001You want to move Good evening everyone. >> Good evening. >> This is a meeting of the Southfield Board of Education in public for the purpose of conducting the school district's business and is not to be considered a community meeting. There is one opportunity for public participation during the meeting and comments are limited to three minutes per individual. The board will listen to comments but may not respond during the meeting. If you wish to address the board, please submit a comment card immediately. Roll call. Telicia Bell, board president. >> Good evening. Yet Deval, secretary. >> Good evening, Nicole Densen, treasurer. >> Ammani Johnson, trustee. >> Julian Holloway, trustee. Jana Anderson, trustee. >> JD Naji, student representative. >> Good evening, Paris Whitman, student representative. Good evening. Jennifer Green, superintendent. Taking minutes this evening is Miss Carolyn Foster.
002Technical support is being provided by M1 Studios and several members of the Executive District Network team are joining us in the audience as well. >> For the record, Vice President Lesie has been an excused absence. At this time, let's please stand for the pledge of allegiance. United States. >> We will now have our board matters. I think we're going to start with Evette where Deval. >> Um, good evening everyone. Good evening everyone. Um, you know, these times that we are in are a lot for our community members. And what I mean by that is, you know, there's a lot of financial stress. It is a lot to work with our our our children. Um, and we think about our situation that we're in with our nation. It is important that we always give each other
003grace and we realize that wherever that person is struggling, we could be there or have been there. So, I ask if any of the moms or dads need assistance, please reach out to Southfield Public Schools, to our administration in order to receive the assistance that you need. You are not out there alone. Um, and we all are here to help you. Thank you, President. >> All right. At this time, we're going to have Trustee Jillian Holloway do our bond committee report. I am on the um construction advisory committee and I just have a couple of notes to let you all guys know that we will be having a virtual meeting vendor outreach that would be February the 12th. from 10 to 11. It's going to be virtual. We're also going to have, let me find
004it, please. We're going to have a vendors affair, which is February 12th, 10, but it's going to be at ENT auditorium for all the contractors that wish to um apply for um contracts. Okay. There will be a flyer submitted by the communication director. I hope. Okay. There will be a move management with the university. Elementary kids will be going to Vanderber Vanderberg. Middle school will be going to Eisenhower. High schoolers will be going to Southfield Regional. There will also be a traffic safety flow survey to ensure better traffic for the university when it reopens. So we have a lot of movement going on in preparation for the new school. >> Thank you Trustee. Thank you. I think we have another report. >> Good evening everyone. >> Good evening. >> I am excited to report on
005the progress and planning underway in the Southwood Public School Sustainability Committee. Our most recent meeting took place Wednesday. I don't know if it was a Wednesday. It was January 30th at the Southfield Regional Academic Campus. No, it was virtual, sorry. And we continue to build momentum across multiple sustainability priorities. Uh we're proud to share the Southfield's electric school bus program remains on schedule. The charging infrastructure, including the tunneling and transformer pad are complete, and we expect delivery of our first buses by mid-March. A two to three week testing period will follow before full deployment. Notably, both the fire and police departments have already received safety briefings and walkthroughs of the new equipment, putting us in a great position when it comes to emergency preparedness and interdep departmental um coordination. At Kennedy Learning Center, the recycling
006program has been fully launched and is already a success story. The school now has six designated bins and a grade specific student responsibility model in place. Students are actively participating in sorting and collection sorting and collection efforts, and the school has become a model for what recycling can look like districtwide. The operations team is planning to include budget line items in next year's budget to expand this program to additional campuses while still pursuing grant funding to cover the costs. We are actively exploring solar energy implementation through multiple channels. The committee reviewed a power purchase agreement model which would allow the district to install solar panels without upfront costs, maintenance obligations or financial risk. We're coordinating with our grant writer to apply for EPA funding that could help support solar installations, EV charging stations, and expanded
007recycling costs. We're exploring both rooftop and grounded and ground mounted solar, and we'll continue identifying creative fis fiscally responsible solutions for our infrastructure needs. We reaffirmed our commitment to drafting a comprehensive climate resilience and sustainability policy which we plan to bring forward during a study session this spring. Our vision is to lead by example not only by upgrading outdated infrastructure by embedding sustainability into the daily learning experience of every student in this district. One of its core goals is to generate long-term savings for the school district through reduced utility costs while also committing to sustainably reducing and ultimately eliminating our carbon footprint over time. And um the committee discussed the need to elevate awareness of our sustainability work. So we suggested a dedicated sustainability page on the district's website or more frequent updates via newsletters,
008social media, and other communication channels currently in use by the district. We want our families to and staff to know that Southfield is making bold future forward investments in the well-being of our students and our planet. Thank you to the committee members and district staff for helping us drive this forward and I look forward to sharing more updates in the weeks ahead. >> Great job. Thank you trustees. Are there any additional board matters? I just wanted to I'm not sure this was said but our secretary where Deval and Jillian Holloway is the alternate for the OCSBA government relations committee. So I wanted to make sure that that was known that we do have a representative two representatives on our board one representative and one alternate. At this time, if there's nothing else, we're going to
009have our report of the student board representatives, starting with Miss Paris Whitman. >> Good evening. >> I'm Paris, one of your student board representatives, and I'll be reporting for Southwood ENT today. February is a meaningful and exciting month for our school community. As we celebrate Black History Month, we take time to recognize the achievements, culture, and impact of black leaders, innovators, and change makers, past and present. Throughout the month, our school is honoring this history through spirit week, student activities, and learning opportunities. We also have many more exciting events and initiatives planned, making February a great time to stay involved and show warrior pride for February. Here are the past and current highlights for Southwood High School for the Arts and Technology. I'll first report on our sports highlights. Our competitive cheer team had an
010amazing week. They placed first at the league competition, second overall in league. We also want to congratulate coach Stansancy Napoleon who was named coach of the year. The team will complete compete at districts on Saturday, February 21st at Rochester Adams. And we encourage everyone to come out and support the team. Our wrestling team, which was brought back last year, has had an incredible season. In just their second year, they became league champions. Three athletes placed first in one place third. Shout outs go to Keith McKenzie for placing third, Aiden Saunders, Jeffrey Nicholson for taking first, and Kenneth Brooks who led the program in placements for the second year in a row and also placed first. We also want to recognize the three young women on the wrestling team who have been making strong contributions. The
011team will compete at districts on February 11th at Brother Ice. Our bowling team has been having a great season. They currently hold a 7-0 lead record and are 8 to4 overall. Caitlyn Henderson bowled a 299. Aiden Mason has the highest average and series in the league and Jay Taylor has the second highest average. We are excited to see how they finish the season and head into districts. Our boys basketball team is on a winning streak. One of their biggest wins came against Harper Woods after being down by 12 points. A three-pointer by Maris Winston and strong late defense by Donovan Morris helped secure the win. Our girls basketball team had a similar comeback win against Troy. Erica Sheridan made all three free throws after being fouled on a three-pointer. Desire Battle controlled the ball in
012the final seconds. And Keon Barber led with 22 points and eight rebounds. Our swim team continues to work hard and is preparing to finish the season strong on February 25th. Our marching warriors competed at MSBOA regionals on Saturday. They were also invited to perform at Little Seniors at Little Caesars Arena for the Detroit Pistons HBCU, which part of ticket sales were donated to the band. I'll begin with the leadership and activities highlights. Student council attended regionals on January 25th. Members rep presented their work and learned from other schools. They placed fifth overall in showcase. And a special congratulations goes to Anika Ballard who placed second in the student voice competition. This week spirit week c we're celebrating Black History Month and Valentine's Day. Monday was best dressed. Tuesday was dressed as a historical figure or
013African-American artist. HB.CU gear is on Wednesday. Thursday is African-American pride and Friday is pink and red day. BPA week is this week and includes daily activities. The week will also end with the BPA week party on Thursday. The culinary program held a Valentine's Day bake sale on February 5th and 6th selling pies, brownies, and cookies. The Warrior Den student council and TV production are working together to sell Valentine's Day baskets, single grams, and photo packages through February 11th. They will deliver the p the baskets, songs, and photo packages on February 12th and 13th. NHS is hosting a Little Caesars pizza kit fundraiser throughout February. Order on their Instagram page using the QR code to support them. On February 27th, NHS will be hosting a student versus staff volleyball game during sixth hour. This brings back
014the tradition that has not yet been since before co signups are happening during A&B lunch. Let me now tell you about the academic highlights. The JNF advisers continue visiting the CTE business finance class every two weeks. They also started Mackers, the minoring accounting career research society. The group partners with finance advisory program and meets during a lunch. Students involved include 11th grade Michaela Miller and Jasmine Lackley. Students participating in the C2 pipeline program, a Wayne State College and career readiness program for high school scholars will be visiting the Wayne State Detroit campus for their STEM lab experience. This is an opportunity they take twice a month, twice a semester during the visit. Students will learn how to use 3D printers and gain hands-on experience while being introduced to STEM technology. Additionally, all category winners from
015our science fair will have their projects displayed at the district science fair on February 11th. The fair will take place at University High School, giving students the chance to showcase their work and represent our school at the district level. Now for the highlights about security and safety. Tomorrow, February 11th, is count day and it is very important that all students are in attendance. Count day affects school funding and resources. So every student is wanted to make a important difference by showing up. We also have mid-winter break February 16th to 21st giving students time to rest and reset. This month has been very busy from strong athletic performances and student leadership and academic opportunities. There's a lot to be proud of as a warrior, so we'll see you next month with more activities. Thank you. >>
016Great job. Trustees, do you have any questions for Miss Paris? They are busy, busy, busy, busy. Thank you so much. Now, we're going to have a representation with Cheetah. 5 4 3 2 1 go into the new card mark. I know that the last one has been a lot and hopefully those Rukakas only put a smile on everyone's face. I see. Well, I want to talk about something that never fails to put a smile on my face. the you every single day I have come to this school I have been met with consistent support from every single person my school is extending the opportunity for people to have the same experience I had the this the application continues to be open until this Friday please see the school website as you probably know the youth
017science fair was pushed back to February 4th we'll have an update about that next time it will be an exciting experience filled with a b of new sciences I have a sneaky suspicion some of your students are finding a new love of STEM the districtwide science fair will be held tomorrow at DU. Speaking of STEM, the girl the girls growing stronger STEM mentoring program for fourth and fifth grade students concluded a six week after school program which focus on self-esteem, self-love, positivity, positive identity, confidence, leadership skills, problem solving, and visions for the future. That's a lot of positivity. This initiative was a parentled program that encompassed 25 plus scholars who benefited from her from their commitment to becoming a community partner with university K25. We have also once again been ranked an AP platinum school.
018The US the U is an AP capsson school with AP capstone development available. We don't just go gold, we go platinum. Yet there's more to life than just academics. There are academic games. On January 10th, university hosted academic games welcoming schools from all around the tri county area from all of university. We would like to give thanks to Miss Nelson, Dr. Wilson, and the countless parent volunteers that gave their time so university could truly shine. Speaking of the university community, we at the U would like to thank you to all that supported the PTSH sponsorship fundraiser. On January 6, we raised $400. Our middle school teams continue to make the most important person in the world, me, proud. The middle school cheerleaders placed third in the January 10th competition. Our middle school boys basketball team
019had another amazing season this year. Our fifth s fifth and sixth grade team was the only undefeated team this season and brought home yet another championship trophy to the U. More importantly me with that 29 to 17 victory over the Thompson Tigers. The seventh and eighth grade team played a hard fourth game against the Bunny Buffcats but came up short with a loss of 26 to 30. Sadly ah even with this loss they had a commendable season coming in second place of all the seventh and eighth grade teams. Great season everyone don't get too comfortable buckets we'll become charging at you next season. Since we we are already talking about U wins, I should mention I should mention that the Optimist Club has been recognized with Martin Luther King Junior Youth Service Awards. They aren't
020just optimistic, they're servants to their community. While I may have two left feet, dance is always fundamental to the part of the U. You seniors participated in dance clinic at CMU. Madison, Erin, Kylie, and Ila truly represented the you well with Kylie and Madison each earning a four-year scholarship to CMU. Yeah, I could never do that. But uh I am also excited to spotlight Ara M for demonstrating that effort truly matters when taking the Ready assessment. She approaches her work with focus and purpose, consistently using effective strategies such as showing her work, reading questions, and pacing herself. These habits are indented of not only during test time, but also in her daily classroom work. As a result of her effort and perseverance, Aurelia grant advanced two levels in reading and an additional grade level in
021math. Her progress reflects a strong work ethic and a genuine willingness to be fully engaged in the learning process. I am very proud of her achieve accomplishments and the example she sets for others. I'm also proud to spotlight Christian for his outstanding media growth in both reading and math. He showed the greatest overall improvement on the Ira assessment, earning the largest increase in scores in both subject areas. Christian's progress reflects the extra work he has put into his loan and is a great example of how a positive approach and hard work can lead to success. Congratulations on this achievement. London is an intelligent scholar that doesn't know the definition of give up. She's a leader in the classroom and an example to us absolutely everyone. This year she discovered that her gift is in presentation
022and a confident truly shows. I put money in it. She's going to be in my position soon. We as charges believe in in charging right into the future. But as you know charging into things is dangerous without a plan. A current starts with black history month continuing. Mid winter break is next week February 16 to 20. I know y'all are waiting for it. Uh, Black History Month presentation in middle school and high school be Wednesday, February 25th. And match is reading and women's history month. So, get ready to celebrate your favorite woman. >> Thank you. >> All right. Great job. >> Trustees, do you have any questions? Did you have something else you want to say? You sure? Okay. Amazing, amazing presentations. Our scholars are doing amazing things in the district and very very very
023busy um and learning lots. Um at this time I'm going to allow you guys to um leave if you would like to to study and do whatever you need to do, but thank you so much for two amazing presentations this evening. At this time, we'll have the report of the superintendent. >> Thank you, board president. And before um Miss Whitman and uh Mr. Chi depart this evening. I do want to recognize that they will both be featured on a WDIV episode next week whereby they represented Southfield on um the topic of social media and how social media impacts the lives of teens. So congratulations to both of them as well. board president. Um, from phenomenal students to phenomenal partners and phenomenal staff, Southfield Public Schools has it all. This evening, I am very pleased to
024honor that of Miss Natalie Allen, our food service manager from Bernie North. Miss Allen, video, please. Hi, my name is Jordan Groves. I'm the director of food service for Southfield public schools and in partnership with SFP. Um, this month we chose to nominate Natalie Allen, kitchen manager of Vandenberg Elementary. Natalie has been with us for a little over four years now. Um, she recently took on a kitchen manager role for the first time inside of that time frame. Um, involved with the Bernie move going on over there. The school split at two different sites. Um, since January, Natalie has been in a kitchen manager space. Um, we have received nothing but praise from her service to the students and the scholars of Southfield. Um, kids are eating. They're enjoying their school lunch every day. And
025we just want to take time out to appreciate Natalie for everything that she does. Thank you, Natalie. >> Hello again. How are you? Two days in a row. >> Hi, Superintendent. >> Good to see you again. >> You, too. >> Good to see you. Um, is that Miss Natalie over there working really hard? >> Miss Natalie. >> Hello again. >> You are our partner of the month for February. >> Thank you. >> YOU ARE THANK YOU. you were very instrumental in helping Bernie split into the two locations for the um move management and you being the kitchen manager for Bernie North >> is um really making a difference. So Jordan nominated you and we confirmed that you were the person for the position this year. >> Oh, thank you guys. We are going to celebrate
026her at the board meeting on Tuesday at 700 p.m. So, if you're not able to attend, at least watch it online because we want to make sure you know how much we value you and you have our full >> Thank you so much. I'll take Thank you. Well, while we're on the topic of food service, also please know that our scholars received a survey this week to complete regarding food service and we will have those results coming back to you trustees in a relatively short time period. So, okay. Um, next, our our other uh employee of the month is not able to be here with us this evening. Hopefully, she is watching online. This is the person that makes it all happen behind the scenes and that is Miss Katie Sacket. Play her video. Hi,
027I'm Mark Ingram, the chief financial officer for Southfield Public Schools, and I nominate Katie Sack for our employee of the month. Katie is our payroll manager, and she pays over 4,000 employees every two weeks. She does it with a smile on her face. be a thankless job at times, but Katie handles it with total of love and total professionalism. She comes in during breaks, for example, during the holiday break, she was here, make sure we got our paychecks on December 26th. Right now, she plays such a vital role in keeping people happy. So, for that reason, I nominate Katie Sacket for employee of the month. Thank you. >> Hey, Miss Katie. How are you? >> Hello. I'm good. How are you? >> Good. I know this is your crazy busy time of year. >> Uhhuh.
028>> Busy busy time of week with payroll. >> And I wouldn't interrupt you unless you were the partner, the the employee of the You kidding me? >> Yay. >> Thank you. >> This is long overdue. You work so hard to make sure that everyone is well taken care of and you are like our unsung hero. Even when little things happen, you just handle it so gracefully and we are so appreciative to you and all that. >> Thank you. >> A thank you. and we will make sure that Katie gets her items on tomorrow. As we transition um into the next topic, before we get into enrollment, recruitment, and retention, I want to lift a few things that came up relative to um some new legislation today in case you've not heard. Uh our governor did
029sign into law. the fact that cell phones will not be allowed in classrooms moving forward for the 2627 academic school year. So, I want people to start begin wrapping their minds around that. Now, there will be some um some local control over some very specific areas, but for the most part, people now recognize that having cell phones in the classrooms is indeed a distraction to the learning environment. So, that was signed into law today. So, I wanted to lift that. Some other things that have come up um recently, I've received some inquiries relative to where we are with our athletic program and our football coach. We do have two final interviews scheduled on Thursday. So I will be letting the board know the final recommendation um on Friday. So we are very close to having
030that announcement. Also there was question relative to why we change students passwords on today. We are constantly working to stay ahead of the scams that are out there that are targeting our scholars. Uh once before I lifted to the trustees that we had um someone inquiring to our scholars about obtaining their banking information and then once again this weekend we had another incident whereby a teacher's account was hacked and before we could um really get our arms around that we wanted to make sure that we once again changed our scholars pass password. So we are deeply sorry for the inconvenience that it causes but we want to stay ahead of uh keeping our scholars safe. So that is why we decided to change the passwords as soon as it was brought to our attention. So
031wanted to lift those um side notes so that everyone understood where we are regarding those uh topics. Moving on to the enrollment, recruitment and retention proposal. I've shared this before, so for those of you that have heard it, um please forgive me for the redundancy, but it's important to note that we South is not the only school district that is in um a space where scholars are going elsewhere. The state of Michigan overall has approximately 12,000 less students every year. Oakland County over the last decade has lost 35,000 students and according to the SIMCOG report, there will only be 6,000 additional school age children in Oakland County collectively over the next 25 years. That means that there are less schoolage children for all school districts to enroll and we need to do a better job
032of ensuring that we are providing excellent customer service to the scholars that we have. That being said, we are issuing a survey to our families that will be coming out on this Friday asking them about customer service at their respective schools because we value your input and we want to hear from you. Um, we do have our school of choice open now and as Chie mentioned the application window is open at the U as well as for our other programs throughout the district. If you wish to learn more about our programs, you can go on our website and or contact our pupil accounting office run by Miss Rebecca Lington. Is Rebecca here this evening? I didn't see her. Okay. But she would be more than happy to speak with you um regarding that component. Um
033lastly we will move to that of our staffing presentation. Miss Foster. >> Thank you ma'am. And I think I think Mr. Cheety has the clicker. So I'll I need you to Yep. >> If you just click for me. Okay. Move forward. Staffing update for today, February 10th. Um, Adler, we have the ASD position. Again, that is being filled by an ISSN team member. And then we have the one speech pathologist. Again, being filled by our partner organization. McIntyre, the 0.5 gym teacher. Again, this has been a consistent teacher for our scholars at McIntyre for the duration of this year. Stevenson, zero vacancies. Continue. Bernie, we have the ASD teacher being filled by a substitute teacher, one EI teacher being filled by an ISSN team member, and one kindergarten teacher currently being filled by a substitute
034teacher. Um, I do want to lift that before you go off, Bernie, um, the one additional teacher, we did just highlight one of our ASD pair of professionals at the uh, last talent together presentation. So, I would be remissed if I didn't lift her um, in this conversation as well. Moving forward, Thompson, two ASD teachers being filled by substitutes. The science teacher, which is an SPS retiree, has accepted the position and will be starting soon. Yay. The Spanish teacher, we're using the MEG's language partner platform and the community schools coordinator position. We do have a candidate identified. That position became available because the person that was filling that position moved back into a counseling position. So they assumed the counseling position at the U, thus creating the vacancy at Thompson, but we have identified a
035candidate there. Moving forward, Levy, zero vacancies. Yay. South High School for the Arts and Technology, we have one ASD teacher vacancy. And again, um I know my scholars asked last time, that's the autism spectrum disorder teaching position. University K12, zero vacancies. Yay. KC, one SXI teacher and one social worker that is being filled by a partner. And again, kudos to the KC team because that's the lowest number that we've had on um their vacancy list as well. Busy two speech pathologists, both being filled by partner organization, two ECSE teachers, which is early childhood special education, uh being filled by substitute retirees, and one EIV teacher, which is early intervention districtwide. one ISSN Medicaid billing supervisor, one teacher consultant, but we have a candidate identified and one English as a second language support staff member. The
036shortest report yet. We are getting better every month. So, thank you to Mr. Stevens and his hardworking team upstairs with the talent management department. Are there any questions for me trustees relative to the information shared this evening? President I have question through the chair. I'm just raising the questions of our scholars uh regarding information that you provided. Um the first question that our scholars wanted to know is what do you mean when you say a customer service survey? What what will the survey be looking to gather information? >> Yes. So the survey is going out to the families of all of our scholars to ask if they are satisfied with the services that they are receiving, the educational services that they are receiving at their respective school and if not what would they like to
037see different. We will also inquire as to whether or not they plan to stay with that school for the next school year and if not, why are they considering another placement? It could be that they're considering another school within our district or considering a school outside of the district. We don't know unless we ask and then once we know, we do better. >> Okay. They have one more question that they want me to let >> Absolutely. >> Um this is probably the most important question of the cell phone. What is the process for the cell phone bill? Well, as stated, the governor just signed this uh bill on today, and fortunately for both of you, you will be graduates when it goes into effect for next school year. So, you can share with the underassmen
038that they will be subject to the cell phone ban for next year in the classroom. So, we will probably start implementing some things now so that we can begin to ease our way into the full ban for next school year, but it does go into full effect um for the 2627 school year. So, you'll be freshman in college. >> What's to the board? Um about like it going into full effect, does that mean that there will be no cell phones in school or is it just like specifically during class and time? >> During instructional hours is how it's currently written. >> All right. >> Okay. Thank you. I'm sure I will have a lot of questions after tonight. This just went into effect today, so we have to tease through it and I'm sure I'll
039get a lot of opinions from legal counsel as to how to implement with full fidelity. >> Okay. >> All right. Thank you, board president. Now, we have um Dr. Kelly Wash and the report of Busussy for the Head Start director's report. Good evening everyone. Good evening board members and superintendent Green. My name is Ursula Kelly Wash and I'm happy to present the Busy report for the month of February. Okay. Because Busy is an early childhood center, people often ask, "What do the scholars do? what are they learning? But I just wanted to kind of highlight that Busy has a researchbased curriculum. It's called High Scope and High Scope promotes active learning, critical thinking. Even in our infant toddler spaces and classrooms, they pose the teachers pose questions based on um the scholars interests. It's student
040initiated and teacher facilitated. And there is also an assessment component too based on core which is our child observation record. We have a daily schedule which focuses on a routine. So students are well able to um do what our high schoolers do. They have a schedule and um I just wanted to highlight that because students are actively learning and teachers are well positioned to teach and engage scholars. So the director's report will once again include our enrollment report which is always changing our average daily attendance um our child find form um which is how we gather information to make sure that we're supporting students um in their academic and social emotional journeys um education report and um health and safety and family engagement. So our enrollment report is actually kind of updated today. Uh we
041were fortunate to enroll another um scholar in our tadpole room. So now our early head start is is um filled. We have eight um students in the baby dino room and eight students in the tadpole room. Um for Head Start there are um um 59 students and um we have um zero on our waiting list and we have five um vacancies and for our GSRP we're fortunate u we have little steps in at busy as well and fortunately because we're always um wanting to promote um you know transition and collaboration three of the scholars from Littlestep are now transitioning over to GSRP. So that's a a great progress um for us as well. And so that's an additional three students in our GSRP program. So for average um daily attendance um for the month of
042January um you know we have some illnesses and so we're kind of in the low 80s for early Head Start 83% Head Start 84%. our blends which is Head Start GSRP 83% and for GSRP 83%. So you know parents are still committed to getting their scholars there and also making wise choices when they're ill to keep them at home and take them to the doctor so that they can come back strong and ready to learn. Okay. So for our CACF program um our numbers are a little bit lower this uh month. Well, for January, and it's due to some of the um snow dates that we had due to the inclement weather, but for breakfast, we were able to feed um 875 students. For adults, 298. For our AM snack, um 165 students, and for
043our adults, um 62. For our lunch, a little over 1,18 um lunches were served to our scholars. and for adults 298 for our PM snack for students 894 and for our adults 278. And just a special thank you to Mr. Groves and M um Kim Tamrell for all that you do to support Busy. Anytime I have a question or email, they're always there to willing and to assist and to order food and I really appreciate your assistance. Okay. So, for our evaluations, like I said, we're always trying to make sure that teachers are observing, using their data, um doing behavior reports, and matter of fact, today I supported a parent with one of our child fine forms, making sure that students, if they need emotional or social support, academic support, we're catching it early. Early
044intervention is the best intervention to make sure that our students are wellprepared to do well um socially and academically. um going forward for elementary and high school. So um for our education, once again, we're still in period two. For our child observation record, we're using the KDIs to make sure that um observations are taken using anecdotal notes. The KDIs are our key developmental indicators. We have a home learning packet which really supported our students during inclement weather. there was a homeschool connection and I'm happy to say once again with our educators empowering educators every staff meeting our teaching teams are doing presentations I'm so happy to report um one teacher she felt very confident based on her presentation to actually submit a proposal for the Michigan um early childhood education association and her proposal was
045accepted and so she's going to do a um presentation I'm very proud of tease Yeah. Mhm. Just getting up there and you know using some your presentation skills um and you know having questions posed to you. So I'm very happy and proud of her. And um also with our weekly teacher staff newsletters, we always have education tips and information about active supervision and different things to empower um our um teachers as well. And so also our teachers are hard at work preparing our scholars for a black history program titled the children's museum celebrating the African-American experience. It will take place on Thursday, February 26. The teachers decided that they wanted one program this year. So it will be from 9:30 to 10:30. And we're very excited. that I've been going in and out of classrooms
046watching the students um practice and you know making sure you know we're just we're trying to make a homeschool connection too so the parents can support as well making sure that there's articulation um pre um presentation skills poise and confidence as you're going to present in front of their families in a few weeks and then also for our inind report um it's a little over 100 thou 102,900 $17322, but this number is um it's is um will be increased when we do our policy council meeting because the data is still being entered into child plus but I know during the last meeting there was a request for some inind data. So um this number is always changing. We're trying to uh Mrs. Rogers and I we had a meeting today and so she's um committed
047to making or to creating a digital platform where which will kind of facilitate parents um entering the in kind in a very quick and accessible way. So I thank everybody for their support are there any questions the chair? We recently had um and I probably have gotten it all wrong, a signing day for our young scholars. Can you talk to our community about how that went? >> Oh, it was it went very well. We actually had to gather more chairs because it was so well attended. And we had um about 50 parents um who attended um the the signing day and we had great um participation from all of our elementary schools. Um all the principles were there with their kindergarten teaching teams and and with including transportation um enrollment and um parents were able
048to go around and basically find out find out more information about um all of the wonderful opportunities and um educational opportunities that are offered here in Southfield. In addition um we the the um all the principles they make presentations. So, it was it was a great night. It was um wonderful to see it wasn't just the busy students. We had reached out to many different um local um child care centers in Southfield too. And so, we had some other um you know, external people as well. But it was well attended, well received and so it's just u you know the signing day was great. And thank you to um Dr. Freeman. She was um there to support and help. Thank you, Superintendent Green. Everything it went very well. Yes. >> Mhm. >> Okay. Thank you.
049>> Thank you, Dr. Much appreciated. >> All right. Now, we will have our public participation. Um, if you wish to address the board regarding a school related issue that has not yet been resolved by school administration, please submit a comment card immediately. Comments are limited to three minutes per individual. As a matter of fairness, speakers with complaints against individuals are asked not to mention any persons by name. Complaints concerning employees pursuant to board policy 9130 should be brought to the attention of the school principles or other administrators before coming to the board of education. Your cooperation is appreciated. Uh Miss Sharon Heath, can you please state your name and address for the record, please? Sharon Heath, 21854 Colony Park Circle in Southfield, Michigan 48076. Hello everybody. Good evening. >> My name is Sharon Heath and
050I'm from the Michigan Education Justice Coalition. I am here today just to share um a comment I guess you could say about a ballot initiative that could help this city and helps cities across the entire state invest in my kids. If you have not heard of invest in my kids, it's Michigan kids. We're trying to get more funding for our state for our public schools. Um I think we all can probably agree that we definitely can always use more funding and here's how we plan to get it. I'm going to just go ahead and read our initiative. So, it's an constitutional amendment to add beginning in 2027 an additional 5% tax on annual taxable income over $1 million for joint filers and over 500,000 for single filers. This tax is in addition to existing state
051income taxes and is to be deposited into the state school aid fund and required to be used exclusively on local school district classrooms, career and technical education, reducing class sizes, and recruiting and retaining teachers and subject funds to annual audits. So, as has been mentioned, I'm sure it will help with teacher retention. Um, we have been collecting since August. We have over 200,000 signatures. And I just want Southfield to know, my hometown, that we need volunteers and that we're here for you guys. And if you want to, you know, sign on and put your name down so it can be voted on, please do. We have had several endorsements from um, Hazel Park Board, the AFT, SEIU, and we want to thank a few of the board members here in Southfield as well that have
052endorsed. We just want everyone to endorse so that we can go ahead and come to all the events and get um more signatures so we can pass this and get more funding. Um and that's pretty much everything. >> Thank you. Thank you for allowing me to speak. >> Denny, if you can please state your name and address for the record. >> My name is Denny. right here at the podium. >> Yeah. My name is Danny Camer and I live in uh Leip Village. My address is 18564 Dolores Avenue and um and I'm I love living there. I love being there and I love being a part of the community. My question is, well, first of all, I want to tell you that I belong to the NCJW, which is National Council of Jewish Women, and
053we are a 501c organization, and we do not uh we are nonpartisan and do not take sides for any parties or candidates. We are happy to provide any information regarding voting rights and rights as well as the importance of voting to young people. They are our future and our country is in their hands. We are living in stressful times. They need to be fully informed in order to make the right choices for them, their families in our country. NCJW is happy to visit schools and give students the information they need. Do you have does uh Southfield Arop have the capability of being able to register students to vote because um particularly in the 11th and 12th graders because there a lot of changes have been made in Michigan about voting rules as to absentee ballots,
054early early voting, the use of dropboxes and deadlines for p for ballots to be received. how Michigan stu citizens living in other states or away at school can register and vote. Um I think that that's it. I just want everybody to know that we can come. We are happy to come into the schools and assist students in registr registering to vote because this is going to be an important election and we're all a little bit nervous about what's going on and so we're h it's so important for young people to vote and we want them to know everything that they need to know about it and there is a lot. So, thank you for listening to me and um I hope that I can hear from you guys. Thank you. >> Thank you, Danny. Thank
055you. >> Betty Robinson, please state your name and address for the record, please. >> Betty Robinson, 21889, Glenn Moa, Southfield, Michigan. Um, as a former board member and for uh president, I'd like to just um highlight a few things that um are presented to me by staff or parents, students, and uh I think they should be addressed and um some people are afraid to speak up because of what may happen to them later on. But I understand you mentioned you're closing uh schools and uh you also have a $345 million bond to be paid off in 30 years. And you have a school debt millage that went from um 2.5 mills to 5.56 mills. Plus, you have a syncing fund of uh 68 mills and you only have students 4,500 students and you're closing school.
056Tell me why are we closing schools if the um Tell me why are we remodeling all these schools if we only have 4,500 students. What are you going to do with the other schools that are going to be vacant? Well, you've been selling school for the last couple of years. So now what are we going to do? We're going to have a city of Southfield with a lot of empty buildings and those buildings are going to be hard to sell. So I need to know what your plans are for addressing that. Okay. Student enrollment is only 4,500. We went from 12,000 to 4,000. And that's a problem. They're moving all over the place. Oakland County, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Country Day, private schools, whatever. Also, I understand that there's a problem in special ed, a lack
057of communication with parents, and uh parents are afraid to uh speak up because um they're afraid of repercussion. And that I also understand that uh you you need to communicate if you're working with people. Let them know what their expectations are and in order to get things done. Also, I want to know we've always had a financial report mentioned at the every school board meeting. Why did that stop all of a sudden when Dr. Green came? We are homeowners. We need to know where our money is being spent, how it's being utilized. So, why doesn't the financial manager make a report? Why he's not allowed to do that? That's an issue. Okay. Also, hold on. I got to Okay, I mentioned that that I'm just making sure I mention everything that I was um had
058to mention. Okay, that's it. Thank you so much. >> Thank you, Miss Robinson. >> Thank you. U Marie Banks, can you please state your name and address for the record, please? >> Good evening. My name is Marie Banks. My address is 29506 Andover Boulevard, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Um, I was just coming to once again report about University. We had our uh PTSA meeting last month and uh Miss Paula Lighty attended and presented actually on just always tips and tricks and tools that we can use to um make it through. And what became very evident was that I had to sit back and think about it. Um university has gone through transitions every year since 2020. every year. And as a result of the transition, we always get some fallout of it. And this school has
059now merged and now this school is about to relocate. And one thing that I heard Miss Lighty tell us that I we need to cover these students. My daughter came to me this week and she said, "Ma, I feel like I'm the only student that's not don't have any choices for high school. You made my choice. I said you I did and I am. But we have to be mindful of the children that are staying. And I'm going to keep lifting it up. I believe our building leaders are doing it. But I want as board members that this is yet another transition. While there's good down the way, a lot of the kids that a lot of the scholars that's going through the transition won't be there for the good. So, we have to start
060strategically like we can't it's a lot. I know you all are moving a lot. You're moving a lot of dirt. You're moving a lot of money. You're getting all this done. But we to be mindful that we got to make sure on top support our building leaders but also as a district make our students want to stay cuz they all got accepted to all the schools that they applied to. They all got accepted. So we got to speak to why they shouldn't go to country day, why they shouldn't go to Cass, why they shouldn't go to Renaissance, why we should stay. That should be our mantra from here on to the rest of the school year. And also, if we can move that tour up, I don't know if spring break, winter break or something
061for the parents to go see the respective buildings while the other schools aren't in it. We got to do that, too, because the uncertainty makes our parents so uncomfortable. So, it's just things we can do to support our building leaders. I would I you all are brilliant. I'm sure you all can come up with some more things, but the social emotional assessment these parents are scared and these children are scared as well. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Banks. Board President, if I may, not to address anyone directly, but um I did want to share that we had a legislative briefing um within the last week or so whereby we shared all of our finances with the entire community and left presentations on the table for all to see and also um our boards
062along the far wall demonstrate what we are doing with all $345 million that our community did. um vote in favor of as we move forward with the bond work. So, I just wanted to lift that for anyone that may be inquiring. Also, um relative to buildings, the district does not have any additional empty buildings. The only empty building that we have is the old busy MacArthur on 12mi and that is currently under contract. So, kudos to you for actually eliminating all excess property that we had in Southfield. Thank you, Bill board president. Trustee, did you have a question? I'm sorry. Okay. All right. Consent agenda action items. Trustees, do I have a motion um for the approval of the amendments from December 9th, our regular board meeting, January 6, our special board meeting and organizational
063meeting. January 10th, our special board meeting and board retreat. We have been meeting. January 20th, um our special board meeting and student hearing. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Support. >> The motion has been moved and support. Are there any questions? >> What's a student hearing? >> Would you like me to? >> Can we answer? >> Yeah, we can. Um, student hearings are anytime a scholar violates the student code of conduct. They are to come before the board of education to explain their actions and then the board of education has the ability to exclude that student from the district for up to 180 days, which is one full academic school year. >> Great question. Any additional questions? Hearing none, board secretary, will you please call for the vote? >> Absolutely. >> Trusty Den, >> yes.
064>> Trustee, >> yes. >> Trusty Anderson, >> yes. >> Trusty Holloway, >> yes. >> Trusty Smith Thomas, I'm sorry. Who is my apologies? >> Trusty Johnson? >> Yes. >> Myself? Yes. Unanimous. >> Motion carried. Information items. Personal action. >> Oh, I'm sorry. P. Oh, personnel action report. Trustees, you should have this in your binders. Report 6447. Is there a motion to open and approve report 6447? >> So moved. >> Support. >> The motion has been moved and supported. Is there any discussions hearing? None. We're secretary. Please call for the vote. >> Myself. Yes. >> Trusty Belt. >> Yes. >> Don, >> yes. >> Trusty Anderson, >> yes. >> Trusty Holloway, Trusty Johnson, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> We're going to move to our information items. >> Thank you, board president. Uh, report is a
065countywide millage resolution. Some of you may have um may recall I shared this information with you earlier in the fall of last year. It's been discussed for the past two years actually in Oakland County. Um Oakland is one of the only counties without an enhancement mill. And your your vote on this resolution would not be in favor of or against the millillage. It would simply be to put it on the ballot for the voters to make a decision whether or not they wanted the county of Oakland to have an enhancement mill. If the voters of the entire county vote in favor of this millillage, the mills would be collected by Oakland schools and then redistributed to the respective 28 school districts. So your vote in favor of the resolution would simply be to place it
066in the hands of the voters for the voters to make a decision in the April I'm sorry not April August the other a month August 4th election >> trustees are there any questions >> um more to the board what exactly is the county white mill resolution about So, it allows if the county, all of the county of Oakland vote in favor of this, it would be another tax on homeowners to collect monies to redistribute to all of the schools in the entire county of Oakland. >> Any additional questions? >> Dr. Green, did you want >> I think our student board rep has a question, so I wanted to make sure I respected her question. Go ahead, Paris. >> You sure? >> Sure. >> Okay. I I'll follow up with you afterwards if you want to
067talk offline. Okay. For Oh, I'm sorry. >> Yes. Could you explain millage perhaps? >> So, mill is based on your home value, your um state equalized value of your home. So, if your home is worth $100,000, your state equalized value is $50,000. And a mill is um can go up to 18 mills at the local level. So, it's a thousand. It's $1 per every thousand on your home value mathematical equation. But, so that's why I use whole numbers so we can sit down afterwards and go through it because I see you being a homeowner. We have something different. >> Dr. Green. >> Um, thank you for birthday. If this is not this is a no, >> um, and it does not go on the ballot, what are the repercussions? >> Oh, I'm glad you lifted
068that. So, it takes 51% of all of the all of the children in Oakland County's boards to support it before it goes on the ballot. So, if Southfield's board voted against putting it on the ballot and school boards representing 51% of the children in all of Oakland County voted in favor of it, it could still find its way to the August 4th ballot. So, this is saying that um representing the city of Southfield and Lether Village, you want your community's voice to be heard in that um election as well relative to this particular item. Dr. Green, I have one question. If the if a board votes no and it finds its way to the ballot and passes, will the district that voted no still re are they still entitled to receive funds? >> They are.
069>> Thank you, >> board president. Um, given that there are time constraints relative to placing items on the agenda and given that we are going out on winter break soon, um, might the board, if it's the pleasure of the board, might you consider taking action on this since you've had this information since October? If it's the pleasure of the board, >> trustees, is there a motion to open and approve report 6448? >> So moved. >> It's been motioned and supported. Are there any questions? Additional questions hearing none. Board secretary, please call for the vote. >> Trusty Anderson, >> yes. >> Trusty Bell, >> no. >> Trusty Den, >> yes. >> Trusty Holloway. >> No. >> Do we have to give a reason for? >> We do. We have to give a reason for no. >>
070We do need You have to give a reason for no. >> Trusty Bel, President B, will go back to you as to your reason why. No. >> I don't think it's necessary. >> Okay. Uh Trusty Holloway. >> Um I don't have the complete understanding of it. >> Trusty Johnson. >> Yes. myself. Yes. Um the outcome is 4 to two. >> Motion carry. >> Thank you, trustees. And again, just to reiterate, this says that it will go on the ballot for the residents of our community to make a final decision. Okay. Um, next we have uh report 6449 uh Henry Ford Southeast Michigan Community Health Inter agency agreement and this is the new inter agency agreement for our school-based health center at Southfield ent. You may recall when we opened the schoolbased health center it was
071under Ascension Providence and since Ascension is now under the Henry Ford umbrella we had to update our inter agency agreement uh with Henry Ford because they are now the grant holder for the school-based health center. We didn't update it right away because when the um merger originally occurred, the schoolbased health dollars still fell under that of the ascension umbrella. Now that grant has uh reached its sunset date and now we are into the new grant which is under the Henry Ford umbrella. So this just continues our relationship with our already healthc care providers and um they will continue the services at Southfield ENT. It's at no cost to the district. >> That was the next question. >> It's at no cost to the district. They provide the uh nurse practitioner. They provide the uh counselors
072that um give additional supports to the scholars. They provide all of the um medical equipment. We provide the space that they utilize. And of course, we as a district pay the utilities for the space that they're in. >> Right. Dr. Green, would you like us to make this actionable? If it is the pleasure of the board, >> trustees, is there a motion to open and approve report 6449? >> So move the board. >> Motion has been moved in support. Supported. Are there any questions? >> To the board. >> What to the board? >> To the board. >> Through the chair. >> Oh, through the chair. Um, since OHL is no longer in use at the moment, where is where are they located? >> They are still located in the same place. They have an exterior
073door. So, if anyone needs to see their services or seek their services, they can still access the clinic through the outside door. >> Thank you. Great question. >> Yes. And for people um like myself that I need landmarks um that's off of the tennis court side. Is that correct? >> That is correct. It's not the door immediately in front of the tennis courts. There is a sidewalk adjacent to that door. I believe I I don't know that door number. I'm looking at Kelly I Oh, Jordan knows the number. What number is that? 13. So it's not door 13. Thank you. It is the sidewalk adjacent to door 13. and you can go right to the um side door. >> Thank you. I appreciate Thank you, Jordan. >> Are there any additional questions? >> Hearing none,
074board secretary, will you please call for the vote? >> Trusty Belt, >> yes. >> Trusty Den, >> yes. >> Trusty Holloway, >> yes. >> Trusty Johnson, >> Yes. Trusty Anderson, >> yes. >> Unanimous. >> Motion carried. Thank you, trustees. Next is report 6450, our systems integrator services, Mcome Mechanical. And joining us this evening, we have TJ and we also have Kelly with an I. And the reason I keep saying Kelly with an I because we do have two Kelly Ferguson's working on our team. One is Kelly with an I and one is Kelly with a Y. So that's how we tell them apart when we do presentations. >> Thank you, >> TJ. >> Good evening. So, report 6450 um is for a system integrator for the district. And what that would um afford the district
075uh from an operational standpoint, it is a way to tie all of the building um heating, um cooling, things of that nature together so that your operations team is able to better manage those from one central point. And so the recommendation for that is for MCOME mechanical. So we sent this out for competitive bid and um after interview and review of their proposal, MCOME was the most favorable for the district. And if any questions on that one true to would that mean that that's like about building a new heating system or is that something else? So, okay. So, Chi, what it does is it affords the operations team to be able to monitor all of the heating systems from their respective locations. So if there's an an issue at university, they will see it on
076their computer and they are able to basically um remote in to the system at university and provide a remedy in real time versus having to get in their car, drive all the way over and make a determination or a diagn diagnostic exam to find out what's wrong with the system. And they can see that for every school throughout the entire school district, saving time and resources. Yes. >> Yes. Yes. >> It's remote. It's remote. So, it would be a it's software that goes onto all of the computers throughout the entire through throughout the entire district. The HVAC systems in every new school will be tied into this module >> on the computer. on a computer. It's a hub, >> right? A hub on the computer. There is a physical building location where >> the operations
077team is housed. >> The operations team. >> So, it would be Joe's team. >> Yeah. Where the operations team is housed. Yes. >> TJ, I have a question. So, is it basically like Echo? You You know what? It's like the HVAC where on your phone that you can you got multiple features and >> similar to that and so >> um you can take it to various levels. It can do um your HVAC which is heating, ventilation and cooling. Uh you can monitor lighting. Uh it can do security. The district can build it out to various levels. starting at um one of the early phases of it and the most critical items that you guys are going to tie into would be the HVAC as that's been what is most problematic and then um it will
078be set up so that additional platforms can be added to it through program once the initial um system is in place the additional ads that have to happen are primarily through programming >> and tying that into the system >> through the chair. >> Yes. I mean, I know we've worked on the systems before and now this is an integration, but will there be additional training if necessary to make sure that everybody's on the same hyperlinks and know what they're looking at? >> So, part of the um package is to provide training to the operations team to understand how to utilize it. There um is periodic training that they will come in to do and service hours that go alongside with it. So, Yes. Okay. >> So, if no additional questions on this, um I can
079move into 6451 if you like. >> Trustees, are there any additional questions? >> Um, one more. Uh, sorry. How long is this going to take? >> So, um, it will continue throughout the bond. And there will be some initial phases that start to tie in um construction that is currently underway, buildings that have been completed. Um right now Joe's team has to remote in to each building individually. They can't go to a central system and see what the entire district is doing to respond to it. So, >> so bond is anticipated to run through um 2030, early 2031 because we took two years off of the bond to help compress things to expedite it. And so um >> so when you're graduating from your undergraduate program, you can come back and see the completion of
080everything. >> That will be 2030. Not every building has to wait until the end to be tied in. But what they will be doing is as um projects are progressing on the back end, they will come back and update and make those progressions so that everything is tied in together. >> All right. The next item is that of the um amendment to the French Associates contract. Uh trustes, you may recall that for two weeks we had furniture vendors set up modular classrooms at McIntyre and we had our staff go over and survey the different uh furniture that uh three different vendors uh proposed. I'm pleased to share that uh we did hone in on one that we will be working with and the first school that will receive the new furnishings is that of Thompson.
081Thompson had to move out three consecutive summers and unfortunately their furniture cannot withstand one more move out over the summer. So um we are moving forward with the FFE portion of the bond which is furnishings fixtures and equipment >> and equipment. >> I know that that question would come up with is FF. So um pleased to share that French Associates this is an amendment to their contract so that they can ensure the furnishings for us. Trustees, are there any questions regarding report 6451? Would you like to make these items actionable this evening? If it's the pleasure of the board, >> trustees, is there a motion to open and approve report 6450 and report 6451? >> Motion has been moved and supported. Are there any questions? Right. Hearing none, board secretary, will you please call for
082the vote? Trusty Anderson. >> Trusty. >> Yes. Yes. I'm sorry. Unanimous. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you, trustees. Thank you, TJ. >> Thank you, TJ. >> Thank you. >> Now, we're going to have our financial report and monthly bill dispersement by our treasurer, Nicole Densen. Thank you, board president. Good evening, everyone. >> Good evening. >> Uh, I have uh fully reviewed all of the f financial documents. Um, thank you so much for president for answering my questions um and assisting me. I have nothing to report in those findings. Everything is everything is fine. Everything is great within our district and within our f financials. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Treasure Densen. uh for the good of the order. >> Yes. >> Thank you, board president. Um while I'm not a trustee, I did want
083to lift that we have a lot of exciting things happening in our district on tomorrow being Count Day. Um, as our representatives mentioned the things happening at their respective schools, but I wanted to lift some of the other schools, uh, such as Adler having their Valentine dance, Stevenson having pajamas and a movie and snack day, Thompson having count the love dance and raffles throughout the day, Levy having a house competition, Thompson um, again a count day. McIntyre they are doing two things. They're doing parents count, which I think is amazing, where they um have something for the families and the um parents of our scholars. And then they're also doing an I Ready celebration. And then lastly, they are getting confirmation on a treat. So, I look forward to seeing what their treat is over
084there at McIntyre tomorrow. KC is doing spirit week for the entire week. Vandenberg, which is Bernie North, they're having count day activities all day. And Southwood ENT, they are raffling off gift cards. So wanted to lift those components. Also on uh February, not February, months are going by fast. March 28th, we are doing a farewell uh tour of the Southfield Lyrop campus from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. whereby any alum can come and um take their final stroll through the building. Some people asked why we were not waiting until June to do the final farewell and that is because the day after school ends we are turning it over to the abatement team and no one will be able to come onto that campus. So we had to find a date that was a compromise
085between the last day of school and um all of the student activities that we currently have on that campus and that day is March 28th. So wanted to lift those two pieces. Thank you board president for allowing me that moment. >> Thank you Dr. Green. Anything else for the good of the order, >> the chair? >> Yes. Um I have a just a couple of things that I wanted to lift um as we are getting ready to go on break. So for those of us that are traveling safe um in Travel Mercy's, we do have some students that will be leaving um as they are heading down to New Orleans um to be in the parade. So Travel Mercy's to our band and our director who's doing an awesome job. Um of course Dr. Green
086talked about count day. So please have your kids there on time in time for the fun time. Um I do have a question about a survey Dr. Green um for the move for university parents and perhaps next time you can um just update us on how many responded and how that looks. >> BP if I may. So that part of that information is tied into the survey that I lifted for recruitment retention. Uh so that is all inclusive in the survey that is going out not just to our you parents but to all of our parents throughout our district. So when we uh reconvene um at our study session, I'll have that data for you. >> I want to say to all of our parents, tomorrow is count day. We keep saying it, tomorrow is
087count day. Um also, um for the you please check your emails. Um a lot of things that were lifted today, not that we're addressing them, but we have sent out something for university so parents will know exactly what's going on. you know, the um start times, you know, all of those things. Those are um temporary as we finish um aligning with everything. There's some information about transportation. There's a lot of information that went out today before the school board meeting started. So, if you are a parent of the you, please check your emails. Anything else for the good of the order? >> President. >> Yes. Um this is just a shout out to Thompson. Thompson K through8 schoolwide um black history living wax museum that is February the 25th from 9 to 10. What it
088what it entails is our scholars have been researching and preparing to bring history to life by portraying influ influential figures who have shaped black history and culture. This is an event and it's a wonderful opportunity to celebrate their hard work, creativity, and dedication. Again, that is February 25th, 9 to 10, Ed Thompson, K through 8. Thank you, board president. Um, also I'd like to give a shout out to uh Levy Middle School who hosted the Amazing Shake uh last week and it made the morning news. So, we're very we're always proud of our scholars there. That's where they learn their soft skills. They uh focus on prompts. They have eye contact, handshake, poise, and their ability to impart knowledge in a short time frame. So, consider it an elevator speech, if you will. Um the
089scholars that score the highest will then go on to compete in the regional and then ultimately the highest from the regional can compete in Atlanta, Georgia. One last thing, because we keep talking about this survey, parents, please take the time to fill out the survey. We are working really hard to accommodate those things. It doesn't help to talk to each other about it. It's your time and it's your turn to tell the board how you feel about the district and if you plan on returning. So, please take the time to fill out the survey. is a few short questions and when we ask if you want to add anything there's no character limitations so you can tell us all about what you want to add. So please fill out the survey. >> It's coming out
090Friday. >> It's coming out this Friday. Please fill out the survey um to help us help you. All right. Future meetings, Wednesday, February 11th, we have our count day. We going to keep saying it. Count day. Get up in the morning. Get there on time. Um, for as our secretary said, also Monday, February the 16th through Friday next week, we're out for a mid- winter recess. No school next week. No school next week. Tuesday, February the 24th, we do have a special board meeting and study session here at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, March the 7th, we have another special board meeting and the role of the board in the nonrenewal process here at JWE at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, March the 10th, we have a regular board meeting at 7:00 p.m. And Wednesday, March the 11th. Wednesday,
091March the 11th, we have State of the District at Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology in the Fieldhouse at 6 o'clock PM. If you were not there last year, please come this year, you will not be disappointed. You want to know what's going on in the district, this is your time to hear everything that's happening in our district. That is again Wednesday, March the 11th. Meeting adjourned at 8:26.