001I call this morning the Southford Board of Education together at 6:31. Stand for the pledge of allegiance. I 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. Next item on the agenda is the roll call of Ms. Early. Would you please call a roll please? Amener present. Pleasure present. President. Next item on the agenda is the approval of agenda. Are there any corrections to the agenda? There are none. The agenda will be as written. Next item on the agenda is superintendent communication. Mr. Bar. Thank you, Madam President. I have several communications to share with the board of education this evening. Uh congratulations are in order as uh last week Thursday, the Michigan Association of School
002Boards hosted its annual awards ceremony in which Wayne County did quite well in terms of the achievements that were acknowledged uh during last Thursday's Michigan Association of School Boards meeting inclusive of congratulations being in order to our entire board of education for earning the honor board status which means all of our board members have achieved a unique status of passing and taking all of their level one coursework set forth by the Michigan Association of School Boards. And so in recognition of the board's recent milestone achievement, you have some new uh swag to sport uh on your most recent accomplishment that uh is inclusive of the Michigan Association of School Boards logo. So I don't know if there would be a board member that would be kind enough to hold it up for the audience members
003this evening. Uh they're located on your seatbacks there. And then it also has the district's name as well as uh having achieved honor board status. So uh support those well and uh thank you for mo uh modeling learning uh for the entire community. And speaking of which, we also have another Michigan Association of School Board uh president's award recipients, which will be our very own president uh Shirley Talver, who will be recognized by the Michigan Michigan Association of School Boards Executive Director, Mr. Don Watroba, on uh August 27th at 3 p.m. here in South Redford. Uh more details will be released as the date grows uh closer. And having achieved this prestigious award, um our very own President Talib will now be the third board member to achieve um this notorious status. Uh again, modeling
004learning for our board of education, but also for the community. um she'll be joining our treasurer Jer Flesher as well as uh Lori Hicks trustee um who also have achieved this status as well and so uh congratulations are in order to President Toiver. So congratulations on achieving that status with Michigan Association of School Boards. Additionally, last week uh we had a very busy week. We hosted the town hall over in the Dr. Weber Auditorium and uh we hosted a town hall that featured our congresswoman Rashida Talib um who uh was there also with our state senator and Thirstston High School alumni, Miss Mary Kavanagh uh as well as two other area representatives. Uh the event was well attended in the Dr. Weber auditorium and thanks to our student technicians in the audio sound booth. Uh
005we had quality sound throughout the town hall and our students also got a lesson in government live and action in the Dr. Weber auditorium which was pretty neat and uh so it was great to be able to host that event. And then lastly, we had six different students from our automotive career technical education program that uh earned 11 different certifications. And congratulations are in order to the six following Thirstston High School career technical education students in the area of automotive. Hezekiah Cotton, Demar Grimes, Gavin Beckford, Brilen Hendry, Antonio Moore, and Caleb Hicks. So congratulations are in order to all six of our automotive uh career technical education students that earned those 11 different certifications and uh representing our automotive program. Well, and that concludes my communication this evening, Madam President. That's fantastic. Yes, it is.
006Wow. Next item on the agenda is board communications. I to the chair. Yes. Yeah. I just wanted to give an update. Um at our last board meeting I reported out that we were extending the scholarship for two weeks. Um it was extended and that time came and passed again at the very last [Music] sorry that's what I was getting ready to do. Jason I'm sorry. and um no um people turned in applications till the very last minute as it was closing out as Chris was leaving for the day was one application and being that there was only one application turned in at the very last minute um we talked Chris and I will be meeting with Jason and his daughter has some suggestions of updating our processes and the scholarships so I can bring back
007information to the operation manual and stuff but we're going to carry the money over until next year. Okay. And it's not the only one that I've been made made aware of that didn't have any response. Um, Eagles Helping Hands had sent out for four scholarships and stuff and they got no response either when theirs closed out. So, I don't know if they extended theirs or not, but um, for some reason there's a a breakdown and the kids aren't responding. So, I will be working on that over the summer and bringing back some ideas for discussion with the board. So you did reach out to me helping hands [Music] and I have uh I was trying to wait for I have. But we we can do it. I'll just give it This is honor board award
008certificate of achievement. MAS MASB Michigan Association of School Boards offers this honor board award to boards of education that all board members have received their certified board member award. CBA level goes to South Rford School District in 2024. And Jason, I would like you to hang this up. Now, we we got to give a big applause to the board. It's going to be hung in the boardroom. Congratulations. All right. I'm going to pass it around and we'll make sure that nobody drops it. Okay. Okay. Very good. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Next item on the agenda is comments from the audience. Topics related to the agenda. Are there any? There are none. Next item on the agenda is the consent agenda. Do I have a board member willing to adopt a consent agenda to the
009trier? Yes. Like to move the adoption of the following resolution, please. Do I have a support? It's been moved by Mrs. Flesher, supported by Mrs. Early. All in favor? [Music] I five. Any nays? Zero nays. Adoption carried. Next item. Next item on the agenda is the S R E A S R O P A S reports. Do I see Sue over there? Oh, you Oh, okay. Hello. I always get nervous when I do this, so just everybody's aware I'm nervous. Um, communications from Jefferson from myself are almost everybody at Jefferson is hard at work packing up the building for the construction that will be taking place this summer. One person is slacking and has not packed a single box yet, and that is me. Um, I am nervous about how the school year is going
010to the end of the school year is going to go because clerical's last day isn't the same as students or teachers. So, we are going to be displaced for the last seven days of our year. So, we have to be out on the last day of school and we have seven more days to work. So, I will not be able to work in my office and nor will Alyssa O'Reilly the media tech. And that's across all elementary schools except for Adams because they're already done. Um, Betsy Leapac from Vandenberg says that I've been working on library inventory and packing as well as getting tech ready for recycling. The date is to be decided and I've been providing support to our principal and teachers for MSTEP testing. Student services Sue Hunter mother um says, "As the
011year winds down, the office gets busier. I'm collecting my access materials as buildings finish testing and we'll be mailing those boxes out in May. I'm entering end of the year IEPs and continuing to help families with enrollment for evaluations. We've been very busy with evaluations for three to 5 year olds for the last couple of months and it continues. We will start working on packing our office for our move to Fiser pretty soon and say goodbye to our Pierce office which we will miss. It has been a great space. Also, there will be big changes for our department next year with the addition of an ASD classroom at Thirstston as well as all ASD elementary programs and the early childhood special education program moving to Fiser. The Vandenberg Cross categorical classroom will also be moving
012to Jefferson. The upper Oh, you don't know about that? I totally know about that. Sorry. Part of the cross that was supposed to be Many staff members will be moving from buildings that they have been at for several years. So, this will be a big change for many. Fingers crossed for a smooth transition for all of us moving into the new building in September. From Thirstston, Liz Muzin says, "Spring testing went very well and they have wrapped up all of the makeups. All of our staff and students are busy preparing for end of the year celebrations for members of the class of 2025. Spring sports are in full swing and our teams are doing well. Progress reports will be viewable to parents on May 1st. Other things happening at Thirstston in May are the spring
013musical once on this island, AP testing, spring choir and band concerts, senior honors dinner and prom, which are both taking place at Western golf course, and the senior awards night. And graduation is scheduled for June 4th at USA Hockey Arena. And then there is this is not in part with that last one. This is just um a general concern for Chromebook repairs. It says there appears to be some confusion or miscommunication about who is responsible for Chromebook repairs for the buildings, RHA staff or the media texts. There has been some back and forth about this over the past several years and that continues. This is being explored further to make sure both the district and Rhysa are on the same page so we can make this process more efficient. The media texts at the middle
014and high school are struggling with this due to the number of students they have. That is all I have for you. Well, thank you so much. Thank you. I'm going to go pack my office. Next item on the agenda is updates to boards. Uh, who has to do that to the chair? I would suggest we table it to the next time since our Okay, good. chairperson is not here. I'm so glad. I'm so glad we said that. All in favor of table. I Okay, next item on the agenda is discuss food services contract extension. Mr. B. Thank you, Madam President. On May 22nd, 2023, the board of education approved the food services contract between South Redford and Chartwell's school dining services. In order for the current contract to remain in effect, it is required by
015the Michigan Department of Education that the board formally approve an extension to the original contract. Each 5-year period, the Michigan Department of Education requires local districts to advertise for bids. Since we advertise for bids in 2023, it is not necessary to advertise for bids this year. Chartwells has provided food service management to the expectations as outlined in the contract. The contract approved by the board of education was for one year with up to four one-year renewals. Based upon Chartwell's overall performance during this school year, it is my recommendation that the contract be extended to include the 2526 school year. The food service management contract with Chartwells has been approved by the Michigan Department of Education. Sorry. It's just to discuss this evening, Madam President. Oh, okay. Next item on the agenda is consider Pierce Middle
016School science curriculum. Thank you, Madam President. At the board meeting on April 14th, 2025, the board heard a proposal for a new science curriculum at Pierce Middle School, the METAR program. This program provides more hands-on opportunities that are engaging to increase and maintain science interests, rigorous resources that support the full band of the NGSS middle school and state standards, as well as increased development of data literacy, applied mathematics, and science learning connected to our community and state. The annual program licensing is approximately $1,600 for the entire Pierce Middle School science department program. A resolution is attached for more consideration. Member willing to adopt the resolution. Yes. Do I have a support? Support. It's been moved by Mrs. Early and supported by Mrs. Fresher. All in favor? I. Any nays? Zero nays. Six eyes and seven
017nays. Zero nazs. Resolution adopted. Next item on the agenda is comments from the audience. Topics not related to the agenda. There are none. Okay. Um before we go into close session, can I just um give AJ his um does the board have a problem with that? Thank you. question. We received the honor board because all seven of us had a level one and the level one pin says CBA certification. And Mr. Johnson, I would like you to have your pen. I'm taking it off. I'm not going to spin it on you. And I would like you to have your certificate. And the certificate says certified board member award presented to Mr. Anthony Jackson. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Wow. Um we have been the board has next item on the
018agenda is a close session for the purpose of strategy and negotiation systems connected with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement. Those of you that have not been asked to remain, sorry. We would love for you to uh sit outside. I know you don't have to do that. Thank you guys. Thank you guys.