001work. >> Grandma had us together. >> I call this meeting together of the South Director Board of Education at >> 6:31. >> May you stand for the pledge of allegiance. 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. >> Next item on the agenda is the roll call, Mr. Secretary. >> Yes. Amanda Flesh >> present. >> AJ Johnson is absent. Lorie Hicks is absent. Amanda Flesh I mean sorry Shaw Flesher >> present. >> Misha Early >> present. >> Daniel Winston present. >> Shirley Toiver >> present. Next item on the agenda is the approval of agenda. Are there any corrections to the agenda? There are none. So the agenda will be as written. Next
002item on the agenda is superintendent communications. Mr. Bah. Thank you, Madam President. Uh, special thank you is in order to both Adams as well as Thirsten for the collective efforts from staff and students for the plantings and the miniature forests that are now in place at both Adams as well as Thirstston. A couple Fridays ago, we had a ribbon cutting ceremony that took place over at Adams and several staff and students participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony. And uh none of this would be possible without uh the efforts of many and not only our staff and students but also the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation as well as friends of the Rouge Ford Philanthropy. Uh and a special thank you to middle school teacher Mr. Josh Crawford from Pierce who helped orchestrate uh the project
003as well as uh Principal Flowers and uh Principal Matt Rudy as well. Um Principal Flowers is here somewhere. There she is. And also many thanks to the operations team, John Dunn and AVM site supervisor uh Mark Taylor and his team for the planting and all the effort that uh went into making sure that the plantings took strong root. So thank you for um helping to beautify our campus at uh Adams. Very fitting for this evening as well as over at Thirstston High School. Uh, additionally uh as uh we know one of our areas of focus is developing future leaders. And so today we were fortunate enough to host the executive director from the Galileo Teacher Leadership Institute and um we were able to uh host at several sites and uh Miss Jen Mikos, the executive
004director. Um she was able to travel throughout the district today in which she visited three of our teacher leaders here in South Redford. one of which also happens to be an Adams teacher, Miss Stephanie Smith, who is a Galileo Leadership Institute uh teacher this year, as well as Danielle Aguilar over at Thirstston High School, as well as Sarah Walling over at Fiser. And many thanks are in order to Amy Davidson, our uh Galileo uh leadership institute liaison uh Miss Holly Palary and also to um Beth Harris who was also integral in hosting uh the executive director from the Galileo Leadership Institute today. So, um, we've been a partner with Galo Leadership now for, uh, several decades. And so, um, you know, it's it's a privilege to be a part of that program and to continue
005to host additional opportunities for our staff about developing future leaders here in South Redford. So, uh, very fitting that Stephanie is here this evening. So, um, additionally, for those that are looking for something to do tomorrow evening from 4 until 5:30, Jefferson will be showcasing some of, uh, its, uh, most recent improvements from the bond at its open house tomorrow from 4 until 5:30. So, if you're looking for something to do tomorrow and you want to stop by over at Jefferson and see some of their bond renovations that Adams had the opportunity to undergo a couple years ago, come on over and check them out at Jefferson. So with that, Madam President, that concludes my communications this evening. >> Well, thank you, Mr. B. Next item on the agenda is board communications. Are there any?
006>> Well, I have a couple. First of all, on this Thursday, we will be having our Wayne County Association of School Boards meeting. Uh dinner's at 5:30. The meeting will start at 6. >> And our guest speaker is Brian Galdis from suicide prevention. And another uh thing is on February the 1st through the 3rd of 2026, the National School Board Association will be uh heading its 2026 Advocacy and Equity Institute. And if anyone is interested and would like to apply for a stipen, um the deadline is Friday, November the 7th. And if you're interested, let me know and I'll give you a form. Okay, that's it. Next item on the agenda is the consider agenda. Um Mr. Kenzie, I understand you have some new hires. Yes, Madam President. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Um,
007>> Madame President, if I may, real quick, Mr. Kinsey, if I may, >> um, do we have any comments from the audience for agenda item number seven? >> I just overlooked that. Are there any comments from the audience? >> There are none. >> Okay, >> Mr. KY, back to you. >> Thank you. So, first I'm going to mess up the first name. It's such an easy name, but I messed it up several times during the interview. D A R I A. It's real simple. I spelled it out so so you can mess it up, too. Um, so I'm going to take a stab. I'm going to go with um Daria. >> No, >> Daria. >> Mess it up. Mess it up. Derry being >> Miss Daria Lewis is our new secondary math teacher over at
008Thirsten High School. All right. >> So, this is Miss Derry right here. She brings eight years of mathematics teaching experience um across middle school and high school. She holds a bachelor's of arts um in psychology and anthropology and soci sociology from Kalamazoo College. We had a conversation about that. I went to Western. So Kamazoo College was the school right down the street. You got to be really really bright to go there. And then before Kalamazoo College, she went to was it the University of Liot? >> University of Liot. So if you know anything about that school, you can't just get in. You got to be a genius uh to get into that school. So we got lucky uh and was able to bring her in. Um in her classroom she thrives on differentiated instruction uh
009restorative practices and relationship building with her students. Um she brings additional expertise in student intervention uh conflict mediation and culturally responsive programming with her students. Uh previously she served as a champion teacher leader um and math committee lead uh teacher at reach charter academy which is an NHA school. I'll tell you a little bit of story about that in just a second. uh where she coached colleagues in instructional strategies and coordinated both classroom and school level family engagement activities. Outside the classroom, uh Daria balances her teaching career uh with work as a licensed realtor and enjoys puzzles, traveling uh and singing while maintaining conversational Spanish uh language and membership in the Greater Metropolitan Association of Realtors. Also, we have with us um you see this cute little one right here. She's also a uh student.
010She's GSRP at Vandenberg. Correct. >> All right. So, uh we actually had uh Daria brings a student with her. >> All right. >> Interestingly enough, my boss before coming over here to South Refford uh we during the interview process we learned is the same person and that's actually her mentor. So really really bright uh lady, great boss that I had prior to coming here. It's been her mentor for a long time and actually motivated her to go into education because she saw a lot in Daria. So Daria, welcome to South Refford. We're happy to have you here. >> Thank you. >> Next wasn't able to make it tonight. We have Mr. Luron Griffin. He is the PE teacher over at Pierce Middle School. uh he brings with us uh to us 22 years plus experience
011in physical education and health instruction. He holds a master's in the art of sports administration from Wayne State University and a bachelor's of science and secondary uh English education with a minor in PE from Fair State. Uh his unique combination of athletic administration and teaching experience uh includes uh serving as athletic director at Detroit Munford High School uh where he put together the first ever soccer program and managed over 18 sports. Uh he's a certified MHSAA basketball official since 1995 and maintains active memberships and professional organizations including Michigan Principal Fellowship um and the Michigan ASCD. Uh beyond the classroom, Mr. Griffin is passionate about exercising, traveling, and spending quality time with his family while continuing his commitment to training athletes and physical fitness. One interesting thing about Mr. uh Mr. Griffin is Mr. Griffin actually
012lives in in our community. Um in addition, he's also worked with uh Principal Jackson over at Pierce and he helped her train for her wedding so she can get into the dress that she wants. And um during the interview process, it was really interesting. If you notice the cafeteria right outside of uh uh Pierce's cafeteria, you have a ramp right there and you also have steps right there. So during the interview process after he finished doing uh his his sample lesson to the students, we walked out, a student in the back says, "Can we have him as our teacher?" And then walking down the hallway, Miss Jackson was getting ready to go up their ramp and Mr. Griffin was like, "Nump over this way to the steps." Now, this is part of his his interview.
013So before we got back to the office, I'm like, "Yep, you're hired." So, uh, we're happy to have him, uh, be part of South Ratford. So, thank you and welcome. We adopt the consent. >> Madam President, I move the adoption and follow support. >> Support. >> It's been adopted by Mrs. Early and supported by Mrs. Flesher. All in favor? >> I. >> Any naysay? Zero Naz resolution adopted. Next item on the agenda is presentation Adams Elementary. Mr. Bob. >> Thank you, Madam President. At this time, I would like to turn it over to the Adams staff as well as Principal Flowers of Adams Elementary School for his presentation with the board this evening to talk about the many wonderful things taking place at Adams. not only uh the planting of uh the new forest but
014uh just many of the great things taking place at Adams. So with that I will turn it over to Adam's staff and principal flowers. >> All right. Well, welcome welcome. Thank you. I am Flowers principal Adams. So before we get started I want to say something about Daria. So the the crazy thing is is we're connected too. I worked at um Merit Detroit Merit Academy. Her mom was the secretary and I was a teacher in my very young years before I had gray hair. and I used to sing as a as a student there. So, it was I was like, "What are you doing here? You're not grown. I'm not that old." So, it's amazing. It's like a it's a circle. It's a great thing. Um, so talk a little bit about Adams. So, today
015I have the pleasure of letting you know what some great things u we have going on at Adams. So, we're going to talk about the big three rocks. We're going to look at some MSTEP information, our MSTEP proficiency scores and steps toward um data analysis. We're going to look at some some scores here. So, we have our vision. Um you know, and this is just a part of what we do here at Selffort. Um Eagles are educated, equipped, and empowered. And we believe that at Adams. Um and our mission is Eagles educate, encourage, and engage every student every day. We've seen this lots of times. All right. in our three big rods um relationship and responsiveness, safety, including the learning environment, curriculum and instruction. Um and at Adams, we um definitely are into our relationships
016and responsiveness. We have lots of great things going on with PBIS safety. Um we're always making sure that our students are safe and we're, you know, teaching them what that means just to be safe with each other. And curriculum instruction is a lot of what we're going to talk about today. The last piece was curriculum and instruction um and the balance assessment system. So when we talk about balance assessment, we're always looking at a you know upside down triangle where at the top of the triangle um the classroom has our biggest piece of the triangle and that's that and that's for a reason. Inside of the classroom, you have formative assessment process and you have the sum of assessment process. And when our teachers are in the classroom, one of the biggest things that they
017do is they are always looking at how the kids are learning. They're asking questions. Students are asking questions. They're looking at the work and giving them immediate feedback. And that is a huge part of our form of assessment process. While they're asking questions, while they're looking at the work, they're taking in information that helps them guide their instruction. Um, and that's why when you look at this pie chart, 90% of what the teachers are doing to help form instruction is that formative assessment process. Then we have the 10% which is our summitive assessment process and that comes with our classroom sum summitive assessments. So you're looking at assessments that happen at the end of a lesson. You're looking at assessments that happen, you know, for our district and school. So the I ready which we'll
018talk about today and then MSTEP all of that is just that 10% of the summit of assessment most of the work is done every single day in the classrooms with the teachers monitoring progress monitoring the students work giving them feedback and really just um changing what they're doing to make sure they're meeting the needs of the students. So I mentioned this the I Ready performance level crosswalk. So, I Ready is new to us this school year. Um, and Adams did have an opportunity to use I Ready last year in tutoring. We found great success and I'll show you some of that success today. So, our I Ready benchmark, we'll be taking that three times a year. We were able to take that um at the beginning of the school year and it measures growth and
019um just even throughout this school year, we've been talking a lot about growth. And what the I Ready does is it measures a couple different ways um that they're going to measure growth and we'll talk about that. So I Ready measures how much a student has learned over time compared to their previous performance. I Ready identifies student performance in each domain. Vocap phonics um I already identify student growth compared to peers nationwide. I already identified students um if they're on track to be proficient on the state assessment for MSTEP and growth is essential for students to close the achievement gap and attain proficiency. MSTEP measures if students met grade level standards. So when you look at this data, this is Adam's I Ready data. This is the data that we received from the students testing
020this fall. So, if you look here, you have our chart has all the beautiful colors. Um, when I Ready assesses a student, they're assessing them at that grade level. So, if you have a second grade student, um, they just finished first grade. A lot of our students perform and they're saying, "Okay, guess what? They're at the end of first grade." And so, then those students who are what they call one level below are scoring at the end of first grade. are students who are mid or grade level are those students who are performing already at the second grade level. So when you look at our baseline data, you would have to add our our green and our yellow. So right now at Adams, 62% of our students are where they should be starting out as
021far as reading. And that's a pretty good number. Um, and we're going to see that number again because we use that to create our school goals. Again, we see the same data for math. And at this time, 64% of our students, 190 um, of our students at the fall baseline are where they should be relatively in I Ready. So, we have a good start. We have a great foundation here. I talked a little bit about um, growth. So, I Ready measures growth. So, our first chart up here shows the data we have. If our students don't make any growth at all, we will only have 13% proficient. We don't want that, right? And that's 13% projected proficiency in the MSTEP, meaning if they make no growth, if we don't teach them, this is where they'll
022land. That's not what's going to happen to um students um projection here and this is just if they meet their expected growth right okay you're only going to grow one year we will be at 21% proficient now I ready also measures um another growth and it's your stretch growth meaning that if we not only teach them that year and then we push them even further we would get that 34 24% proficient, which is usually where we fall and you'll see that in our MSTEP scores. So, not only do we need to meet that expected growth, but we also have to stretch it and we do that in intervention, tutoring, and other things to meet those student needs. So, I told you earlier that um last year um Adams was able to test out I Ready
023and we had our third and fifth grades um have tutoring and we did our MSTEP testing grade levels and we did tutoring in our third and fourth quarters. We utilize I Ready um for the lessons and then they also have a cool um map or road map that you also the students can do as they're um uh doing the uh lessons and I ready. So for our um cumulative data 61% of our tutoring students receive proficient or partially proficient on the MSTEP for reading and 43% of our touring students receive proficient or partially proficient. So, we're excited that we have a full um for what can I think we have I already within our schools. We're going to be using it and it's going to um help us grow our students going to eat. >>
024So, for our MSE for ELA proficiency, we have years 23, 24, and 25. Last year, we stayed stagnant for 24 and 25 at 27% proficient for third grade. For grade four, we were at 39%. We went up from 24 to 25 a percentage point. And our grade five did an excellent job. They went from 23% to 35% proficient. For our math proficiency, third grade, it went down to 23% and we're working on that. For fourth grade, they did an excellent job of going from 26 to 34%. And from fifth grade, they did an even better job from 15% to 25% proficient for math for the year 2025. Now, this was I was extremely proud. So, for one step for science, 32% proficient in science and we went from a single digit number in social studies
025to 18% proficient in social studies. So all the things we put into place which we'll talk about now are some of the same things we're going to do this year to increase growth which is going to get us to proficiency. So um you saw that here's what we identified grade level proficiencies and deficiencies. We have met as a team and and we're going to continue to identify growth deficiencies by grade level. We looked at our or we haven't done this yet, but this is something that we're um planning to do on our next team meeting is cla look at our claim and target strength and weaknesses with the MSEP. Um we always do this and this is how we pick our tutoring students and our intervention students. We look at data and we look to
026see the students that are advanced. We look to see the students that need to be challenged. We look to see the students that need intervention and we put those in the appropriate groups. Um we are also looking at our students that haven't shown growth in the MSTEP and hoping that some of the things not hoping but planning that um the things that we're putting in place as far as intervention tutoring um and this our small group our um time that we have with our students in the classroom will help create more growth by using our IRA data and for now what we're looking at our studies we're looking at the impact of behavior on academics In our solutions meeting, we're working closely with the interventionist and instructional pro coach to create plans and that's our
027what I need time. We are always going over data and with the I Ready, we get to progress monitor how well the students are going and how they're growing. Um, so like I said, we're really excited to have I Ready. One of the things we also did as a team and we're still working through this process is this year we created schoolwide goals. So, the numbers that I showed you earlier where our fall baseline scores were those nice green yellow charts. Um, we have a goal for um math that 69% of our students at Adams Elementary will meet or exceed their annual typical growth target in mathematics, which will give us that proficiency we need to see in MSTP. And then for our reading, we have that 67% or more of our students at Adams
028will meet or exceed their annual typical growth targets, which again, if we have those type of that type of growth, we'll see the proficiency we need um in reading for all three, four, and five grade levels in MSTEP. So, this is some of the fun stuff or some of the things that we do to make sure that academics has its correct space and time. We have Lincoln behavioral services. Um we have our two district behavior coaches that come and lead them. We've already seen both those coaches in some of our classrooms, especially our kinder classrooms. We have some fun friends. Restorative circles is something that we are going to, you know, um um implement inside of our classrooms. Student family success, we have our breakfast club. It hasn't started yet, but it will definitely start.
029Um and that's something that helps with our young men. We also have our girl groups uh with our social workers. Um we have our peace path morning meetings. All those things we do to make sure the kids are mentally ready to take on the academics that we have for them every day. So what's good? We have our monthly assemblies where we you know we talk about attendance, we talk about behavior, we give awards for all the students who are doing great things. We will start goal setting um right before we take our winter um and it said end of grade but right before we take our winter I ready test so that the kids understand what their goals should be um when they test for I Ready. Um and I talked about our attendance. We
030have monthly awards for attendance and we have our citizens that have a pizza party for those kids who are doing great things every month in the classroom. Our PTO is amazing. Um, trunk or treat is coming up and you always see us outside with all our trunks decorated. That'll be later on this month. We always have surprise popcorn days um put on by our PTO. Mom and son daughter days where we have those dances um again sponsored by the PTO. We have our daily reading and math win time where we look at that data that we just looked at to plan some very specific lessons for our students. And then the things that we do just to keep our families and our teachers updated. Uh we have our announcements and re reminders and our weekly
031s'more. We celebrate the great things that are happening at Adams. Um and then we provide parents with learning resources that they always have available at their fingertips. We talked about this earlier, but we have already had classes go out and enjoy our many um forests. So we have some pictures from that. we had last year and we'll do this again this year. We had guest readers during the month of March. Um and we'll do that again this year and we always um make an effort to celebrate Black History Month and other things that help just encourage our students to do the best they can. All right. We also have winter and spring data incentive parties. So to get the kids, you know, excited about I Ready or any test that we take, we like to
032give them incentives. And so this was one of the things we did and we had a whole um incentive party where the kids had games everywhere and if they made their growth they were able to you know participate and I would like to say that at least 95% of our students were able to participate in the games. Any questions? Yes. When is your monthly assembly when you have >> So we usually have it at the end of every month. So, we just had it. What was the last day? It's usually on a Friday. So, this year it'll actually be October 31st. Friday, October 31st, which is Halloween. So, we have it every single month at the end. The last Friday of the month. What time? >> It's always at around what? 9:15. >> Yeah, 9:15.
033>> And then, um, I think about it. >> Okay. >> Anything else? >> Any other questions? Yes, Mr. you know, at higher levels, attendance plays a lot into testing and things like that. Do you see that having any correlation at the elementary school level as far as attendance and the test scores already? >> Of course. So, one of the things that when we have our solutions meetings, we're always looking at attendance. Um, and we're always trying to put some incentives in place to make sure that we get the kids there. The the hard part about elementary is that they don't drive themselves, right? um the parents have to drive them. So um in those monthly assemblies we do give out the certificates, pencils, bracelets, things like that. Um we have a new incentive where um
034the teacher are actually sending out letters to the parents and if we see that the attendance starts to get better, we'll have a special treat for the students. Some parents are responding nicely, some not. But um we really trying to get the kids to encourage the parents to bring them because we do see a lot of our students that are not making that growth are our students with higher rates of attendance issues. Um and you know instead of you know we can't drive and go get them ourselves. We have busing. We have all those things. You know we're trying to put more incentives in this school year to get them there as much as possible because it does make a difference. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Any other questions? >> When does your truck? >>
035Uh, 24th. >> October 24. >> I think it's 6 to 8:30. >> Yeah. I put it in the calendar. I tell you the calendar, too. >> Uh, 68. >> 68. Okay. >> Anything else? >> All right. Well, thank you. >> Thank you. Um, Adam did gift you guys with some water cups so that you can um, you know, >> be hydrated on us. >> Okay. >> Thank you guys. >> Thank you. >> Next item on the agenda is presentation by >> Thank you, Madam President. At this time, I would like to turn it over to our partners, uh, both Kelly Ferguson of Barton Mallow as well as Kyra Copelan from TMP Architecture to talk with the board and show a visual timeline of where we are at as it pertains to the 2021 bond project
036improvements as well as how the spending is going. And so, uh, it's something that we periodically do with the board of education. And so, with that, I will turn it over to Kelly and Cairo. >> Hello. Hello. It's been a minute. Hi, everybody. >> Hello. Hello. >> Summer is over. Yay. Excited to be back again. >> Depends. You have to ask, >> right? >> Here are just a couple of updates for construction. So, this past summer, we worked in five of the buildings. Um, Thirsten was a lot of little tech upgrades. So we don't have any pictures of that, but we did work with three elementary schools, Fiser, Jefferson, Vandenberg, as well as Pierce Middle School. So here are a couple photos to kind of show you what went on. So at Fiser, the last
037time we met, we were working in the now um prek kindergarten wing, the little orange wing, as we want to say, that's closer to Ommyra. So we wrapped that work up at the end of June or I'm sorry, at the beginning of June. And that is where you can see here's an example of one of the classrooms. We had carpet replacement. We painted all the new finishes. We actually expanded several of the rooms. So, they have larger spaces down in that wing. Um, we have brand new technology in all all the spaces there. New unit ventilators went throughout throughout the district that are going on. New ceilings, new lights, brand new brand new stuff. Looks really good in that space. We also this past summer upgraded the second floor of the building. So that's where
038we completely tore out and that's what I really should have shown pictures of but I forgot. We completely tore it out the corridor walls and narrowed it the corridor a little bit. We had a really big corridor to begin with. We narrowed it so that we have more classroom space and more teaching space and learning space in that area. Um this is an example of a corridor that's going down to the elevator but the rest of the corridor um remained terazzo. So we're going to polish that up really nice upcoming winter. It'll be nice and brand new and spark and shiny and all that good stuff. Um, and we made the made it so now there are eight classrooms upstairs that are bigger, nicer, expanded, as well as a collaboration space up there on the
039second floor in the third, fourth grade area. And um, some a new restroom in the special ed classroom. All classrooms at Fiser got sinks. They're looking pretty good there. And then we are just wrapping up the media center work. So this upcoming Wednesday, we have our final building inspection for the media center. So at that point, we'll be able to turn everything over, open the doors, and kids can enjoy the media center, which looks really nice. At Jefferson and Vandenberg, similar, all three elementary schools mimic Adams with the tree of life a little better than me. But at Jefferson and Vandenberg, we completed the new new gym edition schools. So here's a screenshot of just one of the new floorings. We have the new logos that are going everywhere. God bless you. >> God bless
040you. Yes. God bless you with those spaces. Um we also completed renovations at the media centers this past week. Um we do have our final fire safety inspection this upcoming Monday and at that point we'll be able to fully occupy the space and keep it going. Um it was a little bit tough throughout this summer. As you know, we had to replace all the corridor flooring in those two buildings, which is super great, but we were dealing with a lot of temperature issues and so it delayed a little bit, but now all the corridor flooring is complete. It looks nice and good, and you'll have a lot less maintenance as we go further down the down the line. So, we're saving somebody. And then finally, at Pierce Middle School, the quarters look good at Pierce.
041I don't let anybody fool you. The quarters already look good. So, we didn't touch the quarter flooring there, but the science rooms all got brand new flooring. All the rest of the classrooms got brand new carpet in the space. Here's just an example of one of the science rooms. Um the new furniture package looks fantastic. TB did a great job. So it looks like brand new spaces throughout. Um all the corridors are colorcoded so you it's easier for students to identify where they need to be. You're like I'm in science where I'm in green. So I'm go here and enjoy that space. Um it's it's really nice. One of the science labs or two of the science labs got a brand new layout which I think is a little bit better functioning for the teachers
042in that space. So, it looks good and we're just continuing to wrap punch this work in that space and keep it going. As mentioned, the only project that is currently left is going to be Thirstston High School. So, we're wrapping up the bond program. We're coming towards the tail end. We currently have bids out right now for the high school remodeling project which will consist of replacing 70 plus um mechanical units in every classroom. And we're going from that horizontal to vertical once again to help save on economy and also save on noise so that kids can hear better in those um spaces. We are also going to be um replacing quarter flooring in a lot of the spaces. So that quarter flooring will get upgraded. Uh there are some minor aesthetic changes, some restroom
043upgrades throughout, but it's going to be nice and pretty and stuff. And that work will start this upcoming spring/summer of next year and continue through summer of 27. So that'll be a project in a second. In addition to that, at the same time, we are bidding out the last of the tech packages, which is our high school cabling. We are taking advantage of the e-race um savings that we can acquire. So it's going to actually go into effect this upcoming April. And that's when we'll go ahead and start installing that. So you'll have nice new data cabling for years to come. Keeping it good. All right. And just a quick update on finances. So just so everybody understands what is happening here is this is another that we worked in the district and this is
044the award w that we brought to the boards. So every time we would come to you guys with recommendation throughout the different phases we added those totals up here to get you the contract plus contingency. For those that don't know, contingency is just an extra pot of money that we set aside, usually about 10% between 8 and 10% for any changes, any hitting conditions that might come up or any um modifications that the district decides, you know, hey, you know, this design chain needs to happen for functionality of our students. So this is the total award wreck that we had throughout the project so far. We this is the amount that we've spent and this is that has been contracted out to date. So any change orders that we might have had to do because
045of different stuff that came up and these are the final anticipated costs from our summer work throughout the variety of these projects. Some of these are due to um like I said hitting additions that came up throughout the summer. We had a lot of um work that went in place this summer. So a lot of costs have to get finalized as well as um just different different things that might have occurred. So this is our final anticipated cost total. And when we go back and look at it all, what we asked the board for versus what we actually spent and anticipate to spend, we have a savings of roughly $1.7 million. So, we're looking pretty good overall for what we asked for you guys. And then we're going to take that to the rest of
046it and hopefully come with a savings for the high school. We get these bids in keep. >> Are there any questions from anybody? >> The chair? >> Yes. Kelly, can you tell me why Thirstston is over budget? >> Yep. >> $50,000. What caused that? >> Sure. So, this is primarily the high school chiller replacement project. And when we did the chiller replacement, we encountered a lot of underground piping that was in really poor condition that was not anticipated. So, the original contingency, like I said, for that project is roughly about 10% or so. Um, what we asked for the board. So if you look at the award wreck which was includes that 10% with 875 we actually ended up spending a little bit more and then we do have some controls work that we're going
047to have to finish up when we do the final high school project that we're including right now in this number which is what it's cost to go over 50 but we are still in the black and everything else. So even though we wouldn't we didn't like the fact that we went over here we knew that we were going to come under especially because I think we were doing Adams at the same time so we knew we had a little bit of savings Adams to compensate for that to be >> Thank you. Anyone else? >> All right. Thank you. And I'm going to turn over to Kyrie who's going to show you what their is coming up. >> Thanks, Kelly. >> Thank you. >> Well, good evening everyone. >> Good evening. So, here we are at
048the last school of this bond. So, it's been a nice run that we've had with all of these schools. So, I wanted to give you just an overview of the design concept, how we went from the nest to now we're going to new heights. New heights being the high school, the nest starting out with the elementary schools. So, just giving an overview so that you could see the um color palettes and the materials that we had at the elementary schools for the nest. Also looking at the different palette that we had for Fiser. Looking at what we grew into as they're getting a little older. So, you're going from the nest to the mountains. Looking at the different um colors that we're introducing. And now here we are at the high school. So now we
049are at the heights. So we're looking at um different carpet. As you can remember, we had this carpet that was a typical carpet that we had for the schools. Now with the high school, they're getting their own identity. They're getting enhanced carpeting. They're getting a different color palette, but it's still growing on that theme of the eagle soaring, going to the mountains, and bringing in the colors of nature. So that is just giving you an overview of some of the design decisions. So now looking at the furniture installation. So this past summer, summer 25 that just ended. All of the coded spaces, those are the spaces that receive furniture. So those spaces got furniture this summer and then the remaining spaces will be getting furniture in summer of 26. So, that's just showing you uh
050the areas that were affected and then the ones that are coming up. Looking at our toilet room remodeling and that's a big priority that the school had. They wanted to make sure that the students felt seen, felt appreciated, that when they used the facilities in the building that it was a space that they could be proud of. So this was a very high priority that um the principal and assistant principles had for the school. So you will see in here it's showing the key of how the toilet room scope is going to go. So you can see where there is full u renovation as the base bid and that is being where they're getting new toilet partitions. They would get new um faucets on the sinks, new flush valves on the toilets and the urinals.
051and um of course painting in those spaces, new toilet accessories as well. And then you can see how we have one toilet room for the girls that's near the auditorium. They're also getting ceiling work and that's because there was some paint that was on the grid and again wanted to make sure these spaces look good for the students. So, we're replacing that. And then you can see how we have some of the uh toilet rooms that are coded for getting flooring. And that's where um previous renovation work that was done in these toilet rooms where maybe um toilet partitions were moved and you would see like a strip of a different kind of a flooring and that was part of the upgrade that they wanted to make sure that it was a cohesive look. So
052we have that to be done and that's also being bid as an alternate so that we could be conscious of the cost for this. it is a high priority that the administration wants but then also keeping in mind that cost may make it where that work can't be done at this time but we wanted to get that in the package. So those are the um different areas of scope that you could see for the toilets. Now going to the classrooms and of course the classrooms are very important for the student learning spaces. So, um, if you remember in a previous, um, bid package is when the teaching wall was done. And by the teaching wall, I'm talking like an accent color. So, you would see an accent color on the wall. You would see, uh,
053the marker boards that were already installed. So, now we're finishing up the classrooms. We're going in and we are replacing the horizontal units, like Kelly had mentioned, the mechanical units. We're going to vertical units. Because of that, we had a horizontal footprint that's now going to a vertical. So, there would be a part of the flooring that would not match because of that. Again, looking at the aesthetics that they want for the students, a space they could be proud of. So, what we came up with is along that exterior wall, you'll see the shaded area. That's where we're going to replace the flooring and make it look intentional, an accent color so that the flooring doesn't have a a patchwork kind of a look. So, that's what we would be doing. That's just showing you
054an example of four classrooms, but that's typical for all of the classrooms where we would be going from a horizontal unit to a vertical mechanical unit and then upgrading the flooring for um the students. We would be painting the remaining walls. Like I mentioned, the teaching wall had already been done. So, we'll be painting the remaining walls in there. Um, there would be ceiling work as needed. When the like an example right here, you see the vertical unit how it goes all the way up to the ceiling. So, when we do that in these classrooms, we need to rework the ceiling a little bit for that. So, that's part of the scope that's going to be done in our coral classroom. Um, it was really important that they upgrade the casework so that they had
055upgraded casework for their robe storage, for their sheet music storage, for general storage that they have in that space. And this is another one where we wanted to add that as an alternate so they could look at the pricing when the bids come in to see if that's something that they could do. And I'm showing the two horizontal units in this particular class. They have existing horizontal units and the new units would also be horizontal. So they will be new units but they will be horizontal like the ones that are there currently. And then showing the shaded areas of the uh casework alternate. Now looking at the 800 hall classrooms, a lot of those classrooms currently have vertical units. They are newer units but they're still older units. So that is being looked at as
056an alternate for cost savings but saying that they are near the end of the life and it's time to replace those. So that's why you see that um scope for the 800 classrooms. Now looking at the flooring, we talked about the flooring in the classroom. So this isn't touching on that. This is looking at all of the other flooring replacement and the green that you see for the resilient and that's putting back in the VCT corridors. Just about all of the corridors are getting replaced. There were some where um the principal and assistant principal said, "Well, these floors are good. We could save money in this area." And that would be by the auditorium area, also the gym and the pool area. There's some um BCT that they said we can keep that. It looks
057good. And you'll see the other areas where that's going to be replaced. You'll also see the highlighted areas like I had mentioned before about the flooring alternate. So that's identified. So you could see being in the um choir classroom. That's a flooring alternate. And then the toilet rooms that we talked about. Uh the media center would be getting the carpet tiles. And we have some walk off carpet that's going to happen at three of the doorways. And that's the more durable carpet that we've been installing throughout the district. Any questions? I know that was a lot of information for Thirsten, but any questions? And I have the um carpet that we're going to be using at the high school if you all would like to see how it differs from what's here. Would you all
058like to see that? Okay, let me get that for you. And again, the concept of that is to have a a new sophisticated look. And I'm going to put it on the floor so that you can see the difference in how their carpet would be versus the carpet that we already have down there. But you see how it all matches. It's still kind of in the same line. The teal that we have in this carpet is picking up on the existing furniture that they have in the media center. a savings that we have there is trying to use a lot of that existing furniture and it's in that teal line and that's why we picked a carpet that goes along with that. So that's the new um carpet pattern that we have. Any other questions?
059>> Right. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks Kyra. Thank you. Next item on the agenda is considered Thirstston High School nights and dreams project. >> Thank you, Madam President. At the board meeting on September 22nd, 2025, the board discussed the Thirstston High School lights and drapes projects. Bids were solicited and received for the work. The companies that are recommended for the work required are Advanced Lighting and Sound for $328,000 and Tobin's Lake Sales LLC for $120,330. A 10% contingency, total expenses not to exceed $493,163 is requested to cover any unforeseen costs associated with the project. This bid would be funded by the 2021 bond. And Madame President, there is a resolution attached for board. >> Do I have a board member willing to adopt the resolution >> to the chair? >> Yes. >> Like
060to move the adoption of the following resolution, please. >> Do I have a support? >> Support. >> It's been moved by Mrs. Flesher and supported by Amanda Flesher. All in favor? >> Any nays? Zero nays. Five eyes. Resolution adopted. Next item on the agenda is comments from the audience. Are there any? >> No. comments. Next item on the agenda is plus delta for approvement. Mr. >> Thank you, Madam President. What processes supported the board's work this evening? >> To the chair. >> Yes. >> I appreciated all of the presentations. I thought the Adams presentation was really good and I thought the bond update was really helpful and seeing as I just asked for it recently like that, you were on top of it. So, thank you. Any others? >> I just like to piggy back
061with Amanda's uh I thought that the presentations was very good. Uh especially Adams uh that that really made me feel good because it shows progress and I enjoy that. I like that. And um Kelly did a great job. Thank you, Kelly. And so did our TMP. >> Okay. >> Are there opportunities for for improvement uh to support the board and its work that the board would like to lift this evening? to me like there's no deltas. How about that? >> Back to you, Madam President. >> If there's nothing further that become that comes before this board, I adjourn the meeting at >> 7:23 >> 7 what? >> 7:23