001It is May 5th, 2025. This is our regular board of education meeting. First up, pledge of allegiance. Uh, trustee Oh, really? You want to pick on? How about trusty harp? Please. Aliance 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. I apologize for putting me on the spot. Uh, next up is roll call, please. Becca Shamblas here. Melissa Dodge here. Carlos Harp here. Cindy Holder here. Mark Kimble he is late because our meetings start early now. Christa McAlpine Taylor here. Gloria Thompson here. Next up, public fundamentals. Input is fundamental to the operation of Madison District Public Schools. Our public has an opportunity to speak at every board of education meeting. A period of time known as
002public comment is set aside at each meeting to give parents and other citizens a chance to speak directly to the board about school related topics. Anyone who wishes to speak to the board must fill out a request form 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 that 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 get any requests? All righty. And we are to move on to the presentation of awards and superintendent Perry. Thank you. Good
003evening everyone. Um I don't know if you guys know but this week is teacher appreciation week. So I just want to say thank you to all of our teachers as well as last week was principal appreciation day. So I just want to do things a little differently today. instead of honoring the kids first, I want all the students to see their staff or their principal being honored. So, I'm going to start with um principal Stacy Collie. We have a staff member of the year that we want to honor tonight. We please have Miss Devin [Applause] Tokco. We are so incredibly honored to bestow Devon Toko with the esteemed title of Madison District Public Schools Teacher of the Year. AP Lit 12th grade English and film and lit studies instructor, Miss Tokco has consistently demonstrated an
004unwavering commitment to fostering a love of literature, critical thinking, and academic excellence in all of her students. Over the years, Miss Toko inspires, motivates, and empowers her students each day, challenging, and supporting them with engaging lessons that push them to explore complex themes, critical, think critically about texts, and make connections to modern-day issues. She takes the time to get to know her students personally, making each individual feel valued and supported. Our students are encouraged to take intellectual risks, share their thoughts, and embrace the challenges of a rig uh very rigorous coursework without fear of failure. Our Eagles see Miss Tokco as a role model, not only for their academic expertise, but also for their character, treating every individual with kindness. Beyond the classroom, Miss Tokco is an active leader in the school community. She is
005our English language arts department chair and our sponsor to the senior class dollars for scholars program and student council. For all these reasons, Miss Tokco's inspiring classroom presence, her role as a motivational mentor, and her tireless dedication to student growth, we are honored to recognize her as the Madison District Public Schools Teacher of the Year. She has made an indelible impact on the lives of our students and her passion for teaching has set a standard for excellent excellence within our school district. Thank you, Miss Toko. [Music] [Applause] Thank you. Have a surprise for our building administrators. We honored them last week, but this week we want to honor them publicly. So, if I can have all the building principles come to the podium, we have a little token of appreciation for you guys. [Music] and
006we'll introduce you guys. They are so used to getting putting medals on kids and today you guys get your medal. And we just want to say on this pre principal appreciation day, we proudly recognize and celebrate the outstanding leadership of our school administrators. Stacy Collie, Lisa De Julio, Jennifer Halchowski, Dr. Felicia Hemiway, she's not able to be here tonight. Um, Asena Jones Richmond, as well as Tongue TR. As principles and assistant principles, you dedicate your time, energy, and hearts to ensuring our students are educated, our families are supported, and our staff is equipped to thrive. Your commitment to excellence, compassion, and service is the foundation of our school community. Today, Madison District Public Schools gives you your well-deserved flowers. Thank you for everything you do and your impact is immeasurable and your dedication is deeply
007appreciated. Happy Principal Appreciation Day. [Applause] [Music] I know. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Um, today we are going to honor from ECC our GSRP students and we have them from Miss Eric's class, [Music] Camila. Camila is such a bright light in our classroom. Her smile is contagious everywhere she goes. Camila enters the school each morning so happy and excited to come inside. Prior to starting school, she mostly spoke Spanish at home and courageously entered our classroom where everyone spoke English. Her language skills blossomed exponentially quickly, which resulted in her becoming fluent in speaking English. She plays well with all children and is quick to lend a helping hand if someone needs it. Camila is so creative and artistic. Whether it be cooking a pizza in the house area, drawing a picture of her family and
008asking me to send it to her mom, or building a creation with any type of blocks, she's always creating. She takes part willingly in all activities I plan and constantly is telling me which activities she enjoyed by saying, "I loved that." Camila has grown so much this year, and I am so, so proud of her. I look forward to watching her excel in kindergarten and in the years to come at Madison. I am honored to award Camila student of the [Applause] [Music] month. Chandler [Music] Chandler is such an eager learner for just being four years old. His mind works well beyond his years. Chandler came to our classroom this year after previously being in the ECSE classroom. He handled the transition to a larger class size and a longer school day with such courage. Chandler
009is the most observant student I have ever had. He notices anything and everything about everyone. Chandler is quick to notice anything different in the classroom and asks questions about it. He is also one of the most gifted students. Chandler loves all hands-on experiences and especially thrives when I pose activities as a challenge. This year, I have taught Chandler to keep trying when things are hard and to have the courage to keep going. He is so proud of himself when he conquers something big or small that he didn't think he could do at first. He is such a kind student, which is something I really admire about him. Chandler seems to really enjoy school and I am so pleased with the progress he has made this year. I am going to miss having him as a
010student in my classroom, but I am confident he is well prepared for kindergarten. I am proud to honor him as student of the month. [Applause] Next we have Madison Elementary School. Good evening. The elementary is recognizing fifth graders this month. So, could we have air Ellie come on up? Amir is in Mr. Odto's class. Amamir is the kind of student every teacher hopes for. Driven, curious, thoughtful, and full of heart. His incredible work ethic and genuine love for learning shine through in everything he does. Amir is constantly pushing himself to grow, not just academically, but as a person, always reflecting, always striving to be better. He brings a thoughtful presence to every class discussion and balances his determination with a fantastic sense of humor and radiant joy that lifts those around him. Amir is an
011absolute delight to have in class and we couldn't be prouder to celebrate him as student of the month. Nice [Applause] [Music] job. Next we have Jenna El Mohamm who is not here tonight but I'll recognize her anyways. We are thrilled to announce that Jenna has been chosen as Madison Elementary School's student of the month. Jenna consistently embodies the characteristics of a role model student, demonstrating kindness, responsibility, and a strong work ethic. She is always willing to lend a helping hand to her classmates and approaches challenges with a positive attitude. Jenna's dedication to her studies and her commitment to making our school community a better place truly set her apart. So, congratulations, Jenna, and keep shining bright. Thank you. Wilkinson Middle [Music] School. Good evening. Once again, um, at Wilkinson Middle School, we have two eighth
012graders to honor tonight for their courageous academics and just their overall great students. Um, I'd like to invite Mr. Anthony Bura and I'd like to invite first um, Rose Maddie. So Rose is a current um eighth grader and she is just a doll of the building. That's what we call her. Just consistently working extremely hard each and every day. Um I've over the last two years myself, I've witnessed Ro just constantly aim to be better all the time. Um no matter what. Um even when she's just at a A minus or at a at a B. Uh she's always doing what she can. um this this last report card, she finally made straight A's. She made all A's. Um and she's a leader of all around. She plays on our sports teams and she just
013exhibits all of the courageous behavior that we want as a Wilkinson Wildcat. Mr. Rer, thank you, Miss Jones. I don't know what else there is to say on top of what Miss Jones said, but I can think of no one else as a leader as I can Rose. She does exhibit courage because it takes a lot of courage to look at your accomplishments and understand that the journey is never ending. But that really is what Rose embodies. She takes education as a ladder and she wants to go up one more step every day. and she has the courage to encourage others to join her on that journey. Rose, thank you so much for what you bring to this community. We could not imagine Wilkinson without you and we will miss you dearly as you move
014on to the high school. Thank [Music] [Applause] you. Now we have Mr. Bryson Duncan. Bryson too is our star eighth grader. And what I just simply adore about Bryson, and I'll let Mr. Prepare finish it, is that he is consistently always a standout in the crowd. He's always being with all of his friends, but he's never afraid to do the right thing. He's um on a roll for the last three um car markings, and Bryson, we are just so very proud of you. Thank you, Miss Jones. To continue, Bryson's courage comes in the fact that he will always stand on his principles and morals when he knows what the right thing to do is. I have never seen him stray from what he believes is right. I have never seen him quiet himself or tell
015others that it's okay to do what he knows is the wrong thing. He will always make sure that people are doing the best that they can. He is diligent, selfstudious. He has always been the person to push himself forward long before anyone else has a word to say to him. And for that, I find nothing but courage in Bryson. Thank you for all that you do, Bryson. Thank you. Last but not least, we have Madison High School. For the month of May, we are honoring our seniors who have a mere two weeks left with us. We are so excited and so incredibly proud with uh all that they've accomplished. Um so uh we can start with Cameron Harris. Come on down. [Applause] Cam, come on up. Here are some things your teachers, staff had to
016say about you. All right, Cameron, when we think about the qualities that make an a truly exceptional student, we often look for traits like perseverance, dedication, and growth. And if there is one student who embodies all of these qualities, it is Cam. Over the past four years, we have witnessed a remarkable transformation both academically and personally. Cameron's attitude toward learning, her curiosity, effort, and passion truly sets her apart. She brings a positive energy to class, motivating others to do their best, and is always willing to lend a hand. And Cameron, beyond the classroom, you have contributed to our school community in many ways. As a model student athlete on both the basketball and track team, she has demonstrated leadership, teamwork, and a genuine desire to make a difference. And lastly, Cam is so mature. She,
017I will say, is a quiet force. Uh she's a role model for her peers. uh when we see her coach her teammates on the field and encourage them to show sportsmanship, she is a true [Applause] [Music] leader. We have Chris Dylan next. [Applause] When Chris first walked through these doors as a freshman at Madison, he faced many challenges. Navigating high school life, adjusting to new expectations, finding his place in a larger world. Rather than letting these challenges define him, Chris chose to rise above. Through a lot of hard work, commitment to personal growth, Chris has not only improved in his academics, but has become a role model student for his peers. What stands out most is how Chris has embraced his journey of improvement. He has faced setbacks, but never allowed those setbacks to define
018him. Instead, he used each obstacle as an opportunity to grow stronger, wiser, and more determined. Now, as a senior, Chris stands before us not just as a student of academic achievement, but a student of character. from his comic book anime sponsor, Miss Broomfield. She says, "We always saw glimpses of what he was capable of as a young peach peach, but motivated Crystal. It is a leveled up ratio. What a shocking turn around. We're so proud." Did I say those wrong? Well, I miss having motivated in class. Chris, I was so excited for the new challenges you will face. And from Mr. Beey. I remember Chris as a ninth grader coming to game club on Wednesdays, which is now officially esports. He has always been a pleasant student to be around and has matured immensely over
019this past school year. We are so [Applause] proud. With that, I want to say congratulations to all. We're going to take a five minute break. Uh anybody who needs to leave, please do so now. But no, you're all welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting. So, I'm not sure what time it is now. 623. It's time. We're gonna get back into our agenda. Uh right now it is the administrative report. Superintendent Perry. Good evening. We have a special report from our metro program. If Mr. Andra can come on up and introduce everyone. Thank you and good evening. My name is Aaron Andra. I work in the special education department. Just wanted to highlight a few things that are going on before uh Metro presents. Uh we have opened a STAR room at our
020elementary school and that star stands for sensory tactile auditory regulation. It's a space designed for uh to support our students sensory and emotional regulation needs. So, we're excited about that. On May 16th, uh Metro program will be hosting a spring dance. We will have uh we've invited uh folks from Aendale, Troy, and Lanier school districts to participate. We're anticipating or actually we've had uh RSVPs from 120 participants and uh that will be a day um of dancing, socializing, and community building. Uh we're going to have a luau theme. So, we're excited about that. Uh and then on June 5th, we are hosting our second annual my K modified walk run. This is part of our unified champion schools initiative. This invent event invites our young athletes with disabilities to participate in a one kilometer race
021with the support of high school sports teams and peer buddies. Uh students can run solo or in teams around the designated route on our football field. So we're we're excited about that. And now our Madison Metro program. So, one of my goals when I started uh here as director was to be able to serve all of our students uh here in Madison, so birth to 26th. And uh this year is the first year that we've been able to do that. So, I I'm proud uh to say that we've achieved this goal uh with the launch of our Madison Metro program. Uh Metro stands for moving exceptional students toward real life opportunities. Uh so the students in the metro program have prepared a presentation a presentation excuse me to showcase their accomplishments and growth over the
022past year. So to begin I'd like to invite uh two-time teacher of the month Christina Coden to give a brief introduction. [Applause] Good evening everyone. My name is Christina Coden and as Aaron mentioned, I'm the teacher and director over at Madison Metro. Um, our young adults have worked hard at putting together this presentation just to kind of showcase and thank you all for um, having Madison Metro really start off and have a great kickoff year here. Uh, Mr. Travis also has something small for each of the board members as well. Um, so thank you. And I need to also uh, shout out to both of my pair of pros, Mr. Kyle and Miss Caroline. They both do an exceptional job every day with our young adults. Thank you so much. I am being We want
023to thank Miss Perry, Miss Vermiglio, Mr. Andra, and the board for taking a chance on Madison Metro. We celebrate a new program and we have [Music] artist days instead of the weekend some workers. We have friends in the projects and the pond part sculptures and less water. [Music] Hey guys, Matthew here at Madison Metro. And I'd like to say that here at Madison Metro, we sell bagels and coffee throughout the district. First, we vend individual lunches and then we put together food cart for distribution. Every Friday, we work with Miss Andrea who makes tech fun. Other projects include using Canva, filling out job apps and internet safety. [Music] make it all all the side and Mr. Higher family made the turkey and the dessert over their 13th day. People jar pills. for asking Mr. with
024candy donations from the community. We hosted a gingerbread house contest at the middle school. It was great to connect with the students plus fun was had by all. We have created an online presence across a variety of platforms, including some Tik Tok videos with a total of 15,000 likes. Follow us at Madison Metro. After we clean up the greenhouse at the high school, we planted many different things, one seed at a time. We learn [Music] how many support from Mandra and Miss Travis for being their help. And guess what? Here at Mass Metro, working with the environmental club at the middle school, we implemented schoolwide paper recycling, hoping to expand to include all recyclable materials. Check this out. Throughout this school year, we've enjoyed a variety of community outings such as the mall, library, and
025weekly Kroger shops to getting together with other transition programs doing things like cardio drumming and basketball games. On May 16th, we will be hosting a luau for three other adult transition programs. will have games, music and activity with tech and of course dancing. [Music] Thank you and [Music] ass we will be running there and pumpkin [Music] Scissor [Music] open and [Music] making school. [Applause] Mr. Mr. I have two medals for the [Applause] That was awesome. Awesome. Thank you guys. Thank you so much. Next thing on our agenda is the consent agreement. Consent agenda. All matters under the consent agenda are considered to be routine in nature by the board of education and will be acted on by one emotion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If any member of the board or
026any citizen request discussion of an item, that item will be removed from the consent agenda become the first item of business under the board of education action items portion of the agenda. Tonight's consent agenda includes approval of the minutes of the board of education for the regular meeting April 7th, 2025, approval of the April 25th expenditures in the amount of 1,479,55549. And lastly, approval of the personnel report submitted by human resources on May 5th, 2025. I need a maker in support, please. Madam President, Trustee Thompson, I'd like to make a motion that the board of education approve the consent agend agenda as presented. Thank you. Support. I'll support Christine Chamblas. Any discussion? See none. Roll call vote, please. Rebecca Chamblas, yes. Melissa Dodge, yes. Carlos Harp, yes. Cindy Holder, yes. Christa McAlpine Taylor, yes. Gloria
027Thompson, yes. Did Mark Kimble arrive? He has not. Thank you. Motion pass. All right. Next is the adoption of the Oakland Schools general fund budget resolution in accordance with the Michigan School Code section 6242. The Oakland schools general fund budget must be presented to all 28 Oakland County school districts by May 1st of each year. The proposed budget is for the fiscal year 2526 and it has been distributed electronically to all board members. It is recommended the Madison District Public School Board of Education adopt the resolution that approves the Oakland school's general fund budget for the fiscal year 2526. President Holder. Trustee Chamblas. I make a motion that the board of education adopt the resolution that approves the Oakland schools general fund budget for the fiscal year of 2025 through 2026. Any discussion? Seeing none,
028roll call vote, please. Rebecca Champlas, yes. Melissa Dodge, yes. Carlos Harp, yes. Cindy Holder, yes. Chrisa McAlpine Taylor, yes. Gloria Thompson, yes. Motion pass. Next up is the approval of the scribes mutual enrollment campaign contract. In an effort to reach broader and more diverse range of families, Madison District Public Schools is partnering with Scribs to launch a virtual enrollment campaign. This initiative will strategically target specific groups of parents based on factors such as age and geographic location by utilizing digital platforms including streaming services, YouTube and online commercials. We aim to raise awareness and increase enrollment across the district. A key factor of this campaign is its ability to track engagement metrics. We will be able to monitor how many individuals visit our district website after viewing the advertisement as well as how many go on
029to complete an enrollment application. This allow us to access the effectiveness of our outreach in real time and make adjustments as needed. The virtual enrollment campaign will cost the district $24,000. 80% of the funding will be funded through summary discovery funds, ensuring that minimal general fund resources are used for this effort. Was recommended the board of education approve scripts mutual enrollment campaign contract as presented. We need a maker and support please. President Holder. Trustee Chamblas. I make a motion that the board of education approve Scribs virtual enrollment campaign contract as presented. Support. Trustee Thompson support. Trustee Chamblas. Um, I was just asked a few questions about this by someone who saw it on our agenda. And so I just wanted to make sure that the public since they don't have this that the public is
030aware that they wanted to know the demographic that we're targeting um where this would be shown. I know it's in here for us, but just so the public knows where it's going to be shown. Um, and then also um I think I had one more thing that I circled. Hold on. just that they just wanted to know who was going to be targeted with this. Where was it going to be targeted? And also I wanted to mention that it cannot be skipped. The commercial cannot be skipped. It's an unskippable commercial. But yeah, that's what they wanted to know. So our goal is to target of course Madison Heights, Pontiac because we already have demographics there, Hazel Park and Highland Park. And then we have specific Detroit zip codes that we want to target that are
031along the 8 mile border. Um for those zip codes, we are specifically targeting 6 through 12 students because our elementary school is kind of already filled to capacity. And then we're also going to target zip codes in Warren as well as um centerline. So those are the things the areas we're going to target. Uh the adults ages 25 through 44. So, a good thing about this is that they can specifically target based off of age and um zip code. So, that's one thing. And in terms of skipping, Pam, do you remember the conversation he had about skipping the ad skipping? Yes. So, with the um the YouTube, we have an opportunity to um advertise through YouTube. YouTube, we only have to pay if the advertisement runs in its full 30 seconds. If at any time
032somebody gets out of the ad, we do not pay for it. So, if they run for five seconds and they um exit out of it, we don't have to pay for it. So, that was a we thought was a really great thing, especially because let's say they only watch it for 10 seconds, we don't have to pay. But, at the beginning, we're going to make sure it says Madison District Public Schools open enrollment. you know, the very important things right at the beginning. So, if they choose to exit the ad, they'll still get something. We're not charged for it. Trusty Calpine Taylor. So, I see that on TV they have a a TV ad campaign as well. Um, can you talk about that a little bit? I noticed that it's on what I'm is one
033station. Is that correct? Channel 20. Yes. So, basically this was an add-on that that we could have that we wanted to opt in. So, during those times, they will show the ad on TV20 overnight as well as during the judge shows like Judge Judy, so on and so forth. So, those are just additional add-ons. So, they will be shown from 5:00 p. p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday on TV20. and then 12:00 a.m. till 3:00 a.m. Is that our typical? So last year when we had this conversation with them, they recommended that we added those particular um stations based on what we were looking for that those stations met the um the parameters of the um parents we were hoping to connect with. just because we have three new board members here. We did
034talk about this last year. Can we just kind of explain because it was brand new last year. Um our expectation what the results were. Um obviously it wasn't bad or you wouldn't be bringing it back to us. So um this is all new for almost half our board. So basically what this does is that um when you have streaming so if you look in your packet on page the streaming section so when you log on to stream any of those channels our ad will be displayed during those times. So our ad will pop up. So that's one component of it. Then the second component is on WXYZ channel 7. So whenever you guys know when you go on to look at a let's say a news story and they say hey before you watch this
035you have to watch this ad. So that's where our ad would be as well as they may pop up at the bottom as well as it would be an ad on YouTube and then the TV add-ons was something that they offer in addition. However, we thought that it would be best if we run that those additions in July and August because that's when most parents are looking for school as opposed to June and September. So, that's why we decided to do that. And then one of the reasons why we decided to go this way is that I know in the past the district did have like this huge billboard on 75, but it's just it's too much. It's too fast. Like even me driving past it, I'm like distracted. and I want to look at
036it, but then I'm like, I can't look at it. It's right there at that curve where all the accidents take place. So, we thought that this would be a better way. Last year, we did not link our access. Somehow, they're going to put a what is it called? Um, basically, it's going to tell us if they if at any time that household goes to the Madison website to the enrollment page or to our our our homepage. So, they're going to be able to connect that to see to give us numbers of how many people that watched the the video or the YouTube or whatever then in that household within that same like IP address then went to um our website. So, we'll be able I'm sorry. And they're going to he said something about putting
037a pixel so when they go to the website if they start the application enroll so that's something new this year as well. So, but then I trust Dutch. Oh, trustee heart. Go ahead. So, I'm assuming it was successful in the last year. what um I guess maybe we didn't have the full report in but what kind of led us to to the decision that it was successful like how do we know that was worthwhile so I can give you the numbers so from 2021 um our enrollment was decreasing it um decreased almost 10% 2021 2122 it decreased so eight the next year five the next year two so when you look at numbers we started at 1123. By the end of last year, we were at 877. So, there's been quite a decline in the
038past four to five years. So, this year, uh, we had an increase of over 60 students. Now, and that's counting all the students that might have exited the district. So, even with all the students that exited, we are still plus 60 students compared to where we've been in the past. So, we had a um a positive of almost 8%. I actually got an alert from uh the Michigan Department of Ed when I submitted our count because they were like, um, alert, did you know that your pupil accounting increased by over 8%. And I was like, yes, that's exactly what happened. Was there other campaigns going on or are we attributing all of this to this particular campaign between this and summer discovery? those two things. We didn't run any ads, any print ads. We didn't
039run any ads on it was just this and we did lawn signs. We had some lawn signs. 80% of that money will be coming from Oh, we have to run an ad for that. So, the majority of the airplay is going to be for summer discovery, so we can get more. Um, right now we had we have 280 kids signed up for summer discovery and we are able to go back and adjust our numbers. So, by May 15th or 16th, I will at the next board meeting, I'll have a definite amount. Right now, we were granted $414,000 for the summer discovery program, but if we increase this, we can possibly get an additional 150,000,000. So, if we get those numbers up. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you to the Balmer Group for supplying us with funding
040for summer discovery. Yes. Yes. No, we're good. Okay, let's have a um roll call vote, please. Rebecca Chamblas, yes. Melissa Dodge, yes. Carlos Harp, yes. Cindy Holder, yes. Christa Malpine Taylor, yes. Gloria Thompson, yes. Motion passed. Thank you. Up is the recommendation of uh personal communication devices. first read PO5136. Um I know you all had it in your packet. Um would you like to speak on this a little bit? I know it was important. So we have BOR policy that talks about personal communication devices, but it has not been updated in a very very long time. So, as a school district, we want to make sure that we push for next year the use of or the not allowing cell phones to be inside the classroom. We think that it is a huge distraction in
041terms of kids having access to their academics and also in social lives in in terms of like high schoolers because the drama come through, the Instagram post come through. So, as a district, we want support on not allowing cell phones inside the classroom. And the first way to get that support is that we need to update our policy. So, we for the new board members, we have a contract with Neiola that is one of the policy makers for a lot of school districts. And what they do is they give us a cookie cutter policy we go through. So when I say we, the building principles and the tech team and Pam and I, we went through this and we selected the best options that was for our students here at Madison. So once we go
042through it, we present it to you guys, we go through get your feedback, we go through a first read based off of your recommendations, then we come back for a second read, and after you read it for the second time, then we can adopt the policy. So tonight is just the first read. And if you guys have any feedback feedback, please let me know. Um, so I noticed that you're looking to allow during their lunch break and I'm curious as to the reasoning behind that just because you mentioned the, you know, checking in the social media and the drama that ensues during class and I'm concerned about that during lunchtime also presenting plus all the screen time already during the day, screen time at lunch as well. So, we kind of struggle with that because
043we that was one of the things, but it's kind of like you don't want to rip the band-aid all the way off because I feel like we got to kind of be careful with how we present this because we are an open district and we just want to make sure that we stress the fact that it's in the classroom. So, right now, I don't think as a school we get a lot of issues inside of the lunchroom. No, not at all. because they can and again we're a um you know bring your own device um model and so it's they it's like a green light at at lunch in the cafeteria for secondary elementary none at all. Um and we've not had any issues. I think the biggest thing is that with um teenagers, their
044phone is like an appendage and we know that completely taking it away is going to just cause more more opportunities for them to try to sneak and look at it. If we give them this set time that they will be allowed to look at it, it should prevent them from sneaking and trying to do it during a classroom. That's our hope. Um, and again, it's it would, you know, we have to imagine ourselves if we were told that we couldn't look at our phone from 8:00 a.m. to 3 p.m., would we be able to do that? Well, we're adults and I understand that it's different for us. But the students are not used to this. And so if we say 8 to 3 nothing, but at least we give them that 30 minutes, that will
045also help them with time management and being able to use that time to effectively either look at their phone, do you know classwork, whatever they need to do. So that will also help with time management. Taylor, I wasn't sure who asked. Thank you. Um, so I love a no cell phone phone policy. Oh my gosh, it's the light of my life to think about a no cell phone policy. Um because I there is so much data to support um how much stress and anxiety um you know just how like lower functioning our social ability is when we use devices constantly. I did notice also that it's between classrooms that you could I can tell you that I'm in a school this year that did exactly what this is saying and at the beginning it was
046great. Teachers loved it. I just this is just what I've seen and as the year went on kind of waned and they were looking more and more and more. They did have like cell phone caddies to like check your cell phone in um or if you left the classroom like to use the bathroom because let me tell you they take their cell phone out they go you know um that they they have to leave it in the classroom. Um are we having any of those types of policies and and what do we do when it starts to wne because it will. Um, and I think we just have to be real with that because you're right, we all are like addicted to our cell phones if we really think about it. Um, adults are too.
047And it's I mean, I could be on a soap box. It It's just a a terrible thing we've done to our children is to allow all of the social media and the cell phone, the constant barging of communications instead of allowing our brain to settle for a moment. So I guess that's my question. The rules, the only way for the rules to get lax is if staff lets it. So we have to really focus on at the beginning of the year next year coming back with staff and having staff understand why this is so important, why it's important to the staff member in the room next to you that you don't allow things when everybody else is not. And I think it's going to come down to really having them that buy in from them
048because they're the teachers want it. The majority of the teachers want it. I can tell you from all of the surveys that we've done, this has been the biggest issue that they see. So, the teachers are on board. It's just going to be making sure that we have a 100% buy in and that that one teacher is not letting them use it and oh, don't tell anybody because then that's going to ruin it for the entire district. Oh, and they'll tell them. Yeah. By the way, there's that. Yeah. And can I just add one more thing to that? And also with the curriculum task force, that's the group of K through 12 teachers. they meet on Saturdays once a month. And with that, we kind of went through this policy and one of the things
049they recommend is adopted in June, we want to host virtual town halls with um are aware and so that they can know like, hey, this is what we're doing next year. We understand your safety, but present different facts and different scenarios as to why or how not having a cell phone in the classroom can really impact student achievement and help them understand how you can contact your child in an emergency if you need to because 20 years ago, you couldn't text them. You had to call the school. And that's what we're going to get back to is is there will be that that connection and that communication between the parent and the school building. I'm just um looking to see if Mr. Kimell's on his way yet. Uh okay, Trustee Chamblas. So, I'm going to
050be the opposite of this board apparently. Um Miss Perry, when you did that interview where you were talking about cell phones in the classroom, I'm not I don't remember who it was through. There was a video about it. It was on Facebook. I I shared that and it blew up. it went parents commenting commenting commenting most and and mine was just like you know Miss Perry's doing great and she's wonderful and Madison district stands strong and blah blah blah and most were attacking that um because parents have serious concerns about their children not having cell phones for many reasons um number one to the argument of it there's too many distractions with social media with you know drama on you know Facebook and whatever Those distractions don't go away as adults. So, we need to
051teach children restraint. We need to teach them that there's a time and place that they can have their phones in their pocket or on their bodies, but they can't touch it, that they need to focus on what they're doing because when they have a job, they're going to get fired or, you know, suspended or whatever. Um, if they're sitting there playing on their phone. So by allowing them to have it in their pocket or in their bag or wherever but have to learn restraint and appropriateness of use and not use time. That's something that guides them as they go towards adulthood because those distractions don't go away. And then you know to say 20 years ago you couldn't text your child. That's accurate. But the issues that parents face when they send their children into
052these buildings now are much different than 20 years ago. 20 years ago when I went to school, my mom did not worry about schools like Coline and things like that like that was much different. Like nowadays it's a much different thought process as a parent sends their kids into a building. Um there I will not name names but I mean if you go back and look at that post it's a city council person that even comments and says my child will not attend a school that they cannot carry a cell phone in. And I will tell you, we've had school and I'm going to be completely honest and I don't I will not I will stand on this. Um my children are told you will never break a school policy. If you break one and
053you're told it and you didn't know, okay, you learn, you move on. You don't break the rules. No, whether you agree with them or not. If an adult tells you a rule and you don't like it, you don't argue. You say, "Yes, ma'am. Yes, sir." And you keep moving because it's not your place to argue. You come to me. I'll deal with the rule if I don't agree with it with whoever. As an adult, you don't argue with it. The one rule I will allow my children to break is a phone rule because I will not send my kids to a school that they don't have a cell phone in an emergency. I do not want a teacher, one person trying to handle calling 911, alerting the office, doing all that, closing the door, directing
054the kids, telling them where to go, things like that. In most instances of school emergencies, there are countless accounts of students being the ones calling 911 and students alerting their parents or, you know, helping the teacher. And I just think that telling kids, you're not capable of sitting in a classroom without a cell phone is telling them that if you're if you can't do something right, we'll just take the issue away. We need to teach our kids restraint, responsibility, professionalism because they're about to go in the real world. This is for high school level kids. So high school level kids are supposed to be taught how to go forward after high school. What's the next level of their life? And to tell them, you know, we're just going to put this in a pocket or
055on a cart or in your locker because, you know, you can't be trusted. That's just give that's just why we're not teaching our kids to do better. we're just taking it away like they're five and you know it's a toy we don't want them to have anymore. It just sounds like the easy way out. And honestly, this does unfortunately as if their jobs aren't hard enough. This falls on teachers because it's very simple. Have a policy in place. You have your phone out, you're warned once. You have your phone out again, you're sent to the office. You you go to the office, you get in trouble. You talk to the parents. You have it out again. It's a suspension. like it can be an escalating issue, but I just think it's not going to be
056a policy that's followed. I I don't know. President Holder, President Holder, I'm gonna let Trustee Thompson and speak and then I'll go back to my left. Trustee Thompson, my question is, are we having pockets in each classroom? No, we're not. And and we're not having pockets in each classroom. And we're not saying we don't trust the kids with in the phone with the phones. What we're saying is we want kids to put academics first in the classroom. The cell phones can be in your locker. You can have access to them during changing time and you can have access to them during lunchroom time. But in the classroom, as you guys know, teachers do have a lot of battles to fight. And this is one battle that is causing unnecessary time interruption. And yes, we do
057tell the kids and the policy says if you're caught with your phone, you can get it confiscated where it's going to go to the office, so on and so forth. So, right now, we have nothing to back us on a phone if it's out in the classroom. Okay. Um Okay. So, I have a few things. First of all, as a teacher, um, coming from a building where this policy was implemented where there are no cell phones except before school starts and then after school ends, there were some growing pains, but it's the best thing ever. Um, because it did take something off our teachers plates. Um, it was maybe a month of adjustment and since then it's been great. And it is a staff staff has to buy in. So, I love that. I love
058your parent roll out um to get parent buy in and explain and I'll be honest, the greatest offenders are parents contacting their children during the school day. Um and it's very disruptive uh even on their uh Apple Watches or other devices, not just their phones. I recommend the board members uh to check out the book, The Anxious Generation. It's it's a great book and it really addresses a lot of the things we're talking about right now. Um, I also want to point out that we have to consider the maturity and the de developmental um, places that our teenagers are in. And as far as restraint goes and what's appropriate to be taught in school versus what should be taught at home, we can't put more and more on our educators asking them to raise our
059children. um they do have a role obviously in in in the upbringing of children through education, but something as far as like restraint of of phone use during work. I think that's a work ethic that could best be taught by parents and that's not more we need to put on our educators right now. Um so I I would disagree on that point. Um I think that we need to support our educators. they have more and more that they have to do and if we can take this off their plates of asking them to be monitors of cell phones and devices u I I think it's the least that we can do for them. So I I would like to um say that this is actually generous allowing the students during passing time and lunch. Um
060like I said I'm coming from a building where I teach and there is no cell phone use except before the bell rings to start the day and then once it ends. So, Taylor. Yeah. So, um I I um trust Rebecca. Yeah. Um I love so much of what you said, right? I I think that there's so many good points to um you know, making sure that we do teach our children restraint. And from what I heard, and I just want to get clarification, um, what I heard is that this cell phone policy wouldn't require them not to have it on their person. It would require them not to pull it out in the classroom. Is that correct? What they have on their person, we can't really check. We would want to say, "Hey, keep it
061in the locker." However, we're not searching every kid. But the policy does say that it can't be in the classroom. it can't be out in the classroom, right? And that's what I heard. I just wanted to clarify that that that is what I heard. Um I do think it's a generous policy. I, you know, a lot of districts are going um cell phone free. I think was that Novi that just did something like that this year. Um I will say that in um this the district or the school that I work in that has adopted this almost identical policy by the way with the same thing that um had said that like if it's out you know you go down like all of those things absolutely almost identical to that. um what we heard from
062kids at first there was some growing pains but then it was relief because there's so much anxiety with it um and I agree that book the anxious generation phenomenal um and it really does talk about a lot of those that that cell phone use and that electronic use um so I just I wanted to reiterate that although it sounds very anxietyprovoking for us to put up our phones or or keep it in our our on our person without pulling it out all the time um what I have also heard is relief stress relief from not only teachers from um our students and our students feeling better. Now we do have to keep as I had said before we have to maybe retach that throughout the year that that's you know what our policy is for
063sure. Um, however, I think it can we're we're working both sides where we're not requiring I was just saying like there is a caddy that in in our school, but like you don't have to put it there. We're we're not requiring a student to keep it out off their person to relieve some of that anxiety that parents have. deep. And honestly, if it is so anxietyridden, there are IEPs, if if it was that severe of a case where a student needed to have it or a 504 that could allow for that accommodation or if there is a diabetic student that needs to have it on them for that reason, I'm sure that accommodations in that kind of case would be made. Um, so in those real extreme situations, it's not like students would be denied.
064So I think that should be considered. Can I just tag on? Yeah. Can I tag on to that? Is that okay? Yeah. And then trustee, I'm so sorry. Would you like to? So um I just want to I I have seen that for diabetic students to to keep it on their person. Um I would say actually for super um for anxiety um the more you know the best anxiety drug is to do what we're feeling anxious about but the best cure is to um go past it and do what we're we're anxious about. Does that make sense? So for instance we think that it would reduce anxiety keeping a phone on us when actually it creates more. And the best cure for anxiety is actually to put it down. So I I don't think it's
065unreasonable for a student to go one class period without looking at their phone. I think that's fair. You can look at between classes. And I'm not making light of any tragedies that happen in schools by no means, but a student having their phone will not stop that. If we're concerned about safety, security, other things, then we need to address that separately. A cell phone rule will not stop or rule that out. Thank you. I'm gonna let Trusty Chambers and then I'll go ahead Trustee Chamblas. I don't think anyone thinks a cell phone's going to stop a tragedy. That would be silly. Um the point of a cell phone during a tragedy is to alert people and to allow the teacher to focus on the securing of the classroom and things like that while the students
066can worry about something else. Um, but to say that it needs to be stored in the locker or off their body is I I'm not arguing that they shouldn't use it during class. I'm saying if they use it during class, obviously take the road of the consequences, like I said. Um, but to say that it should be stored in a locker or um off their body is where I would draw my line. Um, but I do have a question about the part where it says the use of personal devices that contain built-in cameras. Um, are we allowed to use those in the gym or no? Oh, that I was going to So, actually, it should I don't know why it's not checked, but it should say the use of PCDs, personal communication device with built-in
067cameras are prohibited in the classroom. So classroom should be checked. Gymnasium, locker room, shower facilities, and swimming pool. So this right here, it does not say they cannot have it on them in their person. That doesn't say that. It says they cannot pull it out and use it in the classroom. My question is, what about for like the gym um like when you have like athletics going on and things like that? There is a clause in here that says you can use it during after school activities. Okay. And also I do want to add that um we kind of looked up to see what other districts were doing and we wanted to possibly write in where it says the top when it talks about what exactly are personal communication devices. We wanted to add a
068little clause in there about Chromebooks because Chromebooks do have a built-in camera. However, it's not a personal communication device. We have software on there like GoG Guardian. We can shut down the camera, so on and so forth. So, in the next read, if you guys give me the Okay, I do want to take another district's policy and specifically mention Chromebooks because we do give all of our kids Chromebooks, but it's not a personal communication device. But just to avoid that, oh, where is it personal? Because you let me borrow it, so it's personal. We specifically want to put a statement in there about that. Anybody else? So, I just want to clarify with this policy, students can have their phones on them. They don't have to put it in the locker. It doesn't say that
069in the policy. It says they just cannot use cannot have it out in the classroom. Correct. Cannot be used. Yeah. So, if it's in your hand, then we can say, "Oh, you're using it because we have it in your hand." Great. in your pocket. And I just wanted because you had brought up watches. Um, how do we avoid that? Because that's as big a communication device as a phone. But then we would probably have to also check number two because number one talks about personal communication devices with built-in cameras. But then option two just talks about personal communication devices. You can't take pictures with your watch, right? Smart watches. Smartwatches don't have cameras. You can take it if the phone is set up. You can use your watch to take it like but you can't
070use your phone to take a picture. I mean your watch to take a picture. Now you can communicate with text. So So is that a separate problem? The pictures are a bigger problem than the communication or they're equally important. I guess it's really social media and they can access social media on their watch. Okay. So, are we is the intent then to include that? I I just want to know what everybody is thinking. Um, go ahead. Sorry. I think that would be really difficult, wouldn't it, to to tell somebody they can't wear a watch? I I don't think I'm saying that kind of like the phone. It's not that they can't have it. It's They can't use it, use it to tell time, but you know, if you're messaging on it, if you're, you know,
071and that Yeah. then it would be treated the same as a cell phone. Correct. I think so. All right. Everybody ages of that trusty heart. What about like Fitbits? Mine's not connected to my phone. It's not connected to any social media at all. It literally just counts my steps. So, unless you're communication device, right? How would someone know if I'm, you know, swiping to, you know, check something? It could look like on on social media. That's what I was thinking. But you shouldn't be in class. Be using it. Passing time. Wait till passing time. And I have a feeling a a lot of students are not checking their step count. But but like for me like it doesn't automatically light up. I have to tap it or swipe it to even see the time. So
072it could look like I'm playing with it. Do we have do we have digital clocks in the or clocks any kind of clocks analog whatever in the classrooms? I think people have habits though that that'll be so so am I hearing that we uh with the a couple of minor adjustments. Sure. Um, Trusty Chamblas, you asked about like after school events in the gymnasium. And if you look on the back on page 34, it says possession of a PCD by a student at school during school hours and or during extracurricular activity is a privilege. So, they can have it during extracurricular activities just like lunch and passing time. Right now, the majority of the board is in agreement to move on. Yep. Are you guys okay with me adding that statement about the Chromebooks specifically
073for the next read? Okay. And the watches. And the watches. Chambers. You're good. All righty. Uh, next up, recommendation of policy board committee members. Um, I know that um, Trustee Thompson and Trustee Chamblas were members previously. I know Trustee Kimble would like to participate. I don't know if there's anybody else that wanted to do that. I'm sorry. Trusty Kimble wants to be the third member. Is there anybody else that wants to participate? Can I explain what it looks like? Sure. So, basically how policy works, I don't know about you guys' bylaws because I've never participated in that, but how it works is Pam and I work with someone from Neiola. We get on a virtual meeting. We say what time is good. They send us an email that says, "Hey, these are the updates you
074need to look at. We will meet as a team. read through them or I'll send them to you early. You can have your edits and give your recommendations and then we just come back and present it to the board. So it doesn't have to be face toface. It can be virtual. It can be I send you a mockup, you send me back your opinion and if we have a difference then we can have a conversation. But it is becoming really hard for Pam and I to try to do this on top of everything. Well, and it's really not um necessarily your job to do. We do state our own board policies. Yeah. Um and I don't know um board policies and uh bylaws. I don't know if it would be um problem to have more
075than three. Um would make a quorum. Well, only because you're that that was my thought. Yeah. So I think um right now do you want to continue? Oh yeah. Yes. Okay. And I know Mimble wanted to participate. My whole It's my favorite. Anybody want to? Um well if there's available space or no one else wants to. Okay. So can we put you as the alternate? Carlos. Can I ask a question? Can we divide it? Um, I don't mind leading the board policy, but I think the board members should lead their own bylaws, right? So, we can have a policy committee and a bylaw committee, then I think that will work best. Well, they're they're not really separated. So, but they're two different. So, I don't participate with bylaws. You guys set the bylaws of how
076you want to govern. So, that's not really up to us. The policy is how we want the district to run, right? The bylaws are what we correct. But but our policies also needed to be updated. I know that we tried to do that. No, we have been doing policies. You have been doing some, but but there have been updates that our board um I had heard question. I know Rebecca tried to do some work. It never went anywhere because it never got shared. Right. So, we need to start a new go through our policies and our bylaws. Do would you like to have two separate committees? That's what I'm saying. That's what you're asking. We should have a bylaw and a committee. Um, that being said, what do we um what would we like to
077do about having a separate bylaw and policy committee? The bylaws could be knocked out in like maybe two or three meetings. The policies is much Oh, there's a lot of bylaws here. I bring them to every meeting. I just don't have it on my plate to take by and and yeah, it's really not yours to have to worry about. you do administration some of our bylaws haven't been updated since like 2007. So what is the thought with everybody? Do we want to separate it or I know we've had suggestions as to maybe policy changes. So they are things that um many of us have been concerned about. I think we should separate bylaws and policies. Well, I guess let me ask you what do what do you guys think? Do we need a motion for
078that? Okay. So, I have a Yeah, you can I have a question about that? Sure. Um it it sounds like um um you like the the policy a lot. Is it do you like the both the can you be on both of them? Yeah. Okay. So um and how much um so there' be two different meetings, two totally different situations, correct? Yes. Okay. Dodge. Yep. I have no issue. Okay. If we split them. Yes. I'm fine with that. I brought it up. Yeah. Okay. Chambers. Um, vice president Chamblas, do you want to separate like you you could lead bylaws and then I lead policy and we can have like two teams. So then do policy. Yeah. If you do bylaws and I'll take on policy and then you can leave that. I'll put you in
079contact with the rep for Neola for bylaws. Okay. Can I still come to your policy meeting just because that's my favorite part of this? Yep. That's fine. I know our policies forward and back. Good. When are we going to set up? And this is the part that I need to kind of be a stickler about because we talked about this and talked about this and talked about this and it never happened. So I don't want us to spin our wheels again. So uh we need potential days and times and um who would like to be on the bylaw committee? I am I would trusty Thompson and Chambers, right? Thompson Chambers like my laws. Trusty Harp understand they're they're going to make suggestions and then like this reading that we did today and we're going to
080discuss it. So there's nothing that they're ever going to bring to us that's going to be this is what it needs to be, right? Just Okay. So, we really need for um those two groups to uh Wait, it's on policy. I'm sorry. I I was No, that's bylaws. That's bylaws. policy was the bylaws was Rebecca, Gloria and parters. So I will add these to the committee reports every meeting. And um before we go into close session, I just want to clarify something. Um, we did talk about um the two um Trusty Dodge and Trustee Mckelpine Taylor had asked for something to be on the agenda tonight about uh the finance committee and the studies. Um and traditionally our bylaws say it needs to be done today. So, I apologize, but we did have a conversation
081with um Superintendent Perry, and that is going to be part of our study session in two weeks. So, I wanted to make it clear that we didn't ignore it. Um and uh we will be better about making sure it's on the next agenda. No worries. Can you remind me of those topics? Um building usage. Building usage. building usage, finance and what what what in what particular about finance? We just um wanting to see the viability of a committee to look at our district as a whole and to best um see what the usage is of our facilities to best use our funds. My question is is this just a discussion among us? Like I'm not bringing anything to the table. I just want to be clear. Correct. Just just to see if we can like
082have a committee to talk about it and like discussion who would be the stake, you know, having stakeholders there and present. Yes. And just to it's going to be more information than anything else, especially with the three new board members that we have and um us having to make decisions with the contracts that come up and stuff. So, I just want to make sure that I don't have to bring anything to the table about these two topics. Um, is there any any information in particular that you would like? We just wanted to see if a committee could be made to look into it. So, as of like next week, I don't know if there needs to be any information except for pupil counts maybe per building. Yeah, this would be a committee that looks into
083the we were just wanted to explore our fiscal um usage of buildings and you know if we're you know being most responsible madame president how will this be different than our regular finance committee meeting that we have the second Wednesday of every month they're not available as the first first point of order. Well, I think this was more of discussion of um just to see like what our usage is, how we can best um look at that if we're under I know that we had talked couple different places where um there are certain buildings that are really under I think what is it ECC is not underutilized. is underutilized, right? And so what are some options? I'm not saying anything will come out of it, just like what are some options? Just discussing some ideas.
084Yeah. Couldn't we use part of Halfman that's not being used if we have overage for say like kindergarteners? So can So what I'm hearing you saying is that just not to answer your question right now in a minute, what you guys are asking for is not necessarily to start a new committee. You want to have a discussion at the table about where where can we fill in the gaps and use the buildings. So that needs you want an agenda item discussion. Now if a committee is birthed from that next week then it will be birthed. I think what they wanted was a study session and open so they can ask the questions and concerns especially being new. um they don't uh necessarily have answers to the questions. Are the programs self-sufficient? It's not a it
085is not a fingerpoint that'sformational, but I want to make sure we're prepared. So, is there any way you can give us the questions that you guys may have and I can get whatever data you need because it will be a waste if we have this discussion and I can't produce any answers. Trusty Hart, Trusty Dodge, and Trusty McKelpine Taylor, as well as the other four of us. If you have any specific questions that you would like answered, um, she needs to bring data to her or Ebony needs to bring data for. I don't at this time, but I may uh soon. Um, when do you need those questions by? So, you can at least by Friday before the next meeting. Our next meeting is the 17th. Is that right? Will this 19th? Will this help
086move us ahead to the goal that you two had or am I misunderstaining? Because if I'm necessarily have a goal, I just want to explore options, right? Toss around some ideas. Yes. Present some ideas like see if building should be merged and things like that. Possibly. Is that what is that? Possibly. I Yeah, it could be. I mean I I could be example that's what you want. I'm saying like to say this building has 400, this one has 300, but this building holds nine or a thousand. So we'll put them in. You know, like maybe something like that. Yeah. The last thing we want to do is like, you know, reduce staff or anything. No, but um just to ask the question, there's a lot of school districts that are kind of um condensing in
087order to be fiscally responsible. Right. Right. That's a moving certain programs in other places. And so I guess the cost of different programs um and is there any way it would it be possible if we could kind of brainstorm and let you post some questions. I'm so sorry. I I don't have those questions. Yeah, just as long as you have them before the Friday before, right? I'm not before. Or the Wednesday before, maybe. I prefer Wednesday. Let's say the Wednesday. Let's see if we can do that. I think we could commit to the Wednesday before. I'll put it in the newsletter to remind you. How about I just put a Google form in the newsletter to say, "Hey, if you have any questions, add your questions here." Yeah. Beautiful. I love that. And and like
088I said, this is for discussion andformational. So I don't want anybody to run and say, "Oh my god, they were talking about XYZ." I think we're just being fiscally responsible to understand the conversation and see what all of us feel needs to be done to move ahead and just opening a discussion like just right to see. All right, we're going to move on to the close session. Motion to enter enter into close session pursuant to sections 8C of the Michigan Open Meetings Act public act 267 of 1976 to discuss strategy and negotiation sessions connected with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement. President Holder so moved trustee Dodge support. I support Christy Chamblas. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote, please. Rebecca Chamblas, yes. Melissa Dodge, yes. Carlos Harp, yes. Cindy Holder, yes. Christa McAlpine
089Taylor, yes. Gloria Thompson, yes. Motion pass. degrees you have. You need to let who's who's going to get the degrees together to have the roads correct? Can Can you just Can I give me a minute? Can we talk about that and I'll put it in my newsletter? And I need a smaller. Okay, I will put it in my newsletter. No, no. Graduation stuff. I need a new one. Mine Mine's been messed up since I got it. Everybody keeps telling me they're going a new one. Well, there you go. It's like tangled and knotted. So, you want me to check on the sizes, right? The bro sizes, but also because of the different degrees that have been established, the colors need to be. So, we don't buy those. You use your own. Like we don't buy
090the have them at your house. My husband never kept your Do you have your collar? Well, it would be my drape. I don't know. I'll have to chat. You're going to be here for years. Might as well buy it. You just give them a black a per a black robe and they put their own like I use my own robe. Oh, I thought that we ordered them. Wait, what do we need to get? What? And we don't know what your um it's you know when you graduated what you wore the like my I'll send it in my emails right now. I'll send it in my masters or my MFA graduation because I was co I was coaching so I couldn't miss that. So I didn't walk me my diploma. Well anyway I may have have
091to order another one. You have me too. There you go. Well, the 30th is graduation day and then they have a pinning at the high school on the 14th. I'm not sure why we don't get like um what is it? It's on the school calendar. Yeah. Honestly, I don't look at it. I would rather have them send me something, but the 14th they have a pinning at 5:30 at the high school. What's the day of the 14th? That's our super. I think it's a Wednesday. It might be when you guys have to go to Wednesday meeting. Yeah, we have training that day. Wait, where did my balloon arch go? They told me to leave it up until pinning. Well, anyway, we're back in. It's 8:47. Let's uh do committee reports. GRC. Um there hasn't been
092a lot done since the last time. Um they're still, you know, struggling with understanding what some of the federal budget cuts are going to do to education. And um but as far as the the law, I talked about like some of the laws and stuff last time. I should be getting another report on Wednesday. Thank you. Um there is going to be a native plant sale Memorial Day weekend at Civic Center Park. Um since the city owns of or the city of Madison Heights owns a section of John R that spans from Dartmouth South the 10 mile mile, that's the section that we're responsible for repairing. The county owns Dartmouth North to 14 and that's on them. Um, we did apply for money to fix Dartmouth South um, back when during COVID, but we just
093got it now. So, we will be starting in the uh, next spring to work on uh, Dartmouth to 10 mile. Uh, the pickle ball courts grand opening at Rosies is on May 30th at 5:30. We're getting new lighting for Rosies and Huffman Parks baseball uh, diamonds. a lot of focus on Rosies this year. Um, a lot of community leagues registration for the summer are underway. Softball, baseball, etc. Many are full already, but they're trying to get um, a bunch more kids for T-ball. So, if your child plays T-ball, the city of Madison Heights would really like for them to register. Um, Madison Heights Parks and Recck Summer Camp is seeking to hire four counselors, one lead, and two supervisors. You must be 16 years old to hold certain positions, 18 years old to hold others,
094but please um see the city of Madison Heights website if you're interested in working for the parks and recck department. And then the most important thing about the parks and recck meeting was um every few years the city of Madison Heights sends out a survey to all the residents and it basically you're filling it out to basically tell the city what you want at the parks that are directly around your house. So what is at Ambassador might not be the same at Huffman might not be the same you know at Rosies and um like we saw the basketball courts uh were considered underutilized so they removed them from Rosies and refilled them with pickle ball which a lot of people are upset but that's what these surveys are for. So everybody received a parks and
095wreck brochure if you don't still have this because there is a QR code inside that the survey is on. If you don't still have this they're going to be sending out postcards. You're going to be able to find it on their Facebook page on the website. Um, but please everybody in the city of Madison Heights fill out the survey. Um, it's just a quick little thing and let them know what you would like to see citywide from the department, but also, you know, more locally around your house. We finished our last uh five-year master plan, which is what they do. They use a survey information and they make a five-year plan, and that's what they're going to do in the city over those five years, and then they do everything they can to get grants
096and secure money to be able to do those things. Um, we finished our last five-year master plan uh two years early, which is why we're doing one so soon so people might remember the last one. Um, but that's it. Hurry. Uh, Junth flag raising is June 13th at 8 a.m. at city hall. So, if you would like to see that, please attend. The Junth celebration is Saturday, June 14th there, where there'll be music, food trucks, vendors, games, and more. Um the arts and LGBTQ Pride Festival is Sunday, June 22nd, where there'll also be music and vendors and um food trucks and more. The Paradise Eve Lantern Festival is May 31st, which is a Asian culture experience and there will be um dancing culturally um like historical dancing and then there's going to be literally a
097lantern lighting. Um May is mental health awareness month. It is also Jewish heritage month, Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Memorial Day is coming up and today is Cinco de Mayo which is when the Mexican military beat the French. Thank you Colton. That's it. Finance committee. We have not but we will be correct. Yes. Uh this week on Wednesday. No next week. Next week on Wednesday on the 14th. Thank you. uh enrollment committee. Um so we met and that I feel like the biggest takeaway was there was a lot of discussion about um at the middle school finding um greater engagement after school activities um clubs and different um ways that we can get students involved and have programs after school for them. Superintendent Perry, is there anything I'm missing? Um, we are going to
098post the kindergarten roundup videos and GSRP videos for those who could not attend our event. I think it was in March or February. So, those will be on the website as well as on Facebook. So, if you have kids that are coming into kindergarten or GSRP next year, check out the video and enroll your kid. Thank you. Um, we have board comments. Um, Trusty Thompson, the floor is yours. Again, I'd like to congratulate all the students and staff members who got awards tonight. Um, congratulations for all teachers since it is teacher appreciation week. And that's about it. Um, thank you everybody for watching. Thank you to all of our amazing teachers. Not only here in Madison district, but everywhere. Teaching is a profession only the kindest and most loving people choose. It's not the money
099or the easy laid-back environment that entices them. It's a calling of their hearts. Thank you for guiding, coaching, and educating the next generation. It is in your hands, I feel confident, for our future. Um, last week was senior decision day. This was the fourth year Madison held this event, and as always, Miss Hchowowski and her crew of amazing helpers did a phenomenal job. so proud of all of our seniors. Um, and congrats to Miss Collie for receiving educator of the year from Junior Achievement. I just think that's phenomenal. So, and that's it. Taylor, okay, way to go Devon Coco, by the way, first staff member of the year. That's amazing. I just with her encouraging and inspiring lessons. I loved that. I was like, "Oh my gosh, that's amazing." um as well as all the
100building principles. I know that they work so very very hard and probably the most the metro program that is so close to my heart um as a person that works um almost exclusively in special education. It just it brought tears to my eyes and I just want to thank them so much for being here and doing that amazing video and just educating us all on how amazing the metro program is. Thank you for that. You trust. Um our district would be nothing without the fabulous educators that tirelessly serve the students and community of Madison. So, I would like to express a heartfelt thank you um to each and every single one of our Madison educators. You are the heartbeat of our district. Um just want to say the Madison Metro presentation was awesome and you
101know I may have got a little choked up uh during that. So, it was it was it was nice. I really enjoyed that. And I would also like to say that I'm thankful to be part of a board where even though we may disagree, we can have civil discussions. That's very welcomed and uh seems rare these days. So I appreciate the board for that. Thank you. on that. I think um I've been around for a while and I just see us all being great contributors and moving forward. Um and it's it's just been a very positive feeling all the way around and I think everybody kind of feels it. So um yeah, I'm excited about what what's going to happen next and how we're going to help this move on. Um, with that I need
102one question for the night. I make a motion to adjourn. Thompson. [Music] Just do it quick. They wanted just a a total eye vote. Everybody in agreement. I I I opposed. eyes have it. Good night. Good night. Well, I did it one time like just it was like a 5