanz. Thank you, Madam President. I'm happy to turn it over to Mr. Scaling. Thank you, Dr. Lonz. It's my pleasure to introduce Mr. Brian Swinehart, our district athletic director. Thank you everyone. I appreciate being here. So I still get pregame jitters doing this stuff. It's like my watch goes off and says your stress level's high doing this and getting in front of here. But

024I do love and enjoy it. I want to truly thank the board, Dr. Lines. Mr. Scaling, everybody that's been involved for the support of athletics. We have been able to do a tremendous job over the last few years. A lot of activity in upgrading our facilities. So I just want to say thank you for your support and everything you guys do for athletics. I do believe, as I kind of go off with this, there's no greater honor than to be called coach. Everybody to have back and to have kids come up and see and say, Coach, there's no greater honor. And tonight we always talk about our coaches and thank our coaches because they make tremendous sacrifices away from their own families and everything. For the betterment of their team because their passion and their

025love for the game. And I want to reference, I don't know if you know Kirby Smart, the head football coach at Georgia talked about the three costs of leadership. Have you ever said that? And he said that one of them is, and this is part of what our coaches go through, you have to make hard decisions that negatively will impact somebody you care deeply about. And that happens because they have to prioritize the team, their standards over the individuals. And I think when you look at coaches and coaches that care, that is a very difficult thing for them to do. Despite their best efforts and despite whatever their efforts to do that, they still are going to meet with disapproval. Again because they have to hold kids accountable. They have to correct kids. They have

026to do those things. And again, for coaches that care, it's a very difficult thing to go through. And finally, there are going to be misunderstood and won't get the chance to defend themselves For why did you button this situation? Why did you run? Why did you run the ball in third and long? How come you pulled my kid out of the game? And those things will never quite understand that. And that. Part of coaching makes it very difficult. But the rewards, the success, the relationships, the memories greatly outweigh those costs of leadership that they our kids go through and understand. And one of the things that we really have been focused on over the last years is trying to work with our athletes and our students to make sure they have the best experience. And

027it's hard for me to reference Bo Shembecklers at Michigan State guy. But I did read his book, Bo Shem Bachler's book. And one of the things that stood out for me, and I talk about this all the time, was there's a point where Bo talked about his assistant coaches were upset with the captain of their team because he wasn't leading in the locker room the way he was supposed to. And both said it's not his fault. It's our fault for not teaching him how to lead properly. And so that's been a driving force over the years and especially over the last two years and coming this year with, I think what was probably one of our best years that we had in terms of working with our amazing staff that we have our building athletic

028directors that we have to work with our athletes and coaches. We had four sessions. We started off the year in November with a player coach retreat. We brought our players and our coaches together. And we had them work together and our goals when we did this were the player coach relationships talking about what was important and how to really establish a proper and connected relationship between the coach and the athlete. About the understanding the roles and how the roles and what, how those roles impact when we're coaching and are not coaching and away from there and team cohesion. One of the things we did, we put them in separate rooms and we said, coaches right now, you wish the athletes knew. And then the athletes, I wish the coaches knew and then we brought them

029together. And it was what was the interesting was both of them had the same message. I want the coaches to know that I care. I want them to know I understand that I want to be a part of it. The coach is one of the kids to know I care that I really, I'm invested in that. And that was a key component and I felt like it was a great opening session that we had in the fall. And I want to thank Dr. Lonz for this because a few years ago when he was the deputy superintendent, he pushed me to really do this, to take that next step. And when we started doing these workshops every year, I felt like it really made a true impact on that. So I want to thank you for

030that. Then we went to Michigan State Youth Ford Institute and they had sports psychologists at US Sport Institute. They had college coaches and we talked to them about relationships, healthy relationships, and also that component everyone talked about the mental health. And that's not about always saying, hey, everything's sunshine, rainbows, pizza parties, you know, all that stuff. It's about how we can really truly build that relationship with between the coach and the athlete so that we can communicate and do things and have that proper mental health. And then finally, then we have sportsmanship summit that we brought in here where the kids themselves set up the parameters for sportsmanship, how they were going to act. They did an ad campaign, social media. And it's some really good things that we talked about to help develop that

031understanding for sportsmanship. And then finally, in the spring. Brought in sports psychologists that came in here and we talked about those same things again. Mental health of yourself, how do the athletes, how do you take care of yourself? How do you make sure that you are handling stressful things not only away from athletics, but also in athletics? Techniques for dealing with stress, for improvement, those types of things. And then how stress impacts performance. So what we hope is the culmination of these things is that we've been able to work together. And I felt like it was one of our best years of developing these programs and our athletes leading and being successful on the field. So tonight, in the spirit of those things and our athletes, you're going to talk about some of the best

032athletes in our district. In the best athletes in the state. You're talking about we're going to have state champions. There's going to be state qualifiers. And what's most important, they'll stand out that we're doing is the number of academic all-state individuals and team members that we have that really, truly embody. What the student athlete is about in that balance. So while this presentation continues to roll, we'll bring up Jessica Fisher from Wall Lake Central to talk about her honorees. Good evening everyone. Thank you for being here today. My name is Jessica Fisher and I serve as the assistant principal and athletic director for Wald Lake Central. I have the privilege of recognizing our outstanding student athletes and athletics is about way more than just competition. It's about the discipline, the resilience, the balancing of demanding

033schedules. Our students are not only competing at a high level, but they're also meeting those rigorous academic expectations and finding success in both areas. And a big component of that Mr. Sweinhart talked all about it just a second ago was those athletic programs that we ran this year, those four different sessions that's really helping us build a stronger athletic program while also balancing those needs of academics and that stress level that can occur. Okay, first I'd like to recognize some of our team accomplishments. In skiing, we had state qualifiers for a team sport the following athletes Bennett Minnelli, Mateo Dunt and Tur Devitts. In swimming, we had state qualifiers for the relay 400 yard freestyle relay, Abigail Sutton, Melanie Ortiz, Hannah Song and Helen Paro. We have academic team honors for both our football and

034softball teams that demonstrated excellence in the classroom and all received academic all-state. Our unified program received two major awards this year. We became a national unified champion school and we also received the honors of being the only school selected in Michigan and they only pick one per year for the ESPN honor roll school for the state of Michigan. We had some individual academic honors for several athletes who earned academic all-state, Marissa Carroll and Water Polo Sophia Medler in Water Polo, Hannah Song, Water Polo, and Jay Seaver for baseball. We have another individual athletic achievement that went to an equestrian rider, Meadow and Pavlick, who earned multiple honors including District and regional championships, a state provisional championship recognized as an outstanding female athlete of the year for central. She also helped establish the e-Division with our

035Michigan Interscholastic Horsemanship Association for Writers with Disabilities. That was a mouthful. But she did a lot of really great things. In swimming Diego Baca qualified for states in both the 100 butterfly and the 100 backstroke. In Bowling, Connor Martin state qualifier and girls hockey. We have Ava Sofa receiving first date first team all state in defense. And track and field. We had multiple state qualifiers. Dylan Akers, Sienna Carson, Nick Jaden, Eric McFarlane Paige Haler who got high jump Allstate third place. Case Lane pole vault Allstate fourth place and school record holder. Marad Meza Discus Allstate fourth place and Addie Wilson discus state runner up. And then our relay team qualifiers were Aaliyah Matthews, Bryce Hirschman, Michael Virga Josh Connor and Joshua Dured. And then finally our boys volleyball team plays tomorrow in the final four.

036So please wish them luck. We're hoping to get the state championship that year. Thank you for continuing to support our student athletes and our athlete programs. It really does mean a lot to us. And the fact that we get to come today and share all about it, I get the honor of introducing my colleague Dan Holland. Dan, would you make your way up here? All right, good evening everyone. Like Jess said, I'm Dan Holland, Assistant Principal and Athletic Director at Wallach Northern High School. I'm honored to be recognizing these Wally Northern Knights tonight. One unique thing is after spending many years at Smart Middle School and then as my first year as Athletic Director here at Northern. I've been fortunate enough to have watched many of these students begin their athlete journey as awkward. But

037hardworking middle school student athletes. They're going to have to be dedicated, passionate and empowered young adults. And it's really been fantastic to see that growth in coming this year and seeing kids I haven't seen in four or five years. And it's the growth they've had academically and athletically it's just been amazing. So I just want to start off with some of our team accomplishments. We had six teams reach the academic all-state status. That was our northern football team with honorable mention. Our boys basketball team, our white caps unified hockey, our softball team and our girl swim and dive which was also an all-American team as well as our boy swimming dive which also achieved that all American status. As far as individual economic and academic all-state honors we had 22 athletes this year. As our

038soccer players, we had no one McHenry as honorable mention who was also continuing his career at the college level and also Nathan Bruss. At football we had Max Cooper, Landon Long, Brady Martell, and Justin Reed. With our swim team we had Maggie Lathwell, Olivia Lezwiak, Vincent DeRose and all three of them retrieved All American status as well. At volleyball we had Morgan Parsley with honorable mention and she's continuing her career at the college level at Oakland University this year. And in hockey we had Asin Atwood who was our freshman team goal award at the state level and we also had Brad Bellinger, Brady Felick who also received the Perseverance Scholarship winner for the Michigan State High School Hockey Association along with Alex Green and Colin Nelson at that academic all-state. A baseball team we had

039Luke Meehan, Brandon Jones, Sam Monticelli and Aiden Zimmerman. And Aiden is also continuing his career of college career playing baseball at Calvin College. With girls water polo we had Samantha Sup, Meredith Weeks, Brooke Marriott and Mia Harding. Also those two also received some regional recognition for their efforts. For our state competitors we had 21 athletes compete at their state contest this year. Starting off this fall we had the Finn Gammarath and Nikolai at the cross country. For wrestling we had James Moore who came in fourth place in the state this year in this waste class. We're very proud of that. And for golf we had Cooper Beretta who also will be going to Albion College to compete at the college level. For gymnastics we had state qualifiers with Aubrey Atwood and Kate Anderson for swim

040and dive there's a lesson. We had Madison Fenner Victoria Houston Mia Rosender. In the next few were also finalists at the state level. Those were Josie Benke, Brooke Marriott. Heidi Zuska, Molly Zeska, Kyle Huggeberger and like I said all five of those were state finalists. And at track we had Nikolai Dahlgren, Danny Sedlock, Jordan Krebs, Jackson West, Nathan Bruss, Finn Gamrath and Anna Weinberger. And Nathan Bross and Finn Gamrath qualified at three different events at the state level with Anna Weinberger was our regional champ at Pole Vault and she also is competing at the College levels along with Finn Gamrath. So you can see we're quite proud with the accomplishments there. At the regional level we had our boys teams were co-LVC champions only with Lakeland for all wins at the regional level. And our

041boys lacrosse team made a regional qualifier this year first time in program history. So we're very proud for their accomplishments at that level for that team. And at the national level I had an archery team had 25 archers compete in the Eastern National Tournament. So you can see it's a long lineage of things from the local level to regional and all the way to the national level. So we're very proud of the hard work all of our kids put into their sports academically and athletically. And Jessica said we've had teams just wrapping up their seasons and we're looking forward to Feconites and their accomplishments. I just want to thank you to our community and to the board for all of you for supporting our high school athletes on their journeys as they move forward. Thank

042you very much. I'd like to introduce Bronson Goodself from Western High School. Good evening and thank you Dan for introducing me. Good evening everybody again. My name is Bronson Goodsell. And I am the athletic director and assistant principal Wallach Western. Tonight is about celebrating our accomplishments of our student athletes and their commitment to excellence not only on the field, the courts, but also in the classroom. Now this is also a recognition of our coaches who invest countless hours developing young people not only in skill and performance but in character and leadership. This is also a celebration of our families and the dedication that they have provided their athletes and the opportunities whether it be in the high school season, travel and everything in between. This is also a celebration for our board and your commitment

043to our athletic programming and our community partners like the credit union for enhancing our athletic experiences for our athletes. We are proud of our athletes and what they have accomplished this year and we're grateful for our coaches who have supported our athletes along the way. First for our team awards. The following teams were academic all state competitive cheer boys basketball girls basketball boys golf football and softball. As the state finalists we had our competitive cheer team travel to Mount Pleasant where they received a fourth place finish. For our athletes that were academic all state for competitive cheer we had Avery Campbell, Elizabeth Davis, Emmy Barclay, Hannah Four, Kennedy Gilbert, Peyton McPherson, Ellis Bees, Mariana Gonzalez Macy Bras Janelle Fisher and Madison Craw. For boys golf we had Chris Kalinsky and Gavin Roberts. For football we

044had Lucas Hofmeyer Pasha Goffe Jack James Brady Taguy Jesse Servant Dallin Ormond sorry I'm going to basketball we have Dallin Orman Kellen Krisnick Kaeto Lee softball Sierra Geisler Maddie Ferrand and Michael Gross for baseball. For state qualifiers we actually have Gavin Roberts who is competing this weekend at Ferris State for golf for girls swim we had Melanie Ortiz for girls swim in Abigail for track that took place last weekend we had Saeed Bakamora, Rodney Inslee Kira Hayward David Crawl Grant Havertimand Dogen, Dennis Basco in Melcom Russ II. And while they qualified for states in third place are four by 200 received third place which was Rodney Inslee, Timon Duggan and David Crawle and Dennis Basco. And lastly Rodney Inslee actually was the state champion in both the 200 and 400 meter. He will be continuing

045his career at the University of Michigan. For all state honorable mention we also had a basketball player Dean Lewis and other all-state athletes. We have Lucas Hoffmeier for football Adriana O'Connell for hockey in Donovan Triplett. I want to say thank you again to the board and thank you Brian for your commitment over the years to our athletic programs and making sure that it is more than just the game. But more than just the game and that these individuals need support and success both on and off the field. Thank you and thank you everybody and have a good night. So as Amateur and I thought about coming in Hawaiian shirt and all that but then as I see Dr. Lon's kind of look at me like yeah not only that but I thought about Chuck Froning

046his famous last words were. Finished run the last lap finish it and doing it right and I've worked really hard to try and do that and to do this. I do want to quick reflection. When I got my first job as an athletic director at 32 years old the AD passing AD I said hey can you help me? She said yeah it came in for 20 minutes showed me where everything was and he said Brian it's buses officials and opponents. Now I thought okay yeah at the time yeah yeah yeah that's what I'm focusing on that stuff. And it really it is that because we want our athletes I mean there's nothing worse than if officials don't show up or bus isn't there or something's happening and that is that is priority number one. But

047to me it goes far beyond that and I would add a fourth person, the fourth thing to that and it's the people. It truly is the people that you're around and you work with and what you're about. And I would say and for me in reflection on my career there's three things I always I wanted to be able to say number one is I cared. I deeply cared about Wald Lake. That's why I had my, I moved here it's why I wanted my kids to go to school here. It's why I work here is I care deeply about Wald Lake and the people and everyone that's there's Harry S. Truman he said there's you know here lies Jack did his damnness on the tombstone talks about that quote. And for me it's I want that's

048what I want like I worked hard. I really made a commitment and gave everything I had for that. And finally and this is most importantly and I truly hope that I made an impact. That I made an impact on the district on the student athletes the coaches the people that are there everyone that's involved and the people that I worked with every day. And it's like if I did those three things I'd consider myself lucky and it has been an honor to serve this district to serve Walled Lake and to serve everyone that's in here. So thank you very much. I appreciate this opportunity to us. Thank you. Congratulations athletes and thank you Mr. Sweinhart and congratulations on your retirement. Say we're going to move on to the teachers college advancing literacy partner school work

049presentation Dr. Lambs. Thank you, Madam President. I'm happy to turn over to Ms. Kohaski. Thank you Dr. Lons. Get our presentation pulled up and our team's going to assemble over here at the podium. I think it's really fitting that we follow the sports recognition. Mr. Sweinhart talked a lot about the importance of coaching. And we know how important that is for our student athletes. And actually professional athletes. Right. They have coaches as well because we know that in order for us to get better at our craft and to get better at what we're doing, one of the best ways and really one of the most effective ways to do that is through coaching. And so I'm excited to talk to you today about our partner school work just about a year ago when we brought

050our partner school contracts forward to the board for consideration and for approval. One of the things that was asked at that time was we'd really love to see some outcomes. We'd really love to see a presentation on this. And so I'm joined today by our literacy leadership team for the district as well as members of our partner school impact sites. So our schools that are actually receiving this. So I'm going to go ahead and introduce them. Do you guys care if I do that? Okay. So Michelle Black right behind me is our K-12 language arts in ELA and social studies curriculum coordinator for the district and helps to coordinate all of our partner school work on the ground level. Christine Titus as you know is our instructional specialist at Hickory Woods Elementary next to her

051is Lisa Shannon our principal at Hickory Woods, Carrie O'Connell our principal at Wixom. Julie Aman, principal at Wild Lake L and Kelly Smith, our principal at Oakley Park. So I'm just so thankful that they would they were all able to be here. We're missing a couple of members of our literacy leadership team for the district. That is Debbie Faber at Keith. She was not able to join us this evening and then also Carolyn Kevlin, the instructional specialist at Oakley Park and she was not able to be here too. And I hope I said Debbie Faber was the instructional specialist. Yeah. Okay good just making sure. You know sometimes you get in the mode and you just want to make sure you remember everybody. So thank you to the members of the team. We're going to

052go ahead and talk a little bit about partner school. So the advancing literacy group is really part of Teachers College at Columbia University. We've been partnering with them for the last number of years, probably a good five years I would say following COVID. Just highlighting a little bit about them if you didn't know Teachers College at Columbia is actually the number one graduate school in education based on the US News and World Report. And just a little plug for our Spartans, Michigan State is actually the number one undergraduate school for education. So what does advancing literacy do for us? They do a lot of system level implementation. They develop that teacher expertise. So getting back to that coaching piece that we've been talking about tonight. The ongoing coaching is really showing educators how to implement

053research based literacy practices and then building coherence across the system. And our four schools there as you can see our current four schools Wixom, Oakley Park, Wald Lake L, and Hickory Woods all were partner school sites this year. One of the amazing things about partner school is that it's job embedded coaching. So they come right into our classrooms. They work right in our schools and work right with our teachers. And you can see a number of things that they do to impact that. And over 100 staff this year were impacted just by their visits. And so I just want to highlight that John Hattie, Professor Hattie, who's out of Australia but is world renowned for his research and education. One of the highest effect sizes, one of the biggest impacts you can have on student

054achievement is building collective teacher efficacy. And that is helping teachers to understand that their skill set has an impact and there's outcomes. There's positive outcomes from what they can do. And coaching is one of the key pieces in developing that. So I just want to talk about that coaching is research based and it's proven to have a great impact on student achievement. And so thank you too, sorry Lisa, your face is like right up there. Sorry Lisa. Please use a placeholder for us. But we were able to partner with Mr. Durkin in community relations and most specifically Jason Lewis on his team who helped kind of document our a little bit of our journey with partner schoolwork this year. And we're really thankful for his help in putting this together and thankful for the team.

055You'll hear from some of them on this video presentation today. So I'm going to go ahead and play that and then we'll continue on. What's the most happy rumble maybe. Thunder. Student outcomes are improved by an investment in teachers. Teachers college they're always bringing the newest research, newest read alouds, all the all the wonderful things that we always want as teachers. I would say it's made me better. I mean I think about where I was at two years ago when we started this program to where I am now. I could look between end of kindergarten and the first grade because that's really where your kids are going to be moving into. In person in the school, in the classroom work demonstrating practicing, receiving live coaching and feedback, planning together. That is the way that we

056really get real improvement in student outcomes. I love that they come in and they work with our specific students and then we get to go into classrooms and see it done in front of us. The things that we've learned, we've been able to go back like the next day and use it right away in our classroom. So it's not something that you have to spend a lot of time prepping. The kids want to be in the groups. They want to know when it's their turn because the activities we're doing, they kind of feel like we're playing, I think, but they're foundational. You know, we're talking about vowels. We're talking about things that they need to know. You're welcome to join in with me if you can if you want. You can see it and join

057in like a shared reading. They also take on the teaching a little more because again, it's so appropriate for what they actually need. So you see it more in their writing, you know, and they're reading, they're using the things that they're learning. And then I think all that carries on to their reading. It's definitely, I've seen growth in the things that they can do independently now. He said again, but really he's not sad. He's worried because the dog ran away. What I noticed the most with my teachers is their confidence and taking risk to try something new, to take that professional development that we're given. They see it modeled and then they're able to take that back into the classroom. I do feel much more confident that my kids are getting what they need. Sometimes

058I wish I could get those kids from 10 years ago back because I feel like I would do it better this time around just because I know so much more. Teachers just don't get enough time to watch other people teach. And so that's what myself and my team are doing so much of. And I just think. I think it is a difference maker. I think it's one of the things that the best districts have figured out how to do. Our staff developers have been amazing in just meeting the needs of our teachers so we can meet the needs of our kids. I know I was so excited when I saw that. Great video. Should I just be able to click to go forward? Sorry, Lisa, we're going to get your face right off the screen

059here in just a second. Sorry about that. All right. So as you can see and as you saw in the video, those staff developers, they work with us. How many times a year Michelle? Three to four. In each building. And then. You want to, here, I'll let you go ahead and say that. Oh no, no, no. So the teacher's college staff developers, they come and they work with us throughout the year. And so there's a cycle for them to come in three to four times in each of the buildings. They work with K5. I know that in the video you saw some of our teachers talking kindergarten, second grade, but they do work all the way up to third, fourth, fifth grade. We just couldn't get Jason out to the Upper L site in time.

060He was a little busy that day. But it really impacts the entire system. I think in one of the clips you might have seen Lisa sitting there and observing. I pop in and observe too. And that teacher's college has been wonderful enough to also provide some coaching for principals. So principal lab observations. So the principals can come in and say, okay, this is this high quality, high impact instruction. What should I be looking for as an administrator? How can I help when teachers, college staff developers, aren't here, how can I be helping staff? So that's one of the amazing things about being right in our schools. Our literacy leaders is something that we just conceived was last year our first year for it. So one of the things we wanted to try to do is

061say is, and we've talked to other partner school sites from around our local area, as well as talking to teachers college. And they said that one of the ways to spread this beyond those four schools is to think about expanding it to other leadership and growth opportunities. So Michelle and members of the team worked and we identified literacy leaders across our buildings so that it's not just the building sites, teachers college hosts lab observations. And we have 72 teachers in total from all across our elementaries that also take part in an additional lab day. One member from each grade and every elementary school is representative represented. And our junior kindergarten has also done two full days teachers college has worked that in to help bridge that gap with our youngest learners who will be entering

062a full year of kindergarten next year. And so eight of our kindergarten kindergarten teachers took part in some coaching this year as well. So this is the big part, right? Like what impact does this have on our students? And so we were really intentional about looking at data this year, really intentional about thinking about students that and tracking some of that growth. And this is literacy impact data from all of our elementary schools, not just our partner school sites, but the work that partner schools, that the staff developers come and do with us. I was very clear with them last summer that this was a research piece that we wanted to implement this year and watching some data. So they were very intentional about coaching strategies and helping teachers. So it was very aligned to

063our school goals, our district goals. And what we wanted to do was not just measure third grade, third grade, third grade, third grade year over year, but really follow a cohort of students. So we took a look at students that traditionally for a few years had fallen into that one grade level behind range or close to or just eking over that grade level marker and who might be tentative learning learners and say, how can we really impact them? So the strategies that the staff developers were working with us on this year was spread really throughout all of our buildings. And you can see that impact data there. We saw reading growth from this group of students, about 313 students in that cohort that we were monitoring. 47% increase in on grade level reading. That's not

064growth. That's not like 47% of kids made growth. 47% of the students in this cohort reached grade level, solid grade level status. So we're really, really proud of that work. You can see in the spring of 2025, the same group of kids, only 5% of them were on grade level. And that 5% was like barely squeaking over the threshold. So we're really, really confident in the work. It's making a difference. And so what about that partner school impact, the really close impact sites? We saw a seven and a half percent higher average growth out of those four schools than we did out of all of the other elementaries. So not only is it making a difference at all 12 schools, but it's really having a much broader impact even at, especially at those partner school

065sites. And you can see the breakdown in grade level range where it says grade one, spring 25. That was this group's kindergarten. Proficiency, right? So 3.4% of this group as kindergarteners were reading at grade level. And now in first grade 52.5% Of that group is on grade level. So you can see the progress over time there. And you can see some grade levels really made some remarkable progress. And that's one of the things we want to talk about and look more into is what's happening at particular grade levels maybe across our system that's having greater impact. And I don't know if anybody wants to say anything about any of our data or anything like that. Anybody from the team? Okay. All right. I know that we heard from teachers that were highlighted in the video,

066but one of the other intentional things we've done is sought feedback from teachers who have been involved in partner school and literacy leader work. And so Michelle pulled some of those quotes. And I know it might feel a little bit corny, but everybody here on the team, thanks for joining in and playing along. Each of us are going to read an anecdotal quote from one of our teachers, unnamed, just anonymous quotes. But we thought it was really important for you to be able to hear their words about this work and what it meant to them as professionals. So I'm going to go to the back of the line and I'm going to let Michelle start us out with that. Thank you. We've picked a few, but honestly there's 20 or 30 more similar. But this

067teacher said, I thought the entire program was excellent. I love going into other schools and seeing everything in live action with students at my grade level. I've actually got two. It is always more powerful when information is passed on by teachers who are currently in the classroom. Teachers are more likely to buy into something if it is presented in that way. And then the second one I have is, I have looked forward to each session we had this year with Natalie, who you saw in the video. I think we need to continue to focus on this work and stay committed to it so we can continue to support teachers and have opportunities to share what we learn. Hopefully this will help us stay consistent with our teaching between buildings. This was very meaningful time to

068collaborate among the district with teachers and with staff developers. I feel like a better teacher because of this experience. This project is a key element when it comes to teacher training, coaching, professional development and leadership within each building. This project was amazing. I love that classroom teachers were given the opportunity to be part of this and were then put in leadership roles in their buildings to teach their colleagues. Being able to watch Natalie teach and work with small groups has been so amazing. We don't often get the chance to collaborate and watch one another teach. And so I'm so thankful to the district for supporting this work. And then I have the last one. I think every elementary teacher should be able to experience working with staff developers. It was such a wonderful way to

069grow in my expertise. So that brings us to next steps. I've been really fortunate to be able to meet with the literacy team behind me, as well as our elementary principals to talk about this project, its outcomes and what we hope to do in the coming year. We really loved the focus on this feedback from our teachers just within this last week of taking a look at some of the data from our principals in looking at the growth data that we saw in this group. It really does build that collective efficacy. Our teachers are very empowered. They feel like they've made a real difference and they really have made a difference in students progress and achievement this year. And so we've loved this. We really want to continue this. We really want to keep this

070going into next year. We're thankful with our partners at the Advancing Literacy Group and Teachers College. One of the couple of ideas that we have as part of these strategic next steps for next year. We would like to expand this system a little bit, not through any cost, the cost base will stay the same. And I know we have this as an agenda item later today at the meeting. But what we have kind of been planning and prepping and sort of strategizing and Michelle's been key in talking to the staff developers is we'd like to partner our partner schools. So rather than just have four sites, we'd like to bring two additional sites together and partner schools so that there are three partnerships of schools. And so we can expand that focus and intensive partner

071school work in their buildings. So no additional cost for us to do that. We even asked teachers college are you sure we can do this? And they're like, yeah, that's great. So we're going to be bringing, we would love to be able to bring those teams together. One of the other really important pieces, and we've been talking to them over the last year and a half or so is the new dyslexia legislation in the state of Michigan. The great thing about Teachers College and one thing that makes me really happy about sticking with them as a provider is that they are going to tailor their specific coaching in use of using our new dyslexia resources next year. So we're really happy about that. They're very key and strategic in doing this. It's not just about

072one particular curricular resource. They're expanding that. And they're really involved in the research around the science of reading and how they can bring power to teaching using these resources next year. And then the last piece is the staff developers. They're going to focus that teaching even around our strategic plan work. For those of you that are familiar with a lot of those action plans, things like expanding classroom lab opportunities for staff. So they're really key and integral in not just our student growth goals, but in our strategic plan goals and in really helping to develop that teacher collective efficacy that really has an impact on student achievements. So that concludes our presentation and I'm happy to take any questions that the board has and any of us up here are ready to answer any questions

073you might have. Mr. Siegler. Not questions as much as point of pride, if you will. Literacy is our foundation. What I see here is a profound impact on our staff as well as on our teachers. We are learning from each other. We are adapting, if you will, best practices from each other. We're taking that into the classroom at student level. And when you talked about one of my keynotes was are we able to help and identify the dyslexic students? I'm very happy to hear that because I know that. There's always been a gap. There's always been an issue. We try to address it, but this might even streamline that and help us as staff and with our students. And thank you for doing this. Mrs. Crafton. I'm a data person and you verbally set a

074data point that I think I wrote down maybe a little bit wrong. So the slide is about the focus five subset, but you verbally said something about the growth and the impact schools or the partner schools. Can you just restate it? So I can I am more than happy to. So we took a look at school by school and looked at the growth across the grade levels. And then we looked at the growth that was just within the partner school. So we compared the partner school sites to the average of all the other schools and our partner schools had on average 7.5% higher growth than the other schools. All schools grew tremendously. But our partner schools had that little extra edge. That's why we like to spread the wealth and share that coaching model across

075more schools. Great, thanks. Anybody else? Thank you all. Thank you for all the hard work you're doing. We appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you guys. Thank you. So we're going to move on to the bond. Update. Dr. Lonz. Thank you, Madam President. It's my pleasure to introduce Mr. Kevin Donnelly from Plant Moran RealPoint. Good evening everybody. Kevin Donnelly of Plant Moran RealPoint. Happy to be here tonight. A little disappointed everybody left. Apparently they didn't want to hear the bond update. So I'm happy to be here. We have a lot of exciting things going on with the bond which we'll cover here in a few minutes. I'll try to be as informative and brief as I can. So just a quick update. We'd like to give on what PMR and the team has been working on

076behind the scenes. We have an update related to our quarterly dashboard that we provide. Current and ongoing project update. And what's next for projects a little bit further down the road as far as where they're at with planning and design. Just some updates. From our end. As Dr. Lyons can attest to, there's a lot of meetings that are ongoing behind the scenes with not only PMR but the project team. So those continue. The board has seen a lot of major recommendations come through over the last several months for the 2024 bond. We'll give a little further update here on those projects. But those are the 26 and 27 series 1 and 2 projects. A lot of design meetings are kicking off for the next series of projects which we're all participating in. Julie can attest.

077We actually traded a few emails today. We're continuing to work on cash flows and kind of predict things as closely as we can. There's move management planning going on behind the scenes for this summer's projects. Finance and accounting, which is more of an ongoing maintenance continual thing related to the project. E-builder is fully up and operational for the 24 bond program. We're doing monthly and quarterly reconciliations on the bond with Julian Her staff. And we're assisting where needed on any of the information to support the bond sales. Schedule and budget. Continue to work with the team to coordinate, collaborate. Look at opportunities to improve and communicate on the schedule. Logistics and phasing, which I think was part of the spring, call it early spring presentation that Mr. Wills gave. We have a lot of plans

078going on for the projects that are ongoing right now. Obviously updates, which we'll talk about here in a few minutes with commitments and budgets and eBuilder. And we have a series three sale the bond closing here shortly. All of the professional services that are going to be needed for the 24 BOND program have gone to the board. It have been approved so we don't anticipate any further professional teams coming forward for approval. And all the contracts related to those services have been completed. There might be some additional solicitation for any supporting services as needed to continue with our current firms. So we developed this dashboard that's quarterly. It goes on the website. It is really a two page high level summary of where we're at with the bond program. It includes a financial snapshot. Really

079in the lower left hand corner just kind of a summary of what projects are ongoing and current. With a real call it elementary bar style schedule there to the lower right. Next page is to the left is at high level summary of what's included in each bond series with progress photos. So we develop these quarterly. This one was developed here for the second quarter will be issuing one here in the next several months for the third quarter. So what's ongoing right now? We have a lot of activity. We have a real busy summer and continuation beyond summer for some of these projects. But all of these projects here have gone through the board over the last several months and probably total close to about $110 million worth of awards. Wixom Elementary School, it doesn't seem

080that long ago that we were doing our groundbreaking. But if you've driven by there lately, we're going vertical with the building. Coming out of the ground steel is being erected masonry walls are going up. The big push right now in the real next milestone. Is to have the building substantially enclosed before the weather hits this winter. That way we can continue with interior finishes. So that project is scheduled to be open and operational for the starter school 2027. Western high school which is continuation of multiphases but this is the last phase of work phase three. I'll talk about some of the phasing and turnover dates there here in a moment, but that's ongoing with phase completion and an overall completion of December of 2017. We're going to be doing the athletic pieces of that project

081here starting this summer. That includes baseball and softball field upgrades and resurfacing of the tennis courts. The Northern High School rebutling is ongoing and will be complete this summer ready for the start of the school year. And Geisler, which has many phases, actually a couple different key phases to it. The first phase, which is the adult transition and special ed, will be completed and turned over for the start of this school year. And then the next phase which is predominantly the administration portions of that building will be completed in turnover December of 26. The caretaker's house was a project we did direct and that project is complete. Hard to read from where I'm at but hopefully you can see it and look at it at your leisure, but there there's a couple phases I want

082to point out here related to a couple projects. I already talked about the Geisler phase turnover. But over at Western in particular we have multiple phases within phase three if that makes sense. We're turning over phase one here at the summer. Which includes the particular areas that I have highlighted. And then phase two is being turned over before the start of the school year. With the balance of phases three through five being completed in 2027. Some other ancillary projects that are on this list that I didn't note in the page prior. We're doing loop systems throughout the elementary buildings this summer. We have phase two of the security initiative being completed this summer. And some ongoing technology projects as well. So really this is just kind of a summary of active projects. There's roughly 10

083or 11 projects that are ongoing. The one at the bottom here is in planning and we'll start in 27 and that's for the elementary all the elementary playgrounds. Just some highlight. Progress photos starting with Wixm Elementary. These are always good to put on the website. But as I mentioned earlier we're going vertical with Wixom. Structural steel masonry is ongoing. Geisler a lot of activity predominantly. If you drive by you probably can't even tell but a lot of the activity is going on inside of the building. With retrofitting those spaces for adult ed. And special ed. Then obviously the administration which will be turned over as part of phase two. But we're in the rough phases quickly transitioning into the finished work. Wald Lake Western to some interior progress photos there. And I mentioned earlier the

084athletic improvement piece of that project is going to start here yet this summer. Probably yet this month actually and it's being funded from the sinking fund and that includes the baseball, softball improvements in the tennis court improvements as well. This has been in all of my presentations. It's really just a high level summary of what's included within each series of work. Obviously we can't get all 253 million dollars all at once so it's broken out over time. Which projects are in those particular series. This is good for really for the community to understand. A high level summary of each building of what the scope is at each location. So what's next? These are predominantly series three projects that we have kicked off as far as planning. A lot of the elementary buildings are going to

085be tackled as part of series three. That includes commerce, Meadowbrook, Pleasant Lake, Hickory Woods, Keith in Dublin. Some other projects that are also part of series three which include improvements that the operation and maintenance facility. The next phase over at the outdoor ed I mentioned earlier the elementary playgrounds which are going to start in 2027. And then we're going to improve at all locations the monument signage for the sites. So those projects have been kicked off or have been in planning. We would expect a lot of these to come to the board very similar to what we've done in the past. In the fall of this year we're going to be bidding them and then bringing them to the bringing them to the board for approval. Fortunately the first projects we brought for the 24

086bond program which were the ones I mentioned earlier. We had a very favorable bid environment. So we're looking very good on our budget. We showed a crystal ball to say that's going to be true in the future but things are looking pretty good in the bidding market right now so hopefully all these projects hold the same. That kind of wraps things up as far as an update. I'm certain thank you for your time and I'm certainly here to answer any questions that you have. Thank you so much. Mr. Smith. Thank you for that. This is on the website just again where is it at just for the public? Where is it on the website just so people know it's under the bond tab on tab. Okay thank you answer my question thank you for are

087we seeing costs increasing because I know in my world I'm seeing a cost increasing for all kinds of products. So it's good to see that we're doing that. Either one of you when will we potentially be as a board in Geisler? We hope to have our first board meeting in August there. Okay. Or the first scheduled one right now the August 20th. With that I think I mentioned to Dr. Lanz about it. When you're looking at some of the interiors I noticed when I've lived a lot in a lot of middle schools this season it seems. I noticed a lot of paint chips like things just upkeep is that going to be included in this these projects is kind of looking through refreshing painting things that are up on HVAC systems and whatnot. We do

088evaluate all the buildings annually and then we see where it can fit into the budget currently repainting of entire areas is not in the bond budget but we do have other budgets that we can take that out of Gotcha. And then the same goes with specifically at CHS with padding and stuff same thing looking at that. Okay thank you. So much. Thanks again for your time. Appreciate it. We appreciate it. Have a good evening. Okay we're going to move on to budget Dr. Lonz. Mrs. Omer. Is probably. Wrong that everybody. Didn't leave about the. Bond. Because. Of the budget. Thank you. So in actuality this is going to be in three segments which is appropriate that this was placed right here in the agenda from the standpoint of view that really all of this is

089about resource allocation and so far we've talked about you know the instructional component of it when we touched on the teacher college and we're also talk about capital improvements which also touches on did the millages that we're also going to be presenting which is servicing the debt for the bonds that were issued to provide those capital improvements as well as sinking fund. So this first part of this is the public hearing where we really to actually talk about those milit rates. So certainly the tax rates you know those support the program services and opportunities we can provide to students. And we touched on that already in this meeting so that was very opportune time to be talking about this as well. So we're going to go back to a little bit about the basics, the

090mills right because each one of these will be expressed in mils. So what is that? It's just a unit, a measure used to describe the property tax revenue and how it will be the allocation will come out of those property tax revenues in a millage form. Emil is equivalent to $1 of property tax for every $1,000 of taxable valuation, which it is different in terms of the valuation versus assessment. Just remember that when you're looking at those bills that's a difference. So for an example one mil of a property tax on a $50,000 value of taxable value of a home would be $50 per year. So just again pretty basic but back to those basics sometimes is a good reminder when we're talking about this. So what is our taxable rates that we'll be having

091for July 1st of 2026 and what do they support? So the general fund again remembering that school districts only can actually go to the voters for certain types of millages. And the general fund really it's about the headley in the military whatever. We were capped at the 18 which we don't receive the full value of that. The majority of that goes to the state. But how does that impact our budget? That's our teach and learning the things that we've been talking about currently. Our day to day operations is an example. Our payroll benefits 78% of our budget is made up of payroll benefits for our employees. The source of those particular funds is the state school aid which again doesn't come directly to us that flows through the state aid fund. But the other portion

092of it is collected from the Walde tax base. Where does that come from? The six mills on the principal residence industrial personnel and commercial property goes to the state of Michigan. Again doesn't come directly here. 330 mills again on those same principal residents qualified agriculture qualified forest commercial personal and industrial personal property. That is what comes to the district as well. In terms of the and then of course we have the non homestead which doesn't seem to be showing up here in this particular slide but that's the other piece of that taxable value for operations. The debt fund which supports as Mia just mentioned the bond funds that were issued and authorized by the voters and appreciate the support for that. Those funds that was original funds provided for the capital improvements that Mr. Donnelly

093went through as well as the future capital improvements that will be supported by that. So again that's a specific large scale bond projects. The new school like new school construction renovations capital improvements and purchases that he just spoke about in his presentation. And again that's collected from the Wald Lake tax base based on the previous bond approvals. Overall that is not increasing for the coming year. It still will remain at the 4.05 mils on all properties. The sinking fund which I believe a portion of what Mr. Donnelly went through is also part of the capital improvements. Again these are all restricted on purpose. They cannot be used for operational purposes. And for the sinking fund for this particular instance it's capital improvements, security upgrades instructional technology and school of vehicles. So when that sinking fund

094is actually approved by the voter, it's restricted by the law that's in place at that time. And again that's collected from the Wald Lake tax base and for this year we were subject to headley rollback on that which put it to 0.4294 mills on all properties. So this is the summary of expenditures for the proposed 2627 general fund. We'll go into that more in more detail in the third component of this presentation. But the local property tax mills goes directly to support this 201 million dollar budget of that about $36 million comes from property tax locally. For the sinking fund, it is about $3.6 million which is not represented here but is one of the funds that will be part of the resolutions that the board will consider under the Capitol Projects piece. And then

095for the debt it's about $27.5 million that will be generated in the current year. I don't know if this is, oh there wet, sorry it wasn't pressing hard enough apparently. So this gives an opportunity for us after this is a public hearing portion of it that that will conclude that piece of it. So if there's questions that anybody has on the millages and what they support, certainly open to questions. Okay. Next component. We're just going to hit some of the positive highlights or financial highlights for 2526 which again is part of the general fund or the resolutions that the board will entertain later in the meeting. So for state funding for 2526 if you remember last year we did not have a budget either. So and that was not passed until October. So in terms

096of what we were looking at last year and where we have ended the year our student count was more stable than the prior year when we were talking about this at this time. Our state funds for cost offsets which again the state allocates some resources to offset some of our cost in our budget relative to offsetting any types of enrollment declines that we have. So that enrollment stabilization funding continued in this current year. The transportation allocation again to offset transportation cost was renewed for $2526, the 51C, which is the state allocation pertaining to special education and offsetting some of the cost associated with that. We received a prior year and a current year reimbursement above and beyond what we expected at this particular point in time. And then the state during their budgeting process because

097of the retirement rates and those types of things gave us a special $1.4 million MIPS or offset, which that's what that stands for, the MIPSRS is what the retirement cost is typically called. Under state grants, you'll remember we had the mental health school safety dollars that came in and a fairly sizable chunk this year, far more than we expected over $4 million. But of course there was some controversy associated with that and some of the terms that had to be accepted by the board in order to receive those funds. While they opted to do that and we have been using those resources to offset some of the cost associated with some of our supplemental costs that are typically in our general fund. In addition at risk funding supporting those ancillary services for at-risk students, increased

098in funding for 2526. Interdistrict resources, which typically is from Oakland schools for us, the PA-18 again is a millage flow through to the district to offset our special education cost that came in higher than we expected at this particular point in time. They typically provide in March an estimate of what that revenue or cost offset will be. And then they refine that as the year goes by. In addition, they had some one time allocations from some of their particular funds that were above and beyond what their policies would provide for so they distributed those appropriately and proportionately to the various districts. Other types of things from 2526 are employee salaries and benefits, the cost that was budgeted was much lower than expected. Some of those positions that we had budgeted initially were unfilled. Our retirement

099rates came in lower than expected and are continuing to trend lower along with some of those other types of refinement of expenses that we do at this time of year. We also had some offsets to that just like we all did in our own home relative to utility cost and increases in fuel. We'll see some of those trends again in 2627. Okay. There we go. Sorry, I apologize, this clicker is not working very well or it's operation arrow, I don't know. So the 2627 proposed budget is our third and final component to it. Can I just click through. Maybe. Can I just click through it with you? Okay, I'll just use the old fashioned way. So in terms of the five big indicators in school district budgets. We have the revenue side and the expense

100side. The revenue side as you can see is fairly limited. A school district doesn't have a lot of control over the revenue since it's governed by the per pupil allocation that comes from the state and the student enrollment. That's the majority of our funding that comes through. Certainly we have grant resources and those play an important role in the budget. But they're usually very restricted in their purpose. So the allocation is determined by the state, the student enrollment. We always take a look at that. PMR provided an analysis for us at one of the last board meetings. And we base that for our budgeting purposes. And the expense side of things, the employee wages and benefits, as I already mentioned, 78% of the budget is based on that. That's our people. That typically might be

101a little bit higher. However, we do have some contracted services like transportation and our custodial as well as when we have to fill in some of our key positions with contracted services when we can't fill those positions with people. Retirement is the pension and defined benefit rate. Of course that is instrumental. The cost that we pay for for our employees eventually when they retire. We pay for that on a dollar for dollar basis. And on average that can be for retirement purposes is about 27, 26 to 27 cents per $1 of salary and for our FICA. It's another eight cents for every dollar. For our benefits, those types of things that runs about 20 cents for every dollar of salary that we spend. So again, we're talking a large portion of our budget goes to

102that. Inflation, as I already mentioned, and we all have been impacted by that. That runs about 4.1% in Michigan right now. So that's pretty significant. So what does that mean for our budget and our assumptions? We're assuming at this particular point in time, again, we don't have a past budget. So we're basing it on the best information we have currently. All three arms of the government seem to be rallying around a $250 foundation increase or 2.5%. Compare that to the 4.1% inflation that I just mentioned. But again, we're grateful for whatever increase that we can, but we certainly hope that that's what's passed. But there's certainly lots of interplay between all of those arms and how that, what that's going to look like. So that remains to be seen how that will impact us. Our

103student count, which is another component of important component of how we derive our revenue budget. We're budgeting for $11,727 FTE, which sounds far more exact than what it is, but it's about a decline of 75 from our May of 2026 state aid status and full-time equivalent is equivalent to a student. So we know that we're going to lose that $1.4 million in that 27L or MIPSR's offset. So that's been removed from the budget. And then we'll have some changes in the rate structure impact on the offsets, meaning the retirement rate. So you're going to see that both on the revenue side and on the expense side of things. Adjustments to the special education allocations that we talked about from the prior year that hit our prior year adjustments and our current year adjustments. Right now

104we remove those from the budget and we'll see what remains to be seen into 26, 27 associated with that. Other revenue, as mentioned PA-18, special education allocation from Oakland schools. We received our March estimate, which is lower than what our final estimate was. So again, that's been removed along with those one time allocations. The state and federal grants, we rely on those for a lot of our resources for our supplemental services that we provide to our students. So the uncertainty on the state level, which is impacted by the federal level, about 40% of the state budget is based on federal money, including Medicaid funds. And so that trickles down to us. And then we will have direct impact for any of the federal grants that we have, like Title I, Title II and Title IV.

105There's lots of discussions about what that's going to look like, what the allocations will be, how they'll be handed down to the state and how the state will hand them down to local district. On interest income, again, that's based on the interest rate. We'll have a change in our chairman. So we'll see how the monetary policy might impact our bottom line relative to our interest income, as well as for that recoupment of our indirect rate. Personnel expenses, as we've already mentioned, we've incorporated some assumptions relative to our teacher and support groups. We know that those certainly in terms of the cost of our employees is not going to go down, nor is in terms of the allocation that we need to make sure that we treat our employees appropriately. PA 152 healthcare cost, that's the

106cap. Is at 3% starting January 1st of 2027. However, still lingering is that House Bill 6058, which would uncap those rates and put more of the cost onto the district if that's uncapped. Again, still lingering, just kind of out there in the shadows. We'll see what happens. We keep hoping and praying that doesn't happen, but it would impact the state as well. So there may be some incentive for them to kind of. Figure out a way to make that go away. So again on the expense side at the side of things, the grants, the federal and state uncertainty will impact that as well. Right now we have about 21 million dollars or so incorporated into our budget for state and federal grants again, which provide needed support and provide some cost offsets to the general

107fund. And again, the reduction in the overall retirement rate actually will provide a positive impact on our expenses by reducing cost. So we've incorporated that as well into the budget. And then other expenses, property insurance, just like your own home. We've had our property carrier has indicated we've had are going to have an 8% increase this year. Utility and fuel cost, that obviously again impacts all areas of our operations from our transportation to our facilities, as well as for our electrical rates will be increasing. If you recall, the board was did pass our contract for 10 years to fix our rates or at least provide some relief from that. It doesn't fully fix them, but it does provide some caps in there that will help us and some prepayments on those. Contractual services, again, that

108same thing, if we have increasing employee costs, so do our contracted services. And they like to pass it along to us. And obviously, they need to be able to have retain their services and make sure that they are an ongoing operation. So finally, here's the 2627 budget in review as far as a very high level in terms of our revenue. We have four major sources. Our local sources, which is comprised of our property taxes, tuition and fees, interest earnings, other local revenue. And again, for total local sources of 42.3 state sources, which is primarily comprised of our foundation allowance along with our state grants of about 129 million dollars. Our federal sources, majority of that is certainly grants. There's a small portion associated with some Medicare revenue. And then interdistrict sources, again, that's at PA18

109special education resources. The expenditures, they had three major components instruction. Supporting services, community service and other. Again, instruction is pretty self explanatory. As you can see there. The supporting services, again, Mass to support the instruction. You can't do what we do above there in the instructional side of things and we don't have those supporting services to provide the needed support to make those schools, the schools run in the way that they need to be able to run. In addition to the indirect support of students services through pupil support, instructional support, et cetera. Under that community services, you may wonder what that nonvoted debt service and leases that is leases that we have had for our computers over the past. We've been fortunate enough to be able to fund some of our computers now out of

110the bond funds that was reflected in the application PQ application. So the bottom line is we had 19596 million dollars essentially in revenue that we're budgeting with $201 million of expenses. So how does that impact the fund balance or what we would call our checking account or which you would know as your checking account balance? Essentially, we are looking to take 5.3 million dollars out of that checking account balance or fund balance. Our projected fund balance at the end of this fiscal year is about $38 million. So the projected fund balance at the end of this 26, 27 year would be 32.7 or 16.71%. Again, that sounds like a lot of money. But when you actually divide out that $200 million on a monthly basis, that would be expenses were spread evenly over those months.

111About 16.8 million dollars of expenses per month. So just to give you a sense of our fund balance history in Walled Lake, you can see back to the auditor recommendation is for a 15% fund balance to maintain financial health and make sure that you have the necessary reserves to be able to continue your operations. As you can see, we've certainly gone above that 15% by a small amount, but certainly a lot of that was built up based on some grant funding and making sure intentionally from a strategic standpoint of view to build some fund balance for some needed financial challenges that we're going to be coming down the pike. So our future challenges and opportunities. We always like to look at those, right? Sometimes it doesn't feel like there's many opportunities, but there always is.

112Our state budget continues the cost shifting of higher education cost into the K-12 school aid fund, or you can look at that as a reverse. They shift money out into higher education. Either way, it leaves the state school aid fund in jeopardy for being able to fund K-12 schools appropriately. The federal budget policy will continue to put pressure on the state and local school district budget, as mentioned. Don't expect that to be going away anytime soon. The rising cost flows train school budgets as well. Again, no differently than our own home budgets. Declining enrollment continues to be a concern. Grant support for services that we mentioned before will likely continue to return to the judge as a general fund responsibility and will need to be prepared for that and assess what things need to be

113adjusted accordingly to meet that challenge. On the positive side of things expected that we'll have the continuing funding for the mental health and safety grant, not to the level that it was currently this year, but certainly looking at that as a continued resource for opportunities to improve both of those areas in the district. And then expanded support for at-risk students. Again, in 2627. And then finally the continuation of the free school meals program, which does not directly impact the general fund, but certainly has a direct impact on our families and our students. So what is certain at Walt Lake? Resource allocation will continue to prioritize instructional programs and services that support the success of the students we serve. As demonstrated tonight in all of our presentations. So at this point in time, open it up

114for comments and questions. Thank you, Mr. Siegler smiling at me. Having lived through the days of the 5% or 5.7%, if I remember correctly. I'm glad to see we have been able to put some money away. Gives us a little bit of breathing room, but not a lot. And I know we will have to. Look, the administration will have to look and present to us. Recommendations, cuts and changes. I will share with my colleagues what I am seeing from other districts within Oakland County because everybody is going to be faced with the same situation. And it makes you appreciate what we're doing even more so in our cuts. And I'll wait for my comments on the budget until board commentary. So thank you for everything you're doing. Thank you. Anybody else? Go ahead Mrs. West.

115Mrs. West is. She wins. I just want to say thank you. Budget is a lot. There's a lot to really understand and there are nuances. So you made it really clear, like really easy or easier to clear cut to understand each break and breaking it down. So I really appreciate that. I know it's a lot of work. But for us at the board and, you know, for the community, it's been very beneficial. So thank you. Mrs. Grafton. Mrs. West said what I was going to say. So thank you. Thank you. Any other comments? Thank you so much Mrs. Owen. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Okay. I'm going to ask the board real quick. Do anybody need. To get a candy? Okay. Does anybody need to take a recess for five minutes? Are you guys good

116to keep going? Okay, I guess we're going to keep going. Nope, I'm good. I'm dead. Thank you for asking Mr. Smith. I'm good. I want to give you a choice if I needed to. Okay. Okay. Okay. So we are going to take a five minute recess. So we will be back at 8:50. You have three minutes to speak to the board. There's a timer right here on the wall, so please pay attention to the timer if you're getting close to your time. Dr. Zellner will remind you to wrap up your comments. Dr. Zellner, if she pushes a few buttons, I'm sorry. But she'll inform you that you need to wrap up your time. Please, please keep all comments and commentary, professional and refrain from any personal attacks. And with that, we are going to start

117with, and I apologize if I don't get this right. Mr. Amer Abdul Noor close, not close. It didn't have to add the extra R and Ramirez. Good evening everybody. Thank you for listening. So I was here in November talking about Teachtown access. So I want to report on that. Then I'm going to give you a couple of low hanging fruits. I hope the board and upper district administration take as an opportunity. We finally got some access a month later after here in November. After we're told last year in Clengery and earlier PLE that there's no access to the parents. The access was. 20% what it should have been. Took a few months, lots of training and we have a wonderful principle that advocated for that. And Dr. Puhle was also advocating for that. Fifth IEP

118meeting of this year. Because our concern continued to grow. We were given better access. But that's also the same time which we question the assessment level because Tichdown the strength is individual curriculum. But we don't know she's on the lowest, that's the assessment. Finally there was an admission by the IEP team. Oh no, there is a lower level. Because as we use other tools at home it was obvious there has to be an ABC. There has to be a one-two-three. Unfortunately we lost another year. And so that's teached down the story and I think the board should out to the district students, people you represent to have an investigation what's going on in Teachdown. Why is this tool? What's the training? What's the support? We cannot just blame it on one case manager, one teacher.

119And I don't, by the way, I don't need a call. I don't need an email. I'm making you aware. It's up to you to make an open action and let me speak more than three minutes because there's other low hanging fruits if you're interested to talk. And I don't want to blame anybody individually. Everybody cares in the system, but they need a process. That takes me to the next press. There's lack of processes in the district, especially special education. That's put us in the wrong placement. We have the principal at the king and the queen of their castles. And for specially special education, minimally verbal kids, profound artistic, not just somebody who has one delay. They become a critical factor. And last year we refused a tour before we were pushed into PLE. This year

120we contacted two principals. One welcomed, one refused the tour. And I spoke into some of you to some of you before. Is there a process. And I was told they shouldn't be. And I understand they shouldn't refuse it to her. But there need to be processes. That's one example. I'm going to go over the three minutes. So it's up to you if you want to listen more. So obviously you don't want to listen more. It's up to you. I will pass on some of the notes I passed on. There is a lot of opportunity as I hear athletics and everything. You guys are missing more hanging fruits. I'm sorry, your time has finished. On the. IREDI. And. Where is that. Accountability for the. Teachers? I'm disappointed you're not willing to listen to more. Thank you.

121I'm sorry. Three minutes is the limit. Thank you. Next we have Mr. Saw Miller. It's so empty in here. Good evening. Tim Simeller Commerce Township using pronouns he, him and his. Technically I'm addressing the school board. But this is really for Wald Lake's district. Residents. Funds from school bond issues cannot be used to pay teacher salaries or other general operating costs. They're specifically designated for capital projects like building, construction and renovation. This means that while bonds can help improve facilities, they do not directly support teacher compensation. Michigan's public school funding has seen significant changes over the years, particularly in relation to inflation. While there have been increases in funding, the overall purchasing power and classroom dollars have not kept pace with inflation. Currently Michigan ranks 14th lowest in the country for average overall effective tax

122rate. And is lower than all neighboring Great Lake States. And our current state legislature shows no inclination to fund our school's properly. So it's up to the counties. If we want teachers to be paid what they deserve. We need taxpayers to step up. That is why it is important to vote yes on the Oakland County Enhancement Millage on August 4. It will be used for academic, staff, student and safety investments. In the meantime contact your state senator Jim Rundstadt and your state legislature, Matt Maddock and tell them to stop missing around and fund our public schools as they used to be funded like back before Republicans started cutting taxes to benefit the rich and diverting funds to charter schools. Thank you. Happy Pride Month. Remember Juneteenth and together we can end gun violence. Thank you.

123Okay, we are going to move on to administrative commentary Dr. Lonz. Thank you Madam President. We had a number of presentations today. So if it's okay with Cabinet, I'll go ahead and speak on behalf of all of us. First and I'm sure that many of the board members will speak about this also. We had a fantastic set of graduations a little while ago. So thank you to our principals and our staff for making it a wonderful event where everyone was honored. I've had the chance to go to a number of schools in the past couple days and I'm very confident that we will have a smooth end of the school year and that's because of our great staff students and our community support. One of the reasons why I was in the schools is Leah

124Lakes Area Youth Assistance was kind enough to allow me to be part of the boredom bag distribution. So for a number of our schools for our entire fourth grade classes in those schools, they receive a bag that has roughly 25 items in it from how to bake some goods and they give you the products to do that to a Frisbee, to Rubik's Cube, to a book. And so the purpose of that is for our fourth graders to maybe hop off the screen and do some hands-on learning and continue their learning throughout the summer. This Friday tomorrow, thanks to Mr. Durkin and our bond team, we will have for the Wixom community the opportunity to sign the steel beam. That will be going up in a couple weeks. There were two choices. There was a 30

125foot beam that we would have had to receive. A permission from the city to bring down there. And it would have been a crane and that would have been quite a production. So we decided on the six foot beam that will be down there and it's available for the Wixom school community to sign. And finally, I'd like to personally thank Brian Swinehart for his years of service. To Wild Lake. This probably is his last board meeting. Certainly his last athletic recognition. And I do remember the conversation we had two years ago. I also remember meeting him the very first night that I was here at the board being approved as the HR Assistant Superintendent. And Brian has been a wonderful colleague to work with. And for as much as he said that I spurred him,

126he has certainly helped me with my learning. So thank you Brian Swenhardt. Thank you, Madam President. Okay, we're going to move on to board commentary. Dr. Zellner. Thank you Madam President. First of all. Also congrats to Mr. Swinehart. Congratulations on the retirement and congratulations to all our award winners. That was so fun. Mrs. Kohanski, we are going to miss you. Thank you for everything you've done here. You know I've been cheering you on as in your journey and I'm thrilled to see what you'll do in Avondale. You were very lucky to get her. Thank you to all the staff and everyone who made graduation such an incredible experience. It was so much fun and I loved seeing all the students and celebrating all of their hard work and their time here at Wall Lake Schools.

127Also, I just want to note that right now speaking of. The safe schools that we provide for all of our kids. Right now it's June is Pride Month. This has a particularly personal meaning for me. Our schools exist to serve all of our students and every student deserve that same feeling that we felt at graduation. They deserve when they walk through our doors to feel seen, valued and safe. And it's a commitment to the kind of learning environment where all people can focus on growing and becoming who they are. So I just want to say to my community, you belong here. We are so lucky to have you as part of our Wald Lake community. And I'm happy to celebrate you. And finally as we say goodbye to this school year. I just want to

128remind everyone to make good choices. And yes, pick up a book and solve that Rubik's Cube. I want to see how everyone does at the end of the summer. As well. Thank you, Mr. Smith. Madam President, yes. Congratulations as well to all the seniors. It was amazing to be a part of that commencement for the three of them is truly one of those honors that you have as a board member that makes this all worthwhile or those moments. Glad I was able to attend. In the last month or so I've had the pleasure of attending the CHS Band and Orchestra concerts and it's just truly remarkable to see the growth from sixth grade to seventh grade to eighth grade. And then hopefully that they continue on into high schools. And just I want to say

129kudos to all the amazing students and teachers leading them. It's really amazing what we have in our performing arts and music. Congrats to Wall Lake Northern Softball three Pete's as district champions. I want to congratulate Mrs. Lenz, our wonderful music teacher from Dublin Elementary for being recognized in the 50 plus music teachers who make a difference issue. I know my kids absolutely adored her as our music teacher at Dublin and it's really great. I want to continue on that and show that honor to her. I want to say congrats to all the students. As we've mentioned throughout today being recognized for athletic honors, but as well as amazing academic honors and other things that have been going on as these, the end of the year has been shown just how truly remarkable our students are

130and how well-rounded they are and the amazing attributes that they have and that they're provided here at the district. Congratulations on all the best to all those that are retiring this year. I know there's many teachers on the list and staff members that my kids are sad to see go. But I know that they're going to enjoy the retirement. Well deserved. Thank you for all your time. And to those that are continuing on teaching, it's just been an amazing year and thank you for all that you do every day for our kids. Thank you to Mrs. Kohansky as well. Congratulations on your new journey. We'll miss you and your expertise at this table, but we know you're going to do well in Avondale. I want to thank you to the staff and volunteers who made

131my daughter Natalie's eighth grade DC trip a huge success. Apparently she's coming back in about 20 minutes from there. So it'll be a long journey from DC. I'm so happy that we're able to still offer these type of experiences to our students. So that's amazing. Among many other remarkable things that are going on in June, June is also men's health month. So I just want to say it's a focus on men's and boys physical health. It's not only about fitness, annual checkups and heart health, but mental wellbeing is equally important because mental health is health. So I just wanted to acknowledge that during this. So check in on everyone. Small steps. To care for mental health can lead to significant change. So let's build the culture where boys and men feel safe speaking up and

132reaching out as well. During this time as we head into the summer, remember to still check in on everyone. Like you said, read a book, get out there, be active. Don't just sit on your phones. We're going to be working on things through that summer for my own kids as well. And just be out there for each other. Just really be there. I wish everyone a wonderful last few days of school. I know next week will be more bittersweet as well in my family because we get to watch our eighth grader do the clap out and then go to Waldick Northern for their promotion ceremony. So good to see my daughter do that. Happy Father's Day to everyone. I don't think I'll see anyone. Up. Yeah, you will. We'll have another meeting. We do have

133one more. Well, still happy Father's Day to everyone. And I hope everyone has a fun, restful and safe summer. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. West. Thank you Mrs. Kaplan. Just wanted to say congratulations to all of our graduates again. Be proud of yourself whether you are top of your class or you made it through by the skin of your teeth. It's not easy for everybody. And so I just want to let them know that be proud of yourself. Keep working hard. Find your passion. And just choose to go with that and try to be your best self as you go into your future endeavors. So with that I really want, you know, keep encouraging those graduates to be themselves. And keep working hard. For our retirees, thank you so much for everything you've done for

134our district. And Kohanski, thank you again. So you'll be missed here. But we appreciate you. So thank you. Mr. Siegler. Aren't you going to be here for our next meeting? Yes. Thank you. So I can save that. Thank you. Okay, I appreciate that. Graduation again. It was phenomenal. Parents, students, staff. It was a great day. When I tell other colleagues throughout the state that we did all three graduations in one day and they looked at me and they said your board must be some very dedicated and tired people. And I said yes, we were had the pleasure again of spending a little bit of time in Lansing over the last few weeks. Had the opportunity to have a very intense discussion with Representative Kelly a few weeks ago that I've told most of you about

135also had the opportunity of seeing some of our local representatives while he was there and it was great. You know, the key word for us and our key concern is the budget. If any of you listen to Representative Hall when he was in Mackinac, he said some words that literally scare me. And that is, well, we might have a 90 day budget and we'll let the newly elected representatives worry about it at that time. Again, those were his words, utter chaos, fear. I don't know what's going to happen. But when we look at the at the budget, we're looking at weighted pupil count formula. The governor sent a proposals establish a weighted formula. For at risk in English learn language funding. Following recommendations from the School Finance Research Collaborative. And the one thing about that

136is for those of you who remember 2018, they said roughly 12,500 dollars base for the districts plus plus plus. Well, if you want to put it in today's dollars, that's $16,640. And we're only getting $10,300. So I think we've got, you know, we've still got a large gap. And as Mr. Lomar said, it doesn't match the rate of inflation and we've got a few things to look at. 31 AA is still being still in court and still being refined. They have redefined some of the verbiage in that in regards to mass casualty event, but it still needs a little bit more tweaking. We were fortunate to participate in that money. Unfortunately next year, the House is only recommending $146 per pupil, which is drastically less than what we saw this year. Free meals, again, they're

137still looking at it as a categorical. And yesterday there was some very hard discussions on that. Also, when we talk about meals, there's some new. Refinement as to what is allowable to be served in school or offered in school. That includes pop and candy. We're looking for refinement on the verbiage for that because if we don't, that means it's supporting events or after school activities, you're going to have to have two lines. One for the adults and one for the students. Again, a little bit of chaos. Universities, colleges, we're still looking at a drastic cut from $1.3 billion to $1.8 billion out of the school aid fund to help fund those institutions that can have endowments and have fundraisers and charge tuition where we can't. The thing that scares me, and I mentioned this is

138Omer too, is the fact that right now there's not a lot of talk on the budget. And that's very scary. That means if things happen at all, that's going to be very hastily done and very hastily put together and we could see the wrath of a lot of people. The other thing that is on the agenda is the House is put forth, bills aimed at property tax reform. To the tune of approximately $4.1 billion. Unfortunately, they don't have a plan to backfill that yet. So again when I say we might have to make some phone calls, write some letters and get a hold of some people. Be prepared. I was actually going to call Mrs. Glasser and ask her to have the PTA liaisons on standby if we do need them because we might need

139to react real quickly. So, I mean, we've got a lot to look at. We've got a lot to consider with the budget. And if we don't have it, then the chaos ensues as to what we saw last year. And we keep our fingers crossed. So I'll keep it short and sweet tonight because I could have brought all 30 pages of the report, but I won't do that. Thank you, Mrs. Crafton. Great commencement. Thank you for all the hard work. We got four more days to push through teachers, staff, students. I know it's hard. We're going to make it. Then you can take a breath. And then you can read your book and enjoy the outside. Thanks. Congratulations class of 2026. Commencement was fantastic. I appreciate each and every one of the board members for being

140there and helping that day. It is a long day and I appreciate each and every one of you for being there and participating. Mrs. Kohanski, I'll keep it for next week. Since you will be gracing us. But we will miss you. Summer's coming. Enjoy it. Take some time to relax. Take some time to recharge. Spend some time in the sun, spend some time reading your books. Just enjoy. And thank you to our staff and everything for a wonderful school year for 2026. Now we're going to move on to the consent agenda. We have approval of the minutes for the proposed May 7th, 2026 regular meeting. We have personnel recommendations, new hires, retirements, resignations, financial reports for April 2026. Disbursements in the amount of $24,892,374. Balance sheet and statement of revenue and expenditures on audited and

141investment schedule. If you have purchases under $50,000 Class Link staff and student online access management systems, Logosoft one year annual software license renewal not to exceed $46,469.60 from the general fund. Book toolkit, annual renewal. Of NNOME Inc. Partial district membership professional development and technical support, 49,200 IDEA grant fund. And then we have the Head Start Teachers Report from May 2026. Madam. Mrs. West, may I move the Board of Education approve the consent agenda as presented support. All those in favor. Aye. Opposed. Motion carries 60. Moving on to purchases over 50,000. Dr. Lons. Thank you, Madam President. Happy turnover to Mr. Scaling. Thank you, Dr. Lonz. Skyward, the district's information system is a valuable tool allowing the district to collect and host student data efficiently and securely. It's comprehensive features provide the ability to track academic

142progress, attendance, activity participation, and other critical student information. That's necessary for school operations, state and federal compliance reporting. Administration recommends renewing the contract for year two of three. Commitment totaling $145,500 and 30 cents from the general fund. Madam President. Mr. Siegler. I move the Board of Education to approve the purchase of Skyward K-12 Student Management System. Year 2 of 3-year commitment annual software license renewal totaling $145,500 from the general fund. Support. Discussion. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries 6-0. Dr. Lounds. Thank you very much. Rebecca, you there, Mr. Scaling. Thank you, Dr. Lonz. Microsoft 365 offers a range of tools and features that significantly benefit the Wild Lake Consolidated School District. M365 includes essential apps like Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams, which facilitates seamless collaboration and communication. It provides robust security features

143including data loss prevention, threat protection, and identity management, ensuring the safety of sensitive information. Administration recommends purchasing the annual software license renewal totaling $114,750.70 from the general fund. Madam President. Mrs. Crafton. I move that the Board of Education approved the renewal purchase of Microsoft 365, A3-A5 faculty, one year subscription, and a COMP TSG for $114,750.70 from the general fund. Discussion. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed. Motion carries 6-0. Dr. Lonz. One more time, Mr. Scaling, and then we'll give you a little bit of a break. Thank you, sir. Google Workspace for Education Plus is designed to support large-scale digital learning environments with advanced tools for teaching, learning and administration. All user accounts are provided with Drive Storage that has search functions enabled to provide easy access to files and information. It supports interactive lesson design

144and implementation by providing teachers and staff with the learning management system, the Google Classroom Administration Console centralizes advanced security and analytic tools to manage Chromebooks, monitor accounts, and access and be proactive against threats. Administration recommends entering into a three-year contract with year one of three totaling 59,607 dollars from the general fund. Madam President. This is Crafton. I move that the Board of Education approved the purchase of Google Workspace for Education Plus annual software license renewal three year contract with year one of three totaling 59,670 dollars from the general fund. Discussion. All those in favor. Carries 6-0 Dr. Lund. Thank you very much, Madam President. I'm happy to turn it over to Ms. Kohanski. Thank you Dr. Lance. I have for you the Educlimber Renaissance Learning three-year renewal for the last several years. The district's been

145building our data system for our MTSS process using the Educlimber platform through Renaissance Learning. It's an essential component of our system to support all students'needs and has been an efficient place for the K-12 building teams to be able to quickly access student academic attendance, state assessment, benchmark IReady assessment, and other intervention planning data. Our building teams utilize Educlaima on a daily basis and have come to appreciate all the features and functions that it offers. Administration recommends a three-year renewal totaling from the 31A at-risk grant fund. Dr. Zellner. I moved to the Board of Education approved the purchase of Educlimber Renaissance Learning three-year renewal for 2075 dollars and 99 cents from 31a at risk grant fund. Discussion Mr. Smith sorry this thank you Madam President this just came up as I'm reading this. If I guess

146that's a big if. If we move away from I ready this will allow any of the assessments that okay yeah, that's a great question thank you it's agnostic so we can up we can disconnect the sync with Iready loading its data and we can upload a different assessment system if that's what we choose. Mrs. West? So just to reiterate that all these different software components they all work together to like so we. Re on the front like a family may not look at it and see like each component but it's used in the background in order to gain full access and a better picture of what the students learning correct the educator climber would be more in the background what Mr. Scaling recommended is more in the foreground because that gives us access to the

147Microsoft suite to email etc. Okay so it's a little bit of both. Okay all right thank you. Dr. Zellner I just want to make sure I'm understanding this this is a three year renewal so we wouldn't be looking at this again youn won't look at it again for three more years correct. Anybody else? Okay all those in favor motion carries 60 Dr. Lunz my pleasure turning back over to Mrs. Kowanski thank you Dr. Lonz related to our earlier presentation I have for you the teachers college advancing literacy partner school contracts the district's partnership with Teachers College at Columbia University has yielded strong results and will expand next year to include two additional elementary schools while creatively structuring the services to provide six schools professional development and coaching for the cost of the three school model

148or the cost of the three that or four I'm sorry that that should say four all elementary schools will have access to coaching and non partner schools will continue to be supported through the literacy leaders cohort that was highlighted today in the presentation. The work will also align more closely with the district's dyslexia resources which are UFly phonics and EL education that's through imagine learning and leveraging teachers college expertise in their science of reading research. So the total cost is $123,750 and will be funded again through that 31A at-Risk grant. Mrs. West. I moved to the Board of Education to approve the Teachers College Advancing Literacy Partner School work contracts for 123,750 from the 31A grant fund. Discussion. Mr. Smith. Thank you Madam President Dr. Lonzer Ms. Kowanski whoever is it a secret who the

149next two additional elementary schools are or is it have you chosen that so and it's really funny that you mentioned that because all the principals you know it's the pick me pick me pick me everybody loves the work and so people are really excited about that we're in the process of making that selection so it's not there's nothing top secret right now we're just still going through some data and looking at where it would make sense from geographic location kinds of things because partnering those schools they might need to be a little more closer in proximity so there's some factors we're considering but before by the next board meeting I should be if you're interested we'll probably have that answer so. That's a nice way of saying it's top secretly top secret well, thank you

150thank you very much thank you for this too I think this is been a great addition to Wild Lake Schools and I appreciate that and great work Mrs. Titus. Any other discussion? Mrs. West? I also want to say that I really appreciate the presentation earlier it really showed with the data of the growth that our students are making with their literacy so I am excited about seeing this and how it's improving the classrooms and helping the teachers help each other and you know essentially the students which is what our main focus lies on so thank you very much. Everybody else? Okay all those in favor? Motion carries 60 Dr. Lonz thank you ma'am President I'm happy to turn over to Ms. Mir thank you Dr. Lance Teachtown Encore K12 is a standard based alternate curriculum

151utilized in our K-12 ASD MOSI and SXI programs aligned to the Common Core essential elements Teachtown ensures that our students receiving instruction in our ASD MOSI and ESXI programs have a standard based curriculum with a scope and sequence that is vertically aligned for grades K12 Administration recommends purchasing the annual software license renewal of Encore K-12 Teachtown student subscriptions and the purchase of grades 68 and 912 manipulative kits for 74,179.69 year one of a two year agreement from the general fund. Mr. Kaplan. Mr. Siegler I moved to the Board of Education approved the annual renewal purchase of Teachtown on Core K12 totaling 74,179.69 from the general fund. Yes Mrs. West? Considering that Mr. Abdul Nor came in and you know had concerns regarding Teachtown do we know specifically what the concerns were as far as like

152where the problems were for Teachtown and how we can resolve it so that way we don't have loss of learning for these students so to be clear the students were still able to access it. The challenge was allowing parents to access it with this particular situation we are aware of that and we are solving that problem. Mrs. Mayor I have one question you said 68 is it 6 through 8 and 9th through 12th is at 6 and 8 and 9 and 12 okay just run it in clarification 9 through 12 yes okay thank you appreciate that this is Kraftin question? Just thank you for clarifying that question Dr Laura. Any other discussion? No all those in favor I opposed? Motion carries 60. Dr. Lands I'm very excited for my part Asbestos abatement at Walt Lake

153Western all the consolidated school districts listed and receive bids for the procurement of asbestos abatement for the services of all the Western High School the bid process was facilitated through the mutual efforts of PMR and our administration and the project team the recommendation from the team is to award the trade contract to quality environmental services LCC and the amount totaling 68,500 from the 2024 bond fund. Mrs. Kaplan Mrs. Crafton I move that the Board of Education approved the trade contract as presented for quality environmental services LLC to provide asbestos abatement services at Western High School for a total amount of 68,500 dollars funded from the 2024 bond proceeds as recommended by the project team. Discussion. No those in favor? Motion carries 60 Dr. Luns head brushed up on my abatement too did Dr. Lonz May

154I ask you what happens with the abatement then well I have absolutely no idea but that's where we're at I do know that most of the asbestos found now are in the door frames so it's been removed from from most of the school but that's where we're finding it still is in the old door frames. For sure thanks for the question don't touch the door frames I appreciate it no he did he did the Project team has reviewed the bids it received for the new maintenance warehouse at the Geisler Educational Services Center the project team recommends entering into a standard forms of agreement between the owner and contractor for the attached summary of the award the total award recommendation for this project is 2,407,873.39 from the 2019 bond funds you'll see that this is different

155where it's 2019 funds we still have some money left in the 2019 and it's best practice to close that out as quickly as possible this also was not part of the 2024 bond as we did not know if what we would be doing with Geisler when we put the bond out to our community we didn't know we would need a new warehouse and so this is in addition scope of work to converting Geisler to the Geisler educational services center as we will eventually abandon this building. Mr. Siegler I moved the board of education approved the trade contracts as presented for the new maintenance warehouse at the Geisel Educational Services Center totaling 2,407,873.39 from the 2019 bond fund. Discussion. All those in favor? Motion carries 60. Back to you Dr. Luns thank you very much the

156project team has reviewed the bids received for the signage at Wald Lake Western High School phase three and the Geisler Educational Services Center the project team recommends to enter into standard forms of agreement between the owner and the contractor for the attached summary that you received the total award recommendation for this project is 104,250 dollars from the 2024 bond funds these are internal signs for the most part. There's a few of the signs are the outside new outside signs for the Geisler educational service center but most of them are identifying this is an office this is a classroom etc. Thank you. Mr. Smith sorry no problem I moved that the Board of Education approved the trade contracts as presented for the signage at Wald Lake Western High School phase three in the Geisler Educational Services

157Center totaling 104,250 dollars from 2024 bond funds. Discussion. Okay all those in favor? Motion carries 60 back to you Dr. Lonz thank you Madam President Mrs. Omer get to wrap it up will you start a little bit earlier? Based on the provisions of proposal a and the change in the Michigan business tax in 2011 12 the military rates required to generate the homestead and non homestead militaries for 2026 27 will be 17.6699 mills in all non Homestead properties principal residents qualified agricultural qualified first in industrial personal will be 0.3301 mills and 6.3301 mL on commercial personal properties to satisfy the debt obligations for 2627 4.0500 mL will be levied on all properties for debt and 0.4924 mills all properties for the sinking fund. Mrs. Crafton I'll go for it I move that the board of

158education approved the following millage rates 17.6699 mills on all nonhomestead properties 0.3301 mills for principal residents qualified agricultural qualified forest in industrial personal properties 6.3301 mills for commercial personal properties 4.05 mills on all properties for debt and 0.4924 mills on all properties for the sinking fund. In addition this motion will serve to authorize the board president and board secretary to sign the 2026 L4029 2026 tax rate request reflecting the authorized millage rates support good job Mrs. Crafton okay any discussion? Thank you once again Mrs. Omer for all your hard work and all of this and making it possible for us to understand at least some of what you're saying so we thank you okay I'll just say for me to understand some of what you're saying. Okay all those in favor motion carry 60 back

159to you Dr. Lounds let's keep it going Miss Summer. Administration has value the budget line items and adjustments have been made to reflect 2526 revenues and expenditures more accurately for the general school service special revenue and capital project funds Administration recommends the 2526 budget amendment resolutions for all funds be adopted as presented. Kaplan. Mr. Siegler I moved at the board of education at the resolutions to amend the 2025 26 budgets for the general school service special revenue and capital project funds as presented. Discussion. Okay all those in favor? Motion carries 60 Dr. Lands. Why don't you wrap this one up Mrs Omer okay bring it home? Public hearing of the 2627 general operating budget presentation provided information about the composition of the revenue and expenses projected for the 2627 general operating budget inclusive of the

160general operating millage that support a portion of the general fund activities as well as other millages authorized by the voters of the district for the restricted purposes indicated. In addition the administration has developed budgets for the school service special revenue and capital project funds for the coming fiscal year to reflect their expected financial performance based on information currently available. Administration recommends the 2627 original budget resolutions for all funds be adapted as presented. Mr. Smith. I move that the Board of Education adopt the resolutions for the 202627 original budgets for the general school service special revenue and capitals project capital projects funds as presented support Discussion. All those in favor? Motion carries 60. Dr. Lands thank you very much Mr. Scaling thank you sir. The board of education delegates the superintendent or his designee the responsibility

161for supervising and controlling the district's secondary athletic activities and hereby accepts the Constitution and bylaws of the MHSAA. The district adopts its own rules regulations interpretations as minimum standards as published in the Athletic Handbook as the governing code under which the Wald Lake schools shall conduct its program of athletics and agrees to primary enforcement of said rules. Regulations interpretations and qualifications. In addition it is hereby agreed that schools that host or participate in the associations meets and tournament shall follow and enforce all tournament policies, procedures and schedules this authorization shall be effective from August 1, 2026 and shall remain effective until July 31st 2027 during which the authorization may not be revoked. Mrs. West. I moved at the Board of Education at the Michigan High School Athletic Association membership resolution as presented. Discussion. Okay all

162those in favor? Motion carries 6 0. Okay I guess I get this one. Say we had the superintendent evaluation say as a board we meet and we discuss the superintendent's progress and evaluate his year this year we did that in a closed session before this meeting I'm pleased to say that Dr. Lonz has received rating of effective which is the highest rating that you can receive on the superintendent evaluation. We're very pleased with where he's at and we continue that we hope to grow and continue moving forward as we are. Thank you Madam President it's been a pleasure working with the board I appreciate your support and I appreciate your feedback and I'm looking forward to next year. Thank you. So I moved at the Board of Education adopt the completed year end evaluation for

163the superintendent as discussed. Discussion. But we've had discussion. All those in favor? I opposed motion carries 6 0. Dr. Lands. Mr. Scanly you're going to earn your keep for the next few minutes here so go ahead sir that's my pleasure sir the Lakes area youth assistant program offers services to youth and families including summer camp counseling family education and summer playgrounds. The program is sponsored by the cities of Wald Lake Wixom Commerce Township over in Lake Village and Oakland County probate court and Walde schools Administration recommends the continued support of the program. Sam I'm going to read the motion says I moved at the Board of Education approve. Am I reading a district cash contribution to Lake Serie Youth Assistance of 5,700 in an in-kind contribution of telephone and office space costs for the 26th

16427 fiscal year and further that the superintendent is authorized to execute the Lakes area youth assistance contract for 2627 services as presented support. I just want to say as the chair of Leia, I appreciate the district and I appreciate the support that Leah receives from the district the Boredom Buster bags comes from that and that was just our first stop today we have more deliveries to be made but thank you for on behalf of Leah for all the support from the district. Any other discussion? All those in favor? Motion carries 60 Dr. Lons thank you Madam President Mr. Scaling thank you sir the White Lake Wolves Youth Football and Cheer program is a community-based nonprofit organization the White Lake Wolves program is respectfully requesting the continuation of support with a 50% reduction in rental fees

165consistent with the rate granted during the 2526 school year. Mr. Siegler. I was the board of education approve a 50% reduction in the athletic field rental fees for 2026 2027 school year for the White Leg Wools football and cheer program in accordance with the board policy 7002 AR fee schedule school facilities. Support. Discussion. Mr. Smith what is the Dr. Lantz what is the threshold again that I have to declare that my son is in the White Lake wolves so do I have to recuse or yes you should abstain yes sir. We'll abstain then. Any other discussion? Okay all those in favor? And an abstention so motion carries five and one abstention. Moving on Dr. Lands. Mr. Skeley why don't you keep charging through this? Well played so the commerce chargers youth football and cheer program

166is a community-based nonprofit organization that maintains a strong partnership with Bald Lake Central High School. Congress charges program is respectfully requesting the continuation of support with a 50% reduction in rental fees consistent with the rate granted during the 2526 school year. Dr. Zellner. I move that the Board of Education approve of 50% reduction in the athletic field rental fees for the 2627 school year for the Commerce Chargers Football and Cheer program in accordance with board policy 7002 AR fee schedule school facilities. Yes Mrs. West. Being that it seems like each year each of these come forward asking for 50% reduction we give it to them. Is it a consideration that we could make where we just go ahead and have a 50% reduction and just leave it there or like how does that work well

167if we did that we'd be reducing it 50% for everyone that rents our facilities as the board policy if you would like a reduction you must request it annually the board has an annual decision to make rather than a blanket okay thank you I appreciate the explanation of why we don't do it as a whole. Any other discussion? All those in favor? Opposed? Motion carries 60. Back to you Dr. Lounds this is scaling could you brave doing one more. I don't know if I can brave another He was trying really hard to come up with what that was gonna be the Wald Lake Braves Youth Football and Cheer program is a community based nonprofit organization that became strong partnership with Wild Lake Western High School the Wild Lake Braves program is respectfully requesting the continuation

168of support with the 50% reduction in rental fees consistent with rate granted in the 2526 school year. Mrs. Kaplan Mrs. Crafton I move that the Board of Education approve a 50% reduction in the athletic field rental fees for the 2627 school year for the Wald Lake Braves football and cheer program in accordance with board policy 7002AR fee schedule school facilities Bada boom bada boom support any discussion? Okay all those in favor? Motion carries 60. Moving on to consideration of support for enhancement millage county wide informational campaign. What this is is that we have been asked by Oakland schools to participate in a contribution. For advertisement for informational resources for Oakland schools to put out around the enhancement millage. So that's what this is about. I moved at the Board of Education approve a contribution of

169$5,000 from the general fund in support of the enhancement millage countywide informational campaign. Support. Discussion. Mrs. Crafton. Dr. Lonz am I remembering correctly that this is currently budgeted for this is not additional dollars. We do have money in our communications budget to cover this yes great thank you. Any other discussion? Mrs. West? So this will be a general speaking regarding the millage correct across the board for oh they'll go out from open schools so is that gonna be specific to each district Correct thank you. Any other discussion? All those in favor? Motion carries 5 1. Moving on to Oakland County Schools Board Association new resolution bylaws and amendments I'm gonna hand that to Ms. Durgler thank you Mr. I move the board of education approved the proposed resolution bylaws amendments of the Oakland County School

170Board Association by laws and resolutions as presented. Any discussion? Mr. Ziegler for the greatest part it was clean up on verbiage. And bringing us up a little bit in some things that we had overlooked in the last few years and just streamlines all the process. Any other Mrs. West? Overall I feel like most of this is pretty standard there are only two things I really didn't completely fully support one was under the early childhood mandatory kindergarten for all five year old children and not that you know obviously I sent my children to kindergarten I think it's good for most children I think there are some cases. Where maybe you know waiting another year that parents should have the opportunity to choose whether that's the right situation for them so I don't support mandatory kindergarten because

171I think there's a lot of other opportunities for children at that age and then also you know snack me a popular opinion but the free universal meals and that's only because I think that we need to make sure we support the people who are of low income base and that we have people who are making. Six figures you know if not more and they're receiving free nutrition and you know they can afford it so I'm thinking like I'd rather see it where we could go ahead and you know support those who cannot afford the nutrition of course and like age still see what we need if we do it for everybody. So that's where my concerns are. Any other discussion? Okay all those in favor? Nay motion carries 51. Board subcommittee update we're going to

172move on to the bond subcommittee. I think we did but I'll let you guys decide so we met as subcommittee and reviewed the presentation that was given tonight at the board meeting. Okay waiting for a little bit more but okay and the committee also did provide some feedback so that we could do some adjustments to the presentation to make it more user friendly and he did respond to our feedback and we saw those edits tonight so thank you for that's part of the process is we appreciate that advanced viewing because it makes sense to us because we're living it every day and so to have others to give input on it we appreciate that. Okay well Mr. Smith I'm going to put you on the spot. If you want to talk about what we did.

173In the board policy so we went through we met the three of us as the policy committee there. We discussed I believe this was the last iteration to catch up from Miller Johnson to put us in compliance with a lot of the new laws that have been in place with the new MCLs that are out there and so these were just to be consistent with those new changes. Thank you. So next we have board policy review the board policy as Mr. Smith just said we committee and admission have reviewed the proposed board policy updates which are being provided for the board's review with an anticipation adoption at the next scheduled board meeting the updated policies are in alignment with the current laws. Before I'm like posting you know should we wait one minute so we

174get it to 9:45 or you know I think I'm good okay I'm going to Jonas at 9:44 and 43 seconds have a good evening.