001[Music] 6:30. I call this meeting of the South Board of Education together at 6:30. We stand for the pledge of 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, the roll call. You call the roll. >> Yes. >> Anthony Johnson, >> present. >> Amanda Fleser, >> present. >> Sher Flesher, >> present. >> Daniel Winston, present. Lisha Early, >> present. >> Shirley Talib, >> present. >> Lori Hicks is absent. >> Next item on the agenda is the approval of agenda. Um, there are correction of the agenda. Item 16 will be removed from the agenda. Next item on the agenda is the superintendent communications. Mr. Bob. >> Thank you, Madam President. I
002have no communications for the board this evening. >> Wow. >> How about that? >> Next item on the agenda is board communications. Are there any? >> To the chair. >> Yes. I've got uh four save the dates for you guys. >> Okay. >> Um July 19th, the South Redford Foundation in partnership with Leisure Leisure Services is having an ice cream social in Claude Allison from 1 to 3. Is that free? >> Yes. >> Or is that >> I believe it is. >> Okay. I couldn't remember. So that is on Saturday. >> Fly Alison. And then uh National Night Out is on August 16th from 12:00 to 3:00. It's a Saturday. Usually the South Redford School District has a table. Um and that's at the community center. And then >> what time is that? >> Uh
00312 to 3. >> Okay. >> So that's on Saturday, August 16. I know it's called National Night Out, but they changed it to the afternoon. And then MASB has a legal workshop coming up on August 7th. It's virtual 8:30 to 12 for anybody that wants that legal credit from MASB. And then lastly, the tickets went on sale for um movie in the cemetery. That's on August 4th. That's a fundraiser for the Redford Cemetery. Even though part of it's in Detroit, it's all managed by volunteers of the cemetery association. So they have to cover everything and restore everything. So, that's a fundraiser for that. And the movies they're showing this year are Casper for the kids and then Texas Chainsaw for the adults. And those tickets went on sale online. I believe they start at like
004$18. >> October 4th, not August. >> They start Yeah, the tickets went on sale, but it's not until a October 4th. If I said August, I misspoke. October 4th. All right. Any other? Um, I have one. Um, since we have a light agenda for August the 11th, what does the board think about doing the mission and vision statement on that day, since it is a scheduled board meeting, we don't have to have a special meeting. So, when we get to that um on August, and discuss it. >> Next item on the agenda is comments from the audience. >> Fair enough. >> Okay. Next item on the agenda is the consent agenda. Do I have a board member willing to adopt the consent agenda? >> To the chair? >> Yes. like to move the adoption of
005the following resolution. Please support. It's been moved by Mrs. Flesher and supported by Mrs. Early. All in favor? >> Any nays? Zero nays. Six eyes. Resolution adopted. Next item on the agenda is establish calendar meeting. Here attached is a proposed schedule of regular board meetings for the 2025 2026 school year. The schedule follows the established practice of regular meetings on the second and fourth Monday of each month. The following variations are to be noted. As has been the practice, there is no meeting scheduled for the fourth Monday in December. Special board meetings and workshops will be determined. Evaluation of the superintendent to be determined and board self evaluation will also be determined. The board is asked to approve a motion to establish the 2025 calendar of regular meetings as presented. [Music] Everybody had a chance
006to look at that. Yes. No. Okay. So, what about August the 11th? Um, what's the pleasure of the board to do the mission and vision statement for August the 11th? >> You said it's light on that day. >> Yes. >> Then we won't have to have a special we won't have to call a special meeting. I'm fine with you have it on that day. >> I'm good. What's the board? >> All in favor? >> I >> Yes. No. >> Uh you know where I stand on that? >> Yeah, I do. Okay. is five eyes and zero nos. >> One no. So >> 11 division. >> Yes. That's stand a regular meeting. It's going to be a regular meeting when we do that. Not a special meeting, >> right? >> Yes. >> Do I have a
007board member? I move the adoption of five minutes. >> There's support. >> Support that Mr. Jackson. >> I did. I didn't want something. I'm like, >> not at all. >> You're right. >> Really? >> It's been moved by Mrs. Early and supported by Mr. Winston. All in favor? >> I. >> Any naysay? Six eyes, zero nays. Okay. >> Chair. >> Yes. >> Quick question. I just noticed that in January we have name auditing firm but we're doing that today. So is that a does that just need to be erased on there? >> Can I speak to that? >> Yes. >> Okay. So the idea after the previous January meeting is that we were going to be shifting this but we had kind of a gap this year. So it's why we're doing it today and
008then we're going to bring it back before the board in January, the next organizational meeting to have it live there from now on. >> Oh, okay. Okay. Thank you. Next item on the agenda is named depository banks. The attached resolution names the deposit disository banks for the south reference school district for the 2025 2026 school year. The dispository banks for district funds, our comm Detroit, JP Morgan Space, the Bank of New York, Fifth and Third Bank, Michigan Liquid Asset Fund Plus, and Flagstar Bank. Signature cards and bank resolutions must be signed by the 2025 2026 officers of the board for our accounts with the banks if there is a change to the signers for the district. Do I have a resolution? Do I have a board member willing to adopt the resolution >> to the
009chair? >> Yes. >> Like to make the adoption on the following resolution, please. >> It's been moved by Mrs. Flesher. Do I have any support? >> Support. >> It's been support by Mr. Whipston. All in favor? >> I. >> Any nays? Zero nazs. Six eyes. Resolution adopted. Next item on the agenda, name district legal crimes. The board will name the firms Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stone PLC and True Law Firm PC as the legal firm to be used by the South Refford School District for the 2025 2026 school year. Do I have a board member willing to adopt the resolution? >> Mr. Chair, >> yes. >> I move the adoption of the resolution. >> It's been moved by Mr. Winston. Do I have a support >> support? Yes. It was moved by Mr. Winston, supported
010by Mrs. Early. All in favor? >> Any naysay? Zero Naz's resolution adopted. Next item on the agenda, name newspaper of the court. The board will name the Detroit News and the Free Press as the newspapers that will carry the Southford legal news for the 2025 school year. Do I have a board member willing to adopt the resolution? >> Move the adoption and follow resolution. It's been moved by Mrs. Early. Do I have any support? Support. It's been support by Mrs. Flesher. All in favor? >> I. >> Any nays? Zero nays, six eyes. Resolution adopted. Next item on the agenda, name auditing firm. The attached resolution names the firm Reman as an auditing firm to be used by the South Rford School District for the 2025 2026 school. Do I have a board member willing to
011adopt the resolution to the chair? >> Yes. >> Like to move the adoption of the belling resolution, please. >> It's been moved by Mrs. Flesher. Do I have a support? >> It's been support by Mr. Winston. All in favor? I >> six eyes, zero nazs or any nazs. Resolution adopted. Next item on the agenda, board school liaison assignments for the 2025 2026 school week. Um, I I want to say that um we would like to take turns terms doing this and um I noticed that Amanda had not done Vandenberg. So Amanda, I assign you to Vandenberg. Mrs. Early, I assign you to Fiser. Mr. Winston Thirsten, Mrs. Mrs. Cheryl Flesher, Jefferson, Mr. Adams, I mean Mr. Johnson Adams, uh Lori will be flex again, and uh myself, Mrs. Talib, I will take those uh Pierce.
012All in favor? >> Thank you. >> What? >> Did you want to say something? >> Oh, okay. Okay. Next item on the agenda is comments from the audience. plus delta 4. >> What processes supported the board's work this evening? [Music] >> Are there any? >> Well, how about that? Does the board see any opportunities for improvement surrounding its processes for tonight's board meeting >> to the chair? >> Yes. >> It's it's my usual delta. I I don't understand why we continue to do the plus delta when we don't take the information we collect. I know Jason is cabinet does when it pertains to them, but we as a board do not take any of our deltas and try to come up with solutions to better ourselves. So to me it continues to remain a delta.
013Okay. >> Back to you madam president. to the chair. >> Yes. >> Uh quick question. Probably Jason might know this. What day do you You guys usually do that um celebration up at Thirstston for back to school. It's in August, right? >> It is. I can find out. >> Okay. I haven't seen anything about >> the black party. >> Yes. Yes. The one that sometimes we help out. We had >> September. It probably is. It's always a Thursday. The first or second Thursday. >> Okay. >> I was just curious about that. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Well, um, >> no, I'm not done yet. If you're concerned about the deltas, the ones that you're really concerned about, give me a list and we'll work on it. Okay. >> I've given you a list before, Madam President.
014>> I didn't I didn't I don't want to hear. >> So, if I have to come up with another one, I'll come up with another one. >> Thank you so much. And we'll work on that. Okay. 648. >> If there's nothing further that comes before this board, I adjourn the meeting at 6 >> 48 >> 8.