001Today is Monday, June 2nd. This is a regular board of education meeting. First up is pledge of allegiance. And Trusty Thompson, can you lead us? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Oh, please. Rebecca Chamblas here. Melissa Dodge here. Carlos Harp notice. Cindy Holder here. Mark Kimble absent notice. Miklpine Taylor here. Gloria Thompson here. Public fundamentals input from public fundamental inputs to the operation of the Madison district public schools are an opportunity to speak at every board of education meeting. a period of time known as public comment as set aside at each meeting to give parents and other citizens a chance to speak directly to the board about school related topics.
002Anyone who wishes to speak to the board must fill out a request and give it to the board secretary before the meeting begins. Comments are limited to three minutes. The board of education accepts comments made during public comment from anyone who follows these guidelines. Public comment is one of the many information sources the board uses before making decisions in the best interest of the children who attend Madison District Public Schools. The board also works with the district staff to address citizens questions and concerns. Did we receive any requests? No, ma'am. And did anybody else? No. No. Thank you. We move on. Superintendent Perry. Good evening everyone. Um, we are going to start tonight's awards a little differently. We have staff members that are retiring from the district and I just want to take a moment
003to honor the staff members that we have leaving us this year and just to share some of their greatness with you. So, can we have um Lisa from Madison Early Childhood Center honor our retirees from ECC, please? Our first staff member would be Danielle Selfridge. [Applause] Danielle is someone who has dedicated her time, talent, and heart to making a difference in the lives of so many. And as you retire and begin a new chapter in your life, you've been a mentor, a leader, and a friend. Your commitment to Madison District Public Schools has been unwavering. your journey attending Madison schools and also working in the district as a kindergarten teacher and reading interventionists for 27 years now. You've inspired countless students. I probably hopefully I got the timeline right. Um you've inspired countless students, supported
004your fellow staff, and approached every challenge with a positive spirit and a smile. Your passion, kindness, and dedication have left a lasting mark on all of us. We are so grateful for the years you have spent sharing your talents, your wisdom, and your heart with this community. As you step into retirement, we know you will bring that same joy and energy into this next chapter. May it be filled with relaxation, adventure, and all the things you love most. You have earned it. On behalf of everyone here, I want to say thank you. Thank you for your hard work, for the memories, and for being part of the family. You started your journey in um Madison district as a student and now you're ending as a retiree and we wish you nothing but the best in
005this exciting new chapter. Congratulations on your [Applause] retirement. Right, Miss [Applause] Jabbo. All right. Your dedication, passion, and heart have touched the lives of so many students and families over the years. You have not only taught lessons in reading, math, writing, science, and social studies, but you've also instilled important life skills, patience, kindness, and love for learning. Your classroom has been more than just a room. It's a place where students have felt safe, encouraged, and inspired. You've celebrated their successes, helped them through challenges, and created a foundation for them to grow and thrive. To say thank you doesn't seem like enough. Thank you for your years of service. 32 for your countless hours of preparation, for the care and attention you gave to every child, and for the way you supported your colleagues. You've been
006an incredible teacher, mentor, and friend. As you close this chapter and begin a new one, we wish you a retirement filled with happiness, health, and well-deserved relaxation. We hope you take the time to enjoy the little moments, pursue new passions, and reflect on the lives you've changed. Congratulations on your retirement. And from the bottom of our hearts, ACC out here, thank you for everything. You will be deeply missed, but we are excited for all that's ahead of you. Congratulations. [Applause] Thank you. Now we will have principal Collie from Madison High School. Welcome our retiring Eagle superhero, Grace. Miss Lazinski. Um, just some words from our staff. Uh, she is dedicated and hardworking. Um, she goes above and beyond to ensure that her students succeed. Her passion for teaching and her care for her students truly
007uh makes a lasting impact. the way you handle so many responsibilities with Grace. Haha. In inspiring her first name is Grace. Okay. Um uh we will miss how Grace sets high standards for her students and spins so many plates at school with energy and gusto. And you are such an essential part of our Madison family. You are patient, kind, and caring. You take time during seventh hour, even though it can be quite intense, to offer individualized guidance, support, and tutoring to our students to help them reach their goals. Our staff also says, "You make us laugh every day. We don't know what we are going to do without you, without our hallway conversations, but we are so excited for your next journey because we know there's no way you're going to slow down. Thank you
008for your support throughout the years and always taking the time to help. Your patience, kindness, and dedication to our students over the years are unparalleled. And for me, Grace, ever since my first day here at MHS all those years ago when you welcomed me to the science department, I've considered myself so lucky to have you, Crane, and Vulpi. uh because you were such strong, inspiring women as mentors. Thank you for all the invaluable advice and wisdom you've shared throughout the years. Express my profound gratitude and admiration for you, your endless energy each and every day and the spark that you're able to ignite in our students, fostering curiosity and a true love for science. We wish you a retirement filled with the same joy and fulfillment that you brought to your classroom every day. You
009will be greatly [Applause] missed. Our picture before the speech. Oh, sorry. All right. Um, our first student of the month is Zach Marshall. He is not here, so I'll just read a couple of the things uh that our staff had to say about him. Zach always brings joy to every room he is in. He is always positive and willing to help his classmates. He's a great example of a peer leader and model student athlete. Um, and he's not here. I would have liked to have said this. Um, one day he came into the office, uh, signing in and he said, "Good morning." And I said, "Zack, you're such a good boy." I said, "I hope that you continue to be a good man. He's just a good kid." So, we're happy to honor him. Next,
010we have Aari Bowens. Come on up. [Applause] Oh, our core value this month is 1% better. Uh, this month's theme is exemplified by uh, again, we're honoring ninth graders. Not sure if we mentioned it, but this powerful idea reminds us growth doesn't always have to come in giant leaps, but rather small consistent improvements. So to give you some perspective, 1% better every day for 365 days is actually 37.78% better each and every year. So uh from her teachers, Azari quietly does her own thing. She never seems to miss anything. She does things the first time she's asked and does them so well. She's amazing student, consistently getting A's, honor role, uh asks questions when necessary, and has shown a level of work quality that many students wouldn't be able to do until junior or senior
011level of high school. Aari is awesome to have in class. She came every day rocking and rolling, ready to go from the moment she walked in the door. She's an absolute joy to have and set a great standard for others in her class. And finally, Aaria is a great student who never needs reminders or redirection. Her work is always done to the best of her abilities and makes our class more than 1% better every day. [Applause] Congratulations. Thank you. Now we have Principal Jones from Wilkinson Middle School. Morning everyone. Tonight we're going to honor two of our very special students. We are honoring our seventh graders. Go this way. I have Mr. Anthony Paper with me again this month to honor our seventh graders. Our first one is Miss Camille Mitchell. So Camille is our
012very special bunny as we call her in the building. She's always moving around. Just a really, really joy to have in the building. Um she is our very bright and funny young woman, but she also takes the time to to be very kind to others. You'll always find her socializing with her friends at lunch, just doing different things. She's always making everyone around her at least 1% better. Mr. Thank you, ma'am. I can still remember the first time I met Camille at sixth grade orientation, beaming and full of smiles. Camille has perhaps the positivity and demeanor bar none of the building. I remember one time when I had the I've had the pleasure of sixth grade English and seventh grade science with her in sixth grade. There was a moment where I complimented the class
013for just being a ray of sunshine. And there was this one young man who was having a cloudy day and he was saying, "Everyone at my table's so distracting, Mr. through Pura. Then he got to Camille. He's like, "Nope, never mind. Camille's Camille's pretty perfect." But anyway, and that's always stuck with me that there is not a single student who has ever said anything but the most glowing praise of Camille. She strives to make everybody 1% better because she reminds us all that no matter when the rain falls, it's just there to make us blossom taller each day. [Applause] Our second student being recognized this month is Mr. Hang Vo. Come on up. [Applause] Huang is new to our district this year. He started in seventh grade with us and he is one of our
014English learner students. He has been a leader in every single class from first hour to sixth hour from his electives to his core classes. Uh I have had several students who have told me that they think Kang is an inspiring student and he pushes them to do better. they understand the hard work that he puts in every day and he also brings out the best in other people. He is hilarious in my opinion and I don't know a day that Hang is not smiling and just asking people how they're doing. And I think it says so much that for someone who is the one taking on so many new experiences, he is making everyone else feel at ease around him. And I don't think that's 1% better. I think that's 100% better. Thank you, Huang,
015for what you bring to our building. Thank you. Thank you. Next, Madison Elementary School. Good evening. So, at the elementary school, we typically uh rotate grade levels um for choices for student of the month, but I especially look forward to June because also um each month we celebrate students who represent a specific characteristic um according to our capturing kids hearts curriculum. Well, at the end of the year, every teacher gets to pick two students who have exemplified all of those characteristics uh the entire year. And then Tran and I also get to pick two students um that we would like to honor as exceptional eagle of the year. And we typically choose fifth grade because they've been in our school um for the longest and we generally know them a little bit better than the
016other grade levels. and we're going to be super sad to miss them. So, I have two fantastic fifth graders um to bring to you to celebrate this evening. I will start with Miss McKenna [Applause] Thrasher. When I thought about the qualities of an exceptional eagle, McKenna immediately came to mind. She is a natural leader and an outstanding role model for all of her peers. Her character shines through in everything she does. We can always count on her to make thoughtful, responsible choices and encourage others to do the same. McKenna consistently looks for ways to help those around her, demonstrating kindness, empathy, and a genuine desire to make a positive impact impact. Her upbeat attitude, joyful spirit, and warm personality are contagious. She is not only a dedicated, hard-working student, but also an even better friend.
017We are truly be blessed to have had McKenna as a member of our Madison family. Her presence has made our school a better, brighter place, and we look forward to seeing where it will take her in the future. Our next exceptional eagle of the year is Joseph Cleveland. Come on up, Joseph. Joseph is so humble. He's going to hate this whole time that I talk about him. Our next exceptional eagle, Joseph, may not be the loudest voice in the room, but his quiet strength speaks volumes. He leads by example, showing his peers what it means to be respectful, thoughtful, and kind. And though he had some really big shoes to fill, following in his older brother foot brother's footsteps, he has more than held his own, carving out his own path and making a name
018for himself through integrity and hard work. And although he may not have as big of shoes or as big of a voice, he has just as big of a heart. He is a dependable student, a caring friend, and a devoted big brother, not only to his sister, but to all the younger Eagles who look up to him. His steady presence and strong character make him someone others naturally admire and trust. Madison is a better place because he's been a part of it. While we will miss him dearly as he moves on to middle school, we are excited to see all of the amazing things the future holds for him. There is no doubt that he'll continue to soar. [Applause] Yeah. And last but not least, we have our Madison Early Childhood Center. First, we have
019Jasmine. Come on up. [Applause] Jasmine joined kindergarten this year with no prior school experience, but she quickly adjusted and embraced every moment with enthusiasm. She arrives each morning with a big smile and a positive attitude. She's ready to learn and connect with others. Jasmine quickly formed friendships and has shown a natural kindness toward everyone she meets. Her eagerness to learn and her strong work ethic have led to significant academic growth over the school year. She truly enjoys being at school and is noticeably disappointed if she has to miss a day or go home early. It has been a joy to watch Jasmine learn, grow, and thrive this school year. [Applause] Congratulations, Kristen. All right, we have Christian here. According to Miss Hutterp, there are not enough good things to say about Christian. He is smart
020and always on task. He is clever, kind, and caring. Christian is an amazing and inclusive friend to his classmates, always making room for others to play. Any teacher would be lucky to have him in their class. That means next year. I am tr um not only am I truly grateful, but the kindergarten team is truly grateful, Miss Hookerp especially, that she was the lucky one to have you in her class. You are amazing and every one of us is so very proud of you. Congratulations. and I'd just like to say congratulations to everyone to the retirees. I wish you good health to enjoy that time off. Um if anybody would like to stay, you're more than welcome. Otherwise, we will do a fivem minute break. But before we go, I just wanted to toot our
021horn a little bit because most of you won't hear it later. We had our graduation on Saturday and while our graduating class was small, they got over, correct me if I'm wrong, $5.3 million in scholarship money for the 50 kids that stayed and worked hard. So, um, we do prove ourselves regardless of what you hear. Um, our staff does work very hard to get these kids ahead. Um, and so, uh, it goes unnoticed a lot and those kind of things shouldn't. So, with that, it is 6:25. We'll call a five minute break. 34. It's been five minutes, correct? Thank you. We are back in session. Next on the agenda is the administration report. Okay. So today I have a special guest for you today. Um for the 2425 school year, we received a grant called
02223H and it basically focus on math literacy. And so we have Kelsey Kaine. I mentioned her in one of my newsletters and how she presented with MDE this past year. And so Kelsey is here to share with you guys some of the impact that the 23H grant has had on our elementary students in the area of mathematics. So I am going to hand it over to Kelsey. Welcome. Thank you. Um you can hear me? Okay. All right. Um I just want to say thank you to Patricia for lending her time to me today. Um, and it follows along really well, Cindy, with Miss Holder, with what you said, um, earlier about celebrating. This is really about showing you the impacts that our classrooms are feeling because of the grant and because of our educators here
023at um, Madison Early Childhood as well as Madison Elementary. So, um, the paper that you have in front of you, we will look at um, more in depth on the presentation. So, if you want to set that aside, you can. Um but that'll be uh towards kind of the middle of our presentation today. Um this is something that I stand by and tell every student who I am in contact with about math. How to be a math person, be the person, do the math. And it really makes the kids laugh and breaks the discomfort of the age-old I'm not a math person. Um so it's just a fun thing that I was sharing. Um and this is the why. Um, we all know this in some form, some version. Um, our statewide team, um, at
024MISA and the early math task force has put this together. Um, we know that the purple line in the top chart is our Michigan fourth graders across 2017 to 2024. Um, it's definitely noticing that dip over the pandemic. Um, and then if you look at the bottom graph, we're noticing uh third, fourth, and fifth grade over those grade bands and their proficiency in math. Um, Michigan uh this these are Michigan students in third, fourth, and fifth grade. We already know that our students are some of the lower performing students on one performance test, the MSTEP. Um, this is not going to be a focus on that because we have to do the other work to get them to get proficient on the MSTEP. So, you'll see a lot of celebrations today with our other assessments
025and our other benchmarks. Um, first up, sorry, I'm I'm new to the buttons on this thing. Um, this is the system that 23H has allowed us to put into place to support Madison. I would be the early math specialist in the light blue teal color. I attended all of those um monthly, yearly, still attending it. Tomorrow is our final meeting. Our ISD leaders um at Oakland schools have been absolutely invaluable to us. Dana Gozen has been with me every week supporting our staff and students. Our principles were involved at our monthly local leader meetings and this has really meshed well with our CCI team that attends Oakland schools. Also, we have our teachers the integral part of this whole project. They are overlapping with the learning I'm doing. they're overlapping with learning that I'm providing
026as well as that they attend themselves. Um, and everything is for our students. One of the things that 23 has brought to us that the early math task force really focuses on is that powerful learning for children must require powerful learning for educators. We have to shift the scales so that we are all learning together rather than doing oneoff PDS so then our students um aren't benefiting from that. we need a consistent change um from what we've previously been doing. Um and so these are some of the things that we are working to change for our students. Uh moving away from the teacher at the front of the room, the Charlie Brown WW, and really being responsive to students, helping them deepen their understanding, be flexible, have fun, have joy, playful. um really letting them
027share their ideas and strategies and recognize mistakes and how they can choose to fix them. Um we really want this to be about our children in every way. It's also about how we shift as educators. We are looking to be leaders who are responsibly, excuse me, responsibly facilitating sensemaking. Um, making sure that we are learning every day with our students, being involved, engaging in the why, being a student of our students. Um, and you'll see evidence of that later on from some of our uh specific grade levels who have really taken that on and done amazing work with their students. Um, we also really want to encourage the final note there that educators are engaged in the messiness with their colleagues every day. It's okay to be messy. It's okay not to be perfect each
028day and to have those doors um revolving so that we can all learn from each other. Um so our overarching goal of this entire project is to support children becoming knowing becoming knowowers and doers um and really identifying themselves as math people. How do they see themselves in relation to mathematics their world they're not not math people they're math people and how does it affect them and and how do they go about uh their daily lives so this is where I bring up the um yearbook that you have in front of you. So in this presentation which I'll provide afterwards the left hand side of your screen the yellow is our Madison specific yearbook that you have in front of you. The right hand side is the front cover and if you click that link
029it's to the entire state. So the entire state came together and put these yearbook pages together for our learning. Um these are our students and we got to highlight them and share them with the entire state. Uh it was an amazing celebration that we had our statewide representatives, the person who funded this grant sat at the table with me. Um I will note that uh uh Miss Perry was the only superintendent in the state to attend which was very heartwarming for me and just seeing and knowing that we have that support behind us was recognized at the state level. Um that was awesome. So in the left hand side, the purple, you see a third grade classroom and the student is leading the work the whole time. It's our number corner routines and she is
030going in depth and really looking um to guide her peers with the teacher standing by. Our middle is uh Sherry Jabbo who we just celebrated. This is her classroom. um she has done such an incredible job incorporating this um into her classroom and her students cannot miss number corner. They remind her often. Um and then our fourth grade classroom on the uh in the blue um they were applying their math uh concepts learned in number corner which the 23H grant brought us um in a game. Um so you can see how engaged they are, how excited they are to be seeing this and they're participating together. Um, we also highlight our teachers and recognize um the math special that we were able to um have at MEES this year. Uh the teachers are excuse me,
031the students um are really learning to foster joy with math and math games. Um one of them said, "No, Miss Kane, there's not math." I said, "Did you just add, subtract, multiply?" "Oh, no. I was just counting." "Oh, okay. All right. If you don't think it was math, that's totally fine. You were excited. That's great." Um, and then we also, um, have had our teachers give a lot of their time this year outside of school hours, um, to really make it more seamless for the coming years. Um, so these are just some accomplishments that you probably don't hear of often. Um, we had a statewide team visit our district. Uh, there are many, many, many schools and districts in this program and they chose ours to come to, which was amazing. um our Oakland schools
032um team has created a promotional video of our teaching. This will be available um to us probably in August. It's a long time coming, but we're really excited to share that with you when it's ready. Our third and fourth grade team participated in plan do study act cycles. This is the messiness. Every single week they were talking with each other. Okay, we have to work on our weight time. All right, how are we going to do this? What did that what did you do? How did that happen? I was noticing the conversations in the hallway. Um they did not like it when I called them out because I did it often, but they were really excited and you'll see that the there was an impact on their their students. Um we also had students um
033who are interviewed about math. They indicated growth, awareness, and joy and all of our students participated in number sense routines all year. So this is a big celebration. I'm not sure if any of my kindergarten teachers stayed because they have heard this many many times. Um, last school year we had students at the end of the year we had 54.7% of students on grade level. This year we have 71% on grade level on the [Music] NWA. This is not just meeting their growth. Those kids have also met their growth. Um, but they are saying things like, "I like to talk to my friends about math. I'm good at math. I can play with numbers now. Those are direct quotes out of the mouths of babes from our kindergarteners. Um, and an example of the calendar
034that they have discussed is um, in the bottom right corner. So, adding to that, not only are 71% of our students at or above grade level, 80% of our students have met their growth. So, we are not only meeting the needs of our students who are at grade level, but 80% of our students are also meeting their growth, which is incredible. Um, the teachers have really increased their ability to support that dialogue and really open the kindergarteners to having an amazing math experience that hopefully will carry through in our district. Um, in first grade, we have 51% of our students meeting or exceeding their growth. Um, and I'd like to highlight that middle uh pink sentence. My teachers care about me and make sure I know what I am doing in math. I don't know
035if we could ask for more. Their teachers care about them and they know what they're doing and that's a really confident way of of sharing that. Um, so I'm going to move a little quicker through these just so you see the highlights and you'll have the opportunity to look at more in depth later if you so choose. Um, in our second grade we have 70% of our students meeting or exceeding their growth goals. Um, they took on number corner in second grade. We only have one second grade math teacher who teaches math to the whole grade level. Um, however, the other two teachers said, "No, let's do this. I'm in." And also participated in 20 minutes of number corner and number sense routines with their students. Um, and then the camera crew was so impressed
036when we videoed one of the second grade classrooms that they were discussing it the rest of the day and called me on their way home to ask more questions. They were really excited and engaged. in third grade. This might be the reason that I am reinvigorated in life and in teaching. Um, one of our third grade teachers was close to retirement. She decided not to, and her quote is at the top of this page. Teaching math has been more enjoyable this year than in all my previous years teaching. I c I as a coach, as someone who's supporting teachers, I can't say enough about how great that felt, but more importantly, how amazing that was for her students to have that impact and that feeling. Um they they this team worked really hard this year
037on wait time, giving those time that still students time to think. Well, we also had to teach them how to think because they first told us to stare at them. Uh well, yeah, when my teacher's not talking, we stare. No. Now in May, they're saying if I get it wrong, she's not mad. I need to think. If she's paused, I don't know right away. I can think. We can talk with each other and listen. And those are really good frameworks from number sense routines that have come through this year. Our fourth grade team um had an amazing experience with our uh visit from the statewide team. Um they had previously been in the classroom this year and did not recognize it because of the amazing shifts in instruction and student dialogue. Um they didn't believe
038me that it was the same students in the same classroom at first. Um we also have two students who take their number corner conversations to the bus daily. Uh the bus driver has said that he's had to ask them to sit down and get quiet because they're so excited about math. Uh which is just incredible. And our fifth grade, um this was awesome. During our visit with the statewide team, um I couldn't find her, our our our representative. She was standing outside the fifth grade classroom listening to their conversations and their collaboration and was overjoyed just knowing that that was happening and that our teachers are really there having those conversations and getting messy with one another. Um they also took on new learning um with at times 30 students in their class which we
039know is daunting to take on new things let alone have that many students in their classroom. So, we really wanted to recognize them for their hard work this year. Um, with a challenging curriculum, math and fifth grade is is is no joke. And they are really taking it on um and all of their conversations surround their students. So, these are ways that we see growth. I'm going to skip this so that you can um take a deeper look at that and and think more about that and have conversations about it at a later date. Um, but I want to let you know this is how we start our day by ending our announcements by saying every day is a great day to be an Eagle. Um, and the amount of cause that I hear afterwards.
040Um, we're really f trying to foster an amazing uh community at MEES and ECC. Um, and these are just some of the ways that our students and teachers have engaged this year. Thanks. just want to say thank you. This this is very informative. I really really appreciate you bringing us more good news. Yeah, absolutely. And we will bring the video to you hopefully in August or September when it's ready. I just want to say thank you to Kelsey and also Dr. Hemiway because this work was a lot. Um I think it was like once a month or maybe once every two months um the math and the ELA lead they will go to Oakland schools and they would work together and I think that's very powerful because usually on the K5 level it's all about
041literacy reading literacy and we never touch on math but then when we get to middle school or high school we say hey why these kids don't understand algebra because they didn't have the foundation. So I just want to say thank you to both of you guys cuz it was a lot of work Kelsey. um working with teachers and working with students can be very difficult but you hung in there so I really appreciate you. Thank you. I appreciate that. And that is the end of the administration report. All right. The consent agenda is next. All matters listed under the consent agenda are considered to be routine in nature by the board of education and will be acted upon by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If any member of the
042board or any citizen requests discussion of an item, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and will become the first item of business under the board of education action items portion of the agenda. Tonight's consent agenda, approval of the minutes of the board of education for the regular meeting May 19th, 2025. Approval of May 2025 expenditures in the amount of 1,276,489.95 and approval of the personnel report submitted by human resources on June 2nd, 2025. Need a maker and support, please. Madam President, Trustee Thompson, I'd like to make a motion that we recommend I'd like to make a motion that I recommend the board of education approve the consent agenda as presented. Thank you. Do we have support? I'll support. Trustee Chamblas. Any questions? Seeing none, roll vote, please. Rebecca Chamblas, yes. Melissa Dodge,
043yes. Cindy Holder, yes. Christa McAlpine Taylor, yes. Gloria Thompson, yes. Motion pass. I also would open this up at this time. Um, can we add to discussion or new and continuing business 5C? We need an additional school board meeting on the 16th. Correct. Yes. It's a finance meeting. It's required. Um I know I had other need to make amending the agenda that's to amend it. Um so it would be C and I need a maker just to add it to the agenda. I'll make that motion. Madam President Thompson second Taylor support sorry any discussion this is just to add it as 5C. be an action item because it should be five. I'm sorry. Does a maker in support want to add it as 6E of course. All right. And support agrees. Yes. So we will
044move it to from 5C to 6E. No other discussion. Roll call vote, please. Rebecca Chamblas, yes. Melissa Dodge, yes. Cindy Holder, yes. Chris Sarah McAlpine Taylor, yes. Gloria Thompson, yes. Motion pass. Um, next up is facility usage. New and continuing business. Yes, please. Um, that was on the agenda to discuss the last meeting when we had a conversation about the facility usage and I asked you guys to take it home to think about it and see if you guys had any feedback from us and also to give you guys an opportunity if anyone wants to go on a tour to kind of discuss that. So with is there any feedback about the facility usage? Any trustees Taylor? So, I apologize. I cannot take a tour till Friday because, you know, because there's the work situation.
045Um, however, uh, so I would like to set that up. Um, and I I think we do need a continued discussion to see how to best use our facilities. Um, and whether that is looking at ECC and and seeing if there's a different way to re um readjust where they're located or um or or how we do it. I just for cost savings, I still believe that we need to look into this and to to see how that we can reduce our costs in order just to continue thriving. So what I hear you saying is that you want this like as a continue open discussion item on the agenda. Very much so. Okay. Yeah. And I do have some updates that I'll put in my newsletter about facilities. Just some recommendations. Awesome. Thank you. You're
046welcome. Anything else at this time? So, unless you guys have something you'd like to add. Oh, no. We're good. All righty. Next up, board member payout. Ah, our friend Ebony. So, this was brought to the agenda because we do have new board members and you probably are not aware of how we pay you guys out. You guys out. So, you guys get a small stipen for coming to the board meetings and we try to pay them out twice a year. So in July we pay out for anyone who attended from January till June. And then you would get your next payout in January for attendance from July to December. We get paid the end of June and the end of June. It's the end of the school year. That is a incumbrance of that school
047year. So it's before the audit. But we're not saying we're not paying you. We're processing it in June, but you may not get it until the first week of July. So, it's going to be processed in this fiscal year. You just won't get it until July. So, the first week in July. The first week in July. So, I need to make sure that everyone has a W9 on file. Do you know the rate is per meeting? $45 per meeting. So, if you do not have a W9 on file, I can email it to you. You can fill it out and then bring it back up to the board office. So, I just wanted to let you guys know you will receive a payout in July for this fiscal year. The encumbrance will be on this
048fiscal year because we had that discussion. We don't want to kick that can, right? That makes no sense. Anybody else? All righty. Um, next in the agenda, approval of the OCSBA amendment to the bylaws and resolution MHSA Michigan High School. The next page I printed wrong. Right there. The bylaws is there. Yep. Oh, all right. This is membership resolution. Okay. Approval of the OS OCSBA amendment to the bylaws and resolution. Each year, Oakland County School Board Association. Wait a minute. Yeah. Oh, I skipped. Yep. Sorry. Because I see what you're saying now. It was first. Got it. Each year, the Oakland County School Board Association Government Relations Committee develops legislative priorities which guide the creation or amendment of OCS. Resolutions are drafted by the resolutions and bylaw committee and aligned where applicable with Michigan Association
049of School Boards or National School Board Association positions. Follow Following review by the OCSBA board of directors, the proposed new or amended resolutions are shared with member districts for consideration and approval. It is recommended the board of education support the proposed new and amended resolutions presented by the Oakland County School Board's Association for adoption is the association's official legislative position. I need a maker in support, please. Madame President, Trustee Thompson, I'd like to make a motion the board of education support the proposed new and amended resolutions presented by the Oakland County School Boards Association or OS OCSBA for adoption as the association's official legislative positions. Thank you. Supportee Chamblas. Any discussion? Rebecca Chamblas, yes. Melissa Dodge, yes. Cindy Holder, yes. Chris Sarah McAlpine Taylor, yes. Gloria Thompson, yes. Motion pass. Okay. No. MHSAA. The 2526
050MHSA resolution has been provided for the board of education approval. This resolution must be signed and submitted to the MHSAA by August 1st, 2025 to maintain the district's eligibility for MHSAA postseason tournaments and access to associated benefits, including accidental medical and concussion gap insurance coverage. Approval of the resolution affirms the district's commitment to adhere to all NHSAA standardized rules and regulations. A lapse in membership may result in the loss of eligibility and disruption of services. It is recommended the board of education approve the 2526 MHSA membership resolutions as presented authorizing continued participation in MHSA activities and services. We need a maker and support please. President Holder Trusty Chamblas. I make a motion that the board of education approve the 2526 MHSAA membership resolution as presented authorizing continued participation in MHSAA activities and services. Support Trusty
051Thompson will support any discussion seeing none. Roll call vote please. Rebecca Chamblas yes. Melissa Dodge yes. Cindy Holder yes. Chris Sarah McAlpine Taylor. Yes. Gloria Thompson. Yes. Motion passed. Appointment of Key Grace Academy board members. Keys Grace Academy as a public school acade academia authorized by Madison District Public Schools. The current number of positions of this public school board is five. The term of Dr. Remy Aloashi expires June 30th, 2025. The board of the academy recommends reappointment to a three-year term which expires June 30th, 2028. The term of Edward Bajoka expires June 30th, 2025. The board of the academy recommends reappointment for a three-year tumor which expires June 30th, 2028. It is recommended the Madison District Board of Education approve reappoint of Dr. Remy Alisashi and Edward Bajoka for reappointment to a three-year term which
052expires June 30th, 2028. I need a maker in support, please. President President Trusty Chamblas. Um, I make a motion that the board of education approve the reappoint of Dr. Remy Alisashi and Edward Wajoka for reappointment to the three-year term which expires on June 30th, 2028. Trusty Thompson, you support support. Anything? Sure. I just want to be sure that the new board members understand how this authorization worked for charter schools and to see if you guys have any questions. You can ask now or we can meet later to discuss. Well, do you understand um I think you told me a little bit about it when I first put it on the record. Um so I I was actually going to ask I was like because I don't know these people. I'm like, "Superintendent Perry, do you
053do you agree?" So, yes. Um, basically how the authorization works is that we kind of have a partnership. We kind of meet once a quarter to make sure that everything is going okay, that they're up to code with all their reports with MDE, and then as an authorizer, we receive all of their funding and we keep 3% of it. And so, we're kind of like I wouldn't say a manager, more so an authorizer. So, Nathan and I, um, that's the manager. Kalasho, we meet quarterly and we kind of have conversations and so he I support what he asked me to support as long as he brings proof. So he I submitted some of the documents or literature about the two candidates and so these two individuals were already on the board unlike us they don't
054vote because it's not a city they have to appoint individuals. So these two individuals were already on the board. So yes I support that's what I wanted to know. Okay. Anybody else? I will just say um I must have been absent from the board. I know this was about the time that I happened to be uh up at Mcno City with my family and I have known um Mr. Bajoka for decades. Okay. And so he's um one of my nephew's best friends. So I would say with all enthusiasm that I would support him. And with that, if there is nothing else, we'll do roll call vote, please. Chamblas, yes. Melissa Dodge, yes. Cindy Holder, yes. Christa McAlpine Taylor, yes. Gloria Thompson, yes. Motion passed. Next up, approval of individual contracts for the 2526 school year.
055Individual contracts for key district personnel expire on June 30th, 2025. In order to ensure continuity of leadership and operations for the 2526 school year, it is necessary to issue and secure individual employment contracts for the following positions. Director of Transportation, Bus drivers, District Nurse, Director of Food Service and Transportation, Facility Manager, Business Specialist, Director of Specialized Student Services, Director of Business and Finance, Assistant Superintendent. The terms and conditions of these contracts will remain the same as those in place for the 2425 school years with no change in salary. Securing these contracts in a timely manner will help retain experienced staff, ensure the smooth operation of district services, and support effective planning for the upcoming year. approval for the issuance of individual contracts for the 2526 school year for the listed person of July 1st, 2025.
056I need a maker in support. Madam President, Trusty Thompson, I'd like to make a motion that we approve the issuance of individual contracts for the 2025 2026 school year for the listed personnel effective July 1st, 2025. I'll support Trusty Chamblas. discussion. Nothing. Okay. Roll call vote, please. Rebecca Chamblas, yes. Melissa Dodge, yes. Cindy Holder, yes. Chrisa Muel Pine Taylor, yes. Gloria Thompson, yes. Motion passed. Next up is the superintendent 2425 evaluation. 56E. Oh my goodness. See, too many notes. Um, next up is um having our finance meeting on June 16th at 6:00 PM here. So, it'll be a regular or a special. A regular board meeting. Regular. Okay. I need a maker in support. President Holder, Trusty Chamblas, I make a motion that we add an additional June meeting on June 16th, 2025, a regular
057board meeting at 6 p.m. Second. Thank you. Trusty Mccelpine Taylor. support. Any other discussion? Seeing none, roll vote, please. Rebecca Chamblas, yes. Melissa Dodge, yes. Cindy Holder, yes. Mark Kimble, oh, I'm sorry. M Chrisa McLeine Taylor, yes. Gloria Thompson, yes. Motion passed. Now, superintendent 2425 evaluation. So, good evening. I am passing out a tool for you guys to use as I go through my presentation. Once I'm done presenting, Pam is going to take over and walk you guys through how to calculate the scores because I just want to make sure I'm out of that. So, this year I am trying something different. I can email this to you guys. Um, usually when I do my evaluations, it's like a huge portfolio, but everything is digital now and we want to save money, so we're going
058to do a digital version. And I do want to point out that I am choosing to have this publicly because I do have the option to hold my evaluation in close session, but I don't have anything to hide. So, I have greatness to share. So, here we go. Um, so basically what you guys have is an evaluation tool. And each tool we're going to go through each category. So if you can turn to page four, I try to create goals around each component and then as the year go on, I present evidence to you guys as to how um I have accomplished that goal. Once I get done, you guys can select your rating and or ask any questions if you have any. So component one is visionary leadership. and I am going to discuss
059how I accomplish my goal for this school year. So I think for the first thing when you are a superintendent every school district is governed by a school improvement plan. That's what we used to call it back in the day. Now we have something called the Michigan integrated continuous improvement process which is um a school improvement plan but it's it's more purpose. So we have two goals as a district. One is to increase our math and ELA scores and another one is around culture and climate to make sure that we provide that environment for our students. Click on each one. Oh, wait. Like there's a link for each one of these. Just to reiterate, we went through these after her last evaluation and said, "Okay, this is our next benchmark." So, we will do that
060soon after this is done. Um, obviously things change. So, our priorities will change as well. So, for our MYKIP process as a curriculum task force, each building has a school improvement leader, but that new name is my kip. So, I'm just going to reference my kip. And what we do is as the year go on, we have to put put in different ways of how we attempted to accomplish and achieve our goals. So this right here once you guys have access to it, you are more than willing to look through it. Each tab represent what each building has done to achieve our goals. So for ECC you can see if you scroll down um we have like 28 different activities and then you click on each tabes scroll down we have about 66 activities WMS
06141 MHS 44 and the district we have about six. So that's five. That's what we do as a district. So for MYIP, in order for us to be in compliance, each one of these activities have to be uploaded to the database. So most districts have a MYKIP coordinator, but I'm doing that all on my own. So we're getting it done, though. Next, we have our curriculum task force, which meet one Saturday a month. We have our school culture task force that started out during the school year, but due to funding, we kind of had to cut it, but we're trying to write it back into our federal funds so we can have that going on. building principles. I conduct walkthroughs with the building principles and we take the evaluation tool go into classrooms. I ask
062them to see me two let me see two teachers that are really performing and two teachers that may need some improvement and we talk through that so we can make sure that we're on the same page with assigning ratings because I want to know that your effective is the same as my effective or your need in development is the same as mine. So we usually do that around January or February. We also have monthly principal meetings where we have conversations about what's coming up, things we want to inforce. Did it work? And you get you guys will have access to this. So what I did was instead of printing everything, you guys have actually access to my drive. So here represents a meeting agenda for every month that we had for our building leaders. And
063if you click on one, you can see different things that we discussed. So for example in October uh we always start with good news. We talk about website updates. We talk about enrollment numbers, teacher evaluations. So these agendas change based on the need of the month. But that's a way for us to have open dialogue. We can check in. They tell me concerns they may have and we as a administration office tell them concerns we have. Um on our level it's hard to meet with principles during the day because they have to run their building. So we are thankful that they stay after right before the board meeting and we discuss a lot of leadership goals there. And we have our bi-weekly cabinet and directors meeting. Same thing. You guys can click on that. you
064have access to my drive and it has all the agendas there. We have two different types of meetings. We have cabinet which is everyone inside the board office and then every other week sometimes some business just need to be handled amongst directors. So we rotate back and forth. And then last but not least in terms of being a visionary leader I do have nurse check-ins once a month. Um sometimes once a month it depends on the the issues that are at hand. So here I make sure I document everything. So if you look through here, these are some of the things that we discussed in April. One of the big concerns that we have was for summer school, making sure that we are ready to receive our summer school students. And as you guys know,
065sometimes we have students that um have different issues that we need to make sure we are accommodating. So that's that and I will give you guys are there any questions about component one or do you guys need me to expand on anything about being a visionary leader? If you guys can take your time and choose a rating before we move on to the next one. on page four. We're in class. When you're done, put your pencils down so we know we can move on. You guys can leave comments if you want and you can return that to me. I will greatly appreciate it. I like the feedback. We're going to move on to component two. Oh, that's Okay, we're on policy and basically um my goal is to make sure that I follow the rules
066and make sure we are in complian terms of everything that we do. So some of the things that we do we have done this year is AI guidance. We have started that work and as you guys know chat GPT and all these other AI platforms have been an issue in a lot of the classrooms. This right here at our last PD we had our AI team draft policy. So we have staff members from across the district and they shared this uh was it April? No, the last PD in May and we are probably about 75% to 80% done with our AI guidance. This is a timeline. We started this work in November and we are still moving forward. So hopefully we will have policy or guidance not just for students but also for staff because
067um going to different conferences we learned that a lot of staff members are going to a not our staff members but teachers are going to AI looking for lessons and not really reading through the lessons to make sure it's appropriate for students and then you go in classroom and you're like okay um I don't think I should be teaching this. So we have guidance for teachers as well. Um we I have also led board of education study sessions to make sure everyone is up to date on various changes in the education world. We are also in the process of MEA negotiation language and if you click on that it just have you don't have to click on it though it just has a list of all the agendas that we when we met we started
068this last year and this year we are finishing the last little bit of it. We have also updated policy that has not been updated in the district since sometime like 1998. So it's a long process and we are still working on that. Um in the absence of the board of education secretary I have made sure that every agenda was posted created all of these board packets have been created by me and as well as the board action items as well as keeping up with the website. I have keys grace quarterly check-ins. We have monthly union meetings. We never want to be hit with a grievance. So, we always try to meet with each union once a month so they can share their concerns. As well as MHSA, as you guys know, we don't have an
069athletic director. So, myself and Ricky Malik has been taking on that huge role and we have been in compliance the whole year. So, are there any questions on that component? If not, if you guys can rate me accordingly and put your pencils down when we're done, we'll move on to component three. I want to be the last one. Should I wait for trustee of pine Taylor or I'm not sure that she's scoring. So give my hand a break so we can wait. You can just give me your if you want. Oh, we lost one. She'll be right back. She just fil to the restroom. Say, well, let me see if the same. I've never seen that. I thought these are my kids Christmas stockings. Oh, there you go. They are. are delicious. Women's cool and
070hydrated. Thank you for rating me on component two. The next one is component three. I do want to point out that most districts do have a curriculum coordinator and that is yours truly right here. So, let me explain what I've been doing. In terms of instructional leadership, we work really hard with our curriculum task force. Once again, that's a link to all of our agendas. Some of the things that we discuss is um pacing, common assessments, just instructional strategies that can help improve our test scores on growth levels as well as proficiency levels. We are also well I'm also a part of the teaching and learning with AI community so we can make sure that we are up to date with that. Once again we as a district most districts have an ESL ELELLL coordinator
071that is for the individuals who have um students who come in who speak English as a second language. That is something that I take on as well. And if you click on that link that is a link to agenda items that we meet when we meet as a team. So I have K5 meetings I mean K12 meetings with lead building leads and we just talk about things that we can do to improve our program. Then this past this year was the first year so on a K12 level in the past we were administering growth assessments. So all districts have to have a growth growth assessment. But the problem was the NWA assessment was not aligned for grades 8 through 12. So NWA is not formatted like SAT or PSAT. This year was the first year
072we switch our growth assessment for grades 8 through 12 to Horizon. And that basically is similar to SAT PSAT. If that's the assessment that we are determining proficiency on, then we need to make sure we give our kids access to that type of assessment. I also created a dist district-wide testing calendar as well as I am the district-wide testing coordinator. And if you click on districtwide testing coordinator, you will see agendas. Each building has a lead. So when it's time for testing, we make sure that we have meetings to check in and say, "Hey, are you ready? What supports you need? Are all the students enrolled?" So on and so forth. And same thing, we do a lot of instructional walkthroughs to look at what teaching and learning looks like. I think that sometimes our
073building principles are forced to be operational leaders. And in Madison, we really want to build instructional leaders. And that's one of our goals and that's something we've been working on in terms of quarterly pacing guides. When we meet for a curriculum task force, we try to make sure we have those all aligned so that we can make sure we're teaching the same thing at the same time. So if you get transferred from one fifth grade class to another, you should be on that same pacing. We also have a common district goal where we have at least 60% of our students show growth on the NWA assessment from fall 24 to 25. We know that gold is low and our goal is to push that up and we're going to talk about that later when we
074look at growth assessment as well as all the teachers were trained on effective feedback. So I reached out to Oakland schools in order to grow our building principles into instructional leaders. They need to know how to have those courageous conversations. So Oakland schools sent out a representative to meet with our principles to say, "Hey, when you're sitting down with a teacher, what are the questions you ask to help lead to instructional growth?" And I thought that was real powerful for our teacher, our principles because sometimes it's hard to have those courageous conversations. So that is instructional leadership in summary. Are there any questions? Um I'm Taylor. Thank you. Um so you wanted at least 60% of the students to show growth. Did 60% show growth? So TBD to be or TBC is coming up in
075the next couple slides. Oh, gotcha. I got you. Sorry. So what basically how the evaluation works is that um 80% is is it 80%. Yeah, 80% is on the tool and then 20% is on meeting academic growth goals. So I hold myself accountable the same way teachers and building principles. So when that time comes, you'll get to see how we did. Any other questions about instructional leadership? Okay, if you guys can assign me a rating, that would be greatly appreciated. I do want to point out I forgot to add something about instructional leadership. I talked about building principles, but I do want to let you guys know that as a district, we do have a professional development plan for teachers that has been approved by the state. So that's component 36 of instructional leadership. with
076moving on to the next component. Okay, next is communication and community relations go there and I'll just talk about some of the ways we have or I have achieved this goal. I send the weekly newsletters. I've tried to mainstream it so you can get it every Friday at 2 o'clock. So, that's something to look forward to. We also have completed student perception surveys. We created video campaigns that we're trying to get out on social media. We um created some a market plan that we are a marketing plan that we're working with channel 7 to implement. We have our climate and culture committee. We have an increased presence on Facebook. So once again, usually districts have a social media person. That person is me, and I try to post as much as possible. We brought Carnival
077back this year, which we were able to bring in $22,000 in additional funding for the district. As well as we have our enrollment meeting. I try to tr be transparent. We hosted seeking fund town hall meetings so we can get that passed. Um, in terms of community, we just try to make sure that we have a presence. It seems like sometimes when you have that one negative issue, it for it negates the 10 good things that we have going on. So I always want to make sure that Madison District Public Schools is represented in the community as a the amazing district that it is. So in terms of communication and community relations, I try to attend all events that's hosted by the city. Um Junth I attended last weekend last year and this year they
078asked me to be the keynote to open up the event this year. So I'm really excited about that. We try to bridge the relationship with the city of Madison Heights as well as the police chief with the mayor. We just try to have a a better presence in the community because at one point we did not look as well. So any questions about community relations? the newsletter. It did not start this year or did it in in full? I know as far as bringing it to us every Friday. It started this year. So So that would be a part of what you have improved on this year. That was in response to some of our communication. Yes. Um discussions last year. The student perception surveys were a new addition as well. So these are Are
079there any more? I'm looking at the list because I know we did have discussions about how we could communicate better uh between the board and the community. One of the reasons I think one of the things you guys recommended last year that was that I share the newsletters that I sent you guys on Facebook, but sometimes that those newsletters have information that we shouldn't make public. So that's one of the reasons why I did not share those on Facebook this year. Was Soups with the soup this year? No, that was last year. That was last year. Okay. I was picturing Wilkinson, but I wasn't quite sure. Okay. It was a flop, though. So, we didn't do it this year. It was still an effort, though. I know. You showed up. That's what matters. And you
080said the I'm sorry, President Holder. Oh, me. Okay. I didn't know you were talking to Sorry, real quick. You said the carnival brought in $22,000. Yes. $22,000. And last year we only brought in $14,000. That's the highest I've ever heard of. The highest previous to that was 10,000 and then we did the beer and wine tent and that was terrible. Last year was 14,000 and now we're at 22. Yes. That's amazing. Yeah. And and the um owners recognized us. They really appreciated the community. So, thank you to the community that came out and supported. Um they thought our kids were amazing. Thanks to the Madison Heights Police Department. We do have uh asked them to bring the reserves. So, and they were there all day long. Their their presence I think really made a difference
081and I think it's just going to continue to grow from here. Sorry. Next, we're going to talk about organizational management and how I accomplished this goal and some things that we I I'm going to be honest, I need to work on. Um, in terms of management, we our principal meetings, we definitely had a lot of conversations about making um financially responsible decisions in terms of making purchases. We have our monthly MEA meetings. Once again, I think the teacher union, well, I know the teacher union is the largest union that we have. So, I think during those monthly meetings at 7:30 in the morning, we were able to have conversations about plans and how we're going to move forward. The weekly cabinet meetings get definitely gave us time to have these fiscally responsible conversations. Quarterly meetings
082with Keys Grace. We have financial check-in meetings with the board of education that we started as well as the financial task force. Um I am a strong believer that I did not get us to this place financially on my own. So I can't pull us out on my own. So in those financial task force meeting we ask president or representatives from each union to have a look in the budget. And I think that sometimes as teachers or people on the outside of our office, the way they think of school finance is not necessarily how we can run it. So they they were able to get an in-depth understanding of, okay, if these funds come in for a grant, we have to use those funds for that grant and we can't transfer it. So if we
083have $50,000 for a grant, I can't say, "Oh, I'm going to put this in teacher salary." It doesn't work like that. So I think that was a huge eyeopener as well as some of the grants we applied for this year. We applied for the 31A funding. And when I say we, I don't want you guys to think that it's a team. It's me, Mr. Andra, Cat, Ebony, Pam, it's us. Like we are in the thick of it applying for these grants, trying to find new funding for the school district. Once again, most districts don't have a grant. Most districts do have a grant coordinator, but we can't afford that. And I think that's something really powerful about the team is that we're willing to step in and do whatever we need to do for our
084students and for our staff. So, those are some of the grants. It and also we had the Hitley roll back as well as the sinking fund. And same thing, it's the team. It's us. We don't have a um a legal department that can hit this stuff. It's all of us coming together and saying, "Hey, let's figure this out. less contact legal and it's difficult sometimes because you know it's like we don't know what we don't know but the fact that we actually step out and we apply brings a lot of money to the district and I'll show you guys that later. So that is it on organizational management. One of the things I do want to work on next year is just having now that we have staff that has been in the district for
085a year. Our director of business and finance has a lot of experience now. Now we know what conversations to have and we know when to have these conversations. So that's one of the learning things, one of the things that I learned this year is that okay, I need a timeline. Like these are the questions I should be answering and these are the answers that I need to determine if we're making fiscally responsible decisions. Questions, comments? Okay, if you guys can assign your rating one more time. And last but not least is component six, professionalism and ethics. And we're going to talk about that. So some of the things that supports why I achieve this goal is I attend the Michigan Association of Superintendent Conference every year or this year in Traverse City. I also make
086sure I am present at all Oakland County Superintendent meetings. So, we have at least 10, no not 10, maybe seven meetings a year where we come together as superintendents and it's just a great way for us to get to know what's going on in other districts and sometimes see that, hey, what's happening in Madison is not just in Madison, it's across Oakland County. And I think that that's huge. Also, we have attended the Oakland County School Board meetings as well as I was invited this year for the first time to the urban superintendent conference and that's basically an association where we have all urban superintendents and it was like a female empowering conference where all expense was paid and it was definitely a learning experience. Dr. Cook Roger, the superintendent of Oakland schools is now
087over that program. So, she invited me. So, it was very powerful. We also was I was also invited to a think tank um experience that I was not able to attend but Pam represented Madison District Public Schools also professionalisms in terms of any type of freedom of information act requests I am the one that does all that so I make sure we get all the information out and I am excited to say I'll see how excited I am to say this next year I just enrolled into um a doctoral of education program in leadership so hopefully that can help me become a better superintendent. Thank you. I'm gonna need all the support. Any questions about professionalism and ethics? If you guys can assign a rating [Music] Okay, so that's that's the end of the tool,
088but I do have a couple of couple accomp accomplishments. ments I do want to discuss and share with you guys over the year. Um, we were able to close out our bond this year. We are starting the floor work at the high school. I also started or added some class to our to the H the MSBO human resource certification. We have additional funding and grants and I'm going to show you a sheet on that. The metro program was a huge success this year. I think that it brought so much energy back to the district and our students just having them and seeing how happy they are means a lot. We had an increase in enrollment for the first time in the last what six years. Um and throughout the year we only had one teacher
089vacancy and that says a lot. We usually have districts have more than one teacher vacancy and that vacancy was only for like two months of the school year but the principal did step in. and we put the kids on different online platforms to kind of bridge the gap for that learning. So, that was some accomplish those were some accomplishments. Also, the class of 2025 earned $5.6 million in scholarships. That is amazing to have only 50 kids in the graduating class. Uh we had zero findings in our 23 24 audit and that was under our new business director, director of business and finance Ebony Thompson who was new and came in and just picked right up and got everything going. Our GAD audit under Pam Vermiglio had zero findings. MDEL audit, we had one from MDE
090this year. We had zero findings. Everything went how it's supposed to go. Last year, we were placed on the targeted support intervention list by MDE for having the bottom 5% scores in for our special education subgroup on the MSTEP assessment. When you guys get this, if you click on it, there's a letter from MDE says that we are no longer on that list. I do want to share with you guys the summer discovery grant. If you can click on that, Travis. So this year summer discovery grant we were able to secure drum roll please. Thank you. Um is it going to load? Oh um if you got it on Travis [Music] maybe I need to see the tabs. Oh, the budget summary. Yep. $524,000 for summer discovery. And I want to break show you guys
091how we allocated the funding. One of the things that we are able to do is pay for staff. A lot of summer school staff members and other districts are getting paid $45 an hour. So, we were able to be competitive with our pay. In addition, we were able to create some social media campaigns. We were able to allocate 25,000 for supplies and curriculum equipment to host the afterchool program. And in in the staffing, I do want to point out that for the personnel, we are allocating $30,000 towards students. So, we're hiring 16 students to work for the summer program. And it's kind of like just telling our high school students like thank you for being the student that you are and they are giving back to our elementary students. So we are really excited about
092that. Also, usually we have to pay about $30,000 a year for transportation because this grant we are able to write off transportation into the grant. In most grants you can take a certain percentage of indirect cost which will go straight to our general funds. So, we are putting 78,000 into our general funds for the indirect cost. So, this grant is something that's not only going to help our students in terms of math and literacy proficiency, but it's also going to give our students, our staff, and our families a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have a great time during the summer. So, that's summer discovery. And then I do want to point out how much we have your accomplishments. If you look at total grant earnings in 2425, so in 2223 and 2324, those amounts are so large
093because those years we have er funds. So for 2425, that was the first year we did not have ESSER funds and we were able to bring in five $5 million in grants. So that money is money that we're able to put back in our students and to give them the education that they need and they deserve. And of those grants, if you click on fiscal year 25, please. So that just breaks down where all the grant money came from. So if you ever want to just if you have time just go through each line item by item you can see where the funding comes from. And the green if you go down in terms of general funds those are the funds that we go back that goes back into the classroom and our director of
094food service was able to secure $1 million in food service grants. So it really we are really an amazing team that really goes out and do any and everything for the district. And last but not least, I do want to point out that when I first came to Madison as a principal four years ago, our eighth grader, our ninth graders were going into pre-alggebra. So if you have a ninth grader going into pre-alggebra, that means that individual is not going to take algebra 2 until their senior year. Algebra 2 is on the SAT in which they take their junior year. So, we're not giving our kids we were not giving our kids access to curriculum that they need to be successful on the test. So, this year we're excited to announce was the first year
095we have eighth graders actually earning algebra 1 credit. They come to the high school in the morning and we bust them over back to the middle school for second hour. So, these are the kids that's going to be on that trajectory to take calculus so they can earn the AP credit. So to not have algebra 1 offered to 9th graders to being able to offer algebra 1 to eighth graders is a huge movement in our academics and that's what we need to make sure that the world knows that we are giving kids access to be great beyond their capacity and that's what we want to do and make sure we have an education environment for all students. So before we move on to academic data, so the evaluation is based off of two components. 80%
096is academic. We don't have to click on that one yet. And then no, 80 80% is the tool and 20% is academic. I'm going to let Pam take over so I won't be biased and explaining how to rate it. So on this sheet in the packet, you're going to go back through all of your ratings and then you're going to just circle which one um you had rated her for. Then at number two, you're going to take average and then you're going to circle one of those four for your overall rating on the just on the performance evaluation tool. And then you'll hang on to this and then we'll go on to the data side. So from each sheet onto this one page page 10 ask before we do that we have in the past
097done strict ratings and we've also done intermediate like the.5s. Yes. No. Okay. No I'm saying no. I just want everyone to to we have the ability to do that. What is the the wish of the group? I I can change mine either way. Can I make a comment about the tool? So this tool now is strict ratings. So there's no in between even though I want some fives is strict. Okay, fair enough. I I just know that we were told we could um in the past and so I did not want to leave that ready. That makes some difference in what I do. don't come and do the math. Me? Yeah. Oh, it's not bad. I just felt like when we did the 0.5s, we got bullied into scores that we weren't comfortable with. So,
098like if I said a three, but everybody else said a four, remember it was like, well, could you go at least a 3.5? And I'm like, no. What I think is what I think. You have to think of it more of exemplary or effective, right? like above and beyond the job or did the job We have to go over them still. Yeah. Okay. Do we want to go over them individually or do you just want me to collect them and read the response? Collect them and average out the responses. We've done both. So I didn't know. I don't care what we want to do. I what is the the wish of the board? I can just simply go through them, which is absolutely fine and acceptable according to the rules. Just don't put your name
099on the paper. We're going to Are you going over number two or she goes over all? So what'll happen is she'll take all of those from each person and average them. So like if somebody did like four three four three you she'll add those up divide by six. Okay. And you only Yeah. They're going to need that other sheet for the next one. Oh, has number six on the back. Sorry. But Superintendent Perry, you're going to want all of these eventually because you want comments for feedback. Yeah. You're just So each of you should have figured out based on what you scored for one, two, three, four, five, six where your overall rating is and then um President Holder will just average it based on what was selected in number two. Yes. Needs a couple
100of minutes. Do we have a collection spot then for the rest of these so that president or um for superintendent Perry to have her comments? I still have one more section to present on academic data. So if you can hold on to it until I present that that way you can write those comments on there too. Thanks. I figured it out. It doesn't seem like six. Four. That's four. Okay. I I thought I heard you decided to put just give feedback. Got it. Perfect. Understood. I'll wait for Rebecca so I can do that. Yeah, those facts I can put my comments more comments to you. So you can find yours because there's not names on them. So I would no idea. I can tell you who's writing. Okay. I used up all of the space
101on the other ones. Writing. That's a very unique, you know, very clear writing. You do not. You're a math teacher. Yeah, you're a math teacher. That's a different right. That's different. Not right. Mhm. And I think it's gotten worse with the typing and stuff. Oh my god. But I can solve an equation neatly. Well, we're all math people. Yes. And I feel like you've had to solve a lot of equations. Every time we have a card, I'm like, Pam, can you fill this out? insistent. So, we're going to talk about that. Just just just remember what you what the final rating was for everyone. I wrote that because there was a I don't know to be the cheerleader. All righty. Thank you for coming back and thank you for helping in that math program. They
102um I have a 5-year-old thating him with card games. 10 + 10 10 + 5 we play what cannot be called 21 in the household. We 410 4 8 No, don't do that. I never taught me the finger thing. Oh, the nines for nines. I did that when I was in school. My nephews were like it's like one still do that once in a while. I'll be like, "Wait, what is that?" Oh, no. I have them memorized. Never late. My brother says the word home. I'm like, what are you talking about? He's like, Ontario, [Music] 2017. I'm sorry. Oh, okay. Oh, okay. The numbers always learn that either. I had I was probably 60 before it was fourth grade. I had an Australian exchange exchange teacher. because he came here and taught our fourth graders
103and our fourth grade teachers went there and Mr. Malcolm Chzworth and I've never heard of it. Him and his wife lived down the next street from us. So we saw them all the time. I have a picture of him and his wife for teaching my 5-year-old grandson to tell time. He wants to desperately, but he doesn't have relevance. I learn to count by fives first. Well, and he can do part of that, but um relevance in like 7:00 is TV time. 7:30 is bedtime, you know. So, some of them he knows, but it's looking at the clock. He can read a digital clock. It's 6:00, Grandma. So, what does that mean? had to watch when we could figure out how he could tell time. So, we are back in from our time out and we
104are going to continue with the second part of this before we add all of the scores. So, so the second part is on student growth and assessment data which is page 11. So the first thing I want to talk about is assessment ratings for the superintendent. So I'm going to go backwards instead of student growth. So assessment ratings is based off of how students did on the MSTEP exam which is the proficiency exam. This data reflects the profic proficiency exam from 23 24 because the data for 2526 has not been released. So if we click on this, basically more than 50% of our students show growth in the indicators that we track. And so what I have here for you is a chart that talks about how our students performed on the math assessment. Can
105you zoom in just a little? I'm sorry. 150. Yeah. So for the math assessment for 2023 24 the green represents the change. So if you look at it from third grade from 22 23 to 23 24 we had a 42% increase in the number of students profic proficient in math. So green highlights the incidents where we have increase in proficiency and I am totally transparent if you notice in grade six there was a huge decline. So that's something we need to look at as a building as to what happened as well as in grade nine and grade 11. So out of those indicators we had one two three four six areas of growth for math. So then we go to ELA and once again proficiency is only assessed in grades 3 through 11. So ELA
106we had a huge increase in fourth grade in 7th grade and as well as in 10th and 11th grade. We were mentioned in the Oakland County Superintendent. We did a data dive on proficiency and growth. Madison district was one of the schools highlighted because we had a huge growth in 11th grade on SAT. So like for fourth grade 12.7 to 29.7 you think oh that's only 17. Explain why that's so the 134% is the difference from the previous year. So if you think 100% will mean that we got the same amount. So that means in 22 23 if we had 12.7% to be at 100% that means we stayed the same will be at 12.7 but we not only stayed the same we added on top of it. So the 134% of 12.7 that's why
107it's so much question. Did we have any significant curriculum changes between those years? So for the high school four years ago when I came here, we didn't have any math or ELA curriculum. As a district, as a team, we adopted, we did a curriculum adoption where we had teachers participate. We looked at three different curriculums and we just started implementing study sync. One of the things that we did have in terms of high school change is that the way the assessment is designed. So that may have contributed to the change. But on the elementary level, the only curriculum change that we had is that we started introducing number corners which is through the 23H grant and we're just starting to get that going. So sometimes when you implement new curriculum, you do see a dip
108for the first year or two. Um but that's why when we as a district when we look at achievement data you look at it from two lenses. One is what the state is expecting in terms of proficiency and then the other is the growth data. What are we doing to move our kids forward and then if you click on science science is only assessed in fifth 8th and 11th grade. So that is a percent change there. in our science department on the high school level. We are there's a lot of changes with different standards and the state is still trying to figure out what's going on. So we are going to try to revamp our science to make it more experimental based as opposed to textbook based. So we had one area of growth there.
109And then social studies. um our 11th grade social studies really did well on the MSTEP exam as well as our fifth grade and then we definitely need the we declined from 22 23. So if you go back to sum it up, if you go back to the evaluation presentation, there was a possibility of 20 different 24 areas that we should have shown we could have shown growth in terms of proficiency. And then of the 24 we showed growth in 13 of the areas and when I say areas that means like third grade math, third grade reading, so on and so forth. So that is our MSTEP data. If you guys want to take a moment and give a rating on student growth for assessment rating for superintendent and then I will go into the first
110one which is student growth and assessment rating for teachers. You're on page 11. Page 11. Page 11. Ah, we're going to do this one. We're going to do this, but we're doing this first. Yeah. And half. More than half. Well, 50. Yeah. More than 50%. When I was in the district back in the day, we always had low scores on. We thought it was the all day long and going to switching classes every hour. I do want to add if I know you guys are writing, but if you guys can just listen to this one point about sixth graders, that's where we lose our fifth graders. Our fifth graders that are higher performing when they leave the elementary school, they tend to go to a different building. So, we have the higher performance students that
111we have built up since kindergarten leave our district, which is one of the things that we're doing this year is trying to keep those kids here and give them a curriculum that's going to accelerate them so that in 8th grade they can take the algebra one class and be prepared for it. But that's usually where we're hit the hardest in sixth grade. Yeah. They don't let us disseminate like our kids that have been here all the time, the new kids that come in. So, um I I guess people just need to understand that this isn't something we can just say kids that have been here years are doing X. Yeah. Now, a student who's just come to us though, we will not be counted. It will not count against us for the first year when
112they test because we they don't have academic year with us. Um but then the second year they would count against us. So the sixth year, they would not be taken in if they were starting junior high with us. Sixth grade, those numbers wouldn't be included. No, they'd be included, but they wouldn't count against us. So they would be in our data, but then when it when it shows what's reported like to the state, that data would be different. So what would our data show us for sixth graders? How would that be different? Most of our sixth graders come from us. There are the kids that come from elementary school, but Pam is referencing like if we get a new sixth grader from a different district like from if we get a Pontiac sixth grader. So
113most of our sixth graders come the sixth graders that we have come from the elementary school, right? Questionly. Um we see the numbers for the growth and the achievement. Um, but what is the state looking at when when you go to a website and you're looking up with the state spinning out? Are you saying like these are our numbers? Those include 100% of our sixth graders. But you said that if it's our first year here, it won't count at the state level. So what is these are our numbers, but what is the state numbers? If they removed the kids that don't count, these are our numbers from the state. These are the state numbers. I pulled the number the data. Is that what you were asking? Yes. Okay. I directly from ask it clearly. But
114that's what I wanted to know. Thank you. And then what's most important is and this is what teachers evaluations are based on is growth is how do you move students because we have to realize because of the transient population. We're going to have a lot of kids that are not at grade level. So teacher evaluations and building administration evaluations 20% is based off of growth. So I want to have a conversation about growth data. Click on so for growth we look at I think it's just the top. Yeah. So this chart represent um as a district in each grade how or what percent of students met or ex exceeded their NWA growth. So when a student comes in on the first month or two, they have the fall assessment and based off of the fall
115assessment, NWA predicts how far this student should grow throughout the year. So if you look at this and if you can zoom out and we can just look at the chart. So the reason why you only see grades K through 7 is because like I said earlier for the 8 through 12 assessment, we use Horizon. So if you notice the math growth has really went up. But if you look at sixth grade once again that's that class that we had a vacancy in. That grade kind of did not achieve it growth. So math went really went up and then first grade literacy we kind of had an it went down. Second grade we did not meet it. Third grade in terms of literacy we did not achieve our growth goal. fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
116minute discussions that you will have um over the summer or at the end of the school year to devise a plan to address. So next week I have evaluations with individual principles and this is where we look at it. I do want to point out the way NWA works is that so let's say for example we have 40 kids and when the students start the assessment five are at grade level those kids are pulled out of this percentage because NWA feels like they're already at grade level so they don't get a protected growth so when we have these conversations as building principles and superintendent we're going to talk about hey what do we need to do to move those kids forward and building principles do have this conversation with teachers during their evaluation. So we
117have three levels of assessment three times. So from winter to no from fall to winter they have that conversation with the building teachers just to say so Thompson so if I'm understanding you right all of these students are were below grade level all of these students met their projected growth goal. Okay. So based off the assessment the first time they took the assessment to the third time which is in the spring these students performed how NWA predicted they will perform. And then if you go down to composite score. So in order to look at 8 through 8 grades 8 through 11 in terms of 8 through 11 if you talk about the PSAT this is the horizon test. So basically when we look at PSAT and college board assessment we look at scores. It's it's
118crazy how the conversation is but it's just how it is. So in order to be quote unquote proficient on SAT or PSAT, you have to reach a certain score. So on Horizon test, we did show growth overall in the overall score for grades 8, 9, 10, and 11. But let's talk about what it looks like when we dive into it. For ELA, this is a conversation I'm going to have with the principles for grades eight and nine. I mean eight and 10 their scores went down for ELA. But there is a disclaimer. This is like a whole class. College Board assessments have changed this year. In the past, proficiency was based off of how many specific questions you have correct. In the present, proficiency is based off of how many specific questions you have correct
119in the hard, medium, or easy category. So, we're probably going to have to have a study session. So, for example, if a student get more questions correct in a harder category, get more harder questions correct than easier questions correct, their score is going to go higher. So, I don't have a lesson on it for you right now, but I'll have to figure it out. So these scores, so for example, if I took the PSAT practice test nine, and the first assessment, I got all the easy questions right, but then the second assessment, I didn't get a lot of easy questions right, but I got a lot of hard questions right, that score can be the same. It's just a new technique that we don't know how to teach it. They get rewarded for the harder
120questions. Yes. It's kind of like they're they um weigh more. than their value. So if you notice, we did go down a little for ELA, but when you click on math, we show growth in all grades 8, 9, 10, and 11. So when we go back to the presentation, um, in terms of it shouldn't say students, so that's a typo. We have 10 out of 12 incidents where we show growth where students met their growth goal in math. And in ELA, we only had five out of 12 incidents where student we're doing something right in math. We just have to figure out what's going on in the ELA and the literacy department. Any questions? I know that's confusing. How do you teach them to like to read? Yeah, that's we did try the this year
121we tried the pledge. So we asked during March March reading month families commit to reading every day with their kid and we had a raffle where one family won tickets to the carnival. So we did have about 10 families entering the raffle. So that was something that we've never done before. I think we just have to continue to push it and just implement strategies and not give up and see if we have for the most part. We either love it or we don't love it but or you just have a problem or you the right thing that you love to learn about. That's I was just wondering I don't know how building principles can just inject them with that appreciation if we find that shop we should buy a few. Yeah, maybe we can get
122rich if we figure it out. Any questions on um growth assessment or data or take your two those two scores and make it one combined and and out what your final score is. And then Cindy, if you could then on page 12 take your average from all from the four evaluations. Put that number there. So obviously if it's exemplary it' be four. Effective would be 321 or 321. Sorry 321 is the way it is. On mine for me. No, no, everybody. Okay, this is the one you're going to turn into Pam. Once you get everyone's final rating, you're going to give us a final rating for the performance tool as well as for the student growth assessment, whether it's exemplary, effective, development, and needed support. Others Oh, we're not doing so. Explain the three and
123four. Okay. So, if you look here at number two on page 12, it says, "Check the rating by the board for each of these categories." So, for the performance evaluation tool, the overall rating from all four board members, you would circle one of those, what the average was. And then you would do the same thing for student growth and assessment. Whatever the average of all four equals Oh, you're right here on number two. Number two and number I have only two of them. So far only has two. So Oh, so you have to take the average of all four. Yes. Tell Pam what the average is. So exemplary or and effective are the same score. Yes. That makes zero sense. It needs to always be 421. Yes. So the new evaluation end rating. So the
124the sumitative the the final rating has gone from a four-point rubric to a three-point rubric. Yes. It makes very little sense but but the tool has to remain a four-point rubric because it is scientifically created. Yes. And we can't change that because it would then um the viability of the the performance tool would it would be I don't want to say broken but you know we wouldn't be meeting what the expectations are is that we're using this tool in its form as as it's been developed and approved. Okay. So I'm going to read you the scores so you can do them. Okay. So for the performance evaluation tool the final rating was exemplary. So that would be three and then by eight which is 24. Okay. And then we had did I miss one? The
125443 but I only have three schools here. Did you do yours? enough 434. So that would be three * 2 is six. So then the final score would be 30. Then when we flip it over, 30 23 to 30 is effective. So her final rating would be effective and 24 is on the top line. Yes, 24 and then six. to sign this. I think I do this one. You have to circle the back. No, P's going to fill it out. Okay. It is weird to me that it is unaffected. There's only three ratings now in MDE. There's no such thing as highly effective. So what MDE did was it took effective and highly effective and made it into one category. And then Mrs. So why did they even let them be choices? Because we can't
126change the tool. This is the one you have to say. Sorry, President Holder. That's how the teachers eval. exactly what's happening. So because our our very effective teachers aren't getting recognized correct. They're now effective. That is correct. Not fair. That's for everybody. So it's just fair. Not fair. It's just the way it is. Yeah. It just takes away someone who goes above and beyond. Okay. Um, I want to review everybody's sheets that want them back. Sydney, can I just have you date this just so we can have it done as well? That's fine. That's me. That's my other one. answer them then their comments can't be read. The we got to put it in our packet of the whole packet if we want to because there's notes everywhere. At least mine is. Notes everywhere. She's
127got to date it. Okay. You guys just pass it to me. I'll figure it out. If you have notes, I'll go through it. Want to I just wanted to show that we did it within the time that it was. Thank you. I think some of our comments are probably I would hope to be effective. Thank you. Okay, with that being so much officers and committee meetings JRC Yeah, there's um a lot and I know everybody I send the updates to everybody so that they know. So, I'm not going to go over all of that, but just for the public, um there was a really uh a large bill passed federally um that has uh $1.5 trillion in federal spending reductions, $7 billion cut to Medicaid. This is so um this is a big deal because
128I don't know if you guys are but our ancillary staff bills Medicaid for services they do and they're not going to allow that anymore which will take millions and millions and millions of dollars away um in this actually for Michigan it would cut 40 to50 million annually um and that's huge. So unfortunately we that goes typically goes to general fund. I don't know how it does here but it's often it goes to general fund. So that's a big deal. Um would they then build the insurance directly? No. I I get the impression there. It just wouldn't happen. Oh okay. Just taking the school out of the equation. It's a big deal. Um it looks like there might be some caut cost shifts to states for SNAP, which is food assistance as well. Um and uh
129Medicaid cuts could cost $40 to $50 million annually in Michigan, plus $20 million in new compliant costs affecting services um like school nursing and mental health, which would be your social work, um psychologist, uh a lot of special ed. uh you can bill for evaluations which takes a ton of time. Um and that there also looks like to be $5 billion in federal tax credit scholarships program that would support private and homeschool tuition diverting public funds from K12 schools. Um and even in states like Michigan that actually ban private a public aid for private schools. Uh which just a sidebar I have a question then do they have to deal with IDEIDA and you know be compliant with all that that is that would be interesting um also repeal of clean energy tax credits that
130could raise HVAC and solar upgrades by 8 to 12% and changes to federal student loans um which doesn't really affect us that much but um Governor Whitmer had uh condemned the bill warning an $800 million ion dollar state budget shortfall and raising concerns um over the rating of the school aid fund to cover general expenses. So there's a lot of big things happening federally as far as the state is concerned. There are a lot of bills like on deck but nothing I'll let you guys know if something else comes of that. Um, so we are in June. June is LGBTQ month. Um, we also have the uh citywide uh Junth celebration on Saturday, June 14th at Civic Center Park. Um, and then there will be a flag raising at city hall on June 19th at
1318, I believe it's 8 or 8:30 a.m. You can go on Facebook and go to the HRC uh Facebook page or the Madison Heights Junth Festival page and find out information on either of those finance committee with aka and um we had agreed after going over the information to send out to the board a snapshot of our finance picture of that particular day which we then all of us went over. So that was more or less what we covered. There's anything else that you can call sorry here we posted the um the expenses and include the payroll as of 516. So any uh enrollment committee? Yes, we did, didn't we? It was Miss Perry, me, and I didn't get an invite. It was on your calendar. We did the Zoom meeting, don't you remember? And
132her her son was there. Um Oh, yeah. We did have the Zoom meeting. Yeah. I didn't get an invite. Um, check my calendar. I think you guys It should be on your Can we come back to next meeting? I'll check. It's totally fine. I just um trusty Dutch, you're up. Great. As the school year comes to a conclusion, I would just like to remind our students that learning never concludes. So, the mark of the very best scholars is the asking of questions. So, spend your summer days asking plenty of questions. Go on adventures by reading lots of books. Congratulations to the class of 2025. I hope the world is ready because on Saturday, Madison released into the world a class full of powerful learners hungry for success. In May, I was fortunate enough to tour
133the district and meet the incredible heartbeat of the district, our educators. Um, their passion is undeniable and left me eager to hear more from them. Trustees Harp, Malcapine Taylor, and I will be at Big B on 11 Mile Road Saturday, June 14th from 9 to 11:00. And we would welcome you all, all district stakeholders to come and share so that students, staff, parents, and community members. Um, I hope to see the board continue exploring fiscally responsible usage and divisions of our buildings. And I would also be open to exploring a community volunteer initiative over the summer that would allow us to paint the lockers at Wilkinson Middle School. I mean, do I have to follow that? Good lord. I know that was way too polished. Um, mine is not that polished, but I would just
134once again like to just congratulate our three retirees. Danielle, she spent a lifetime in Madison schools. What an incredible I mean just it just made my life and uh Miss Jabbo who spent 32 years um just and grace I um can't pronounce her last name but I was very impressed with all of them and it was such a joy to see. Um all of our students of the month month of course is one of my favorite times of the board because it's just wonderful. Carnival was amazing. We raised a lot of money. Thank you to all of you. Um, graduation was impressive and wonderful. I enjoyed every moment and I can't wait to do it again next year. It was it was lovely. Okay, I'll be quick, but I have a story and it's a
135story about um how people in our district care about our students. I was coming into a board meeting, the the last one, um, and I heard someone from their car ask a student on a bike like, "What are you doing? Why are you not home?" Like like doing your homework, "Why are you why are you out and about on the streets?" And I was I I thought it was their mother. Like I genuinely thought because it was like said with such love and just like, "What? Now you know you need to be at home doing your homework." It was Superintendent Perry. to to one of our students and I was like what love, what care, what like just like going out of her way. She knew the student. She was just and she was able
136to talk to him like a mother because I genuinely thought it was his mom and so I just want to say good job. Yeah, bless that. Um, I want to say congratulations to all the employees of the month and students of the month. Um, I want to say the most deeply and sincere thank you and gratitude I have for the staff that are retiring. Um they've taught many of my children and um Miss Sledinsky still checks on my daughters who graduated class of 22 and class of 23 um before she even says hello to me. The first thing she says is how is Natalie? How is Ashlin? And just the most beautiful amazing voice and it's just like this voice of a family member who loves you. Um so Miss Sledinski is unofficially one of
137our family. Um, so thank you to all the staff that are retiring for giving decades to a district that wasn't always easy to work at, wasn't always fun to work at, but loved you and will deeply miss you. Congratulations to all of the class of 2025, all of our graduates. Um, you did something I couldn't do when you graduated high school. Um, I think it's a beautiful thing. you guys come out with your caps and gowns and you sit in the chair and you wait for your name and at the end the look on your faces of so much pride and happiness is just beautiful to see. Um, congratulations to the parents of those students um for supporting your children and being there and you know being a rock that they can rely on. High
138school is not easy but to put at minimum 13 years into something and to get to that day is a huge accomplishment. Um, thank you to all the staff throughout the whole district who helped these young adults prepare and get ready to graduate. Um, a deep and uh, thank you and sincere gratitude to Miss Hchowowski for helping these students pick college, pick the military, pick trade school, or a career postgraduation. She one-on-one sits down with every senior and make sure that their path to graduation is as smooth as possible. She brings in I don't even know what the count was this year, but it's easily a hundred university and colleges for these kids to go to and tour. They come here, they do virtual um tours and things like that. She has brought so many
139opportunities to these kids in preparation for their graduation. And I don't know if we would see as many graduates as we do without her. And for helping secure 5.6 6 million in scholarships, which for our smallest class in a long time, that is insanely phenomenal. Um, I was at prom recently and it was a beautiful event. The kids looked amazing. The staff that put it on looked like completely different people there. They were dancing, they were laughing, it was so fun. Um, and I just wanted to say thank you to the staff for putting on such an amazing thing for the kids. And I'm really excited for the eighth grade events coming up because they're having a dance at the Venetian. What? That is insane. I don't know how we did that or how Miss
140Jones did that, but this district continues to amaze me, seven, eight, however many years in that we've been here because you continuously bring these kids new things and new opportunities and it's not just year in year out. So, thank you to everybody who did that as well. Thank you. I'm sorry. Okay. I can't follow any of those three. So, I'm just gonna say ditto. I would just like to say to everyone, have a safe summer. Um, even though we will be back in the months of uh July, well, one more in June and then July and August. We won't see many of you for a couple of months. Um the the just to kind of piggyback on what Trusty Mccalpine Taylor said, I've been to multiple events with um our superintendent and I don't know
141of many that you haven't had an ex student. just here at our uh penny our commitment ceremony, the U of M representative was one of her students. So it is it is not uncommon to see her at a public event and have people come up to her and thank her for what she has done for them in their careers. And um that's a big deal. I I don't see that often. and I haven't seen that often, but I've seen it often with you. So, um yeah. Uh and thank you to all of our building principles. I know um our school of choice gives them um challenges that every year is different. They don't even know what they're receiving in until the first day of school when they can kind of get an academic sense of
142what students need, what support or or who doesn't. So, I don't want anyone to think that that goes unrecognized um because it is a big deal and we do recognize it and we know with our scores we all have to improve. But I know it there can be many different grade level differences and um our staff as a whole are working very hard to graduate them at grade level with prospects for their adult future. So with that just thank you. Um I need one more motion. President Holder Steve Chamblas I make a motion to adjurnn. Thank you. support. Trustee Thompson supporting. Any discussion? Hearing none, roll call vote, please. Rebecca Chamblas, yes. Melissa Dodge, yes. Cindy Holder, yes. Chris Tara McLeine Taylor, yes. Gloria Thompson, yes. Motion passed. Thank you. Good night. Thank you for
143anybody who has attended. Thank you.