001Good evening everyone and welcome to our April 7th board of education meeting. If you could all rise for the pledge algiance 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. Any changes to the board agenda this evening? I have none. >> And we do not have scheduled public comment for this evening. Item four, our consent agenda. If anybody would like to make that motion. I can't really see hands, so just go right ahead. >> Can we take attendance real quick? >> Oh my gosh, that would help. >> I want credit. I mean >> I mean we should wait. >> All right. So attendance. Uh President Mcdana >> here. >> Vice President Whitney >>
002here. Secretary Summers here. Treasure Gibson. >> Treasury Aldred >> here. >> Treasury Aerson >> trustee or >> trustee excuse me >> here. >> And trustee Capidani >> here. >> Thank you. Now the consent agenda. If anybody would make that motion. Thank you. >> Move to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> Support and thank you. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. All right. What we're all here for. Anita, if you do us the honors. >> Yes. Good evening everyone. Sorry, I'm gonna take this off me to our board. our students, our administrators, parents, and community members. We are here for very special recognition of our awesome students tonight. I just want to give a little bit of direction so we all know what we're doing before um we get
003started. So, our board members will be standing here on the stage. Each principal will come forth and read and tell us about the reason our students are being um recognized tonight. And then students, you are going to either it's going to be behind you or our older students, it'll be in front of you. You're going to go up those stairs and I'll be there to help if needed. And you're going to come across here and shake lots of hands and give a nice firm handshake. Practice that handshake. And then you're going to go all the way across and down the stairs on the other side. And then you're going to make your way back to your seat. We will dismiss all of the students um administrators and families once all of our students have been
004recognized. And then outside, not in the PAC lobby, but in the actual lobby outside of our performing arts center, there are cookies and refreshments for our students and families. Okay. All right. So, first up, we have Hi, good evening. My name is Stephanie Mey and I am the principal at Clear Lake Elementary. I'm very proud this evening to recognize a group of students who all participate in our links program or our peer-to-peer program that helps support um a sense of belonging and connection to students within our school. Um, so all of these students volunteer to be peer-to-peer positive peers in their classroom at lunch and recess. and they were nominated by their teachers for going above and beyond when um they are with some of our other lead students as being inclusive, welcoming, and always
005just helping to make sure that all of our students within all of our learning spaces have a positive care and feel that sense of belonging no matter where they are at Clear Lake. So this evening, I'd like to recognize first Peter Fletcher. Charlotte, Lucy Hull. Savannah Hoffman and Madison. Good evening everyone. My name is Chad Boyd and I am the principal at Daniel Axford Elementary. I am honored to be here tonight to recognize the incredible work of our green team at Daniel Axford Elementary. This year, our grade team was officially recognized as a Michigan green school for the 202526 school year, earning the designation of an evergreen school for completing more than 20 environmental activities. This recognition celebrates schools that are committed to protecting our air, land, water, and ecosystems through education and meaningful action.
006At Daniel Oxford, our students didn't just learn about the environment. They took action. They led paper recycling efforts throughout the school, helping reduce waste and build sustainable habits. They explored the concept of phantom energy, learning how unused electronics still consume power and how small changes can conserve energy. They also took pride in maintaining our school garden. At this time, I would like to acknowledge our green team leaders who are Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Moore. We have three students who are here tonight representing the Daniel Axford Green Team. They will be accepting certificates on behalf of all team members. Those students are Mary Seil a better place. Good evening. I am Kristen Gwyn, the proud principal of Lakeville Elementary. Um, here tonight I have five members of our uh girls on the run team. We have
00713 members all in total. In December, we recognized the boys um run running team at Lakeville. So clearly I had to also recognize the girls in the spring. They would have been upset with me for sure. So here tonight we have and oh I want to say one more thing. This is a very it's a very fun team but it's also very serious to the point where yesterday um or on Monday the first day after spring break. These girls are running in snow, sleet, wind, rain, and they're doing laps upon laps around our building. and I'm watching them as I'm working from my office feeling guilty that I'm not out there running with them. Our team is proudly uh organized and sponsored by uh Miss Holly Lacron as well as my menus, our PE teachers
008helping out this spring as well. So tonight we have Maya Cichan, Nora Dickson, Lennon Fox, Valerie Gardner, Alistister, I should also let you know that the team is practicing preparing for the end of the season 5A run. So, good luck, girls. Congratulations. You make them feel proud. Good evening. Uh my name is Marty K and I'm principal at Leonard Elementary and uh we have two students here tonight who are recognized by our music teacher and I'm going to read sort of a combined statement from both the teacher and myself about each student and then we'll have them come across the stage. Thank you. The two students that we would like to recognize are Shannon Kershman from Amanda Carcomy's third grade class and Dale Sigelo from Jenna Gilbert's fourth grade class. Mrs. Wise and our music
009teachers recognizing them for their work ethic and commitment to learning and performing their main characters in their grade level musical. They both had multiple sections of dialogue to learn, stage spots and musical solos to perform, and they did so with principled effort and purposeful intention. These two students have exceeded expectations in music class and demonstrated a performance level far beyond their grade levels. Mrs. Weisen cannot wait to see their continued growth with fine arts in the future. Being a first year teacher, Mrs. Weisen has really relied on and needed student leaders. among others. Shannon and Dale are bright rays of sunshine when it comes to setting examples for others in her music class. So, we would like to thank Shannon and Dale and recognize them for their efforts tonight. Thank you, Shannon Kirst. Good evening.
010I have a few groups I'm recognizing tonight. Well, I have one group and two individual students I'm recognizing tonight. I'll start with our individual students. I'm Remy Murphy from Oxford Elementary. Um, our first student is Jonathan Glasshouser. And we'll just wait one second. I want to give you recognition first. So, Jonathan tonight, he is recognized in being honored for being an exceptional athlete and a standout leader with the PACE program. Mr. Fuller, his coach, notes that uh Jonathan is the definition of a lead by example athlete. While he possesses incredible conditioning, stamina, and speed, often surpassing everyone on the field, he remains remarkably humble and never boasts about his natural abilities. Beyond his physical talents, he is a pillar of support for his peers, consistently taking the initiative to help his teammates stay focused and
011on track. Congratulations, Jonathan. >> Our next student is Vincent Rouse. Next, he Vinnie was nominated without hesitation by Mrs. Harvey, who sought to highlight his outstanding leadership, kindness, and generosity. Vinnie is a natural leader who possesses a level of empathy and thoughtfulness that is truly rare. He is exceptionally self-reflective, taking full accountability for his actions and consistently working toward personal growth with a maturity well beyond beyond his years. In the classroom, his academic persistence is nothing short of inspiring. Vinnie is hard is a hardworking student who refuses to give up even when faced with the most difficult challenges. Vinnie, your integrity, integrity and work ethic make our school community a better place. We are proud of you. The last group is not here tonight, but it is a hockey group. Um, they are the Vipers
012per the Viper Purple hockey team. Um, while the team cannot be with us tonight because they are currently on the ice for their very first practice of the new season, we must celebrate their incredible achievement from this past month. The Viper Purple recently captured a hockey championship at Suburban Rochester with a thrilling 4-2 victory. This championship includes four of our very own at OES students, Scarlet Clearman, Duncan Clearman, Christian Crank, and East Leage. In the championship game, the team showed incredible character. After facing an early deficit, they remained resilient and calm. They dug deep, scored four consecutive goals, and never looked back. We want to highlight Eastston for a fantastic goal, and both Christian and Scarlet for their key assists that helped seal the win. The victory was a culmination of a season defined by
013hard work, resulting in a top four district finish. We also want to recognize the local families whose leadership and support made that season possible. So, please join me in a round of applause, even though they can't be here tonight, for our Viper Purple family. Good evening everyone. I'm Chrissy Sax, the principal at Ashford Middle School. Tonight I'm very proud to recognize three Oakland County wrestling champions. We have uh Carter Curtis who is a seventh grade wrestlers. He had an outstanding season with a 22-2 record. He captured championships at both the Lakeland tournament and the Oakland County Championships. This marks his second consecutive Oakland County title. Next season, Carter aims to become the first three-time Oakland County champion in his school history. Carter also excels in the classroom and currently holds a 3.8 GPA. Next up
014is Jack Marra. He's an eighth grade wrestler for the US team. He finished the season with an impressive 24 and3 record. In the finals, he made quick work of his oppon opponent, securing the pin in just over a minute to capture the title. Jack has been an outstanding wrestler for the MS wrestling program for the past three seasons. We're excited to follow his continued su success as he moves to the high school level next season. Congratulations, Next up is Lucas Eldridge, a eighth grade student. He has an outstanding wrestling season. He finished with an impressive 20 and one record, capturing both the Lakeland Championship and the Oakland County Championship. Lucas has shown consistent improvement every year at Ms. and this season, his hard work and dedication paid off with the Oakland County title. He is
015a true leader both on and off the mat. In addition to his athletic success, Lucas is an exceptional student athlete maintaining a 4.0 GPA. Congratulations. All right. Good evening everyone. I'm Dan Miller. one of the assistant principles at Oxford Virtual Academy. Um we decided to recognize students for their individual accomplishments in academics, athletics, or the performing arts. Um the students you are about to hear were uh nominated by Oxford Virtual Academy staff. Um and we'll start at the elementary level. Please join me in celebrating fourth grader Owen Burton. Owen. Owen. Let us Owen is an avid outdoorsman who brings real world curiosity to science. His videos and posters make investigations come alive and connect to everyday life. In reading, he's worked steadily to reach grade level and now show strong accuracy and comprehension with grade
016level text. He turns his work in on time, often early, and always shows his thinking. Owen brings a positive attitude to every Zoom session with Mrs. Hubard, Mrs. Connley, and Mrs. Ger, and he's a joy to learn with. He was nominated for his recognition by his mentor teacher, Mrs. Geller. Congratulations, Owen. All right. And next up, we have Samantha Joe Rebe. Samantha is an 11th grader who is being recognized for her accomplishments in performing arts and academics. Samantha was a member in the production of Frozen at OS and was previously an elf junior at Stage Crafters as well as Mean Girls Jr. and Beetlejuice at all World Stage. She maintains a 3.9 GPA and is in the HOSA program where she competes in emergency preparedness. Samantha is also in the OS marching band color guard.
017Outside of school, she regularly volunteers at the Southeast Michigan Center for Medical Education. She fences at Honor Guards Fencing Club and roller skates for fun every weekend. Samantha was nominated for recognition by her mentor teacher, Mrs. Congrats. Good evening and thank you for being here tonight. our students. I am Mrs. Van Wilson or Lisa Van Wilson and I'm your principal at High School. This evening I would uh it's a privilege to actually recognize the two young women standing before you who truly embody the spirit of Texas. Throughout their high school careers, Iana Dan and Elizabeth Young have shown remarkable personal and academic growth, turning challenges into milestones. As seniors, they haven't just reached the finish line. They spent their final year demonstrating incredible personal growth and a commitment to improvement. Their journey from where they
018started to who they are today is truly a testament to their hard work and resilience. We are proud to celebrate their hard work and the incredible progress they've made as they prepare for the next chapter. You like to go first? Enjoy. >> Thank you. Good evening. My name is Tyler. I'm the principal at Crossroads Day School. I am uh thrilled tonight to uh honor a couple of our students uh at Crossroads. Uh they both have actually uh recently completed their GED. Um and uh in spite of being with us for just a short time, they carry a full load of classes uh so six uh academic courses and they actually prepared for their GED tests in addition to their coursework while they're at Crossroads. So um our first student that we'd like to recognize is
019Jammarcus West. And so Jamarcus actually completed program and returned home yesterday. Um, and so his mother said he came to us as a as a boy and he returned to her as a young man and that was a compliment. Next to recognize Ryan Field. Ryan actually completed his final GED test yesterday and passed it and uh Ryan has been a tremendous leader in our program uh at at Crossroads Day School. He has ambitions to attend Michigan State University. Uh he has actually been accepted and he is working with our counselor Greenspan in order to pursue that dream. Uh and and looks at uh actually working in the trades when he completes his uh tech program at MSU. So Brian, congratulations. Good evening everybody. Brad Big Low, principal here at Oxford High School. Uh just a
020real quick logistical uh some logistical info. If I could have our high school students line up in this order. We have several groups that we're honoring tonight. If I could have our swimmers and divers first, followed by our uh bowling squad, then Ryan, and then at the at the back end, our wrestlers. Thank you. I know that we have coaches in attendance this evening. We also have parents as well. A huge part of the support system is here tonight. So, I want to thank them for coming out. I realize how busy it is. Um, but it's wonderful to recognize these individuals this evening. Several of them could not be in attendance tonight because they're involved in in other activities and that's okay, but we're still going to give them their due uh tonight. I also
021wanted to make one other quick note. If you have not, I'm sure everybody noticed as they enter in through the PAT lobby this evening, what a talented group of artists we have in this building as well. Mrs. Zansancy, you did a phenomenal job organizing that within our art department. Um, we got some incredible kids here at the high school. So, please be sure to check out the displays um on your way out this evening. So, without further ado, let's go ahead and get started. Like to first introduce the 400 free relay team of Max Bikin, Jack Cos, Katon Wolf, and Liam Lindberg. They qualified for the state meet at the white league finals and finished 23rd in the state. Max Bikin's leadoff 100 freestyle leg makes him the ninth fastest 100 freestyler in Oxford's history.
022Individually, Liam Lindberg also qualified for the D1 state meet in the 100 butterfly where he took 12th in the state. He took sixth in the county and third in the league in this event, too, and is the third fastest 100 butterfly in Oxford's history. Our diver Nathan Leess qualified for the D1 state meet in diving where he took 29th in the state. A tremendous accomplishment for a sophomore. Earlier this season, he took sixth in the county. He is a two-time White League champion and is the seventh best diver in Oxford Oxford history. The most exciting part is all five of these boys will be returning next season. So congratulations Oxford. We had two individual qualifiers who qualified for the state uh bowling ter tour tournament in March. In addition to that, our girls squad also
023qualified for state competition. I know that Dominic, I don't believe he is here this evening, but I'm going to go ahead and take a moment uh to read about him. For the boys, an outstanding young man, Dominic Hamley, a sophomore. He was the leading bowler for our OA red division winning team. At one of the toughest regionals in the state, he qualified for the state finals, averaging over 220 per game for six games. at the state finals. He bowled well and finished in the 36th spot. So, congratulations to Dominic. The girls team won the OA red division and they won their regional. At the state finals, they qualified for the championship round and ended up as a top six team in the state. Not only did they do well on the lanes, but also in
024the classroom. The team was recognized by the bowling coaches association as an allstate academic team. Senior co- captain Caitlyn McFaten was academically all state individually as well. This year, Maya, a junior, averaged over 197 for six games and qualified for the individual state finals. Congratulations, ladies. Come on up. We do have a national champion in the house this evening which is awesome. Uh gives me great pleasure at this time to say congratulations to Ryan Alexander. Ryan recently competed in the powerlifting national championships in Texas representing Oxford where he took first place. I know Ryan's coaches, Coach Carol and um his additional coaches are very proud as are the rest of the Oxford community. Ryan, come on up. Congratulations. Oxford wrestling had an outstanding season sending 11 athletes to Ford Field to compete in the MHSAA
025state finals. The program had eight individual places and the girls team earned a second place finish making them the MHSAA team state runner up. It was a historic and memorable year for the program. I do want to also add that this group has also visited some of our elementary schools recently to read to students during the March is reading month. I know those visits were so impactful for our younger students. So again, I know I don't think you guys realize being a former elementary principal how much it means to those kids to see you guys come in and and visit and make an impact and just spend time with them. It's awesome. We will start first with the girls. Selene Frank, sophomore. Selene had an exceptional season, finishing with a record of 30 and six
026and placing fifth at the state meet. She continues to excel not only on the mat but also in the classroom carrying a 3.9 GPA. Congratulations, Selene. And she is not here. Any of them are not here tonight. Okay. Sophomore Harmony Gonzalez. Harmony capped off an impressive impressive season with a 29-7 record and a fourth place finish at the state meet. She has a bright future and the program is excited to see what next season brings. Congratulations, Harmony. I know Jackson's here. Jax McFarland, freshman. Jax made an immediate impact in her first year, posting a 37-11 record. She was both a district champion and a regional champion. And she went on to finish fifth at the state meet. A remarkable accomplishment for a freshman, Jack McFarland. All right, our last female senior captain Cheyenne Frank. Cheyenne
027completed a perfect 39-0 season, winning the state championship for the second consecutive year. A four-time allstate wrestler, she concluded her career with 140 wins, securing her place as one of the most decorated athletes in school history. Cheyenne has led the way for girls wrestling in Oxford both on and off the mat and excels academically with a 4.2 GPA. She will attend Northern Michigan University in the fall. She is currently in Turkey trying out for the Turkish Olympic wrestling team. Cheyenne Frank sophomore Landon Johnson. Landon put together an excellent season with a 48-14 record and a fifth place finish at the state meet. He's also an outstanding student holding a 4.0 GPA. Landon Johnson, senior Finn McDivet, and I know Finn's here tonight. Finn wrapped up his senior year with a 41-4 record, a district champion
028in the state qualifier. He finishes his Oxford career with 108 total wins. Finn McDun captain Bren Brennan MacArthur. Brennan posted a 39 and 17 record this season and qualified for the state tournament. A team captain, district champion, and a strong leader, he also maintains a 3.8 8 GPA. Vernon MacArthur, Junior Liam Samborski. Liam delivered a powerhouse season with a 46 and five record, earning a third place finish at the state meet. The team looks forward to another dominant year from Liam Samorski Gavin Mudson Jr. Gavin finished the year with a 31-18 record and qualified for the state meet, placing him among the top 16 wrestlers in the state at his weight class. Gavin loves him. And our next two wrestlers, our final two wrestlers are here. Senior captain Connor Stokes. Connor closed out his senior
029season with a 48-15 record and a sixth place finish at the state meet. A district champ, he ends his career with 106 wins and excels academically in the classroom with a 3.9 GPA. Connor will be attending Ohio Northern in the fall to wrestle. Connor Stokes Last, but certainly not least, senior captain Gavin Lewis. One of the most decorated wrestlers in Oxford history. Gavin is a four-time all-state athlete who finished third at the state meet this year with a 53 and5 record. Over his career, he accumulated 185 victories and shattered school records for both single season and career near Falls. Gavin embodies what Oxford wrestling stands for hard work, leadership, and sacrifice, and he maintains a 3.9 GPA. Gavin Lewis boy lose >> and the high school finally. >> All right. Thank you everybody for engaging
030in one for all of our students tonight. At this time, you are welcome to head out into the lobby and enjoy the reflection. Thank you. How you doing? That's what Michael Good to see you. >> The people aren't very good. >> Right. >> That's awesome. >> Especially like Right. Yeah. 5 minutes 3 minutes later. All right. Well, those were certainly some impressive accomplishments. And now we will move on to the next item on our agenda, our superintendent update with Dr. Milligan. All right. Good evening everyone. It's hard to follow that, but I'm going to try. Um, so as always, I ground us in our strategic plan. So our vision, empowering learners, building community, and inspiring futures. Our mission providing a supportive, safe, and opportunity-rich educational experience that fosters belonging builds self-empowerment and prepares learners to
031contribute to a connected community. And our core values, empowerment, belonging, innovation, and integrity. Tonight, I'll share some pretty exciting updates. Um, I do have a few school and departmental highlights. Although I do want to say due to the holiday weekend, a lot of people were able to put some things in that will not be in this presentation. So I do want to thank my team for putting it in and I'll make sure it's in the next presentation. Um and then finally, Mr. Bigalow will have um his high school presentation. So we look forward to that. So here we go. Our first one, our OEIC and ASD center. Um, we're making strong progress at OEIC as we prepare the site for the future ASD centerbased program. Demolition of the four existing buildings on campus is well
032underway with three of the four structures already removed. The final and largest building is scheduled for demolition within the next few weeks. Once completed, this will fully clear the site and position the district to move forward with the next phase of construction. This progress represents an important step in expanding specialized programming and creating a purpose-built environment to better serve students with diverse learning needs. So, our fire department was able to take advantage of the demolition of the building. So, prior to demolition, the district partnered with the Oxford Fire Department to utilize the buildings for training exercises. This collaboration provided valuable realworld training opportunities for first responders while maximizing the use of the facilities before removal. All right. and our name, the name of the ASD center. We are thrilled to announce that after an extensive
033and collaborative process, our new center program officially has a name. We prioritize staff input to ensure the name reflected our collective vision. We asked not only for name suggestions, but also what people felt the identity of the school should embody. Naming the school is a challenge. However, after reviewing a wide range of thoughtful suggestions and having further discussions with our center team, Keystone Learning Center emerged as a clear winner. In architecture, the Keystone is the central stone on top of an arch. It locks all other stones into place. Without the keystone, the structure cannot stand. It distributes weight, creates balance, and ensures stability. The keystone is small in size but essential in strength. So our new center ASD center keystone learning center. Very exciting. All right. Our OS weight room renovation also started over spring
034break. Um and it was made possible through the generosity of an anonymous donor. This project will fully transform the space into a modern, highquality facility that will benefit all athletic teams as well as students in physical education classes. Over spring break, the previous equipment was sold and removed, generating approximately $7,000 in support of the athletics department. Since then, the space has been freshly painted and flooring upgrades are currently underway. New state-of-the-art equipment is scheduled to be delivered and installed within the next two weeks. This renovation represents a meaningful investment in our students, enhancing both athletic performance and overall student wellness while supporting the continued success of Oxford's strong athletic programs. The district has completed targeted environmental mitigation work at Oxford Middle School in rooms 110 and 111. This phase of the project included the replacement
035of flooring to address identified concerns and ensure a safe, healthy learning environment for students and staff. This is an important step in our broader mitigation plan. The remaining areas identified for improvement are scheduled to be addressed over the summer, allowing us to complete the work efficiently with minimal disruption to instruction. I'd like to thank Tim Leant and the maintenance team, Brian, Rob, Jacob, Heidi Pratt, and Heidi Pauly for all their hard work supporting these projects while still staying on top of all the day-to-day facility needs. We appreciate you. Just a reminder to our community, we are I am going to hold a coffee and connect um on April 13th from 8:30 to 9:30 at Evergreen's Coffee and Bake Shop. Um my hope is to give community members an opportunity to talk whatever they feel they
036would like to talk about in a relaxed, informal setting, plus coffee and bake shop. I mean, who doesn't love that? Um looking forward to two-way dialogue. um getting some real time feedback from community members um and getting away from more traditional meetings so that we can come up with shared understandings around district priorities. So uh again I invite our community members to stop by, say hi, let me know their thoughts about some of the things that uh we're doing in Oxford Community Schools. All right. At Lakeville, March is reading month. Even in PE, favorite book characters left a coded message for students in PE. All students dribbled across America to unlock letters and decode the secret message, which was, "We love reading so much." At the middle school, we had our Lakeville fifth graders hit
037a major milestone with a successful field trip to rehearse their capstone projects. This dress rehearsal gave students the invaluable opportunity to practice the new environment, practice in a new environment, gather expert feedback, and build the confidence necessary for their upcoming final performance. Oxford Middle School is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded $9,000 STEM grant to enhance our hands-on technology curriculum. As a part of this initiative, we have officially added a Fiser Technic TXT 4.0 controller, I have no idea what that is, um, to our classroom. It sounds fancy though. Um, this cutting edge hardware will allow our students to explore advanced robotics, automated systems, and complex coding with professionalgrade tools. We can't wait to see the incredible innovations our students build with this new technology. And Ryan, I could not leave this evening
038without giving you another shout out for being a national champion. and you are a first national champion here in Oxford Community Schools. So, I just had to give you another shout out. Sorry if you're embarrassed. So, um again, I just want to give a few more details. So, um, Ryan obviously member of the Oxford Wildcat powerlifting team, achieved a historic milestone, um, becoming the national JV champion, the first state and national champion in powerlifting in Oxford's history. Throughout the 2526 season, Ryan demonstrated consistent excellence. He earned the 114 pound state championship and built strong momentum heading into nationals. At the 2026 High School Nationals, Ryan captured the national title in the 114 pound weight class. His performance reflect reflects both elite strength, lifting totals reaching six times his body weight and resilience as he continued
039to improve following earlier injuries and challenges. Ryan's achievement reflects an exceptional level of dedication and contributes to the strong tradition of excellence across Oxford many successful athletic programs. Congratulations again, Ryan. We're very proud of you. All right, so that concludes my updates. I now invite Mr. Bigalow to the podium for his presentation. Good evening everybody. Once again, Brad Bigalow, principal here of Oxford High School, uh where I've been serving for the past 17 months or so. Um I just have to say it's truly an honor. Um I truly appreciate the opportunity to serve here in this role. I do want to give um a shout out just to my team. Two of them are here this evening. Um there are some who could not be in attendance tonight but Kevin NMS um Christy Gibson Marshall
040Kurt Noose our assistant principles uh Mitch Brooks our dean of students our OSAC director uh Mr. Mark Suckley and then our director of CTECF Mrs. Lisa Buts um they're such a great team to work with. They love kids. They're passionate about their work. They're a tremendous support to me. Um it's a pleasure to come to work every day to serve our staff and students um with with them. Um so kudos to them. I greatly appreciate them. This evening I'm also it's a pleasure to be joined by senior student Alex de laente. Um Alex will be helping me towards the tail end of my presentation this evening. Um he's been a great help as we uh prepare to share some points of pride uh this evening with you all. So, let's go ahead and let's buckle
041up and dig in. So, as we approach the 2526 school year, there's three overarching goals uh that we thought of. Number one, champion safe, supportive school communities where every student and staff member feels connected and truly belongs. To me, this is a goal that should be etched in stone. It's a goal that we should have the forefront of our minds each and every year. This is the essence of what we're all about. We're about relationships. We're about culture. Uh we're about people and service. And we want our staff and and certainly our students to feel like they belong. This also aligns with our strategic plan. Um this is super important. Not saying that we uh we've arrived at this. This is a daily focus for us. We have to be intentional about it. Um it's
042something that we're constantly uh working on. Hopefully throughout the course of the presentation, you see signs of this goal at work. Next, advance the continuous evaluation and growth of Oxford High School's MTSS systems. That's our multi-tered system of supports. Those structures and practices to build a more responsive and effective support system for every student. Certainly, we have multiple supports in place, lots of interventions and strategies for kids um based on a a multitude of different needs that they might have. But what we want to do is we want to evaluate what we're doing, why we're doing it, is there a system and a process for it so we are aligned and intentional with that work and we aren't moving in different directions. Lastly, build a collective understanding of our strategic plan that unifies Oxford High
043School's initiatives, programs, and school improvement goals into one cohesive connected body of work. Again, the focus is on, you know, we have school improvement goals. We have different pathways for kids. We have a lot going on at the high school. And again, we have that strategic plan that we can use as our guide that aligns that work so we're all moving in the same direction and not operating in silos. Okay. Our purpose this evening is four-fold. Um, number one, gain a better understanding of the OS school quality survey results and those trends from 2324 to 2425. You've seen those throughout your building visits this year. Next, gain an understanding of our state and local assessment data here at the high school. We're going to revisit those pathways. I know last year I spent quite a
044bit of time uh going through data with you. Just going to provide you with a quick snapshot of what that looks like this year. So, a couple of updates and we're also going to look at some other pieces of data, too. I know last year I spoke to you about attendance. So, we're going to revisit that this year and have some conversation about that. And then lastly, the highlight of the presentation and I'm sure we'll be handing it over to Alex and we'll finish up with points of pride. So, let's dive in and let's look at our annual school quality survey. We'll start first with our positive trends. And I will preface this entire conversation by saying this. I think it's when we look at our survey data and certainly in a couple of minutes
045when we look at our local and state assessment data, I view data from our stakeholders, data that we receive from our kids as good data. Whether it's all positive or not, um just as leaders, it's an opportunity for us to reflect uh identify what we're doing well. how can we do it better? And certainly, even though at times it's difficult and challenging, um those things that maybe aren't going so well, um it's an opportunity to really reflect, dig in deep, and and get after it and be about the work. And so, you'll see you'll see the good and some of those areas where we need to grow over the course of the next several slides. But let's start on the positive side first. So, some positive trends that we've seen over the course of the
046past few years. uh there's a counselor, teacher or staff member to whom the student can go to for help with a school problem. You can see the uh the data with each of our each of our groups there on that 23 24 column. And then you will see highlighted in green if it has grown or improved from two springs ago. So you can see there with students it's increased parents stayed about the same and our staff went up to 100%. Just for context just so you know we had 57 staff members take the survey. We had 790 students and we had 110 parents. So you know the numbers that we're looking at as you look as you look through the 25. Next, OHS offers a variety of activities and courses. Once again, you can see
047far right hand column uh parents stayed basically the same. Students was exactly the same, staff increased. And if I could just offer um one additional comment in regards to this, and maybe it's because I'm the building principal here, but we offer a variety of activities and courses, but it's not so much the variety and the quantity. From my perspective, it's the quality that makes the impact with these programs and the individuals who are leading it. I know that was not asked in this question specifically, but just from my perspective, we've got some outstanding individuals um who are passionate about their work. So, I just wanted to add that maybe that's something next year we look at. Uh last, all students are aware of safety and security procedures. Two springs ago, we're at 79% and this
048was just our students from the students perspective. Last spring, we went up to 87%. So, I was highly encouraged to see that. We try to be as intentional as we can be about these procedures um and expectations, whether it be through advisory communications over the PA um and our s'more newsletters or teachers having conversations with kids in their classrooms. So, um again, that was a positive trend for us. All right, let's switch it up. Those lowest ranking indicators over time. Teachers successfully showing students how lessons relate to life outside of school. Uh we saw a slight improvement. Remember in this case, lower is better. So 57 to 54. I feel like this is one of those areas we actually we do pour a lot into. Um, I just know from my own child, conversations I
049have with him as a sophomore boy, you know, how does this lesson relate to what he wants to do postsecary? You can tell them how it relates, but is he interested or not? I think sometimes that impacts the response for our kids. Uh, next, teachers give helpful, timely feedback about student work. Once again, our parents stayed the same, but if you look at our students, we saw a significant improvement from one year to the next. 45% to 26%. I think number one, for sure, everyone's com comfortability grew with schooly as we transition from Power School to Schooly. I think that was one thing. I think our teachers do an outstanding job of giving feedback in the classroom on a daily basis. And a lot of times that's informal feedback that's in the moment as they're
050monitoring student work. It's those conversations that they're having. I think with students when they think about in responding to this, it's, hey, how'd I do on that lab? How did I do on that essay? Um, you know, I want that test. I want that immediate response. And sometimes that takes a little bit of time. Okay, we have one more. This is one I believe that's probably been a theme from building to building, level to level throughout the last several years. I'm going to bet discipline is enforced fairly. So you can see the 23 24 numbers there and then again you can see far right hand column our 2425 uh numbers. So you can see parents about the same students have improved from 35% to 27% which I thought was encouraging. Um and then we're going
051to talk about the staff data because as you can see we're all looking at it. It jumped from 35 to 48%. My perspective on this piece of data is this. I'm I'm in the trenches with our administrative team on a daily basis. I can't tell you the amount of time we spend talking about different situations that come on our plates. Um, we love kids. We want to do right by kids. We want to be fair conversations. Of course, looking at the code of conduct. We're considering those seven factors to consider anytime we sit down and have to consider perhaps a more um extensive consequence for a student. Um, we want to pour into our restorative practices. That's the foundation for our code of conduct. It's something we all believe wholeheartedly in. So, I can say
052again from my perspective, discipline is handled fairly. However, as a building leader, when we ask the questions and we want the feedback of our staff, we want them to answer honestly and we have to be ready. If we ask, I want the truth. And so here we see the truth. So I talked about at the beginning data, whether it be surveys, student data in the classrooms, it's good data, right? Because it helps us to reflect. And certainly I've spent a lot of time on this one. Um because ultimately I feel like it it's my responsibility. I'm the building principal here. What can we do to get better? what conversations do I need to have with staff? And it's really conversations with them, listening not to respond, but listening to understand and hear their perspective. So,
053we coming back in August, uh we have PD obviously before the kids come in. Uh this will be one that we pour into a little bit more than maybe we have in the past. Um spending time and just providing them the opportunity to have some dialogue and conversation. again me listening um again maybe pouring into the code a little bit um understanding those restorative practices um and and I think just getting their feedback and moving on from there and having a shared understanding and how we can improve communication so we can work on this and improve it. Okay, we're going to switch gears and we're going to look at some local assessment data first. This is these next two slides are dedicated to our star reading and star math results. So again, this star reading
054um assessment data is data you have seen at all levels throughout your visits this year. Our students in grades K through nine take STAR assessments. These are quick screeners. They're computer adaptive. They're meant in order to give us a screenshot or what are some of those skills that our do students do well? Where are some of those gaps? And then we administer it three times a year so we can measure growth. What we're looking for here, we want students to score above the 30th percentile. If they score above the 30th percentile, they are considered to not be at risk in any form or fashion. Right? So, you can see here when we look at reading in the fall when we administered this, our students, we had 72% of our students above the 30th percentile. Um,
055and when we did it in the winter of 80%. So, we saw an 8% increase um from the first time we administered to the most recent. We do use this data again. It is one piece of the puzzle. It is not the end all be all. We have these different puzzle pieces and we strive to put them together to tell us the full story about a student. So this is just one measure. We do use us use this to help us when we're problem solving on a student when we're determining class placement. Uh maybe they need to be in a supported class, a co-taught class. We will look at their star results. So that's reading. And now we turn it over and we look at math. So we saw basically from fall the winter 87%
056above the 30th percentile to the winter um the 80th 86th percentile. So that is star math and star reading. What you are looking at here is SAT student data from the spring of 2025. our 11th graders take the SAT. In fact, they are getting ready to take it tomorrow right here in our building. So, what you're looking at here is student proficiency total scores. So, the box first um on the right I'll speak to you can see um our average score for all of our test takers last spring was a 984 and I'll explain that in just a moment. You can see how that compares to the state of Michigan to Oakland schools and then you can see that target that target is an in-house target based on historical data. Right? So that's how that
057target number was selected and obviously we are looking to grow and we're looking to take baby steps. Right? So you can see where we're at. I expect um that target over time will will change. Now our students take two different assessments. They take the ERW, that's English, reading, writing, and they also take the math. Each assessment you can score between 200 and 800. You combine both of those scores, and then there you can see the average for our students. Okay? So, this is overall total scores, SAT, math, and ERW. Okay. All right. The screen you are looking at now is specifically just math. Looks a little bit different because now we're not looking at a total score. We're looking at a percentage. So this is college ready math. Student proficiency college ready math. I'm going
058to do my best to explain this correctly. What this tells you is that 25% of our test takers in math hit a score that predicts with a 75% predictability of achieving at least a C in a first semester college math class. I had to read it several times myself. I've learned a lot the last 17 months. This is one. So does that make sense? So it's 25% again you can see how we compare to the county, the state and then get again what our selfidentified target was math. Now let's look at ERW. So with ERW, we're doing some outstanding work here. 69% of our test takers achieved a score again that predicts the 75% predictability of achieving at least a C in a college first semester English reading writing course. So you can see how
059that compares to the state, the county, and then once again our target. I wanted to give you an idea this evening. We have several instructional goals. Uh but obviously math is something we've been working on the past several years. I know Mr. Pototts has worked within our math department. Um really grades 6 through 12. Um we've done a lot of work with reshaping our tracking what that looks like. We're pushing kids really fast. We've slowed our role a little bit and just slowed the pace. Um which was the right thing to do. But one of the other things we've been doing and I know Mrs. Sanders staff presented to you um at the middle school about this but um same here. One of the things we've done we have in our algebra classes in two
060different classes we have two gen ed teachers um supporting students who are approaching proficiency in math. The class size is exactly the same but again it's two teachers in the classroom. It allows them to pull students over for reteaching, to do small group work, to pull over individuals. They can be very strategic and intentional when they're lesson planning to work with students in that classroom. We've seen some outstanding things already this year. I'm looking forward to next year to maybe being able to provide a more comprehensive look at some of the data and what we're seeing um so far. Really exciting stuff. We are planning on continuing with that next year. And then we're looking at maybe a geometry pilot as well. We're working through staffing, so we'll have to see. Um, next we have
061the goal in the fall of implementing an academic center lab. So, this is an open lab space that's accessible for all students throughout the course of the day. Um it will be staffed by different staff members but one of the main staff members in there. The goal is to have a math teacher and there'll be support staff where again students can access the lab um to receive reteing have skill skill gap deficiencies addressed and again be provided with small a small group work environment. And some of this work ties back into the second goal that I shared with you at the beginning. Really evaluating intervention in this building, our supports and programs and how we're problem solving on kids. The academic center lab helps support some of that work. Okay, let's revisit some pathways and
062look at some attendance data. Okay, let's start in the far left hand column. Advanced placement. We offer 15 advanced placement seated courses here in the building. Certainly, there are more available to students um in the virtual world, but here in this building, we offer 15. This past spring, our students took a combined 256 AP assessments at the conclusion of that course. 71% of those students earned a three or higher on one of those tests. I'm going to go to the next slide for a minute because I want you to see the chart. So, you can see on the left hand side I talked about 71% um this past year. That was a 9% increase from 2024. And you can go back and you can look um as far back as 2021, a 12% increase on
063AP exam students who scored a three or above throughout those five years. If you want to dig in a little bit further, the chart on the right hand side breaks down total number of kids, number of exams, so on and so forth. But I thought that was interesting and worth sharing. Okay, our diploma program, Julie Carman is um is our coordinator. She does a phenomenal job talking about somebody who's passionate about their work. Um she just oozes with that passion when it comes to DP. Um so it's great to see her in that role. We currently have 200 students who are enrolled in DP courses here at the high school. That's grades 11 and 12. That also includes students who are both fulltime DP students but also students who just want to take a DP
064course. Okay. Historically out of the full IB cohort, so those are students who are full DP students who want the DP diploma, 76% receive the IB diploma. You know, that's based on those assessments that they take at the conclusion of their coursework. Those are very rigorous assessments. Um, our students historically have done a really good job with that. Um, early in March, Mrs. Carman took a group of our DP students, in fact, I know this was on our Facebook page as well back in March to Lancing. Um, they made they met with state reps. They were talking about DP and talking about how they could align postsecary uh, schools with being more equal in terms of how they accept uh, credit as it relates to IB. So it was great to see them go out
065and take action. Next column, OAC. We currently have 306 students enrolled in our early college. They are taking a combined 563 courses. That's 1,782 credits. That GPA, that 3.498 is based solely just on those college courses. That is not like their high school courses. That's how they're doing in those college uh courses at this time. though the Capstone Gala. I know that some of you had the opportunity to come last May. It was my first time attending last year. That was a great event that takes place May the 12th, 2026. So, you can see some of the great work those students have done um during during their capstone project time period. All right, last column. We're doing great tonight. Okay, CTE. Again, Mrs. Buts does an outstanding job with this. Lesley Flatmire who is our
066career navigator. So good. We got great people in good positions here. It's good stuff. We have 70% of all of our students here at the high school involved in the CTE course. First semester alone, 400 certifications were earned by our students. That's outstanding. Zello is the tool that we use for students taking EDPs, those educational development plans. We talked a lot more about that last year. helps them understand their career pathways, things they're interested in. We had a 92% completion rate, which is above um I know the county average, I believe, by 2 or 3%. We're doing really well there. Uh both Mrs. Buts and Mrs. Fletmeer worked with our staff. This is the second year we hosted our eighth grade electives tour in January. students were able to come in, tour the building, uh
067spend time meeting teachers, developing relationships, learning about programs. Um we of course surveyed them after the fact. Um 87% of them felt like it made a huge impact in helping them be more comfortable as they approach their transition up here. Um we're always hosting college visits and doing online admissions, 31 of those here. Just a lot of incredible work taking place. Very proud. Okay, I promise you I'm getting close to the end. Thanks for everyone's patience this evening. All right, we talked a lot last year about improving student attendance. This is the second year now where we have looked at um an attendance incentive. Okay. So, uh if you reme if you recall, students are given nine absences. Um in order to be exempt from taking exams, they have to be absent less than fewer
068than nine times. This year or last year, we started also talking about tardies and the role that that played. So, we incorporated tardies into the mix this year with three tardies equally in absence. So when you compare our attendance from the spring of 2024, this is actually the very end of the year. 51% of our students attended 90% or more of the time. We had a goal to get it to 60%. Okay, currently right now we're sitting at 56%. So we've seen a 5% boost with students attending 90% or more of the time. The next slide is another chart. That's a 15% increase, however, though from two years ago. So, we are making gains. It's not good enough. However, we are improving. We are going to get there. Um, we are seeing attendance improve. So,
069that's really encouraging to us here. We've already started having conversations about next year and yes, we will be making some um we will be making some changes, some edits to our attended exam policy. I don't want to share anything too concrete yet just because we have some conversations that need to take place with staff yet. Um, but I can tell you with a lot of confidence that number nine's probably going to drop a little bit and most likely we're going to move to some sort of total tardies per semester instead of tardies by class. So, I'll report back on that at a later date. Again, you can see the data here um if you want to refer back to it, but that's just kind of what we talked about. Okay. Okay. We are absolutely beaming
070with pride for our incredible students. It's something we love to share every chance we get. OS truly has the kindest, most wonderful kids around. This year has been filled with many proud moments already and we're thrilled to introduce Alex de Laente to share those accomplishments. So, we have slides with pictures, but we also have a slideshow that Alex is going to narrate. Ready? >> Good evening. I think it's amazing to be standing in front of you all here today and just celebrate the achievements that our high school has had this year. It's truly been a lot, especially just going beyond our student athletes. There's a lot going on in the classroom. A lot of extracurricular activities going on, too. My name again is Alex Deluente. I have been a Wildcat my entire life. My learning
071began at OLC and now I'm a senior getting ready to graduate from Oxford High School. One thing that has always stood out to me about Oxford schools has been the opportunities that it provides its students. This year alone, I was able to shadow some Spanish teachers in our district. I visited Disney's Imagination campus with 12 other of my peers, and I will be joining our Business Professionals of America chapter to compete at the National Leadership Conference in May. All of these opportunities have truly helped me develop my skills, characteristics, and of course, the future things I'm going to need as an educator. But of course also at OHS, there's been a lot happening in our building, a lot of opportunities and a lot of achievements. And I hope that you're just as excited and proud
072of our building and our school community as we look at our 25 26 points of pride. To begin our PBIS initiative this year is CATS. It's an acronym that stands for confident, accepted, thankful, and safe. All things we want to feel here in our school community. In the fall, we were also able to go and beat the Lake Oran Dragons at their home stadium and bring back the LOX trophy. Neil Hazelton and Avery Gardner earned national merit commendations. Staying on the topic of nationals, our Business Professionals of America chapter had 20 national qualifiers and our DECA program also advanced 18 students to their national competition. Our boys cross country team competed at the state meet and Sienna Chapen represented the girls cross country team at the state meet. Also, our volleyball team had a season
073to remember, making it all the way to the state semifinals. Mr. Bigalow also proudly honors around 20 students per month as cats of the month students to show the values of our PBIS initiative. Katie Pill, as you can see, made it to states in golf. and Ashlin Nis and Paige Prill represented the girls swim dive team at the state meet. Our amazing bands and orchestras earned the highest honors at festival and this semester, this first semester, we had 988 students listed in our honorable. Our robotics team is already off to an amazing start, already earning honors such early in the season. The OS elves returned to sit on some shelves bringing holiday cheer to students during their passing time. Our wrestling team, as you know, had an incredible season with a back-to-back state champion Cheyenne
074Frank and several others placing at the state meet and our girls wrestling team was a runner up. Our bowlers, Maya Vet and Doc Hamley, represented OS at the state meet and our boys basketball team earned a district title right here at Oxford High School for our entire Oxford community to see and celebrate. Nathan Leest, Liam Lindberg, Jack Koff, Katon Wolf, and Max Spiken went to the state championships for the boys swim and dive. Meanwhile, the National Honor Society is standing strong at 57 members. each member representing our school as they give back to our Oxford community. Our OS classrooms, as you can see, continue to focus on disciplinary literacy, collaboration, and flexible seating to support quality teaching and learning for all students here at OS. Our powerlifters also had an amazing year with our JV
075state champion and also national champion, Ryan Alexander, and a varsity state runnerup, Morgan Leonard. Additionally, several other powerlifters finished in the top 10 at the state meet. Here at RHS, we really love what our teachers do for us and for our students. And we were able to celebrate two amazing individuals. The first one is Miss Seth Shek. I hope I'm saying that right. And our as our support staff person of the year, and Miss Brewer, who also leads the OHS Dance Conservatory, as our teacher of the year. We are so happy for what they bring here to OHS every day and their love for students. Thank you so much for your time. Again, I hope that you're so excited for what's happening here in our building and remain optimistic for what is to come in
076the future at Oxford High School. Thank you so much. >> Thank you, Alex. Thanks, everybody. >> And we'll repeat that. has done announcements several times and I know he shows me up every time he does it. >> That's what our comments were when the mic was off, so I won't repeat them, but excellent job. Thank you so much, Alex. That was really incredible. Were there any questions for Brad or comments? I can't see. So, just by Thank you. >> I just want to thank you for the math lab. I think that's awesome because that's where a lot of kids struggle and I I appreciate you guys doing that. >> Thank you. Appreciate that. I guess just going back to the AP um slide there. I s I mean clearly I saw the the the test
077the scoring jump. Um but I also saw that the enrollment actually seemed to go down kind of considerably. >> It looked like it went down to I can't remember if you >> Yes, it did drop. >> Yeah. And do you know any any reason? I I think there's just es and flows from year to year. And one of the things that I didn't mention too, which is probably important, why that three is so significant. So, you know, students can score, I think, from one to five. A three is important because a three gives you that college credit as you go into college, which then also saves you money as well. But to go back to to your question, I think just from year to year, it it just varies. Um, you know, we do we
078do offer a lot for kids and I think you just see that from year to year. It's just going to be different based on the interest of those of students. >> Thank you. Your presentations are always engaging, so I appreciate it. And uh I really love everything that that you included. And I love to hear about the electives tour again. that seems to be a a huge hit. So, thank you to you and all of your staff who facilitate that and it seems to have really helped our students decide their their pathways. So, I appreciate that. I did just want to go back briefly to and I'm glad that you pointed it out the the discipline question with the staff. That is um that is quite the jump there. But as as you stated, we've
079seen this across the district in the in the previous years. But I just wanted to clarify and get a little more information because this is based on the 2425 school quality results, correct? Not 2526 because you don't have those as of yet. >> That is correct. >> Okay. And so when you said August, were you talking the the previous August or is this your plan moving into 2627? >> Uh 20 26 27. Yes. >> Okay. Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Anyone else? >> Thanks again. Appreciate you. >> And thank you, Alex. Phenomenal job. All right, that concludes item six. Moving into seven, we had first readings on field trip. And we do have a presenter this evening for one of them, I believe. Is he here? >> Okay. >> Ch. being struck by
080Alex. Don't do that. >> How are you guys tonight? Good. >> Thank you. All right. So, I'll just help uh Skills briefly heard about all the other programs and everything else. The skills is a little behind on it in terms of size and just in timing too. So, I do apologize for that. So, uh Skills USA positions themselves as the champions of skilled trades. Their mission is to empower students to become skilled professionals, career ready leaders, and responsible community members. Every aspect that they have is built around their skills USA framework which emphasizes personal skills, workplace skills and technical skills grounded in academics. So what they do is their framework actualizes opportunities and help students realize their career readiness skills and develop those and grow those which is one of the tenants of CT overall
081as well. So every year the state leadership and skills competition takes place in Grand Rapids. Students attend based on the results from regional competitions which are typically held in February or they are direct to state competitions. For my particular situation, the events were direct to state and student involvement in athletics in other organizations such as BPA and DECA and OSA and others as well as athletics led to changes in the team late in the process too. So it is nothing is finalized until late into February in terms of like enrollment in terms of like who's doing what competitions we work on things through class at times time people pick up competitions we use them as framework for uh some work that we do and but then when things come up things change and sometimes I
082can't convince a kid to do one thing or another so they make their changes and change their minds on so that does happen we're trying to work on a framework for that since we are still trying to figure since the state approved it two years ago I want to say that skills was uh for my program particular as opposed to BPA which was prior. Um so students that are scheduled to attend uh are excited for the competition to go into June uh which is at the after school ends but with the state competition next week as it is at this point that's why things were the way that they were and hopefully in the future we're able to kind of iron out those kinks as we go forward. >> Thank you. I appreciate the reasoning
083behind that. So, as you all see, this will be they're asking for approval this evening. So, so long as someone is comfortable to make the motion, go right ahead. Thank you. >> Move to approve the OS auto skills and OHS skills field trips as presented. >> Support and thank you. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I. Any opposed? >> Motion carries. >> Appreciate Good luck on your field trip. Thank you. >> All right. >> Item eight. We have John. Will you be speaking to all three? >> All right. Thank you. >> Somebody behind there to clap for me. >> Yeah, I know. So included in your board pack information is u three bids. The first one um titled the center program bid pack 2. As you know the center project there's when it comes
084to the construction piece there's two bid packs associated. The first one came through a little while back and the board's approved that. This is the second one. It's addresses foundation work masonry work cutters and down spouts waterproofing and insulation work plumbing and electrical. It does carry an allowance and contingency piece as well. Um there's one bigger piece that's in this package. It speaks to the um um structure that we're looking to put in front of the facility that's used for carport. It's a it's really a bus port. We got one bid bag. It was not from the vendor that we anticipated and it was an incomplete bid. So we've brought it to in this package for an allowance format which is really a very similar contingency as the board when the board approves it be
085authorizing this money to be used on this specific item with the intent of our construction manager going back circling back with the vendor sitting back down with them and clarifying what they missed was intentional what happened then we'll make a determination if we make adjustments to this vendor and move forward with or we'll turn around and do a smaller follow-up bid um to focus specifically on the carport piece, but it's the funding here. So, it's embedded in here. So, um just in case someone had a question about because it's a in the allowance group, we call it all separately because it's a bigger piece of them. So, anticipating questions, that's what I sort of bring it forward to you. So, within the actual impact process itself, it's again it's a center related. So, it's the
086first reading We're requesting approval tonight. Um it's the site preparation bid. It's the scope of the bid itself. The details are embedded in or included the documents on the board pieces. The scope itself is written with due to district standards specification driven by our our architect and our our CM and our site engineer. Um it too is advertised in a local paper also on our website also on the state website. We got bids received on March 26th. We received 23 bids in Chicago. Um it does comply with order policy 3301 as well as state procurement processing and again the funding is associated or coming from the open schools pay 18 fund. With all that said, it's it is recommended that the board of education authorize the administration to execute the contracts as presented in the
087amount of $838,941 and they allocate contingency and allowances in the amount of $295,54 for a total recommendation of 1,134,495. Would anybody like to make that motion? And thank you. >> I move to approve the center program bid package two as presented. Support Mike Whitney. Thank you. Discussion. >> I am really not comfortable with our bunnies being tied up and so I have voted no on this ASD project from the beginning. So I will be voting no for all of these bids. I didn't quite hear that beginning part, but can you repeat? Did you say that you're concerned about our funds being tied up? You do. Is that >> Yes, because our funds are being tied up until we get reimbursed. Correct. >> Okay. Okay. But you do know what I understand reimbured by Oakland County
088ISD. >> I know, but in time we've >> I'm not being combative. I'm just making sure I'm understanding what you're saying. like we've already given 2 million for the modular. Okay. So that's 2 million of our monies that are tied up until we get reimbursed when we have other issues with our physical buildings that for our students and the majority of these students are not going to be residents is my understanding. So that's my discussion. >> Oh, that would help. Any further discussion? >> All right. All those in favor? I. Any opposed? >> Thank you. Motion carries. >> Thank you. >> Item B. There's uh two technology related uh bid requests. One is tied to the center and the one is district based. So the first one I'll speak to is again a first reading
089approval and the second one's going to close to the normal process. So this is first reading and next meeting will be second reading. Both of these pieces of both of these bid packs concern technology. We used the route for the ROP process what's known as the - process. rate is a segment of funding that the government federal government provides through a a process. It's a really a discount process. So, uh we ran these technology pieces because we're an eligible district for this particular situation for that kind of funding. So, the dollar approvals in both both uh bids um are the net dollar amounts that we will pay. So there's back up in both pieces of documentation that break out a gross number and a net number. The gross number is the actual cost of the
090equipment and that number is what we're paying. The difference is being paid by the e- refund. So um because it's a different path for this kind of a product, I thought I'd just call it out here and I'll go into the specific the specific center phase bid package. It's um specifically included. Again, it went through the -ay funding. We do work with what we refer to as our refer to as our D-Ray consultants and organization. They're titled as triple triple R consultants. So, you may or may not see them in um in some of the check registers. So specifically we have uh requesting approval for um wireless access points which we're requesting award to income DSG uh specific edge edge switches um again in account award request some network specific network electronics again being awarded
091to INOMP and then UN UPS power supply also being awarded to Incom. So that grand total is 30,50587 of the total amount we're requesting for approval. Uh two other pieces in this bid package. Uh both our structured cabling. One is fiber structure fiber structure cabling. So that's the outside cabling that's used to connect building. It's the f will be added to our fiber network in the district. And then structure cabling for the interior work of typical cabling. Um so that's for that's for an account. So that's $31,594.90. So again, the process complies with our 3301 purchasing and procurement and state procurement requirements. Uh we are it is recommendation the board to board of education authorized the administration to execute contracts with TSG for $30,5587 and incorporated for $31,594.90. Plus, we're requesting authority to use up
092to $6,000 of potential contingency funding. We don't have any known specific needs for that. I'm just putting it in because it's uh prudent from the point of view of if something comes up, we'll be able to do it because particularly related to any kind of technology work, it's usually on the spot maybe or this or that that's just missed in the process. Um that again so if that comes to a grand total of or request for grand total authorization of $68,100 77. Any questions on this one? >> Any questions? Would anybody like to make that motion? >> Sure. >> Thank you. Move to approve the center program technology bid as presented. >> Support and thank you discussion. Um if I remember I glanced over those bids and it looked like both the district and the
093center bids were intermingled on because we were using the same companies. Is it did I read that correctly? >> Yeah. the actual when when it comes to packaging the um equipment request that you process through the -ate RFP process it the equipment's the same so yes you did read it so pieces of the total equipment for whatever the category some's assigned to the center some's assigned to what the district believes >> okay and in the second bit here I'll I'll point out the distinction the main distinction between the It's really defined on who's paying for it. The two separations of the pieces which is to be expected. Any other questions, comments? Okay. All those in favor? >> I. Any opposed? >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. And the the last bid is again it's the
094first read only. has went through the same process rate - rate subsidizer discount. So the specific pieces involved in this bid request are um all three pieces award to incom DSG wireless access points. So you'll see reference to wireless access points for this bid as well as the center bid. Um the fire the firewall for it's a new replacement firewall for the district. That's the single biggest cost item that's in the two packages. that's specifically broken out um again awarded data count and then one in one uninterrupted UPS system on the interrupted power supply um so a grand total of $112,332.77 the process again complies with board policy 3301 as well as state prepar law um it's recommended the board of education authorize the administration to execute contracts contract with UN intercom tsg for12 $12,332.77
095plus authorizing additional contingency in the amount of $11,200 for a grand total of $123,532.77. And ideally, we won't be using the contingency. We just want the authority to everyone issue immediately available. Any questions? >> Any questions for this particular one? This is first reading, so we'll be back at our next meeting. >> All right. Thank you very much, Ch. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Unscheduled public comment. Do we have one this evening? Thank you, Justin. Marissa Prince, you want me to hear hear them? Yeah. So, um I wanted to talk real quick about the board um training that you guys have been doing for understanding one another and understanding your personality archetypes. and paying a consultant to travel out here um from the west side of the state paying his mileage. Um and I
096think it's might be time to um bring that to a close. So I know I've expressed that to you guys already um in email, but I I think it's time to really direct our spending towards classrooms. in students um and staff uh initiatives and the priorities that we've set forth. And when it comes to professional development and learning for the board, spending money on education that relates more to students and learning and the initiatives in the district and last to helping you all um understand your personality archetypes and how to get along better. So, while I appreciate that it's important for the board to function well and communicate, um to me that's like a baseline expectation of professionalism that we all can communicate and understand one another and um that we don't need to continue
097to pay. Um I think we're over 10 grand probably now that we've paid and we've bought his books now and we've read his books. Um so now maybe we can direct the board's um efforts towards all of the important initiatives in the district related to um the funding that we're seeking from the community, the important funding we need um all of the learning important learning that's happening and all of our wonderful talented students and staff in the district. So that's my um what I'm asking of you. Thank you. >> Thank you, Marissa. All right, item 10. We have our scheduled activities coming up. We have our workshop this weekend. There are a couple of committee meetings. I know this week it's a quite the busy week coming back from break. So, hope you all had
098some relaxation and then into graduation season, which is super exciting. Uh, I know. Item 11, any administrative clarification? No. and 12 final board comments. No. Um, I'll just say that I had the pleasure of visiting Lakeville to witness their capstone event and that was really wonderful and I couldn't help but reflect tonight with all of the the high achieving students that I I can already picture some of the ones I saw that will be up on this stage I am very sure of in in some short years. they were really phenomenal. Uh, robotics seemed to be their big passion this year and I learned a ton about that. So, that was very exciting. So, thank you to the students for teaching me all of those lovely things with their capstone and of course the staff
099over there for hosting it and being so gracious and supporting that. So, that's what I had for this evening. There's nobody else. Uh it is 8:22 and this meeting is adjourned.