001everybody for coming tonight. It's so nice to see everybody here. It is 7:00 and I'm going to call the order to call to order the meeting of the Clarkston Board of Education. If you could all please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I 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. Mrs. Mlan, can you please call the role? >> Yes. >> Mr. Clark, >> here. >> Mrs. Egan, >> here. >> Mr. Ne >> here. >> Mrs. McInness >> here. Mr. Hire >> here. >> Mrs. Love >> here. >> Representative Pounce >> here. >> Representative McDonald. >> Mrs. Crane >> here. Thank you. Item 1.3 is reading of the public statement.
002This meeting is a meeting of the board of education in public for the purpose of conducting the school district's business and is not to be considered a public community hearing. There is time for public participation during the meeting as indicated in agenda items three and nine. Item two is approval of the consent agenda. May I have a motion, please? >> I move that the board of education approves the consent agenda as presented. >> Support. >> Motion made and supported. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item three is the first opportunity for citizens to address the board. You are given two opportunities to address the board. Under this item, item 3.1, you can request to address the board about any topic that is on tonight's agenda. Under item nine,
003you are welcome to address the board on any topic. When making comments, please state your name and address. Direct your comments here to the board president. Each person may speak for up to two minutes. For established procedures, the board will not respond to questions or interact with the speaker during public comment, although we may refer the matter to the appropriate person in the district for further followup. Miss Nag, would you mind checking to see if anyone has signed up for me, please? Thank you. Thank you very much. Item four is our superintendent update. I will turn it over to Dr. Ryan. >> Thank you, Madam President. Uh first of all say happy new year to all since this is our first uh kickoff meeting of 2026. Hard to believe we're already here. Uh looking out
004the window can definitely tell it's January again as this kind of is ebbing and flowing. Uh going into our second week here of uh school and uh it's going to be a very nice evening of recognition here at our Clarison school board meeting. I want to welcome uh Representative Mike Harris in the back room to wave. Thank you for being here this evening. uh more for you coming up in our agenda. I also want to recognize this past weekend that our CHS uh business professionals of America uh club competed at the Mcome Community College uh regionals. The team had 43 students who attended and I'm really excited to to share with our community this evening that all 43 students finished in the top 10 in at least one event and 36 qualified for the state
005leadership conference held in Grand Rapids in March. So, what an awesome showing and I want to really uh give uh some appreciation to our community for those individuals involved in supporting that team, including Melissa Schaefer, the lead teacher, Mary Beth Spicer, the event administrator, Laura Van Etin, the event administrator, Fave Alador, a judge, and Sarah Ferguson as a parent chaperon. So, really that support and engagement and uh within this community is really kind of special. So, I want to say thanks to all those involved in that. also sense some appreciation to our whole Independence Elementary crew here this evening. For those in the community watching on TV, it's great to see us being able to celebrate together and to have everybody at our meeting this evening. Also, later on agenda, this is school board recognition
006month and I'm going to do a presentation along uh with Miss Beth Rogers who's repres um to kind of recognize all the hard work done by our school board year round. So, at this point, we'll kind of move into the agenda. >> Thank you, President. >> Thank you, Dr. Ryan. Item five is presentation items. As Dr. Ryan alluded to, our first present presentation is a recognition of one of our Independence Elementary students. And to kick that off and give a little background, I would like to invite Miss Kelly Allen up to the podium. >> Good evening everyone. It is my honor to be here today with the full house all of Independence Elementary is representing uh to give a little bit of background of what we are here to talk about today. Uh, every time
007I'm around staff members, when I'm meeting new staff members, I'm always telling them, we can't be in the classrooms. We can't always see these moments that are happening, and they're so special. So, if you capture them, it could be the greatest photo in the world. Maybe it's a little bit grainy on your cell phone. That doesn't matter. If you capture one of those moments, please be sure to share that with us. And thankfully, somebody heard that message. Miss Gray over at uh Independence sent uh Becky Shiers and I a picture explaining this special what seemed like small moment between two of our students, Joanna and Cruz. That was then moved on to our social media where we acknowledged just the wonderful connection between these two students. That became very very big. Everyone was noticing it.
008Everyone saw this great thing that was happening. And when I say everyone, including Representative Harris's office, I received a call and they said, "You know what? We just really want to be able to recognize students that do these wonderful things and we really want to recognize Joanna." So I started calling the moms and it's always bad when I have to call a mom in the middle of the day because they're worried something's wrong. So my lead in is everything's okay. Everything's okay. We actually want to tell you something great. Um, and actually both moms were very happy to be here today with their kiddos. To give a little bit more background though, I would like to invite up our principal at Independence, uh, Nate Fuller, as well as Miss Gray and Miss Spencer. Come on
009up. [clears throat] >> Good evening. Here, you guys can come up. [laughter] >> Good evening. Hello. So, this is Miss Spencer. She's a um level three classroom teacher. And then uh Katy Gray is one of our pair of professionals in the classroom. And this is a special evening because as Kelly so adequately said that it's not just about the small moments that we look at in our schools, but it's about building those connections. And when you have students like Joanna and Matthew and Cruz and just that connection that you see between students is why we're here and what it's all about. And I want to give a special shout out and I know that Miss Spencer has some nice things to say about our classroom and what goes on. But I want to recognize too
010that it's not just the kids, it's the parents behind these kids. And so I want to give a shout out to you guys as parents that we can't do all these things and these kids don't come with the skill sets unless it's what you bring to their lives. And so Joanna, you are a special girl, but your parents have also put a huge part into your life. And Matthew and Cruz, your families, too, to open up and say, we're going to give the best learning environment for our kids and we're going to have connections so that they grow and flourish. That's amazing. So, I am so proud that our district is honoring students and you represent a lot of students on our building that are do amazing things every day. And so, congratulations. And Miss
011Mister is going to tell you a little bit about how the classroom works and what they do. >> I'm Miss Bri um is what my students call me and what my links call me. I'm really excited to be here tonight because one of my favorite things is talking about my students and talking about my job. It is one of the most magical jobs in the world. I know I'm a little biased, but I mean, look at them. They're pretty cute. Um, I teach profoundly autistic students, and what that means is they are extremely impacted by their autism. Um, something really cool though is that that doesn't impact their cognition. So, even though their communication is impacted, even though their social skills are impacted, their cognition is still intact. So my job is to figure out
012how to teach them how to pull out all of those beautiful amazing skills, how to teach them to communicate. Um, and one way that we do that is by having peers come into our classroom. So a general education classroom or the cafeteria or the um music room might be really overwhelming for our students, but something that we can do is bring their peers to us. Um, so we have a link program that's been going on in Clarkson forever. It looks a little bit different from year to year, but this year I was able to bring third graders and fourth graders into my classroom. This is actually Joanna's second year spending time in my classroom. She started last year. She volunteered to come in during her lunch. Um, and what we do is we call it
013AAC club. They come in and they get an AAC, which is an augmentative and alternate communication device. Matthew, can you show them your iPad? Show them your iPad. So, Matthew communicates using an iPad. He's super smart, so he spells everything that he needs to communicate to us when he is in a space to do so. And what Joanna does is she comes in and she gets to hang out with my kids and she gets to learn how to communicate in the way that they do. And what is so magical about Joanna is that Joanna is kind to all kids. Um, I think it's really important to emphasize that we're not just celebrating her because she was nice to kids with disabilities within a special ed classroom. She is kind to all kids at all times.
014So the moment that Cater captured is really just a tiny little moment of Joanna being Joanna. She is truly an incredible kind kind human that seeks connection overall. And one thing that I emphasize for my students and for the kids that come into my classroom is that no matter what our differences are, we can always find some way to connect and to be kind to one another. Um I was not in the classroom during this beautiful moment that was captured, but my parakeet was. So, I'm going to have her share kind of what that looked like so that we can celebrate Joanna. And um yeah, I think it's just a beautiful thing that we're all here to celebrate. And I want to thank you guys for having us. >> Thank you. As uh Miss Bree
015said, uh the kids in our classroom do operate a little bit differently when it comes to their social skills and their communication. Um but their cognitive abilities are intact. And with my, as his mom referred to it the other day, my ride or die, Cruz, um, he is definitely a testament to that. Cruz almost has like a six sense when it comes to being able to know who gets him, who is a good person, who is there for him, who understands autism. And um, he doesn't always he doesn't always connect with people the same way that you and I do or most kids do. Um but in this moment we in our our our classroom small moments are often really big victories. And so this was [snorts] also a really big victory for Cruz because
016he used his social skills, his communicate non-verbal communication to be like, "Oh, that's my buddy Joanna and I want to play with her right now and we're going to have a blast because he knows that Joanna is a safe person. That Joanna understands him. that Joanna will come into his world with him. And so after he was done eating lunch that day, he just went right over to Joanna and he pulled her over to him. And he took her hands and he led her where he wanted to go and he just was himself. And Joanna, without missing a beat, just got right in there with him and played in the tinsel party that we call it um for sensory and jumped with him and he initiated the biggest bear hug with Joanna. And that just
017doesn't happen with Cruz very often. But Cruz knew that Joanna is his person. And it was just it was a beautiful moment because not only did it show how much our kids love and appreciate Joanna for everything that she is, but also for Cruz to make that big step forward um and to to bring Joanna over and for her to join him in his world. And it was it was just very very gorgeous. We do have a few pictures up here of that moment being captured. Um, but we would also like to uh bring up Representative Harris, please. He has a special tribute. And if we could have Joanna come up and Cruz, if you'd like to come up, you can come up with a parent if that's better for you. >> Awesome job. Awesome
018job. Well, thank you, Dr. Ryan for having me and uh board and thank you for taking the time to um acknowledge such a wonderful act of kindness uh within your schools. Yet again, your students that come out of Clarkson schools are amazing and uh you know I'm daytoday and I've had kids and and uh Mrs. Crane knows you know we've had kids come through Clarkson schools and uh I can't think of a better place they could have gone. So, you know, many times we've seen um a lot of ugliness in the world, right? And sometimes it's amazing when we can look at a child and us adults are actually learning the lesson. So, Joanna, your kindness has resonated all the way to the state capital and uh [clears throat] I'm going to try and do
019this without getting teeyed because I love kids and I love the fact that you can reach out and be so kind to people. But, let's make this official. I want to read a tribute. This is from Lansancy and this is from the cap. So let it be known that it is with great pride and appreciation that we recognize Joanna of Independence Elementary, a remarkable third grade student whose kindness, compassion, and leadership bring compassion and light to her school and to her community each day. Through her everyday actions, Joanna demonstrates that empathy, and understanding are values that can be lived out at any age. For a second year in a row, Joanna has chosen to spend her lunch periods building meaningful friendships with students with autism spectrum disorder. She approaches these moments with thoughtfulness and care
020using augmentative and alternative communication devices to connect with non-verbal students and finding meaningful and memorable activities to help fellow students feel seen, welcomed, and valued, something we all want. Her willingness to meet others where they are reflects a maturity and selflessness well beyond her years. Her teachers and peers often remark on how naturally Joanna forms genuine connections. A recent moment in which a classmate who rarely initiates interaction chose to engage with her simply reflected what those around her witness every day. A communicative, caring presence whose patience and warmth help others feel comfortable and included. Joanna's actions can serve as a powerful reminder to any age that character is shown through everyday choices and small acts of kindness. By leading with patience, understanding, and respect, she sets a meaningful example for her classmates and all of
021us and demonstrates how genuine connection can positively shape a community. So, in special tribute, Joanna, can I give you this? >> [applause] [applause] >> I was just going to say I think Joanna Cruz, would it be okay if you came up and shook our hands? We have a little gift for the two of you up here. We'd really like to thank you personally for being here. Would that be okay? Why don't we all Maybe she feel they want pictures? >> Yeah. So, why don't we do it? >> Whatever you say, boss. >> Thank you. >> Great job. Thank you so much. >> Great job. Way to go. Great job. >> Congratulations. >> [laughter] >> Except we're not in any pictures. >> What? We'll let Kelly direct. >> Would you like to take a picture together
022that makes you feel better? >> Do you have a picture of me? >> You know what? I don't know. Amanda has this uncanny gift >> of like knowing what buttons to hit. >> Yeah, good to see you, too. [clears throat] >> Thank you so much for coming by and recognizing our kids >> for just another whatever it was. Nice to see you, too. >> Thanks for coming. >> Yeah, thanks for coming tonight. >> Another 15. >> She knew exactly [clears throat] what she was doing. >> We photo bombing. What the hell is going on here? >> I know. I know how to get married. I don't know the handwave was killing >> [laughter] >> Are you excited? >> That's pretty. >> Thank you guys. I really enjoyed that. We have one more presentation item and
023then we will take a short recess for people who do want to leave. So, excuse me. It's definitely Excuse me. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> I actually had a I actually had a question for one of the presenters. >> Okay, go ahead. Let's Who is it for? >> Uh, Mrs. Bri. >> Miss Bri, are you still here? Um, our student rep actually has a question he'd like to ask you if that's okay. Could you Would you mind coming back up to the podium? >> I would love to. [laughter] >> Okay. Okay. >> So, student reps, floor is yours. So you mentioned that there's a link program. >> Mhm. >> So can you tell me a bit more about that? >> Yes. So at the elementary level, it looks a little bit different than middle school,
024high school, junior high. At the middle school, high school, and junior high, typically the links have like an hour assigned. At the elementary level, what we do is we ask classrooms what times they will release their kids. Um this year we're mostly focusing on lunch and recess because those are more social times for our kids to socialize and really build those connective relationships. Um so it changes from year to year. Last year, we had links in my classroom throughout the day. This year, my kids need a little bit more time on their own. So, we have three to four peers that come into the classroom at a time for lunch or recess. Joanna comes like every Tuesday. I'm not sure what her day is, but they come once a week on their day every week
025and they continue to build relationships. um the John Lceto and Stacy Theophilles were able to get us some extra additional AAC's last year, which has been a huge um addition to our program. So now instead of just really building those relationships, we're also trying to teach the other kids how to use the AAC to communicate because it is um their best way to communicate with their peers. >> Okay. Is this is this like a part of the special education program or its own thing or like or is there like some overlap or >> So the link program is a like a statewide thing and it happens in other places as well. In Clarkson it's I'm not sure how long if since before I've been teaching in this district for 12 years and it was here
026long before I got here. Um it just depends building to building what it looks like. At our building typically we try to find um peers that can connect. So Matthew and Joanna are in the same classroom. So that is one way for him to build relationships with his classroom peers. Um those peers throughout the day come into the classroom or throughout the week come into the classroom um to build those friendships. >> Okay. And finally I just wanted to say that I love your t-shirt. >> Thank you so much. So, stmming, for anyone that doesn't know, is when someone with neurode divergence, autism, ADHD, whatever, um, even you guys, when you're tapping your leg or anything to process information, 42% is how much kids with autism are processing more information. They're processing 42% more information
027than a typical brain. And so, STMing helps them. So, we're very STEM positive at our school and just autism positive in general. Um, we love to find the autistic joy every day and in that we see the stmming as a very positive thing for them to do to express themselves. >> So, how can I spread autistic joy at Clarkson High School? >> I [laughter] I'm a big proponent of finding autistic joy everywhere. So, really just making connections with anyone and everyone that you can. Um, like I said before, you know, Joanna connects with everyone. And I think it's really beautiful when we can find differences um, and connect with people that are different. I'm neurody divergent myself, so even just figuring out how I can connect with my students. Matthew and I have lots in
028common, even though we have so many differences. Um, and I think that's true at kindergarten level, high school level, adulthood, when you're a senior citizen. finding those ways that you can connect with people, whether that is through their special interest, you know, giving them a time to talk about what they're really into. Matthew loves numbers, so all of his peers know that every day he has a number of the day. Today it's eight. So, he really wanted to cheer for Joanna eight times. Um, and you know, we've got lots of kids that have unique interests. We have a little guy right now that's obsessed with water parks. And even just connecting with them on their special interest, I think that's a beautiful way to show that like I care about what you have to say.
029I care about what you care about. And um I mean that's true for any human, but especially for autistic humans, giving them that outlet for joy. >> Thank you, student rep. Thank you. >> Is there anyone else who has any questions or comments before we do our next presentation? >> I was glad to keep talking. >> We appreciate it and we very much appreciate Rep. Paris, all of the IE, all of the families, the siblings. Thank you guys very much. Um, again, we have one more presentation item and then I will do a short recess and those who wish to leave May. Um, item 5.2 is school board recognition month. Dr. Ryan, >> thank you. And it's it's my pleasure. Uh, first of all, just kind of looking at the audience and the vibe that
030we have going on right here. starts at the top here with our school board and really kind of goes through our entire community and our school board so represented that energy that positive force for the children of this community and I'm been lucky enough to work with some of the greatest individuals that have volunteered for anything in Clarkston and that's what they are volunteers u the seven individuals you see to my right and left it's three and four here um give of their time more than you can imagine you know the the simple prep preparation for a school board meeting involves literally going through hundreds of pages worth of material to prepare them on a weekly basis to become vested and be able to advocate for our school district both uh with Rep. Harris and
031Lancing as you know you hear from me and them all the time and and really putting Clarkston first and uh I can't say enough about their commitment. Um this past fall when I was at a at a conference for schoolboard members, Clarkson is unique. Not only do we have representatives on our board there, we had all of them there. And we always have all of them there. And it it's big because it's it's a learning experience that goes from a middle of a week to the to a Sunday. It's like a Wednesday to Sunday experience. And all these individuals have jobs. I mean really representative. This isn't just a group of individuals but they all we have a business owner we have a shop worker we have individual who does who's in legal is a
032lawyer we have just the amount of skill and backgrounds international business politics um technology uh university work I mean it really comes from all different angles and they really harness all this experience when they come to the board table to not only be good stewards for this community but really being able to ask good solid questions, look for accountability, look to really kind of push the experience that our students receive in the classroom as far as it can go. They really share with their expertise, their talents, and their time. And uh at that conference, one little memory was Sunday morning in the fall at 7:00 a.m. on a Sunday, and they're all out there getting ready for our first session, and it's dark out. I'm thinking, boy, what a great group of people, you know,
033that kind of time. And they're up, you know, hours away from home um trying to learn and do their best by their community. So, I just want to say on behalf of of our school system, our administration, and our staff, uh how much we appreciate and I really want to say thank you. Great job, guys. >> Thank you, Dr. Ryan. >> Thank you. [applause] >> And we have a small token for you on behalf of our team uh for you. And then we also have Miss Beth Rogers. She's our president of our Clarkson Education Association and she's also going to say just a couple words as well in regards to schoolboard appreciation month. Thank you, Miss Rogers. President Crane and board members, on behalf of the Clarkson Education Association, I would like to thank you
034for all that you do for our students, staff, and community. Clarkson is known as a desirable community in which to live, largely because of the reputation of our school district. This is both a point of pride and a tremendous responsibility. As CA president, I assure you that our professional staff appreciate the support and working relationship between the teachers, administration, and school board. The work that all of you do and your dedication to learning and growing in your respective roles does not go unnoticed. In recognition of your commitment to our schools and community and in honor of schoolboard appreciation month, the CEA will be donating a book in your name to the learning commons of each of our school buildings. Again, on behalf of the CA and all of its members, thank you for everything that
035you do to make our district a place where students and staff feel safe, valued, and where thinking and learning is always a priority. Thank you. [applause] Thank you, Dr. Ryan. Thank you, Mrs. Rogers, for being here tonight for those kind words. Does anybody else have anything you'd like to add? Okay, then before we move on to our action items, we will take a short fivem minute recess. For those of you who would wish to leave, you are welcome to stay for the rest of our business, but we also understand if you would like to go home. Thank you. Five minutes. All right. Thank you. Thank you. [clears throat] Um, thank you everybody. I know everyone's leaving, but I love those presentations very much. Um, okay. Let's move on to our action items. Item 6.1 is
036approval of personnel changes. Can I have a motion, please? >> I move that the board of education approves the personnel changes as listed on the attached sheets. >> Okay. Are there any questions or discussions about the personnel changes? Yes. >> Um, >> Mr. McNot, >> I noticed that on the attached sheet there is an addition section and a subtraction section, >> and then there's a total section, the FTE balance, the end of period. um you or the subtotals were added so that um they weren't the subtractions and the additions were both positive so it made the FTE balance at the end of period 2 instead of I would expect a zero um >> yeah I actually don't know Mr. for LED. Do you understand the question? >> Yeah, I'm sorry. >> Yeah. So, >> um
037in the addition section of the personnel changes, there's a subtotal or on the first one, there's a subtotal of one additional full-time equivalency and in the subtractions, it also says one, a positive one. So, then the total FP balance ended period is two. Um so, it's adding both the additions and the subtractions together. So, I wonder if that was just a mistake or >> Yeah, there's there's two sections. There's >> as you've accurately pointed out, we don't use that box for anything. >> So, it doesn't I just wondered if >> it's a great point. We could just get rid of it. Yes. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Are there any further questions or discussion on the personal changes? Right. Seeing none, all those in favor of the motion, please say I. >> Any opposed? Motion
038carries. >> Item 6.2 is approval of the superintendent evaluation. May I have a motion, please? >> I move that the board of education approves the superintendent evaluation letter and completed instrument document as presented. >> Support. Are there any questions or discussions about item 6.2? I would just like to say that again I am very grateful for the board superintendent board administration team that we have. Um I think it was very evident during our close session evaluation. Um just how well we all work together. I know I was just talking to Mrs. Rogers about that and I would even bring in the union into that whole puzzle that all of us work very well together. But during the superintendent evaluation which I know Mr. Clark, this is your first one. Um, not all districts does, it
039does not always go so smoothly. Um, we do it by consensus and we reach consensus pretty easily on pretty much everything. Uh, leaving Dr. Ryan with the highest possible rating of effective. It used to be highly effective, but he was in the 99 point blank. I mean, it was just an incredibly high number, and he deserves it. We we all agreed and had many comments about um how proactive you are, how responsive you are. Um we we just very much appreciate it and you have our confidence and we look forward to this next year working together. Again, we appreciate you. >> So, um seeing no more discussion, all those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Item 6.3 is approval of construction change over change order for Clarkston High School.
040May I have a motion, please? I move that the board of education approves the contract for FedEx Corporation as note not noted in the attached schedule for the amount of 3,749 749,300 and include a 7.5% construction contingency of $281,198 for a total of $4,30,398. >> Support. Are there any questions or discussions about the construction change order? Seeing none, all those in favor, please say I. I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> Item 6.4 is approval of the furniture purchase for Shared Services Partner School. May I have a motion, please? I move that the board of education approves a purchase of furniture in the amount of $69,772.38 cents as part of our shared services agreement as presented. >> Support. >> Are there any questions or discussions about the furniture purchase? Yes, Mr. McNotton. Um my understanding
041of shared services was previously that the um school we're sharing our services with generally purchases the equipment um for that school and I noticed that it said it's part of the shared services agreement. So was that specific furniture purchase agreed beforehand or was there some details in that services agreement? >> It's part of the contract we have with that particular school. >> Okay. So we negotiate each one in a unique and independent way and that particular one includes the furniture purchase in lie of something else. >> Okay, good. Any further questions or discussion? >> Seeing none, all those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Item 6.5 is approval of the Clarkson Transportation building improvements. May I have a motion, please? I move the board of education approve the contract
042for the Clarkson Transportation Building Improvements Project based on the attached breakdown. The contracts total $1,235,889 and includes a in in addition 7% 7.5% contingency of $92,692 for a total of $1,328,581 as presented. >> Support you. Are there any questions or discussions about this? Um, thanks for allowing the uh late edition on this. We have a 24-w week lead time on some of these materials and we're going to come at the workshop meeting, but we will be doing a financial workshop with a couple other things and we did not want any action on that meeting because we'll be at Independence Elementary um in 2 weeks and so we didn't want to wait for the following meeting. So, we uh have part of this bid ready tonight to get the lead time in. There's a few more
043bids that will come in that we'll approve on uh February 9th for that. And Mr. Brenton is here if you have any questions. >> Thank you, Mr. Hire. Any further discussion, questions? >> Right. Seeing none, all those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Item seven is report items. There are none. Item eight is discussion items. There are none. Item nine is a second opportunity for citizens to address the board. Seeing no citizens in the audience, we can move on to item 10, which is information items. There is no school for staff or students on Monday, January 19th, 2026 for Martin Luther King Day. I believe it is also the be end of beginning of the next semester. Good luck on your finals students and especially our students here. [clears
044throat] Uh the next board of education meetings on Monday, January 26th, 2026 at 6 PM, we will be having a workshop meeting at Independence Elementary, which if you recall was part of our board goals to start visiting some of our district schools. So, we will start doing that. Um we will be discussing our elementary literacy for the 2627 school year and our budget. Monday, February 9th, 2026 at 7 p.m. is our next regular meeting. Item 11, we will be moving into close session to discuss collective bargaining. May I have a motion, please? >> I move that the board of education moves into close session for purposes of collective bargaining. >> Support. >> Okay. We do expect no action during the closed session or after the close session. So, if you would like to leave, you
045may. If you would like to stay while we go into close session, you may. Um, is there any discussion about moving into close session? Seeing none, I may I have a roll call vote, please. Mrs. Mlan. >> Mrs. Egan. >> Yes. >> Mrs. McInness. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hyer, >> yes. >> Mrs. Love, >> yes. >> Mr. Clark, >> yes. >> Mr. Ne, >> yes. >> Mrs. Crate, >> yes. Thank you. We will now move into close session.