001public schools. It's May 26 to order. If you would like to make a public comment, there are forms in the back desk. If you just fill them out and bring them to our lovely secretary, Sarah, so that we will know your name to call out. Um, at this time we will stand for the pledge of allegiance. Sarah, can you do roll call? Miss Hamilton, Mrs. Simonetti, Miss Williams, Miss Sharp, >> Mr. Doby's, Mr. Ready, Miss Actton. >> Here. >> Agenda item number four, approval of agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda as written? Any deliberation? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. I oppose. No. Motion carries. At this time, we will turn it over to Superintendent Patterson for the Superintendence report. >> Thank you, President Actton. I'm going to keep
002my remarks brief because we have a presentation from our MS MASB representative. So, I'd like to invite uh Miss Kimberly May to uh the podium at this time. We've been working diligently this year. This was one of our big goals to develop a strategic plan. So, there's been many months going into this work and we had a culminating experience to put together the plan that you're going to see today. So, I know our board of education had an opportunity to participate. our cabinet administration, a lot of community members, and so we welcome uh Kimberly here to share this presentation with us today. So, thank you so much for traveling back to Jackson again. We got her some orange and black uh swag. So, she wants to be all in for JPS and has been a
003great partner to work with in this process. So, thanks for coming alongside of us and for sharing uh our our final product here today. All right, let's try this again. Good evening and thank you so much for having me back. I have truly enjoyed my time in Jackson um with both the board superintendent as well as the supporting staff. So, thank you all so much for having me. And as um Superintendent Patterson shared, I am here tonight to share the work that we've completed around the datadriven strategic planning process. And I will ultimately share with you the board the vision, mission, and belief statement along with the goals. And I will ask that you all vote on those this evening. But you will also see the goals as well as the objectives. Okay. So to
004get us started, I got to press this a little harder. There we go. So this timeline shows that we worked on the strategic plan for six months from start to finish. So starting in October, there was a board presentation. I do believe um Debbie Stair, my colleague, presented for the board and then in November, the board voted to have MASB facilitate this work. I met with Jeremy um Superintendent Patterson. I believe we initially talked in November, December to set some dates for our data collection and stakeholder input meetings. And so those took place January and February of 2026. And what that was were times I came into the district to meet with students, staff, community members. And then we also had a meeting that took place on the um virtually. We also opened the um
005survey, the input survey where that again community members, students, staff had the opportunity to provide input on this process. In April, we hosted the retreat which was all day um on a Saturday. I believe it was April 18th. And then on April 27th, we had the implementation workshop. During that workshop, we let me go back. The retreat was an eight-hour day. That day, we worked really hard on developing mission, vision, vision, belief statement, as well as the goals. on April 27th worked with Superintendent Patterson and his selected team to begin to talk about what the implementation looks like, what are the priority objectives for each of those goals. And then here we are in May with me presenting this final report to you all. Not pressing hard enough. There we go. Okay. So stakeholder input.
006This is where I talked a little bit about I came into the district and I met with students and staff as well as administrators and the purpose of the stakeholder input is to provide an opportunity obviously for input from all stakeholders as well as to gauge the values and the perceptions of the community. We use this to gather the data to really talk about what are the strengths of the district. What are areas for improvement? What are some of the barriers that people recognize? And then what is a vision? So when we say what is a vision, what does a community, what do the staff, what do um students, how do they want to see JPS, how how do they currently see JPS and what would they like to see from JPS in the future
007with the um strategic planning input sessions. So between the in-person sessions and the online opportunities, there were 497 responses. So that's that is excellent. Um, I will say many of the responses were students. So when we talk about JPS allin, I look at that and I think about the fact that that's your future, right? And so not only are they committed to their time in JPS now, but they're committed to making JPS even better, right? Understanding that they are a part of this community. The planning team retreat, as I said, it took place on April 18th. During this time, we went over the strategic planning process, the timelines. We did an um activity called an environmental scan where we talked about things that were on the horizon on the horizon in education, things that were
008emerging as well as things that were developed, things that were kind of already in place. And then finally, those things that were shifting away in education. We reviewed the current vision and mission and belief statements. We also talked about um the stakeholder input data. We took a look at demographic and district data. During that time, we looked at um five other districts that are nearby and similar to JPS to compare. And so when I say that, we took a look at um Ipsellani publics community schools um halt community schools. Trying to remember them all. Um, Lancing, I believe, was one. North View, I think I'm missing one. I'm looking at Superintendent Patterson. Was it Monroe? Maybe. Okay. Lincoln. It was Lincoln. We took a look at those uh districts. Then we also established the uh
009strategic goal areas, the statements as well as the key objectives and an overview of the next steps. One thing that I would like to point out that we did that I think is extremely important is that we also took in into consideration the partnership agreement. So there were 14 points from that partnership agreement that JPS participated in and um experienced success, right? Met all of the goals in that. And so what we did not want to do was say, okay, we did this, so we're going to push this push this to the side and now let's look at a strategic plan. We really looked at those 14 points. How did we get here? And then what from there do we need to continue to continue to make JPS great. Oops, I pressed too hard. So
010here on the day of April 18th, we had 37 dedicated participants and they are all listed here. And when I say dedicated, we started at 8:30 and we did not end until 4:30. And we pretty much I I don't want to even say we took a lunch. It was like a 15minute lunch, right? It wasn't a full 30 minute lunch as promised. So, but we were able to get a lot done. There were really great conversations and as you can see, there were both parents, staff members, administrators, their board was present. So, everyone worked extremely hard on that Saturday and I thank you for that. So, retreat outcomes. This is the mission and vision statement which may look very familiar to you all. The um mission statement we will bring our community together to create
011a culture of academic excellence and workforce readiness. There was a small group that spent a great deal of time talking about this mission, trying to define words and making sure that there was a um central understanding of the words academic excellence and workforce readiness. And with that, the decision was made to keep this as the mission, not to change it at all. The same happened with the vision of Jackson Public Schools. We envision a community where all students become lifelong learners. So one of the things that I would like to just lift as we talk about this process is that it was important to spend time to really talk about the mission and the vision to really determine is this really what we want to do at JPS? Is this what we really are doing?
012And I think the value in that at the end of the day when it was the decision was made to keep the mission and the vision the same was that everyone agreed with the fact that this is the work we do every day. This is how we do our work. This is what we show up for. Right. So I that was really I thought really nice to see and like I said there was a lot of time spent on both the um mission and the vision. Jackson did not have a belief statement or statements and so there was time spent developing a belief statement and here it is all students can achieve excellence with support from a strong community. So when you think about Jackson allin, when I think about all of the stakeholders that
013were present that particular day, um as well as the stakeholders that I met with um for the input survey, this really shines through as a belief statement and I think you all did an excellent job coming up with this belief statement. your retreat outcomes. There were um five goals were developed. The goals are in categories. So there's academics and programs. And so you can see that first goal is to improve academic outcomes for all students. Your second goal is around the culture and climate. So to create a safe, I'm sorry, culture and learning environment. And so this goal reads to create a safe, supportive school culture by improving behavior systems and expanding mental health support to increase student engagement and success. The next is around community engagement, improved community visibility through consistent engagement activities across
014the district. The next one was around personnel and leadership. improve staff retention and wellness is the goal here. And finally, the last category was in finance and operations and here to be financially stable and fiscally responsible. So while those goals may sound broad, we get into the objectives and that's where the work happens. And this is where we had the implementation workshop on um April 27th. And here we again reviewed the process. We went over the implementation workshop handouts. We reviewed the mission, vision, and belief statements. And we do this just in case there's any cleanup that needs to happen. Um not to take away from the work that had already taken place, but just to say sometimes we word Smith in that space, but in this particular case, we did not do anything different.
015Next, um we again we reviewed the goal statements. Again, same thing just to word smith those goals and also just to make sure like, hey, this is something that we can do because this is where superintendent Patterson and his team really starts to dig into those goals and then we start to determine potential objectives that coincide with those goals and we'll finalize three objectives for each goal statement that could be accomplished in the first year and I'll get into those next. We also reviewed action planning for selected objectives and then we reviewed the strategic planning monitoring process. This particular day I believe we started at 10:00. We were supposed to end at 3 and I believe we didn't end till like 3:30 a/4 to 4. So again the team really dug in working really hard
016and I have to say many of the team members were doing double duty on that particular day because it was also a PD day. So when I say doing double duty, they were coming in participating wholeheartedly and then going back to run and do their PD pieces and then coming back to participate in this. And so I just I I lift that again just to talk about the dedication that the staff has to this district and to the students in the district. So here's your first goal with the objectives. Again, as I explained, the first goal area is around academics and programs. You can see the goal statement, improve academic outcomes for all students. And then there are three priority objectives to establish and refine MTSS systems to provide academic support and interventions and reduce
017chronic absenteeism. This may sound very familiar to you all because this came directly from those 14 points, right? This is the area that you all were truly working on in that particular plan. Second objective to provide ongoing professional development and coaching. And then lastly, to increase and expand offerings such as life skills, foreign language, trades, and AP courses. And just a reminder, the board is only going to approve tonight the goals, the mission, the vision state, the goal, I'm sorry, the goals, the mission, vision, and belief statement. And I'm just sharing the objectives that go that coincide with the goals. So again in area two culture and learning environment you can see the goal statement there. This one is around behavior systems and expanding mental health support to increase student engagement and success. In your
018priority objectives here there are four to achieve district-wide consistent implementation of PBIS and restorative practices with fidelity checks. So something that is happening but how do we just ensure that it's happening everywhere right? Um next to decrease office referrals and suspensions increase access for all students and families to school and community based mental health services and lastly to encourage participation of stakeholders in community events. Area three around personnel and leadership. So again, this is to improve staff retention and wellness. We talked a lot about this first one, but leveraging datadriven staffing criteria to rightsize building administrators. And so this one is really about making sure we have the right amount of building administrators in a building based upon the needs of that building. Next, we talked about using datadriven insights to prioritize staff professional development
019and well-being initiatives. develop written process written processes for conducting staff exit interviews, analyzing data, and creating action steps to address identified trends. And lastly, it was to explore options to a five-day work week. And so there was a lot of conversation around when we talked about what's going away, right? That whole idea of necessarily working five days a week. Would that be a hybrid day? Just taking a look at what those options are, right? That's what that last one is, just to explore. That was something that came up through um the environmental scan. Goal four, communications and community engagement. Again, this one is to improve community visibility. And so the objectives here are to plan and publish a monthly calendar of events for community engagement, continue the monthly staff celebrations to s um systematic a
020systematic process for task force to analyze student and staff exit interview data. So one of the things that were was pretty clear in the input survey was that exit interviews were happening but then nobody really knew what was happening from the exit interviews, right? So how do we address that? And then this last one is again to establish clear communication model of the monthly progress of the student and staff exit interviews. And goal five operations and finance to be financially stable and fiscally responsible. One of the big things that rose was to analyze bus runs to identify savings and efficiencies to retain current students and effective staff preventative building maintenance so that everything isn't a um oh my god we got to hurry up and do this right but like what are some things that
021we see are on the horizon that we need to address and then to take a look at the semester versus trimester calendar. So, as I stated earlier, we're asking for the board to approve the mission statement, the vision statement, belief statement, and the goal statements. Understanding that the objectives that is the work of superintendent Patterson and his team, our recommendations for um ensuring success is alignment with the strategic plan. aligning the strategic plan, I'm sorry, with the my kip plans. And so we talked about that work while we were doing the strategic planning, also aligning the strategic plan with the 2025 through 30 budget and beyond. So thinking about that as a board when you are approving purchases, ensuring that those purchases align with what is the work in the strategic plan, right? Because they
022should go hand in hand. um develop and implement a reporting or B or reporting SLboard monitoring calendar. So what that means is how will Superintendent Patterson report out on the strategic goals? It shouldn't be a we talked about it today, we vote on it today, and then we don't look at them again for another year, right? It it really should be that ongoing conversation around this work. very similar to I believe what was done with the um 14 points from the um partnership plan. Develop and implement action plans for each identified objective. Create opportunities for stakeholder involvement. So again, getting feedback from all stakeholders on some of the objectives. How are they going? How do you just do that temperature check? Right? because you can do the work and think that you're making the gains
023that you wanted to make, but then you may find out too late that um we're not going where we want to go. So sometimes you do those temperature checks to also say, "Hey, we may have to tweak not the goal but the objective." And then finally schedule a one-year renewal with MASB where we come in and we take a look and we talk about the goals and see if there are any goals that we need to tweak. How's that work going? How can we be of additional support? And the final thoughts and this comes from Debbie Stair who is the assistant director of leadership development with MASB. collaborating with the Jackson public schools, the board of education, administration, staff, and the entire community really illustrated their level of care for the schools, the community, and
024most of all the students. And I believe I have expressed that each time that I've been here, it is it is quite evident the care of this community. So again, thank you. And are there any questions? >> Acronyms. What's what's my KIP plans? >> The um Michigan continuous improvement process or protocol process. >> It used to be the school improvement plan. The school improvement work. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. This was really good. I really appreciate that. Wow. This is really good. >> Thank you. And then you all should have received a full summary as well, so you have all of the information to take a look at. All right. Well, thank you I just appreciate the opportunity. >> Yeah. Just say thank you again for coming alongside of us. It was a
025great process. Like you said, when you're working hard on a Saturday, there was a good vibe that it was good work and not something that we got tied down to. And I'll speak on behalf of Jackson Public Schools that it's so important to have a continued vision that everybody's moving in the same direction. When we did this with our partnership, we didn't focus on one school. We focused on the district as a whole and that was a valuable lesson. We were very successful because everybody understood the target. The targets didn't change for three years, but we continuously had check-ins and actually one area we didn't hit, but we were able to come back again and and fine-tune some things, do things differently and be more successful. and coming on as superintendent, that's the momentum that
026I didn't want to lose because when you get off a list and you stop being focused and intentional and having the communication plan is the biggest piece of all what we learned is everybody's working hard, but everybody doesn't know what everybody else is doing. And to work collectively as a system, um that's so important. And so I'm excited to uh have this plan in place and have the support of the board of education coming alongside of us as long as as well as uh MASB and and I thank you again for your work. I know you're not going to be here later when we vote. So last opportunity if you have any further questions, but I'm sure we have a direct link to MASB and um Kimberly, we appreciate you so much for coming alongside
027of us again. >> Absolutely. Thank you again. And yes, you do have a direct link. So, if you have anything, just text me. Have a great evening, you all. >> Thank you. You too. >> So, before I turn it back over to President Actton to continue on with the consent agenda, I'll keep my um comments brief, but I just have to celebrate the class of 2026. Uh we decided to move this board meeting so we didn't have one more long day right before graduation so we could really focus on all those things. And it was just a beautiful week from Balora to honors to senior sunset to graduation parties and I appreciate the board's support there. 322 graduates from JPS South Central Michigan virtual pathways Jackson High School and I mean that stadium was packed
028as you saw what I saw. And so kudos again to everyone, the families, the students, the staff. Uh it was a true celebration of our kids entering uh onto their uh next journey and we have at least one graduate here today, staff members and so um it was just um a special weekend and I just wanted to lift that up before I turn it back to President Actton. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Patterson. Um now we're on item number six, consent agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? Any deliberation? Hearing? None. All those in favor say I. I. Oppose. No. Motion carries. Citizens requesting to address the board. I have Jason Hill. this one. Oh, okay. Okay. Um, sorry, I'm a little nervous. I'm here to criticize my employers. Um,
029I'm here to address the board about something that happened a couple months ago. It's the first time I've been able to make it to a meeting since. But on February 6th, Congressman Tim Wahberg hosted a military recruitment event in this very room. Uh, and I'm here to voice my extreme disappointment with that. Tim Wahberg has used his position of authority to enact, defend, and provide aid to the Israeli genocide in Gaza. He has also supported Israel's encroachments into Lebanon and Syria and now the US invasion of Iran. The overwhelming civilian death toll in these conflicts is not a bug to Tim. It is a feature. Tim Wahlberg advocated dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza. Tim has a clear message. If you're Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, or Iranian, he wants you dead. Um, what does it say
030to J or what does it what does JPS have to say to students and families who have ties to these regions. Um, that's not all. In a trip to meet Uganda President Yari Mussini, Tim told the president to stand firm in the face of international pressure towards Uganda's new homosexuality law. What is that law, you might be asking? The law states that the normalization of homosexuality is punishable by 20 years in prison. Homosexual acts can be punishable by death. What does JPS have to say to LGBT LGBTQ plus students? What is the uh what are we willing to tolerate? What is the the the window of acceptable thought? I'm sure this board will agree that our first priority as administrators, teachers, and in my case, coaches is to keep the students at JPS safe. And
031I think Tim Wahberg's presence here was a compromise of that priority. Uh I am an advocate for free thought and expression. However, a party that welcomes predators and prey is a party for predators. In these halls, student learns about the great villains of history and we teach them those lessons so they can learn to see these monsters in real time. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Hill. >> Next is William Hastings. Okay, just give me a second here. Uh, good evening board. Um kind of glad I was able to make it tonight. I was very interested in hearing the uh presentation from Kimberly May about the strategic plan. Um a lot of good food for thought and discussion there and it kind of feeds into my comment which really isn't directly about the strategic plan.
032Um so one of the agenda items and you have a very full agenda tonight is looking at some uh changes to your uh Neola language in this case involving the sex education curriculum at JPS specifically uh changing to add these these terms to the to the sexed curriculum um uh to teach gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation. And I think this is uh uh problematic for a number of reasons. This isn't just a minor revision. I think it's a radical departure from what the current law which is part of Michigan state law stipulates uh what the purpose of sexed is is meant to be which is to be based in um based in abstinence based abstinence-based uh sex education. Um, so when you start to dig into it, um, I think sexual orientation is
033is pretty clear and that's not even something that's really in dispute or anything like that, but when you start to dig into the terms gender identity and gender expression, you it's really a deep dive because that encompasses a whole lot of different things. A lot of things that I would I would uh that I think would be you would find under the header of either fetishes or paraphilas. So, I have an assignment for the board tonight. Involves a simple web search. And the web search is list of sexual paraphilas. I'm going to spell that P A R A P H I L I A S. Now, there's a a guy in uh India, a doctor who has identified 547 different uh paraphilas. And what I'd say is, and I really don't want to go into
034depth, some of like the more better known ones um than and probably actually much less offensive than some of the other ones would include things like uh voyerism and sadism. So since these things all would actually tie into uh gender identity and gender gender expression, the forms of sexual expression, my question would be in the new curriculum, where does it begin? Where does it end? Which things are excluded included? Which things are excluded? I do know that this curriculum is going to have you um going and teaching oral and anal sex to sixth graders, which I find highly objectionable. And I think a lot of people in faith, be they Jewish, Muslim, or Christian, would also find that objectionable. And I just couldn't help watching as as I said uh listening to the presentation by
035um by U. Kimberly May and um and hearing, you know, and talking about, you know, you know, you've got the top line right, you have the bottom line right, academic excellence, workfor preparedness, but then when they got down and talking about the need to expand mental health support, and I can't help but think that this is really going to be, it's just too much to throw at kids. And in fact, they're going to be undermining mental health support. And I think we've reached a point where in hindsight people realizing that the masking and the the um school closures during co during co have exacted a really terrible price in terms of mental health support. So I'm going to ask that you uh approach this this revision which you are not obliged to do but with
036really really don't just don't just don't just look before you leave. just try to think about that in in the fullness of this what will this curriculum will look like and if it's going to exclude some of the things I'm going to talk about who's going to draw that line and how's that line going to be drawn um I think it would really behoove this district and would really behoove um it would really behoove this board to to stay to the existing curriculum and um guys we don't have the luxury of distractions according to not me but according to the governor Gretchen Whitmer. Uh Michigan is now ranked 44th in the country in terms of reading attainment for fourth graders. That's a critical milestone. Michigan's getting skunked by Mississippi and Louisiana, some of the poorest
037poorest states in the country. And it's not a matter of money. It's a matter of policy. So I I I just I I would ask that you think about these changes in a very deliberate and thorough and thoughtful fashion um before you proceed to whatever your respective decision may be. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Hastings. Agenda item number eight, discussion items. Um, Nola update first reading. And I'm going to turn this over to Superintendent Patterson. >> Thank you, President Actton. So, oh about quarterly we have a policy meeting and we had a policy meeting where three board members were present and we partner with Niola and um Craig comes down and goes through and helps us to understand there are revised policies uh such as the wireless communication device which is a little bit
038of language change from personal communication devices. Uh there was a sex ed revision and talks about specific language in there that everyone has had an opportunity to review. Uh revised language on volunteers and what is a volunteer and what are some of the uh activities that needs to be um looked into. There are new policies. One was uh regarding students with disabilities uh excuse me diabetes and that we have folks that are properly trained in. The list goes on. It's quite extensive. We spend hours uh asking questions, going through, reviewing, but basically understanding things that are changing every day. Uh litigation that's changing every day that helps to inform us and that's where Neiola is a good partner. Uh one of the replacement policies is AI because AI continues to uh work its way into
039education and into our world. One of the areas is to make sure we have the appropriate training for staff. Um how we go about making purchases and and the threshold is changed. So that's something that we talk about in this season of bonds and constructions and how we do business. Emergency operating procedures, special education transition and much more. So I just gave a highle summary because again we could easily spend another two hours like we did on that particular day with Niola. These are the recommendations that we make today as a first reading for discussion and I'll open it up to the board at this time. Any questions? So, um I have been in contact also with our Neola rep, Greg Hogan. And so I was wondering I asked him about um why they included
040gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation to this new policy. It hasn't been here before. and he said to me, "It's been this has been added to the policy an administrative guideline based on the Elliot Larson Civil Rights Act requirements. Since the Elliott Larson Civil Rights Act is cited in our policy, it's cited in the policy and we have to follow the law. um he doesn't believe that JPS would be out of compliance if the terminology is not present in the policy. So my contention is that um gender expression, sexual orientation, gender identity are really subjective. So we need to this is a school and I just think we need to teach medically accurate information and this is more subjective. It's how you feel inside. It's not medically accurate. So, that's my contention with some
041of this. I think that um you know, we just have to we represent all the district and this is something that I don't we don't have to take we don't have to take these this terminology in the revisions. Um just to clarify this policy is not curriculum. So the curriculum is totally separate. The content of what is taught is curriculum. It's not this policy. And to you can remove those words from here if you want. But I mean you can say you're going to teach math or you can say you're going to teach addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. You're teaching the same thing. So if you want to get into curriculum, that's a totally different place to look at this issue. And I think that if you're wanting to take those words out of this
042policy in order to temper the reaction from the public, then that's not being very transparent. I think our public wants us to be transparent. They've said it over and over again. And this is the most transparent we can be because this is not curriculum that we are approving or not approving. >> Not a problem. And I know that everyone can opt out. So I just want to make sure that this is if we vote on this that this parents can opt out. And I get that it's sex ed. They don't kids don't have to take it. I understand that. I'm just concerned that when you look in Wikipedia and all these other sources, the last I look, there's 72 genders. So, it's getting to be like opening Pandora's box and that's all I'm just going
043to bring it up to the public. So, but again, everyone gets to opt out of their their ch No, no one has to take sex education. It's a there's an opt out form on our website. >> Your opposition is over gender identity and gender expression or also sexual orientation >> more about the gender identity and expression because I don't I think it's subjective I don't think it's medically accurate >> any further discussion >> you don't have a problem with sexual orientation being included in that list. >> You know, actually I think we just need to teach sex education. So pro Yes, I would have a problem with that too. Yes. Any further discussion? Hearing none, we will now move to um discussion item 252693 CIS change and Marcus will present on this item. >> All
044righty. So, uh CIS acronym stands for student information system. Um we utilize the one we utilize is called powers school to manage all of our student data from enrollment, demographics, scheduling, grading, all kinds of stuff. Um we also use it uh for our required state reporting. What we found over the last several years is that costs for power schools have gone up um while the support levels have decreased. So we've started you know looking at other systems out there seeing you know what's available what might work for JPS. We've been looking at another one called myar Q which has local support through Wayne Resa another ISD in the state and is also supported by Oakland schools as well. um as part of a larger consortium. Um so again, just for discussion tonight, it's uh part
045of our process. We've been going through this for several months, more than a year actually. Um uh part of our process is we're going to form a site visit to another district that utilizes this, do a few more reference checks, and we'll be bringing more information back in June on whether we're going to ask to or look to move to the Mystar program or to stay with power schools. So no action at this time. This is more forformational purposes tonight. >> Any questions? So do you anticipate June being presentation and discussion or also action? >> So June would be more for action. This would be our discussion item. Um I don't have a formal presentation. If there's something that you're looking for, I can put together. Yep. Uh so I know through the is when
046we were with the ISD there was a power school team that gave our support. Is there something comparable when we moved to all covered or it's just is it not there? Is it just not as good? >> Nope. All cover doesn't provide that service. >> Okay. So we just lost that support completely when we moved to >> we had started and maybe Jeremy or Julie might want to chime in. We had that we had noticed that support started to decrease before we left the ISD. Um and really it's it's those are ISD employees trained by power schools or went to power school training. So it's not a >> function that all covered could provide >> potentially. >> Yeah. I would just add that we built our own team and if you were to lose a
047a key component of that team, you have to kind of start all over because everybody kind of specializes in Power School as kind of their own entity. So they wouldn't come here, right? So you essentially have to have a person on your team become an expert there. And when we were with the ISD, we saw that person leave from that um program and we weren't able to accomplish the things that we wanted to. And the same thing took place within Jackson Public Schools. when you see a member of your team um leave, you're kind of in a situation where it provides a strain on everyone else and you're always at the liberty of um having someone with that expertise or kind of specialization versus being a part of a consortium now. I think it takes
048uh more strain off of people on our team and you have more of a support system in place and also um powers school is very expensive and so everything that you want to do is an additional cost whereas in a in a new platform it's kind of like hey here's the services how can we support you not how can we make more money I think is uh something that we're looking into. Can I just also add on so if what's the timeline what are we thinking for implementation if we >> move sorry if we do move forward this be a long like a 12 months so we would go all next year still with power school because it is a big system it touches everything um including parents there's a parent app you know how
049parents stay in touch so it would be a slow long so 27 28 year would be our our active date The next item, any other discussion? We're good. Okay. Next item is 252694 bus purchase and Marcus will talk about that also. >> All right. Uh couple of months ago, we started talking about bus replacement schedules. Um we had brought up to the finance and facility committee. We have about 11 I think older propane buses we'll call it from that are older than 10 years. I want to say around 2014 2015 model year. Um, and we're starting to get to the point where they're going to they're needing major repairs. Um, you know, transmissions, engines, you know, you name it. Um, so the committee decided to look at replacing one to two buses a year depending
050on on budget um of the district. Holland Bus has provided us uh pricing uh for they currently have six off lease buses that will be coming available this summer. That's typically how we've been purchasing uh buses at the district to help save money and also upgrade our our fleet at the same time. Um right now we're interested in one as we finalize both of our budgets that could change the two, but this time we're we're plugging in in next year's budget to look at purchasing one at this time. The cost is $83,688. For a reference, a new propane bus will cost easily double that. Um, and then just I know you have the email there. These are 2024 model year, so they're pretty new with low mileage. So, um, regardless of which one you know
051is available at the time that the board approves this, we'll be able to have a replacement bus that'll last another decade. >> So, are you going to choose them because of the the lease mileage or what you I'm looking at the sheet. I'm like >> our direction to Holland would be I think there's five left out of the six that we were originally quoted. So whichever has the lowest mileage, the rest of the uh specs on the bus are identical. So it doesn't make too much difference to us. >> Okay. >> They'll all come inspected and and and all that good stuff. >> Okay. Any other deliberation questions? Okay. Um, agenda number 252695, storm water management resolution. Marcus will present this. >> So, this isn't new, but it's new for the board. It's it's um
052what this is is part of our storm water permitting process. So, basically to make sure that we're in compliance of state and federal regulations and how we're disposing of runoff, you know, water runoff and things like that. think of washing vehicles in a parking lot. You know, you have all those chemicals that run off and eventually they find their way into the state waterways, the lakes, rivers, and and things of that sort. Um JPS along with other districts have contracted with Arch Environmental who does a lot of work with us to help manage this program. Um, part of the program or part of the permitting requirements is that there's a approved resolution resolution uh from the board of education just basically stating that we are in compliance with the state and regulations for um for
053water runoff. Um, you know, that sort of thing. They'll come and they inspect all of our drains and test water samples and all that great stuff. And they've been doing it for a few years now. Previously, I think it was just a superintendent sign off. That's changed and now it's a a board resolution is why you're seeing this now and not before. Um, and no action tonight. So, really, this is again forformational purposes. We'll bring this back again next month for formal board approval. >> Any questions? So, um, I live by Sharp Park and I ride my bike by is what do you call it? A holding pool or is that what it's called? retention pond. >> Is that what is this? That part of our runoff? >> Yes. Okay. There's a muskrat living there
054with some male ducks and a a black a redwing blackbird protecting its nest. So, okay. All right. Hearing no more questions. Um, now we are moving on to agenda item number nine, action items. uh 252696 approval of strategic plan and Jeremy's going to present this item. >> Okay, we heard the presentation. Uh I'm glad again the board of education was able to come alongside this work. We voted to take on this uh work and we have a finished product for the board to uh make a decision on. So I hope that this is a continuous process that will continue over like a 3 to 5 year cycle and this gets us started. So uh that's the recommendation that we adopt the strategic plan as presented by Kimberly May of Michigan Association of School Boards. >>
055Um I make a motion to approve the strategic plan as presented. support deliberation. >> Yeah. I question Madame President. Uh we have the 34 slide deck in front of us all. Are we approving? We're not approving that whole deck because there are some things I've caught as errors in it. We're just approving the mission's vision, belief, and the goals. >> Can you say that again? I don't have it in front of me. I'm sorry. What it >> we're we are just approving the mission, vision, belief, and goals. >> Okay. Yes. Yes. Thank you, Jeremy. Any other deliberation? >> I think this summary was an excellent review of everything that we did. The work is pretty comprehensive and all of that. My only concern moving forward, so I don't have a problem with approving this stuff
056tonight, but my concern moving forward is how we present this to the community and on our website. So that I hope that when someone clicks on strategic plan, it goes directly to the plan with all of this information as addendum because for as much work as I was involved in doing this, I still had to scan list like two times to find the actual plan. So I am just asking that when we do post this and present it that the plan is the plan and the rest of this is all addendum and support. That's all. >> Thank you. Duly noted. So we're going to ask >> okay perfect. Okay. So um hearing no more deliberation. All those in favor say I. >> I oppose. No motion carries. Agenda item 252697, resolution calling public hearing on
057proposed 2627 budget. And that Marcus is going to present that. >> All right, we're getting to that fun time of the year again where we talk about budgets. So, every year we're required to have a public hearing on a proposed budget prior to the board approving the budget for next year. Some things that we'll talk about include the millage rate that we'll be living. Um, and really this is just a resolution authorizing us to have the hearing is all we're approving tonight. So, we would recommend the adoption of the attached resolution calling for a public hearing on the 2627 budget to be held Tuesday, June 23rd at 5:45 p.m. Right here. >> Do I have a motion? Move to post for the public hearing at the June 23rd meeting. >> Support any deliberation hearing? None.
058All those in favor say I. I. Oppose. No. Motion carries. Agenda item 252698, roof bids. And Marcus is going to present this item. >> All right. So, this is the first project of the 2025 bond program. Uh, we originally put bids out to replace roofs at three buildings, uh, Monasuri, Dibble, and Sharp Park. Um, we'll be rebidding two of those buildings just to try to, uh, receive better pricing, um, on some of those buildings. However, Monasuri and the reason that we have this for action tonight, um, if you've not been aware, we've had some pretty major roof leaks throughout this school year over at Monasuri. So, we really wanted to make sure we get that taken care of this summer. Um, and um, due to timing and also we have a partnership with the Felician
059Sisters who run daycare and preschool out of that building. Um so to minimize that impact um we uh we put the bid out and um at this time we are recommending the approval of the Monasuri roof replacement. Um the construction amount is $788,330. The total dollar amount of the package is 971454. That includes things, contingencies and allowances. Just as we get into the project, if something happens, we have those dollars where we can pivot and be able to take care of those. The final number will hopefully most likely be less than that 971 as we don't, you know, wind up not needing some of that money. It'll get reallocated to other projects as we've done in the previous in previous bond issues here in the district. Um, so this time again, we would recommend approval
060of the Monasuri roof replacement package. Do I have a motion to approve? >> Make a motion to approve the monastery roof replacement. >> Any deliberation? >> Could you describe the timeline >> because they >> For sure. Yep. So, we talked about timeline a lot because specifically with our with our partnership with the other side of the building there, um, pending board approval tonight. Um, I believe we're looking to start the week of June 22nd. Yes. 21st. Yep. So, we'd have that the week the week after school gets out, we would have time to prep and get ready while the trade or the vendor is mobilizing, getting their materials, getting all set up and ready to go. Um, We're going to be doing this project in a few different stages. So, we've worked with the Felician
061Sisters. They're going to take a two-eek break around the Fourth of July holiday. We're going to have that section of the building done while they're out and the remainder of the JPS areas uh before and after. So everything will be done um to the point where kids can be in the building if they're just finishing up aesthetic things um by early August, >> assuming we have a dry normal summer. >> Any other deliberation? Just on process um for Marcus, was the bid put out with all three of them together and then we went back to versatile and quality roofing to ask them to do a pricing by building for the monastery. >> The package that went out um asked for them to break their bids down by building. So the thought was that we might
062be able to award one building to one vendor and one building to the other to also ensure that we can meet our timelines. Um, so we put it out as a package but had them break out by building. Um, and then just after evaluating bids and the responses and some of the contractors I think maybe misread some of the scope, we decided to rebid those other two buildings, but we felt confident with >> the bid put out for uh, >> just for the Monasuri breakout. Uh, Versile was the only one that was shown with a base bid just for that building. I think they were showing the their bid, but there should be a big tally sheet with all of them. >> Yep. So, if you look at the the very last page, there's four
063vendors listed. Uh, two of them did not get their bids turned in by the by the bid date. And then the last two, quality and versatile, you can see base bid numbers. And then there's also alternates for each building. So, there's different things that we were would like to do if if the budgets um allowed for it, I guess. Does that help? >> Any other deliberation? Cheryl, are did you want to say something? Your mic's on. Oh, >> no. Sorry. >> Okay. Okay. All those in favor say I. I. Oppose. No. Motion carries. Next item 252699. Lenco painting. Marcus will present this item. >> All right. So, we've talked about we talked about this last month and also at a finance meeting before that. So, as we started painting this building after the bond program
064u because we can't just paint corridors and classrooms with bond funds. As we know, if we haven't touched the the room with bond projects, um we're down to our last corridor or hallway floor, which is the first floor. Uh we discussed this last month. The total price tag is $54,893. The work will be split over two fiscal years. They're going to start around the same time period we'll be starting the roofs. So, obviously, we won't be done by June 30th. So, a portion of the cost will be on this year's budget and a portion on next year's budget as we've done with the other floors. It usually winds up to be about a 40 60 split. 40% on this year, 60 on the next year. Um it'll just depend on again weather and how fast
065the paint dries, right? And that'll determine how fast we're able to complete it. Um so at this time we would recommend approval of the painting project with Lenco who has painted the rest of this building and we would like to keep stay consistent with that. >> Move approval of the project with Lenco. Any deliberation hearing? None. All those in favor say I. I. Oppose. No. Motion carries. Um the next item uh on the agenda is 2526100 banking services RFP and Marcus will present this item. >> All right. And I know we talked about this before last month and also in our finance committee meeting earlier as well. If anyone's not aware, earlier this year, Kame was bought out by Fifth Third. Um, and you know, we've been talking it's always good to put bids out
066for banks every so often to make sure we're receiving the services and and paying the appropriate fees. The district hasn't put a bid out for banking services. I believe was 2017 was the last time when last I checked. Uh, and we felt it was just the right time with any any change. We, you know, Fifth Third is taking over America. there's going to be some level of change. We just want to ensure that we change make changes once and not twice. So, we put the RFP out. Um, we had, I believe, six responses and then we whittleled that down to three finalists that the district interviewed and made follow-up reference checks to over the last week. And at this time, we have decided to leave and begin banking with Huntington. And I guess I shouldn't
067say begin. We already have relationships with Huntington. We do um they have they manage some of our building internal bank accounts. Um they're also the underwriters for our bond issue. Both processes went smooth and and um we've had no issues with them. And so at this time uh we are recommending to move the rest of our our main depository accounts to Huntington. >> Do I have a motion? move approval of moving our main depository to Huntington. >> Any deliberation? >> Um, so when we got this information from the agenda, I called Marcus and asked him my questions. Um, and I was surprised honestly that the recommendation was for Huntington. So a month ago when we were here, um, there were the three finalists. you had the only bank that you spoke positively of a month
068ago was Southern Michigan and that they had a strong application and and you gave me your reasonings of how you went through this process and then said that you had a list of pros and cons and when we got the pros and cons there's only two banks and not three. So I questioned that also. And when I look at what's on here, I mean in the application for the RFP, our primary I'm trying to read how this our primary goal was the best overall value and the cost to the district. So both of these have net zero fee. So my first question is were any of these three banks were we going to come out positive with interest earnings no fees but maybe we might actually make money because both of these say zero net
069and maybe I worded that wrong. It's net zero fees I guess when you take into account the combination of either earnings interest and earnings credit sorry and or interest earned. You know we earn interest on our accounts. Um, and I guess I'll back up a little bit. I mean, we've always been made money, I'll say. So, I think when we bring up at our organizational meeting and we name our depository bank at that time, um, I think I mentioned our our annual fees currently are in the 40 to $45,000 range. Um, we usually offset that. We earn hundreds of thousands of dollars interest right now. So right now we're net zero. I guess if another way to look at it. >> Okay. So that just that it's it's >> I missed that. >> Yep. I
070mean and and and the banks will do different things. They'll offer different rates. You know, they'll pull those levers. They might not earn they might not have an earnings credit. They might have a higher one and a lower interest rate. It's just a matter of how they get there. Um a couple other and and and and I apologize. I mean, yes, I I spoke strongly of Southern Michigan. They had a strong response. The other two did as well. If I didn't make that clear enough, I apologize. I guess all three were strong finalists. A couple of the things other things I guess that set com or Huntington apart. Sorry, I'm still that because the banking change is probably the hardest one you go through and I've never been through one. So, it's you really want
071to be sure. Um, Huntington offers um direct integration with our current financial accounting software, which I've seen and used in other districts with uh Huntington and the same software. and it provides a lot of efficiencies as we wind up doing more with less and you try to become more efficient down the road. Um we're also impressed with their credit card or district credit card program um you know and the and the rebates that are offered through there. It's another another um way to generate another small revenue stream um which all the banks offers a credit card program to some extent. Uh we were happy with the one offered by Huntington. Um and um we use it's called Munis by Tyler Technologies. It's a it's a major multinational company. They have a lot of different products,
072but yes. So then when you look at the pros and cons, the great community involvement, I'm wondering how that information was assessed because I don't see anything about that in the application. So did you go to each and ask them for this information or how did that come about? >> The banks provided that in the responses to the original RFP just as how they're good good uh community members and partners and neighbors. I don't believe like you said it wasn't in the RFP asked but every bank I believe every bank responded with some sort of you know if they do thing so maybe I don't know if I saw anything I think from America so I will take that back um but no we didn't ask for it was just brought to us um >>
073okay and then my last point would just be about diversification so no different than your home budget and your investments and buying stocks you try to diversify by and one of your things was that we already have a number of accounts with Huntington. So now we're going to do all Huntington and I just question if that's the best thing to do. >> We don't have everything at Co America right now and the the accounts we have at Huntington are for our building internal fundraising accounts. So that doesn't touch our general fund. That's just fund students raise and spend on you know whatever field trips and things like that. Um, we do currently have investments at places outside of Kame. Uh, we invest, um, I believe with Baker Tilly, we have funds. Uh, my has our
074bond funds. We do have some, not everything's at our main depository. Not everything will be at our main depository because you're right, we do want to diversify to a point. >> Thank you. >> Any other deliberation hearing? None. All those in favor say I. I oppose. No. Thank you. Motion carries. The next item on the agenda is 2526 101 TMP contract. And Marcus will present the item. >> All right. So, as we kick off our bond program, um, and we discussed this at our finance meeting as well. had provided uh the proposed contracts from TMP on this item and also when we get to the next item for Triangle. Um TMP was our architecture firm for the 2018 bond. We're happy with them and retain them to help us with the 2025 bond program as
075well. Um we have good working relationship with them and they have a lot of that detailed historical and background information about the district and our needs. Um the fees in the contract are taken directly from the bond application that was submitted to the state prior to voters voting on the bond that the board had already approved. Um those costs or expenses have not changed. So the board has already seen them at some point be it a while ago. Um again we discussed this earlier this month at the finance and facility meeting. At this time, we would recommend approval of the TNP contract as presented. So, uh, we can continue moving forward with these bond projects. They have consultants they need to hire and bring a board. Um, we can't do that until we have a
076contract in place. >> Do I have a motion to approve the TMP contract? >> I'll make a motion to approve the TMP contract as written. any support, >> any deliberation? >> Um, Marcus, in a couple of different areas, page 26 and 28, it says refer to exhibit B in the contract documents. I don't see it anywhere. I like those. >> Sorry. What page was that again? >> 26 >> where it says Refer to exhibit B and it talks about like hourly billing rates and it just says rate is zero. >> Yep. So it's a so this is a placeholder. There is a it's more forformational purposes or um if we get into a situation where we have to add services to the contract there's hourly rates that they're build they're build against. I do have
077a list of that but there's it's not something that affects the cont this contract price if that helps. Does that make sense? So if we added earned $2 million extra dollars and so we're going to add 10 more projects, we would be talking about an additional services contract with both TMP and Triangle because it would be larger than the scope that they bid on proposed. Um we would use those hourly rates um to negotiate those. Okay, >> that makes sense. Thank you. Any more deliberation hearing? None. All those in favor say I. I. Oppose. No. Motion carries. Agenda item 2526102 triangle contract. Marcus is going to present this item also. >> All right. Right. So, prior to our bond vote, again, a couple of years ago, years ago, in 2024, we put out an RFP
078for construction manager services and Triangle was selected as our construction manager for this bond program. Uh, same thing as TMP, they've presented a contract for the district to approve. Um, their costs again also put right into the bond application that was approved by the board and at the state level. We discussed this at the finance and facility meeting as well. So, at this time, we would recommend approval of the triangle contract as presented. >> Do I have a motion to approve the triangle contract? >> Make a motion to approve the triangle contract as written. Any deliberation? >> Same question to say, but it'll be the same answer. I do have those rates I can share with you. No more deliberation. Are you going to ask something, Derek? No. >> Okay. Hearing no more deliberation. All
079those in favor say I. >> I oppose. No. Motion carries. Number 10. Agenda item number 10, board comments. >> I will say that back in December when we talked about this strategic plan and our timeline and said we were going to have it done in six months, I was a little skeptical. I was not a believer and I'm really pleasantly surprised and proud of the work that we've done and and we got it done. It that was a huge job and I thought it was quite ambitious goal but we did it. I'll just take the opportunity to say congrats to our grads and thank you to our team that got our grads there. Um, sorry, my voice is a little gone still. Um, and also thank you to everybody that participated in the strategic planning.
080It was a lot of work, but it was a lot of great work, and I'm excited to see it all come to fruition. >> I'll just echo some of those sentiments about the strategic plan. And I don't think it's very common to walk out of an eighth hour session um with some really deep conversations feeling energized and inspired. And I think that's really a testament to the people who are involved. Very passionate people who care a lot about the students here and wanting to do the best that we can by them. And I I just I walked out feeling very positive about the moving forward that we're going to do. and I'm very excited to see it manifest. I also want to just give a shout out to everybody in buildings right now. All the
081hard work you're doing with students is not going unnoticed. I know it was a heavy lift getting some of those seniors up there. Big celebration. So much joy up there. Um but also we have the bunch of them left in school that we're trying to get them to the end and energy is high and um so thank you for sticking out this long and for everything you are doing for every single one of those students every day. Um you are making a huge impact on on all of those students lives and it does not go unnoticed. So thank you. I'll also echo uh everyone's thoughts about the strategic plan and was excited to be a part of it and see the outcome and see how we put it into effect. Congrats to all of the
082graduates at SEMV pathways J High. Um it was incredibly incredible to be a part of those celebrations. Um, you know, it really, um, makes you proud that we had so many, uh, valadictorians, um, and all of their creative energy and and the diversity of the, uh, things that they set up there. And uh it's also I'll say really great to um kind of feel the sense of community when you go out to some of these graduation parties and happen to you know on a Sunday run into Superintendent Patterson at someone's random house and stuff and uh know that uh our educators are not you know powering through the end of the school year but also uh showing up for their students outside of the classroom. room and going to those graduations um to celebrate with
083uh those students friends and families. So, uh thank you for that and thank you to all of the uh teachers and and educators that I saw um at some of the parties I attended this weekend. So, and thank you to the educator. Thank you to uh the teachers that continue to um show up in these in these final days and make sure that we end the year on a positive note. So, I was so honored to be able to give out diplomas at SEMV and um my goodness at JP uh the high school and the it was so heartwarming to get these to see what everyone did to get these kids over the finish line and the heart and the principles and how they spoke and oh my gosh, I I felt like I wanted
084to cry because it was so heartwarming And it was really exciting. I just want to thank everybody that's involved. I mean that we got these kids graduated and the excitement and the the joy and the parents excitement and joy was just incredible. So I just want to thank all of the staff here at Jackson Public Schools for really doing an amazing job with these children and really shaping their lives. So thank you for that. So our next item is the calendar. So June 5th, yay. Last day for students half day. June 17th. It's 18th. >> It's the 16th. >> Oh, it's the 16th. Thank you. The 16th. >> Tuesday the 16th. Thank you. The 16th. 100year kickoff meeting. Jackson High School Media Center. 5:30 June 23rd. That's going to be our public hearing on the
0852627 proposed budget and that's at 5:45 p.m. 15 minutes before the board meeting and then our regular board meeting is immediately following that public hearing. So do I have a motion to adjurnn support? All those in favor say I. I. No hearing none. Um meeting is adjourned. Have a great evening.