Southfield Public Schools Board Meeting 10/14/25 7pm

001for the purpose of conducting the SC school district's me uh business and is not to be considered as 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. Ashanti Bland, board president. >> Good evening, Evette Deval, vice president. >> Good evening, Telicia Bel, board treasurer. >> Good evening, Nicole N, board trustee. >> Good evening, Chitty Naji, student representative. >> Good evening, Paris Whitman, Southwood Representative. >> Good evening, Ammani Johnson, trustee. And for the record, we have Trustee Smith Thomas has an excused absence. We hope that she feels better. And Trustee Jillian Holloway will be absent

002as well this evening. Dr. Green. >> Good evening. Dr. Jennifer Green, superintendent. Minutes being recorded by Miss Carolyn Foster. Technical support being provided by M1 Studios and members of the executive team joining us in the audience. May we all stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with justice for all. We'll start off with board matters. Oh, okay. That's a future busy. That's a future busy, baby. Um, trustees, anybody have anything for board matters this evening >> through the chair? >> Yes, ma'am. I'm much of would like to just update the board as well as our community that we are looking at a couple of different items that I'm going to list

003quickly and we'll bring them back for the board of trustees during a study session. We feel as though we look at um the items that I'll list as I mentioned. This will give us um a lens into how we can educate our children. So for instance, AI, artificial intelligence, putting a framework around the use of AI, how our students are using it, making sure that everything is ethical in the use of it, as well as moving with technology and the platform that will assist them in their studies. Um, we're actively seeking solutions as it relates to looking at improving our test scores through attendance and tardiness. We've reached out to a couple of our local um neighboring districts just to see what they are currently doing and their policies. And as I mentioned, I'll give

004more um details as this unfolds to our board of trustees and we'll move forward and I'll deliver more information at a later time. Thank you. >> Through the chair. >> Yes, ma'am. I just wanted to lift um if we could have something sent out on behalf of behalf of the district um about scholars soliciting um for funds at local retailers. Um I want to make sure that the community understands and we acknowledge that we do not have any of our scholars standing outside of grocery stores asking for money for trips that don't exist. So, I would just like for us to send out something u to let our community know that it's not how um this district is soliciting funds and that's all I have tonight. >> Thank you so much. Anybody else? Any anything

005for board matters >> through the chair? >> Yes, sir. Um so I attended the cube conference recently and I wanted to highlight a little bit about my experience there is the council of urban boards of education um so school boards that represent urban areas and cities. Uh so two of the things I want to highlight are um sorry the first was uh I attended a session called where innovation meets opportunity creating a community- based opportunity hub and it was about adaptive reuse of old buildings vacant buildings which is very relevant to us in this district. Um their presentation began with a simple but powerful question. You've got all these old school buildings in your community. What are you going to do with them? um that repurposing old old facilities and turning uh challenges into opportunities.

006This was East Chicago uh which was once a thriving industrial city and they faced a lot of the same issues urban districts across the country have um declining industry, population loss. Um, and instead of allowing these things to allowing these facilities to decay or paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for demolition, they chose to reimagine the school as a community opportunity hub, a space for workforce development, adult education, wraparound services, and community partnerships. And they worked with the mayor, uh, local industries, and state agencies to turn, um, this chapter in history into something really great for their community. Um, and then the other piece is I did a site visit at the brand new Compton High School, which was very cool. Um, I part participated in a half-day site visit, um, which, uh, this school

007opened this year, so it was the very first class to walk through the halls of this building, which is really cool. Um, it was a $225 million campus, and it's one of the most advanced K12 facilities in the country. um designed to connect sustainability, equity, and community. Key features include flexible learning studios, hands-on CTE and STEM labs, and uh what they're calling a central academic boulevard, uh which physically connects the school to the surrounding community. They're prioritizing openness, natural light, and a feeling of belonging, avoiding fences and barriers on the campus while still prioritizing safety. And what stood out the most was the intentional design was around community use. Um, similar to us in our campaign for our bond, the gym, auditorium, and outdoor academic plaza are all shared spaces open to the public after

008school hours. And it felt less like a school and more like a community hub. Um, so as we move forward with new construction here in Southfield, both of these experience reinforce how important these investments are. Thank you. Uh, so I would like to give a big shout out to the district for their success during count day. We had 96% of our students show up on count day. So to our administrators, our parents, our students, thank you so much for showing up and showing out. We appreciate you. We look forward to servicing you throughout the rest of the year. y'all still got to come after that every day on time in your seats for the whole day. Um, but we just thank you. We want to thank um our our staff here at the admin building.

009It was all hands on deck. Um, to our instructional group, to our communications team, Tyler James, the advance team, to um, pupil accounting for doing such an amazing job of dishing the data out so quickly. We truly appreciate it. to the community. Thank you so much being patient with our buses, being patient with getting everybody in and out the door. So, I just wanted to show recognition to our building leaders and to our community for a great count day. Um, the second thing that was lifted was um the the piece about attendance. Um, so we're not just looking at um how other districts do it. We're looking to change how we do it. Um, for those of you who went to Southfield public schools that are ancient like myself, a certain amount of absences, you

010failed your class. A certain amount of tardies equaled an absence. Um, there are other districts which were compared to often that actually employ that same discipline. So, I I hope while everyone um makes these comparative comments to us and other districts in in Oakland County, we're going to grab some of the good stuff from them. Um and hopefully the parents will um accept that and understand that as we fight to get our test scores where we want them to be, absenteeism plays a very large role in test scores. If your first hour is math and you miss it or you're more than 10 minutes late or 30 minutes late every day consistently, 30 tardies, you've missed a month of class. How do you think you're prepared to take a test in October and you've missed

011September? So, you know, we ask for grace because we are working extremely hard and Dr. Green's going to give a presentation about that a little later on. Um, I've also wanted to lift the AI piece. So, um, parents, your kids have Chromebooks that have Grammarly on them, right? We know Grammarly is AI. Chat GPT is AI. Um, Summer Codwell Kurthers uh, is actually on I'm going to call it a task force um, with other districts in the county looking at AI. So, we're going to take um some things from other districts and see how they're actually comparing how AI is being used to their policies on plagiarism. So, while you should use it as a tool, it should not do the work for you. So, I do want to say that to our parents um

012just if they're wondering, well, what does that mean for us? Cuz God knows AI helps me with this new math. I I need it. Um, but I'm just going to Yeah, y'all. I'm honest. Um, but we we are going to set some parameters so we can make sure that we're using it with integrity. Um, the last piece I want to lift is um, and Dr. Green and and and Summer Cwells, you can um, help me with this. I've gotten a lot of calls about middle school and syllabus. So, um I've heard that in some schools the syllabus is a standard that every class should give one out and then in other schools they don't. I don't know what to tell anybody because I don't necessarily see a syllabus. Um and I'm old and so when

013I got to sixth grade that was part of our um introduction to responsibility, right? It was here's your syllabus for the year. And um I would like to call out that I think that standard helps parents to understand where your child should be at what point in time in the year, the month, the week, whatever whatever it is. Um Schooly is great, but having that piece of paper sometimes on the refrigerator helps. So, I did want to call attention to that because um if one more person stops me at Kroger while I'm trying to get my greens um and and I gave them my word that I was going to say something about it um and in quot to the public uh our instructional team is here. So, everything that I'm saying I I can

014see them nodding their head and they will look into it. So, that is my board matters. Um oh, and all you retired teachers that want to come back, keep coming back. We appreciate y'all so much. Um I I do appreciate the calls that we get from retired teachers who are looking to come back to the district. It helps a lot. So that's it for me. Dr. Green, um anything in response? >> It's it's the student board member's term. But before we were scram Yeah, we were scrambling for a moment because I was receiving text messages that the YouTube feed was not up and that message that you had was so important. That's why we were scurrying to get the YouTube feed up and going. So I believe we're set now and operational. Okay, >> it

015is as my grandma calls it. >> The the YouTube the YouTube the YouTube is functional as it. >> So now we are going to um make way for our reports of the student board representative and like normal we will let ladies go first and Paris Whitman representing Southfield High School for the arts and technology. You're up first. Good evening. >> Good evening. My name is Paris and today I'll be representing and reporting for Southwood ENT. October has been a month of celebration, appreciation, and unity for our warrior family. We are proud to honor Indigenous People's Heritage Month and celebrate the culture and history of indigenous communities in the United States of America. It's also it's also National Principal Month, so we would like to thank our administrators for their continued leadership and support at all

016schools across the district. Lastly, October is breast cancer awareness month. Many of our clubs and sports have raised awareness and shown support for those affected through pinkout events for October. These are the past and current highlights for Southwood High School for the Arts and Technology. I will first begin with a report on the sports at Southwood ENT. Our football warriors have been consistently playing with their heart and resilience every week. While they're still chasing their first win, they've stayed motivated and continue to improve. Jaden Ivy, Kenneth Brooks, and Tim Gar have all scored touchdowns recently. Their hard work and team support and team spirit are what make them true warriors. Their first pinkout game in support of breast cancer awareness was October 3rd, but their next will be October 17th, the homecoming game. It has

017been said that it will be a major event and go support them this Friday wearing pink attire. Our sideline cheer team has been doing an incredible job keeping the energy high with lots of support from our football players and ANT supporters. They also hosted 30 future warriors who cheered alongside the JB and varsity cheerleaders. The team recently teamed up with the Harper Woods cheer team for a unified performance. Our Warrior cheerleaders have shown the true meaning of teamwork and community. They're now preparing for their big performance for the homecoming halftime. The marching warriors have been tr the marching warriors have been truly outdoing themselves this season. Their field show performance at every home game has been full of energy, precision, and school spirit. The band's dedication and talent shine through with every note played and

018march taken, reminding us all that not only are they, but so are we. One band, one sound at Southwood ENT. The girls volleyball team has had an exciting season so far. Both the JV and varsity teams have pulled off pulled off thrilling wins against Pontiac, Harper Woods, and Ferndale University. JV players Micah Thomas and Aaron Owens have been key players on the court while varsity players Annayiah Harden Thomas, Isabella Anderson, and Nova Muhammad have been major contributors to their success. The next big event is the Pinkout game on October 16th, and we encourage everyone to show them support in their home court. The boys tennis team just finished their season strong. Players Dominic Brantley and Trevor Byer closed out the year with back-to-back wins. Our girl golf team showed amazing improvement in competitiveness all season

019long. Led by sophomore captain Kendall Evans, these girls really know how to hold their own and have built a strong foundation for next season. The boys the season for the boys soccer team started slow but showed major improvement with determination as games continued. Seniors Sheik Dop and Da as well as their goalie Anthony led the team to victory against Harper Woods. As fall sports begin to come to a close, we want to extend our pride in every athlete and coach who has represented our school with pride and determination. Now, I'll begin with the leadership and activities highlights. Firstly, culinary students who attended the apple orchard trip picked apples and used them to make fillings for a variety of holiday pi pies including apple, sweet potato, pumpkin, and cherry. These schools these I'm so sorry. These

020pies will be sold for Thanksgiving to raise money for future events. The culinary students also prepared and sold apple turnovers on October 3rd to donate to Forgotten Harvest's food bank. These chefs and other CTE students will volunteer again on November 20th to help fill food boxes for families in need for Forgotten Harvest. Our chefs have also had the opportunity to participate in the Michigan National Guard EMR challenge where they were given real Army nations to create full meals. Teachers jud judged the dishes made by these chefs which allowed them to test their problem solving skills and teamwork abilities in a fun and creative way. After going through the grueling process of elections with essays and interviews done, seven students have officially been selected by adviserss Miss Dunn and Miss Brown Perkins as this year's Business

021Professionals of America executive board. Congrats to President Leila Arrington, vice president of communications Gabrielle McNut, the vice president of community service Armani Davis, the vice president of fundraising and treasurer Uche Audi, the vice president of membership Paris Whitman, the secretary Addison Spears, and the parliamentarian Silus Gator for stepping up to lead. BPA's executive leaders will attend the fall leadership conference on October 21st to sharpen their leadership skills and learn how to build better prepare for the school year. The first general meeting will be held during A&B lunch on October 22nd and is open to anyone interested. Come see what BPA has to offer. Applications are open for a cost of $50. The National Honor Society applications are now open. Students in grades 10 through 12 with at least a 3.0 GPA and good citizenship can

022apply. Applications are due October 17th at a cost of $40. The N the National Honor Society attended the Michigan Youth and Government Leadership Conference on October 14th where they learned how to lead through service and advocacy. The National Art Society and Student Council are hosting a club fair this month for students to give them a chance to learn about and join clubs. Their goal is to help students get involved and connected with peers who share similar interest. Essports is off to an exciting start under Miss Ball's leadership. The team has been training hard and building strong communication and strategy for their upcoming matches and already have a few wins under their belt. It has been a long time since our school has had a powderpuff game, but thanks to Mr. Green, the senior class adviser,

023and the class of 2026. It has finally made a comeback. The stands were full, the energy was off the charts, and the game ended in a tie. Although the seniors might argue otherwise, senior player number nine, Gabrielle McNut, stood out, especially with everyone commenting on how lightning fast she was. She made herself a crowd favorite. The Warrior Den, our school store, is selling senior jerseys. Students can purchase them on GoFundM until October 17th. Let me now tell you about the academic highlights. We've had several opportunities for college and career exploration this month. Students visited Wayne State and other universities through the C2 pipeline program. This trip lasted several days and gave students the genuine college experience while also learning about which college they're most interested in. Other exciting events this month include the college and

024career fair on October 21st and the STEM day on October 27th which will be held in collaboration with CTE classes and the career center. We also want to thank our count day sponsors Starbucks, Green Lantern, Chick-fil-A, Hungry Howies, and Dave's Hot Chicken for providing coffee and gift cards to teachers and students. On October 9th, Gear Up provided FASA and college resources for seniors in the media center to help students stay on track for college applications and post-secary goals. Parent teacher conferences were today, October 14th, and in person. Parents got to converse about their students grades before the end of the card mark card marking which is October 28th. BTSA dates have been rescheduled for the end of the month with 10th graders on the 22nd, 11th graders on the 23rd, and 9th graders on the

02528th. Thank you for listening. Trustees, any questions? Thank you, Paris. Thank you. And next is our student rep from University K12, Shidi Nanjandi. >> Thank you for introducing me. >> You're welcome. >> Hello everyone. I'm Chi Naji. I know it's been extremely long time since we talked. Some of you may not recognize me, some do. An entire moon to be precise. But the thing that we would learn about the U is that a lot of things can happen in moon. Um, okay. So, we had two admission officers from the University of Michigan come to our school to teach students about how admission workers make decisions. Even though those charges may be old, they that does not mean that race is over. Senior night, the night was another example of us continuing that race. We were

026preparing that for the race to come. We discussed different types of ways to pay for college, whether that may be student loans, aid, or grants. We also talked about how to apply for schools and different admission types for colleges, like the difference between binding and nonving admission. It may be boring, but they need it. Our middle school horses have succeeded in their own ways with our ladies charges having amazing wins this season. The fifth and sixth grade teams are now 2 to1 and our awesome seventh and eighth grade teams are undefeated with a record of 3. And middle schoolers not only have success in courts but in the classroom too. In Dr. Wilson's eighth grade class, students are using reverse images of their house shields to create patches on their jeans. They will decorate their

027jeans with fabric paints and rhinestones to be able to wear on future house Fridays and future house functions. Carie, an eighth grader, led her class on fertilizing Fridays in Miss Barrett's class where she taught her peers crocheting and how connected to science. Something I don't think I can even do. Horses come in many breeds. Chargers, at least the ones in our school, come in many colors. Our elementary school students learn what those mean. From kindness to success and even unity because there's nothing a charger loves more than showing school spirit. There's a saying that has been told to me since I was a coach. All work and no play makes Jack a doll boy. Well, we at the you don't have any doll horses. For count day, we had 98% attendance with 100% accounted for

028by the end of the week. So we threw a silent party for them where kids were able to listen to different music and do different dances as a motivator for next year. Our parent teacher conferences went extremely well. The amount of horses I saw could fill a barn. While our school is great, there are some people I want to acknowledge. People that encompass the definition of a charger. People like Annayia. Annayia came into the third grade shy. But in just two months, she has really found herself and came into her own. She's currently speaking up whenever she's called on. Then we have Elise who has become a true leader of the pack. She knows the importance of education with her ability to lead class discussions decisions all while just being an a grader. Lastly, there's

029Ila who decided to change the world during an internship in doing by doing an internship with a Michigan house representative Rashida Talib. We as charges believe charging into the future. But as you know, charging teams is very dangerous without a plan. Our current plan start with the end of the first lap. The end of the kmcking is October 28th like she said. So make sure those horses only get high marks. Four bashes on October 29th. The FAFSA has opened. So make sure to fill it out. Remember, the earlier you do it, the more money you can get. Early decision deadline is November 1st. Make sure your young adults are filled out those applications. The first half of senior dues are due in December. Capan photos will be on November 6th. Thank you for entertaining me.

030[Applause] >> Great job to you both. Um, love those Chargers. Uh, does anyone have any questions for Chi? Hearing none. you guys did such a great job. Um, very entertaining, lots of information. Um, thank you for including the information that the FAFSA is open um to our parents. We do have resources within the buildings um for the you check your U scoop. Um, Southfield enta so I'm sure they'll be having that soon and we'll get the dates out as soon as possible. But parents, the earlier you start the better it is. Um, so thank you both for your reports. You are welcome to stay and today you do have packets. Um, if you need to go home and get some work done or whatever else you need to do, please feel free to leave now.

031If not, you can stay. Dr. Green, I believe that I reported the superintendent is next. >> That is such a hard act to follow. >> It is. It is. >> I don't have a slide deck, but I do have a few videos. And more importantly, we have amazing partners and amazing staff here. So, I'd like to transition to that of recognizing our partner of the month and our um employee of the month. And then I want to go into something a little different with which is a student recognition. And I've not had that on the agenda before. So, I'd like to talk about that as well. But before we get into that, let's talk about our partner of the month. This is a person that everyone sees throughout the entire district. is there at the

032games, was there on opening day, even won a prize at the school. Uh oh, wait. Do we have the video? >> We have the person. >> I'm sure we got the video. I hear the music. >> I hear the music. I don't see the audio. Well, while we're waiting on the video to come forward, everyone, please join me in welcoming Santana to come up and receive a long overdue award. [Applause] Santana saw me coming down the hall and turned and went the opposite direction. >> This is long overdue. Thank you for all that you do for this entire district and this entire community. Please join us here. >> Thank you. We don't have too many small join. >> Oh, okay. Oh, got you. >> All right. All right. >> You can say a few words.

033>> Yeah, you can start the video. >> I just want to say thank you to the board district. >> Oh, thank you. Thank you. [Applause] >> All right. Excellent. >> Hi, my name is Phil Curran. I'm the director of operations for Southfield Public Schools, and it's my honor to recognize Santana Whitaker as our partner of the month. We recognize Santana for all her hard work. Santana has been with the district ever since her company GDI took over the account. Santana started out as a custodian and has worked her way up the ranks to lead account executive. It's no surprise Santana's a hard worker and we recognize her. Thanks, Santana. >> Oh, excuse me. >> Good morning, everyone. How are you? >> Good morning. >> Good, good, good. Why you looking up, Santana? >> Yeah. Why

034she with these balloons? Last time she was here with some balloons, she was surprising someone as a partner of the month. >> Yes. >> And guess who it is this month? >> Who? >> You. Okay. >> Welld deserved and long overdue. Thank you. >> Well, we appreciate you. You were nominated by Phil and Joe and everyone that I stated that I was coming to surprise you. They said long overdue and welld deserved. >> I appreciate it. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> We are fortunate to have you on the team. That's right. Woo! My team, I think. I think that's absolutely, [Applause] >> you know, as Pause that >> as a district, um, our primary goals are to ensure that everyone is educated in a clean, safe, and healthy environment. And through individuals such as,

035uh, Santana, we are able to do that. So, again, Santana, we thank you. and the other team members that were here to support you this evening. We thank them for being here as well. The next individual um has a lot to celebrate because I understand that this individual is uh a newly wed and just came back from a honeymoon and then we had an opportunity to surprise her as the employee of the month having uh just returned. And this nomination is extremely important because this came from one of our parents. So, if you would please run the video and then we will welcome up Triana Williams. >> Hello. I nominate Triana Williams for employee of the month due to her hard work and dedication. She's an amazing secretary. She's always there early, on time, taking

036on extra tasks, and always willing and have that ear for the children when they need to talk, have advice, or just want to be able to have someone to listen to them. She's an amazing secretary and will be a great teacher. That's why she decided to get her degree in early childhood education. So with all of that, that's why I feel that she will be a great candidate for employee of the month. She's always helping her nieces and nephews as well as her younger brother to strive to be the best that they can and complete school. Everyone looks up to her and she's always encouraging. >> Miss Tri, >> hi. How are you? Good. I understand you just came back from a honeymoon. Congratulations. >> I'm also here to congratulate you as the employee of

037the month. You were nominated by a parent who said you have superb customer service and she truly appreciated all that you did to assist. So, thank you on behalf of the school district. [Music] >> And you saw Miss Denim in the back. She wanted everyone to know that that's her secretary. I'm sure a lot of photos these days, right? I just want to say thank you. I don't do it for just because I do it because I do love the kids and I make a huge impact between them turn around open it up to me or you know wish to be [Applause] >> and from our amazing adults to our amazing scholars. The next young lady I'd like to recognize, she's not here this evening. She is a fifth grade student at Adler Elementary. And

038we often talk about our leaders, particularly those at the high school level, and miss out on recognizing some of our younger scholars. In a conversation with Principal Dean, she mentioned to me that a young lady, fifth grader, brought a kindergarten student to the office and essentially told the office, "I don't recognize this young person as being one who takes the bus. Can someone please call their parent and ask if this child is indeed scheduled to ride the bus? This is a fifth grader, so all of maybe 10 years of age. Sure enough, they called the office. The office called the home of the child to find out that this young person was not scheduled to ride the bus. Imagine the trauma that that family would have incurred had this young 5-year-old gotten on the bus

039and had gone to the wrong destination. So, I'd like to recognize Miss Asia Potter for her exceptional leadership at such a very young age, and I look forward to the day that she sits in the student board rep seat so she can start her application now and be prepared for you when she becomes a senior. So, thank you, Principal Dean, and thank you to the other um individuals that developed the leadership there. >> Good job, Asia. [Applause] >> As you heard mentioned once before, October is National Principal Recognition Month and we have amazing bless you. We have amazing principles throughout the entire district. So, I would like to just take a moment to show everyone on the screen who make us smile every day, who make our scholars smile every day as they enter the

040building. The principal's jobs are not easy. And we'll have a presentation later relative to the test scores from the top of the district all the way to the classroom. Our role as I stated is to provide clean, safe, healthy environments, be fiscally responsible, ensure that we have aligned curriculums and ensure that instruction is in occurring in every classrooms. The principles do that. They are responsible for the culture and climate of their buildings and many are going above and beyond to ensure that this is happening. Okay, Summer, come back up with the technical support to ensure that this beautiful collage of principles is now on the screen. There you have from every building representing our youngest scholars, Dr. Ursula Kelly Wash. Our elementary principles, Principal Tanya Hickman, Principal Alma Dean, Principal Orlando Bogens. Our K8 buildings,

041you have Principal Tiara Baldwin, Assistant Principal Kim Pritchette, you have Porsche Eubanks along with Diana Ectctor, you have Sonia Jackson, James Miller, and then at the high school you have from ENT. Would you like to share their names? Paris. >> Yes, we have. >> We have Principal Ree. And we have three assistant principles. We have Miss Kagans, Miss Denim, and Miss Patterson. >> And Chitty, would you like to share from the youth? >> Sorry about that. Um, >> you eating candy? >> Oh, sorry. I can I jump in. I I got my apologies. >> No problem. Give me another >> Well, I will share that while you're finishing that you uh u at KC, we have Dr. Ellen George serving our scholars there at KLC. Did that give you enough time or you want me

042to come back with the other? >> Yeah, thank you. >> Uh we have Principal Dean Slate, we have Principal Dean Sanford, and we have Principal Dean >> Dr. Howard, I did not say that name. Thank you. And the last principal is a K12 five teacher who is principal dean. Kina Balden, >> Balden, >> Dean Balden, thank you for that. And while we're on the topic of the amazing principles that we have, if you could change the slide, we'd like to recognize one of our principles in particular who has been nominated as high school principal of the year and that is none other than Mr. >> Mr. David Ree. So, let me state that the Michigan High School um the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principles takes nominations from all over the state of Michigan and

043this encompasses both middle school and high school principles again throughout the entire state and there are three finalists and of those three. Mr. Ree is representing South Public Schools and Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology. So, Mr. Ree, we wish you well. Um to be nominated is one thing, but you are the winner in our book each and every day. So, I wanted to share that with everyone. Again, please give him a round of applause. >> Okay. And Summer, since you've been up here, Summer >> several times, you gotten all your steps today. Come on back and join us. Summer is going to share some highlights um with our community relative to our academic data, but then she's also going to transition into our plans on how we plan to approach our deficiencies,

044our gaps, and what is working in our district to move our scholars forward. >> And before summer comes up, I do want to say a couple of things. Um so the academic data that that so many parents and um members of of the staff sent out to us that was published um we do want to say moving forward we will be more transparent with getting that information to you. uh Miss Carwell Kurthers is going to try to explain um how this works when it first hits our desks and and kind of some of the stop gaps that we have and actually getting you the full information. But I believe that we have a plan moving forward so when this comes out next year, we can um get you what we have when we get it

045right. Thank you so much. >> And she's joined by Miss Daniels. I didn't realize she would be joining her this evening. I'm the >> All right then. Ladies, the floor is yours. >> Good evening. I'm Summer Cowwell Cors, the executive director of instruction for Southfield Public Schools. >> And I am Venice Daniels, the data and assessment coordinator. >> And so we're going to go over um the data um and assessment for Southfield Public Schools. So um I just want to go quickly um about how the data is released. We take the MSTEP in the college board in April, April and May. And um as we are taking the assessment, scores start to come back to the district around May. But it's not the entire scores. They're just the multiple choice and they're embargoed. And so

046what that means is we cannot release it to the public. The only people that can have access to the scores is district officials. So that would be like myself, the superintendent, the deputy, the school principles. we have the opportunity to start reviewing the scores as they're coming in, but they're not all it's not all of the scores because they did not grade the writing part yet. And so, um, the MDE, which is the Michigan Department of Education, um, has it embargoed until a certain date in August or September. We never know what the date is. It's usually when they send a newsletter out or send an email and say, "Okay, it's is lifted for the public now." And so if we miss that email, we don't know it's lifted for the public. There's still data

047that has not been released and will be released in November. And that's called the school index. That's when we would get the overall um state average. What you guys saw was the state average for third grade and the state average for fourth grade. That's all that you saw um on that Oakland County Times. And so I just want to let you guys know that once we are able to usually once we are able to know that the date is released, we do release the data. But It was August 27th and Oakland County Times released it right after that. So, we didn't even get an opportunity to get it to all of our parents. We're still waiting on MDE to send us um the parent reports. We don't have all of the parent reports to send

048home. We can print them, but they usually send us so we don't have to print them. So, I just wanted to give a little um background knowledge on that. So quickly um for MSTEP, we take MSTEP third through 8ighth grade and 11th grade. Third, fourth, third grade and fourth grade takes ELA and math. Fifth grade takes ELA, math, science, and social studies. Sixth and seventh grade takes ELA and math. Eighth grade takes um college board, so they take PSAT 8 for ELA and math. And they take MSTEP for science and social studies. 11th grade takes everything. So they take SATs for ELA and math and they take MSTEPs for science and social studies. So this is our district average and I put a comparison up so that you can see where we were in 2024

049and where we are currently in 2025. This is our 2024 2025 math MSTEP PSAT 8 and SAT scores. And so what you would see in the green is advanced and proficient. Um yellow is partially proficient and red is not proficient per each grade level. The same for ELA science and social studies. So PSAT 9 and PSAT 10 is not used for accountability. What that means is they do not use those scores in our overall average. But they give us the score so that we'll know where we are in 9th and 10th grade so that we can prepare for the SATs in 11th grade. This is PSAT 9th and 10th for um ELA and for the third grade reading law. So, um, a couple years back there was a third grade reading law that, um, implemented

050and if third graders do not receive a 1272 or higher, they did not meet the minimum standards in literacy. And if they did not meet the minimum standards in literacy, then your parents received a letter from MDE in July. And so, 59.7% of our third graders districtwide met it. um 40.3% need support. And so um part of the third grade reading law, what we have to do is give a benchmark assessment three times a year and we give I ready. And then um after the I Ready, we have to identify students that will have to be on an individual reading plan. And so last year we have 569 students between K3 that was on the individual reading plan. This year we have 283 students that's on an individual reading plan. So we are making some

051progress >> that deserves celebration >> and this is the first time we ever had 200 anything. It's always been in the fives. So we are making progress. Some of the highlights that we have um that we pulled out of the data um sixth, seventh and 11th grade scores has increased from last year. Social studies scores have increased from last year in all three grade levels. 11th grade science increased by 11%. Um eighth grade ELA is the highest proficiency for the second year in a row in the district. Um and partially is because in 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th, and 11th, we give PSATs in the fall. So, we're getting ready. Um, Miss Daniels is getting ready to take all of our eighth graders and up through the SAT and PSAT progress. I mean, um, program

052this month. So, you um, if you are if you have a child in the eighth, 9th, 10th, and 11th grade, they will be taking PSATs. We pay for that because we want students to be able to see the exam before April. And I do think that that makes a difference and it helps students to know what's on the test and how to study. We do have some instructional barriers that we've been working through. And so these are some of the instructional barriers that we are working through as a district. You know, um making sure that parent engagement and stay increased. We need you parents. You know, come to parent teacher conference, ask questions to your teachers, um come into family engagement. It matters. um surrounding districts have um other resources that we don't necessarily have

053at this point. They send their students to Kuma. They have private tutors. And so we are we're combat combating that. So when you see scores from other districts, that is number one. Know that these students do have private tutors. They go to Kuman, they go to Silvin. That happens. Um, some of the other barriers, attendance, as board president mentioned earlier, we have to get our students in school on time every day. It matters. It matters. If they're not there, they won't be exposed to grade level content, which means that they won't be able to even answer the questions when it's time to take the test. And so, these are just a few. I'm not going to go through all through for lack of time. We do have an instructional plan. The instructional team works extremely

054hard. Um they review data all the time and we create plans and one of our plans is we're getting ready to start after school tutoring. Um that's getting ready to start districtwide. Um some of the other things um we are doing are we increased our MTSS um process which is when students are struggling what do we do? And so we have a plan. Our teachers know the plan. And so we we have strengthened that. We're doing some pilots across the district of new um K5 ELA um for two of our schools. Um we're doing professional development to help our students and our teachers know um how to increase student engagement and student voice within the classroom. It's professional development day tomorrow. And summer, before you go off of professional development, it's important to note that

055without 75% of attendance by the staff for professional development day, that date has to be made up. So it is imperative that staff to attend these professional development opportunities. >> Absolutely. Thank you, Dr. Green. >> And so that is the end of the data presentation. What questions do you have for us? You said that we are going to start running our 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th graders to through PSAT next month. >> This month. Yes. >> Do we already have the dates out to the schools? Okay. Yes. Have the schools pushed them out to the parents? >> Yes. The assessment calendar has been out since July. >> Thank you very much. If a parent needed to find the assessment calendar, would they go to their school's website or >> I would go I would talk

056to the school because the district gives a guideline. >> Okay. >> But um I think it's >> all the principles have >> you want to give the dates. >> Oh wow. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So 8th and 9th grade PSAT date is October 28th. >> Okay. Um, for 11th graders, um, they take it on October 23rd. 10th graders take it on October 21st. Yep. >> Okay. I also wanted to to state when we talk about test scores and this is just an accountability piece. Um to our to our building leaders, if you have books that the district has purchased and those books haven't made it into the hands of our students, it's a problem. Um if you want parents to engage, often times we're old school. we need some type of help other than, you

057know, seeing the problem if we could refer to the book and some of our kids could use the the supplementation and we pay for it. So, if we pay for it, it's expected to be used. Um, you can only expect our students to do so much with what they have and without tools, you can't build. So, if you have the tools in your building, the board has approved it, we've paid the money, it's been delivered, and it hasn't made it to the hands of those should who should be using it, that's on you. That's not on anybody else. Um, and so we would appreciate it if you do have supplementation books, tools anywhere other than where they should be, and that's with our scholars, students, and teachers, please get it to them ASAP. Um, furthermore,

058um, to to our teachers, building leaders there, we have some of you that just are impeccable, but there's also a standard in this district for everyone who works here to show up as well. Um, you know, and and that's just an honest conversation, right? Because parents come to us when their students have a sub for a week or if I make a call to Dr. green and say, "Hey, is everything okay with this teacher?" And it's something that's chronic. And of course, we're not going to offend anyone because everybody has something going on, but please remember that educating our kids is important. So, I just want to make sure that we put the onus where it should be. And to our building leaders, um, thank you, right? Because we know some of you operate with

059a lot of effectiveness. you're doing the best that you can. Um, this isn't to come down on anyone, but we definitely know that there are improvements that we can make as a district and it's not just the test scores, it's how we get there, right? It's a cumulative effort. Everybody plays their part. Um, we are going to be monitoring this as a board a little more closely to understand what we can do, what policies, and that's where the attendance policy is coming from. um to help everyone out. Um and if you need help um there's a lot of assistance that can be had. So um to the parents, please know that we do have resources. Even if you can't find them, give us a call. We'll help you out. Um did anyone else have any

060questions or >> Yes, ma'am. >> Um thank you for the information, Miss Kthers and uh Miss Daniels. at any time, years gone by, there was a waiver that was available to be to take the PSA SAT testing outside of our schools if you were receiving free and reduced lunch. And I know that's what the norm is now. But when we filled out the information, um, a lot of parents were able to get the waiver and they could sign up through College Board to also have their student test, um, starting in the ninth grade, which is imperative because a lot of our neighboring districts have their students testing and testing outside of our schools. Do you know if that is still available? >> To my to my knowledge, it's still available available. They can see their

061counselors um, for the waiverss, but that would be outside of the school day. That would be on their own, >> right? But we we as a district pay for it in the fall for everyone and that is an additional um >> opportunity for them to learn and then we test them again in the spring to give them that benchmark. The other piece that I wanted to add regarding AI, a lot of our scholars think that if they use AI to help them with the practice tests, then they will have this information for the regular assessment and that is where the the largest gap is regarding the AI conversation. So, we want to make sure that we embed that into our policies as we move forward with that. >> To the chair, >> one other one

062last question. You mentioned tutoring and how soon will that be um present for our our scholars and parents to take um advantage of that? >> I'm working soon as possible. >> I signed off on it today. >> I I would say I'm I'm aiming for the end of this month or November. I'm just trying to go through the paperwork, but Okay. Yes. >> And to our community and parents, um our children are are our our our biggest and our most loving investment. This is not a plug for Kuman or Silven, but when you need extra supports outside of our schools, please take a look at some of those other organizations or even our D9s that offer those opportunities for our students. Please take advantage of them. >> Thank you so much. I know you're staying

063up here because you have another presentation. So the next presentation is um on summer discovery program. We had a massive summer program this summer and I just want to report out on all the fabulous things that happened. Um, these are our children. And all throughout this presentation, you're going to see our children, a video of our children throughout the summer. And as I was creating this, um, presentation, I would say I was just smiling the whole entire time because these children definitely made my heart smile. They had an amazing time this summer and I had an amazing time working with them this summer. So, summer discovery is a program. We received a grant um from the Bomber Group um United Way and Building Impact and it's called Summer Discovery and this is our second year

064um receiving the summer discovery grant and so um it provided engaging academic opportunities um and also enrichment opportunities for our scholars. We had the largest summer school this year. Um so we had three sites this year, the first time that we had three sites. So Bernie was the elementary K4, KOC was the ESY, and ENT um housed the middle fifth through 8th grade students. Um these were our fabulous summer discovery leaders. These ladies, Principal Bowwin, um Ad Slate, and Miss Diana Shepo ran our summer discovery programs, and I'm just really, really happy. They did an amazing job. So I just wanted to highlight our leaders. So, we had record enrollment. We had 950 students registered to attend summer school and I had to cut it off. If if I would have let it go on,

065we would have more and we had a 77% um attendance rate. >> So, summer people are already asking when does the registration open up for next summer because we do anticipate receiving this grant again and parents are already asking about summer programming. So this it will open up the first week in March and it will close May 1st. >> Okay. >> So that that is the the regular routine. >> First week of March, >> it closes May 1st. I know y'all all got our phone numbers. Don't call us on May 2nd. We are going to block y'all cuz it's nothing we can do. >> And and let let me explain why we have to close it so early. We have a lot of contracts that we have to execute and we have to do it

066based on the number of students that we have. We have to let transportation know how many students that we be riding the bus. We have to let SF know how many students that will be eating every day. And we can't do that if we allow registration to happen all the way up until the first day. We have enrichment vendors that we have to pay contracts to that is based on student count. And so we have to close it down earlier so that we can execute all of our contracts. So this is some of the parent feedback that we received from summer discovery. Um 90% of the um parents rated the summer discovery communication great. They said that their scholars enjoyed the program. Um they rated the child's learning experience good or better. Um and it

067was a great overall experience. This was some of the um feedback that they wrote on the um on the surveys. Um I was very impressed. Well, I don't want to read to you all, but you can read it. But but you know um the the they love the enrichment. They love the academics. We had a large staff turn out that came to teach summer discovery. While they could have been enjoying their summer, they was here with us teaching summer discovery. And I just I'm really happy and I just want to say thank you to the staff that did um stay and and use their summer to teach summer discovery. So the purpose of the program um we had some requirements for the grant. And so the grant required that we had three hours of academics

068a week, but we of course had more than that. They wanted three hours of ELA and three hours of math a week. Well, we had at least minimum 90 minutes a day, which equals way more than the 3 hours that they were asking us for. We also included electives for our students. Um, we had mindfulness every day. They had yoga. Um, we had enrichment. Um, so this was our our a day in the life of a summer discovery student. They had really healthy good food cuz the kids love the food. They said that in the survey. Um and then we we did academics in the morning and enrichment in the afternoon. And so we had all of our vendors come in the afternoon and we had various vendors. Um this was some of our um

069young people that was doing the project based learning. That was the biggest thing for this year. Um every grade level did project based learning. So what we did um for our students is we took the um winter I Ready scores and we split our kids up into three groups. our innovative group, our explorer group and our adventurer group. And it was based on their academics, their I Ready scores. And then we selected projects that they could do, each group could do, and the kids loved it. Um, now the teachers were apprehensive in the beginning because it was new, but at the end they they came around, they did like it. And so these were some of the things that the kids were doing, measuring, um, you know, we had ESY was doing projects. Um, and

070then we had themes for each grade level. So kindergarten theme was learning through play. Um, that was our enrichment theme. First and second grade was arts and craft and enrichment. Third and fourth grade. Third grade was mentorship. Um, so we had mentorship groups for all of our third grade. Fourth grade was digital explorers. fifth grade was entrepreneurship. So they had to create their own business um business plan and um actually present it to the class and then they have feedback from real business owners. Um sixth and seventh grade was mindfulness and sports um self-esteem and skin care. We had high school and college um readiness. And so, um, based on our, um, on the Bomber Group, United Way, and Building Impact, we were one of the premier programs. They met with me several times after

071the program just to find out more information about our program. And um, they're always, you know, asking us for feedback because they really like the way we run our program. We were invited to Little Caesar's Arena um, in the next, I think it's next week or the week after next, or maybe it's November. I got to look at my calendar. But they invited us to Little Caesars's Arita to um attend the summer discovery appreciation program. They did also invite us to apply again next year. Yeah. So this every um this year was new. We did a um student showcase at the end of the summer so that the parents could come in and see some of the projects and some of the things that the kids were learning. These were some of our projects. Um,

072I just took some of the pictures and I made a collage of various projects that the kids were doing and it was based on their grade level and their um their their their ability level. I see my video. So, we do want to give a special um thank you to the Bomber Group, Building Impact, and United Way for granting us this grant and this opportunity for our students. We also want to give a special thank you to all of our vendors. These were all of our vendors um from Summer Discovery. It takes a lot of people to run this program. It's a lot of moving pieces. And then thank you to all everyone in the district that has definitely just rolled up their sleeves and helped from the instructional team. I am very much in

073debt to you. Operations team, you know, no one told me no. Everyone said Summer, we got it. you know, and so I just want to say thank you um for that. And then a video was created by the way of Mrs. Denise Bush um of the summer discovery. And I do want to play at least the first half of it because what it does is this is the students and the teachers talking about what they learned and you know how they felt about the program. Miss um Miss Carolyn, you just click the link. [Music] Hi, my name is Logan Stokes and I'm from Stevenson. What I like about summer school is that we get to do a lot of activities and fun things. >> Hi, my name is Joy. I go to university. And what

074I like about summer discovery was making new friends. >> Hello, my name is Elizabeth Forsight. I teach here at Bernie where summer school is being held. I am a kindergarten teacher and I also had the opportunity this summer to teach rising first graders. been able to follow this STEM based curriculum and read these books and kind of tie them to what our STEM activities are. And the kids have done such a nice job being creative. Hi, my name is Jim Panza and I am a first grade teacher at Burning K8 through the regular school year, but I had the opportunity to teach first graders going into second grade at summer school this year. And we got to do a lot of STEM activities where we read a book and then we had a project that

075went with it. Actually, two projects and the kids did a great job being creative. Uh they took hold of their own project, did what they wanted and they were very successful this this summer. Hi, I'm Artha Bradley. I am a speech therapist during the school year at Stevenson Elementary. However, this summer I had an opportunity to go in a different direction by teaching second grade with a project based learning here at Bernie K8. And one of the things that I really loved about this program, not only because it's handson, but it really got the students to be thinkers. Hello, I am Miss A. Williams. I am a fifth grade teacher from University K12 Academy. However, this summer I had the opportunity to work with rising third graders and believe me, it was phenomenal. Those kids

076really enjoyed the opportunity to explore and do new things and they were very, very open about how they felt, you know, what they wanted to do. My name is Katana and I came from Stevenson Elementary School and I had so much fun because I get to see all my teachers from my school. And the fun part that I got to see is I went bowling and I had got two things. My name is Taylor Sims. I'm from Stevenson Elementary School. Some stuff I like about the sub the summer discovery program is that we did projects. We've been working at MU workbooks and I love the staff, the students, and the people. Hi, I'm Tracy Morehead. I taught fourth grade here this summer, and I think the project based learning was excellent. It gave the children

077a time to use their imagination and explore outside of traditional classroom activities. Hi, I'm Teresa Punchoff. I'm a fifth grade teacher here at Bernie and this summer I taught the rising fifth graders. So, it's been a really great experience. We did project- based learning. One of our units um taught students how to debate each other and the other unit taught them to think about the importance of taking care of the Earth's resources versus finding a possible um solution out in space like colonizing Mars. Um, it gave the students a chance to really collaborate with each other, learn to communicate about their different ideas, and do a lot of problem solving. >> Hi, my name is Kevin and what I liked about summer school was um that we got to do lots of things and um

078one of them was a candle pole and another one of them was a art class. >> Hi, I am Mrs. Lockidge. I teach at Adler and for summer school I taught fourth grade which is also the grade that I teach at at All. I enjoyed the PBL project based learning during the summer discovery program. It helped me to teach out the box and it gave the kids a different perspective um and viewpoint for um hands-on learning and they got to work with their classmates much more than they would during a regular school lesson. Hi, I'm Lisa Jackson. I'm a Thompson K8 teacher. I normally teach second grade. and I taught second grade this past summer. I did enjoy the PBL. I love that my students came together from all different schools across the district and

079they figured it out. I said one time collaborate and that was it. >> And so that was just a little um insight to our staff and our students for summer discovery. The the biggest thing I I really enjoyed um was to see the confidence of the students when I went to Ron Clark Academy. Um those students were our students. It was the same students, you know, how they interact and I saw that in summer discovery. So I just wanted to share it a little bit with you all. What questions do you have for me? >> Trustees, any questions? >> Oh, good job. >> Thank you so much. [Applause] Next joining us, we have the team from First Student to give us an update on transportation. wanted to uh introduce um Chris Schuman's uh replacement going

080forward will be Benjamin Nuome. So Ben is here tonight along with Maurice and they'll talk about some of the u the updates we discussed last month, counter measures of issues that are going on in transportation and they'll talk a little bit about where they're at with uh headcount and contract negotiations with their uh with the organized group. So I'll turn it over to you gentlemen. >> Okay. >> Me first. >> Yeah. >> Thanks everybody. Appreciate the time. 10 minutes. >> 10 minutes. >> All right. I'll talk fast. Uh >> five minutes. Okay, I'll talk really really fast. Uh Maurice has a detailed update about the move. That's probably a little bit more important. So, just some high level stuff. Uh kind of an update on where we are so far this year. Obviously, a student

081is much more than just a number and one late bus is one too many, but the data does speak to overall how we're doing. So, just some highle numbers. Um we'll start with the union update. You guys know we've been in negotiations for a while. Uh we had a full tenative agreement last week. They vote tomorrow. So we're very excited and optimistic that tomorrow we will get uh our union contract ratified. So um excited about that. Current staffing numbers, we have 57 routes. We have 65, we'll call them full-time drivers right now. Uh we are not short staffed. Obviously the attendance that you know you see across the industry and all industries hits us a little bit. So we need to get a few more uh than what we have. That's not counting our leave

082of absences or our what we call casual or subd drivers. So uh we do have one driver currently on the road in training and a few more in the pipeline. And just briefly on training. So state of Michigan has very little requirements as far as training to be a bus driver. If you can pass the background in the drug screening physical, get a permit, wait two weeks, sign up for a test, you can be a bus driver. Not for us. So for us, you're in class for 15 hours, you're doing skills for 7 to 12 hours, then you're on the road for 15 to 17 hours before you even get to take the test. So our training program is the best in the industry by far. So when we do need somebody, it does take

083us longer than you would see at um in-house district down the road. Um, and then there's also six hours of special needs training that's required after that as well. Um, and then throughout the year, monthly safety meetings, student management training, and all those things that Maurice and his team will do during the year. Uh, supportwise, recruiting wise, we have a dedicated recruiting and hiring specialist here in Michigan and ensures 100% compliance for bus drivers. So, anybody that gets behind the wheel has been fully vetted. Background check, drug screen, all that stuff. Uh, we also have an area safety manager, an area training manager. They are my peers if I'm the operations person. We have one dedicated just for safety in Michigan, one for training. And we also have a senior certified trainer that goes from

084location to location and trains our trainers to make sure that they're doing their job. Um, some quick numbers. Right now, 3,400 students are routed to our buses. Uh, we make about 900 bus stops a day. So, branch it out for the year. We've made about 30,000 bus stops, transported 231,000 kids so far this year. Our ontime percentage, again, this is high level, 9,000 and some arrivals across all of our buses to all of our buildings. We're at 95%. Some are not that good, and I know Maurice and his folks are working on that. Some are better than that, but overall 95% on time up to that this point um so far this year. And then lastly, I think for me, unless there's any questions, the EV update, uh, engineering walkthrough was last week. I know

085Joe is very involved in that. DTE is going to be out next week. Uh, we're pretty excited about that. The bus is almost here. Um, it should be in a couple more months. Uh, obviously there's been some delays with supply chain and stuff, but we are really, really excited about the EV project here in Southfield. So Joe's been great to work with everybody on the Southfield side. Um you guys have been great partners for a long time. We look forward to that. You know, there was some some budget stuff. There was a bit of a shortfall in there somewhere. Um and again, we were honored to be able to pick up that 50 to 70k that it ended up being short. Um and again, that's a compliment to you guys and the partnership that we

086have. So I think that's it for me. Highle stuff. if anybody has any questions for me, I will turn it over to Maurice to talk about some more specific things. >> So, I just want to say welcome, welcome to the district. You're welcome. >> Um, so we know that we've had a chronic issue at one school in particular. Um, and and I don't know, I believe you were sitting here when I expressed the fact that when we have students that are late to one class over and over and over again, it impacts their scores. Um and and so what I will say is it's October >> and we're almost to November. Um my hope is that that school is seeing some resolve because those parents have been more than patient with us and those kids

087deserve better and so do the teachers. They're trying to teach a class, right? And they have kids coming in 30 minutes late, right? So the expectation was the next time that we saw you there was a solution and that we would not hear that we're still having that problem. Um that principal I mean that principal will do anything that they can to get their kids there. But I I'm trying to understand if we figured out what the problem was and have we found a solution for that partic those six routes that were being affected. Um those six buses was it I believe it was 922A. the idea that I know him by heart is a problem. It really is because that's how much I get called about it um from the parents and and from

088Dr. Green alike. So, I just want to make sure that especially in that one situation um for that one school because it has been so chronic and those kids are getting to that class late routinely that we've solved that issue. >> Have we? >> It's a tier three school. >> Understood. that issue has been resolved. >> Um the issues were at the beginning of the school year uh in an effort effort to reduce the number of routes and save Southfield public schools money. Um some of our routes were too tight and it primarily dealt with the special needs routing. It takes a little bit longer to route special needs kids in terms of wheelchairs coming down, kids being loaded, wheelchairs going up. They were just too tight. There was little room for error there and

089we were getting a lot of calls from uh Levy and but we've got that under control now. I have not seen any emails recently or received any phone calls recently from those schools in reference to us being late. Now, that's not to say that we don't have some one-offs every now and then. We do. But at the beginning of the year, we had just made things too tight. Once we realized exactly what the issue was, we broke those routes down a little bit more, provided more leeway for issues that might come up and for loading and unloading. And we I just haven't seen the emails lately. I used to see the emails coming through Pette going to Dr. Green all the time. And we just haven't I just haven't seen that lately. every meeting, every

090week when I meet with my team, I say it's been since September the 18th that I've not seen any emails from Pette with a message to me in regards to transportation issues which are going directly to Dr. Green. So, um, yes. So, keep my fingers crossed and we'll keep doing what we're doing and we do have some things that we continue to work on, but we've resolved that this year. You're welcome. >> I just had just just to briefly mention because I know we only had five minutes, but we laid out a proposal last week, a transportation propo proposal for the midyear school split. It was a collaborative effort between the assistant principal, the principal, Rebecca Letington, my staff, Joe Curtis was there and we believe we have a very good plan for the midyear

091school split. Now it is the initial pass the first draft. We have some time to work with but all walkers are going to be routed. All buses are going to pick up all kids. Uh they're going to pick up all kids simultaneously to make certain that the bigger kids don't get picked up first and the smaller kids are at the stop. We're going to pick up kids wherever they're supposed to go and all of the buses once they pick up they're going to drop off at both schools. >> Okay. >> All of that in the works. >> Speaking to the move management piece that I'll address um and give >> yeah give some additional information for those families. Yes. >> And the routing will be out there for the parents to see on December 15th.

092Thank you guys for listening. I appreciate your patience and I appreciate your partnership. >> Thanks everybody. >> Okay. Um in the interest of time, we will move directly into our staffing update. This should look familiar to our audience as well as our trustees. This is our most recent update. We have had some shifts in a few buildings because um in accordance with our CBA, we've had some positions become available and we have to post them internally first and thus we've had a few dominoes happening throughout the district. Um but we've also had um some positions being filled. So at Adler, we've had some filled. Thus we have the two positions still available, the ASD teacher and the speech pathologist. Next school is that of McIntyre. Those two we knew would be filled by the long-term

093subs because those were two part-time positions there for the duration of this year and the um sunset of that campus. Moving on to Stevenson, they just have the one position remaining. That is the secretary position. The second grade position that was newly created based on numbers has been filled by an internal candidate thus creating the back fill needed necess now necessary um at Bernie. You'll see that as the third bullet. Uh that person in the second grade has now transferred to Stevenson. We still have the EI vacancy that is being filled by the ISSN ISSN team member and the ASD vacancy. Moving on to that of Thompson. We are still in need of a science teacher. That has been one of our most challenging positions to fill. We do have a sub there and principal

094Eubanks and principal ectctor um AP ectctor are doing a great job with uh assisting in manning that class. One thing that Summer didn't mention is when we have long-term subs and positions, the instructional team goes over to ensure that those substitutes have lessons created by our instructional team. So those subs are not on their own having to create lessons for our scholars. So that team is supporting there at Thompson as well as the other. Levy has one ASD vacancy but you can see that a candidate has been identified there. Moving on to uh Southwood ENT. We have the ASD vacancy. We have a secondary transition coordinator, the bookkeeper. We had a candidate. Um that candidate has since declined the offer and we have the one resource teacher there which is starting next Monday. We are

095happy to see that. At university we have the Spanish teacher vacancy. We've had teachers and then the um offers fall through. I know last time when we spoke I told you you had someone starting. I told you I'd tell you when they were starting but unfortunately that person was not able to start that position. So we are back interviewing for that. Um the vocal position or the music teacher position uh accepted a transfer to ENT. Thus we are losing that music teacher um starting next week. And then the second grade teacher, that person requested a transfer to Levy. We are in the process of looking to onboard one of our retired teachers to fill that kindergarten, I'm sorry, second grade position in a timely manner. With KC, we have the two SXI teachers and the

096one social worker position and both are um filled by our partners. And then at Busy um of which you'll hear from next, we have two speech pathologists. All of our scholars are receiving services through our support partner. Two ECSC positions and one EIV which is early intervention vacancy. >> Dr. Green, where are we at with the executive director? >> Our Thursday. The final interviews are Thursday. >> Okay. All right. >> And we do have the ISIS in position field and that person will start on 116. >> Thank you. Now, I invite Dr. Kelly Wash. For those of you that have not had an opportunity to meet her, she is our newest director of Busy Early Childhood Center. Dr. Kelly Wash. We welcome you. >> Oh, thank you. Okay. Well, good evening, Superintendent Green. I'll just

097um Yeah, we have the presentation. Okay. Well, good evening, Superintendent Green. board president Ashanti Blenn and all those who serve Southville Public Schools Board of Education. My name is Ursula Kelly Wash and I'm happy to serve as the interim director at Busy Center for Early Childhood Education. Do I um advance? Okay. >> Is it working? >> There you go. >> All right. You're moving. yet. >> Oh, okay. So, as you know, we've had a great deal of transition at Busy and um just to create a positive and um atmosphere, we have a theme this year and our staff and teachers are very excited about our one team, one dream. So, at Busy, we believe that our teachers and our staff are working together to provide a high quality academic and social experience for the district's

098youngest scholars to excel in kindergarten and beyond. And for most of you, you know that um Busy, our motto is college begins at Busy. And that um theme is interwoven throughout all of our classrooms and the hallways. So, we're excited to have people visit and see the exciting things that are happening in our classrooms and how learning is um being um supported by our teachers. Okay. So, since this is the first um meeting, I just wanted to talk about our mission statement because as you know our mission statement, it drives our um our learning. It drives our passion for teaching. And so at Busy, we are um Busy Center for Early Childhood Education, we're committed to providing an inclusive quality um comprehensive program which promotes a peaceful learning environment. And we embody integrity, compassion, and

099respect as we are supporting children and families and staff by listening, observing, valuing, and encouraging homeschool collaborations. And that's all embodied by love and respect for our students and our teachers. That's how we really um empower our students to learn and thrive and prepare them for future learning. So, um just here's an outline of what I'm going to kind of go over this evening. We are going to talk about our enrollment data. Um our ADA, our average daily attendance, our CACFP, a meal report, our monitoring reports through health and safety, the education report, family engagement, and our upcoming events at Busy. So, as you can see, the chart basically kind of um talks about our enrollment um our current enrollment. Um, as you can see, we have three programs at BUSEY. Early Head Start, Head

100Start, and GSRP, which stands for our Great Start Readiness Program. Um, and it's kind of um our kids in Early Head Start, they age out of the program. So, even though the numbers are reporting that we have 14 enrolled, we really have 16 because we have kids who are transitioning. So when early Head Start students who are like um like two years old when they're transitioning to a new classroom, they do it in small bites. So each day throughout the week, they'll go for um maybe an hour, then two hours, then three hours. They're building capacity so that they can thrive in um in Head Start. So we actually do have um 16 students because we'll have two more coming in um soon. For Head Start, we have um 54 students currently enrolled and for

101GSRP 72. Um for um we do have a weight list for our Early Head Start. It's a very popular program at Busy. Many people want to have their um um infants and um you know, young toddlers in our Early Head Start program. And we pride ourselves because we're not just about care, we're about academics as well. Um in our um Head Start we have 10 vacancies and for GSRP we have 25. And so we're actively um trying to build up those um those two for Head Start and um GSRP we've we're having enrollment clinics and um the goal is for our family service workers to really kind of push out into the community on Friday. So um we are increasing our numbers weekly. Okay. Next are um child and adult care food program. This as

102you already know nutrition is very important. It's um one of the um hallmarks of really just learning and children who are wellfed with nutritious food, they do well, they thrive in school. So um and and also our CA our CACF program is not only about eating, it's about uh modeling good eating habits and how to eat properly um for our students because we encourage the teachers to also um partake and you know model eating as well. It's a family style uh meal. So children are learning how to serve themselves, how they're becoming independent with eating and also we really foster um conversations. So we always have some type of talking points or strategies and I'm in the classroom a lot during um meal time and it's really a great time to ask questions and have

103the children learn how to properly engage in conversations during um meal time. So for breakfast during the month of September, we're proud to have served um 1,036 students breakfast. Adults 289 AM snack students 100 um 80 198 adults 58 um servings lunch, 152 and um servings for lunch for our students and for adults 288. And for our afternoon snack um 918 um servings were provided for our scholars and for adults 286. Okay. So next um is our monitoring uh report. This is um you will always know that our students are getting what they need in the context of our classroom because daily we have a daily ha health and safety checklist. So, I go into the classrooms and I'm looking for um you know, we have our green sheets which are by each door. Um

104scholars who exit classrooms must be documented and as they return into the classroom, they must be documented back in as well. We have lesson plans throughout the room. Um all of our classrooms, we have um schedules. Anybody who walks into a classroom will see the daily schedule. Parents as well. Um, we have, uh, let me go back to my notes. Excuse me, I should know this because I do it every day. But we have our sanitation tracker, how often our toys and materials are being cleaned. We have um, our I said our lesson plan, our exit signs, our self um, safe safety um, bags are displayed in the classroom. So anytime something is not um positioned where it should be, a teacher will notify us. That's how we do our daily or data tracking for

105our school dues as well to make sure that our environment is at its best to meet those Head Start um performance standards as well. Okay. Oops. Not sure what's going on. >> Okay, so now here's our education report. The teachers at Busy have been very busy. As you know, for Head Start and GSRP, they have to do a home visit. And this is where the teachers are um they go into the homes of our scholars and they build relationships with the parents. It's a wonderful opportunity for parents and teachers to set goals to meet um you know the scholars before school starts um and to also to just um have some shared agreements about learning. We had a wonderful parent um orientation um at Busy and this is where the teachers went over the logistics

106for teaching and learning and just some of the expectations. We're really trying to make sure that we meet our in kind um this year and so we we'll have we're having a lot of parent um touch points throughout the year. our curriculum night since we are um college begins at busy. We had meet the preschool professor night which was well attended by our um parents and they were able to learn about the high scope curriculum which is the researchbased curriculum even in the baby room and um um parents could just learn more about our KDIs and how um our scholars are being taught and how they're learning. We talked about the daily rout routine, our child observation record, which is um core. That's how our um our scholars are being assessed. We talked about our

107high scope STEM kits. So, science experiments were taking place on that day, even in the baby room. And we um just had a preview. I really encouraged um our parents, those in early Head Start to visit classrooms in GSRP and those who were in um head early Head Start to go to Head Start classrooms just so that they know um what the expectations are as they progress along in Busy. Okay. So now and uh we have many screeners and assessments um for our young scholars. the BGAN screener. Um I'm happy to say this year we're going to have a pre-EST and a post- test because just like Mrs. um Cwell Kathers mentioned, it's important to be data driven and everything and anything that we do. So the teachers um submitted their scores on Monday and

108we're going to kind of have some data digs and talk about where our scholars are and how to use that data to inform our small groups and how we can use that for teaching and learning. Um also our child observation record which we have four um periods throughout the year. Uh right now we're in period one which ends in November and it's driven by um observations and teachers taking anecdotal notes. High scope is a very holistic um learning um um component where it's um teacher facilitated and student initiated. So if students have questions or you know um they desire to learn certain things that's how the teachers are developing the curriculum and it's driven by our KDIs which are our key developmental indicators to track growth across the various content areas such as literacy, math,

109science and social studies and approaches to learning. So our students are getting a very well-rounded um foundation at busy. Okay. So, our districtwide professional development day on back in September, we were um we had a a a pretty packed day. We talked about understanding cultural diversity. Um, we learned about bloodborne pathogens, um, child abuse and neglect, mandated reporting, uh, medicine administration, supporting scholars with seizures, asthma awareness, and so it was a it was a packed day just to make sure our our teachers are well prepared to support our students. Tomorrow, I'm happy to announce that um, Dr. Freeman will support us with our professional learning, giving us um tips and strategies about what's developmentally appropriate, how to support students um who may be um you know um have behavioral issues and um strategies for teachers

110and parents and some really healthy conversations about that. So, we're going to have a great learning day tomorrow at Busy. Um, I'm really happy to announce that um I'm starting um an E3 at busy program. It's called Educators Empowering Educators. And on Wednesdays when we have staff meetings, I don't want to always be the one talking or giving out information. I want our teachers to teach and coach um their peers. And so um every Wednesday for 5 to seven minutes, we'll have teachers um teaching um and showing and demonstrating learning for their peers. Okay, next um just some of our family engagement highlights. We had a great time last week for our donuts for dads, a celebration of fatherhood and leadership and it was a wonderful time for our fathers to come together and just

111talk about some of they were very you know um um vulnerable about some of the struggles that they have as fathers and you know what the vision and the opportunities that they want for their um students. So, it was a really powerful uh meeting and it's we're we're going to have many of our fathers involved too. So, they all signed up for different committees. We are going to have a muffins for mom's event um coming up. The theme I'm every woman. Um we're going to have a fire safety house on the 23rd and we we're going to also have a harvest day celebration. And so, I'm happy to announce everything that we're doing. We we always have teachers who are on the committees because this is a learning process for them too. How to plan,

112implement and to drive something from start to finish. Okay. Um we're going to skip that. Mrs. Rogers has given the report. um we talked about it and so at this time I'm going to um kind of show a a little just a little showcase of some of the things that we're learning at Busy small group um I don't know if can hopefully it will play just celebrating the joys in learning uh at busy the joy of early childhood education teaching Learning is reflected at Busy when students and teachers foster curiosity through exploring and discovering the world around them as they build relationships by creating a safe and nurturing environment. Encourage creativity when scholars express their authentic selves through play and inquiry. and as they celebrate growth as young scholars when they take their first steps

113and they say their um first word and um when we get to the last um picture it's wonderful because like I said in all of our classrooms we really do promote um talking during the lunch experience and we even do that in the baby room. So, it's wonderful to see um our young um babies, you know, babbling and, you know, engaging in conversation as well. Just take a few more minutes, >> seconds, I should say, not a few more minutes. we really um in are really trying to create critical thinking and inquiry and discovery in our classrooms. And so that's what you'll see as you're in the classrooms um during small group and large group. And that's our babies. They're talking. >> Yeah. So, um I just at this time I would like to thank

114um Superintendent Green for her encouragement and support and Dr. Freeman for her support and encouragement and Mrs. Rogers. I'm not I don't think she is here right now, but I've had some great support. This has been a journey at Busy and we're going to continue and do our best so that our scholars are well prepared for kindergarten and beyond. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Are there any questions? Anyone? >> Good job. >> Thank you. >> Um Dr. Green, move management. >> Yes. Um so we're striking the legislative update because um Treasurer Bel will be speaking to some of those points later. Um move management. I just wanted to remind the parents of our Bernie students that tomorrow there will be a webinar to discuss the move occurring midyear at Bernie to the two

115Airbnbs to service our scholars for a second semester. So, please tune in. And I know we have one here on our board um to that meeting on tomorrow and Tyler will send out another push or um work with principal Baldwin to send out another push with that information. >> Thank you, Dr. Green. Public participation. If you wish to address the board regarding a school related issue that has not yet been resolved by a 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 school principles or other administrators before coming to the board of education. Your

116cooperation is appreciated. Uh, Miss Cheryl Tims. Good evening, Miss Tims. Will you please state your address for the record? >> Uh, let's see. I live at 23870 Lawn Road, number 21103 in Southfield, Michigan 48033. >> Thank you so much. The floor is yours, >> President Bland, trustees, student representatives, Dr. Green, and everyone here in the audience tonight. I am Cheryl Tims and I am representing the Optimus Club of Southfield Lether Village. Our club has been serving the community and doing our very best since May of 1979 to bring out the best in our kids. Our club has many programs. We even have a great section in a book that uh is a tribute to President Obama that mainly talks about Southfield kids and our programs. Every year try to let you know first before it

117hits the newspapers and social media and everything what programs we're going to be uh sponsoring for the school year or the optimist year. And this year we are already engaged to have our essay contests. All of these programs come associated with cash awards and scholarships. So the essay contest uh for this year the theme is how my acts of service help me understand what my community means to me. There is no minimum age limit for anyone to be in the contest. Uh but the student cannot have exceeded its 19th birthday before October 1st of this year. We have cash awards for first, second, and third place. Um you know, little gift cards, you know, couple hundred dollars here, $100 there, but the big money comes from the district level. And that um first place winner

118of an essay contest uh that scholarship is for $2,500 and it's just to write an essay. We have uh had winners from the Michigan from Southfield public schools in the past who've won the district level uh as well as second and third place. We have decided just so that everyone is aware that we were not going to offer the ortorial contest this year. It has been really extremely difficult to get participation. I think a lot of it has to do with maybe a change in some of the classes that are offered in the district like maybe no drama classes or public speaking and things like that. Um but if you want us to do ortorial we will certainly do it. It is one of our uh signature programs. Uh but this year and I'd like

119to tell the school board first, the audience, the presence, the parents um first before we go to social media and then go to Southfield's son and have the article. So, uh thank you all so very much for supporting us for 46 years. >> Thank you, M. and um just delighted to be here as always and we're here to do our very best. >> Thank you. [Applause] >> Uh Kadada Hawkins, Miss Hawkins, will you please state your address when you get to the podium? >> Good evening. My name is Cadia Hawkins. I don't feel comfortable leaving my address. I'm in Southfield, Michigan. Um, I have two concerns. I have two children, one at elementary as well as one at Ley Middle School. Route 22 has been late or not picked up multiple times. It's getting dark

120outside. It's 10 to 12 kids that's stop every day. I understand what transportation said up here, but I call every day. I've left voicemails for the superintendent. I've actually emailed Mr. Jackson. Something has to be done for that. And as far as elementary school goes, I have a daughter at Aller Elementary. She was involved in a school bus accident on Thursday of last week. It was, excuse me, it was not um emailed like any other accidents or activities that happen. Um and that's a problem. I shouldn't have to call transportation to tell you that my child was in an accident because she caused me frantic. The bus driver allegedly hit somebody or somebody allegedly hit them. My child is suffering from a mild concussion currently. And what what can be done about this? Because no

121one has took the initiative to reach out to us. The princ principal dean has to call transportation to let people know that these kids were in an accident. This is unacceptable for people who actually rely on this transportation. My daughter don't even want to get on a bus anymore. At 8 years old, that shouldn't be a fear of hers. So, I'm asking for you guys to do something cuz it's just unacceptable. The school the transportation is supposedly having an app that will be able to track these buses. None of the schools know about it. How can you provide information to concerned parents when their kids are standing outside at 7 in the morning, 8 in the morning? I have a child that leaves on the bus at 7:30 and I have to sit out there

122until the Levy bus comes, which sometime does not come. When the bus does arrive, I should not have to have a bus driver ask me where this address is. Something needs to be done. So, please help me because I rely on y'all to get my kids to and from. I don't want to pull my children from Southfield Public Schools, but if this continues to be a problem, I have to do what I have to do to advocate for my kids and make sure that they are getting the education that they deserve. So, please keep that in mind. I know I wasn't just the only person that stood here and heard that man tell me everything was fixed. >> 65 people he don't I poor >> and um and that is why I lifted it for

123that very reason. That is why I lifted it because I get the calls to my personal phone, my email. And as far as the accident and and um to the trustees, would you allow me to address this piece? Um I I am concerned that nothing went out to the community regarding the school bus accident. Um for that, I apologize. I'm normally very um aware of what goes out and we were made aware of it. Um not sure why anything didn't go out to the parents, but on behalf of the district, we apologize for that. Um the board was made aware uh after it happened. I believe that our our stance was it's it's common sense that you send something or I would have preferred a call since it was just one bus um to our

124parents. So we take full accountability for that. Um I do and this board does. I can speak for us. um it won't happen again. Um as far as the bus is concerned, um as you heard, we addressed it, but we'll we'll follow up with that. Um and I I do speak to the principal and um and and many many parents actually call me and let me know about this. Um as far as you not getting a a response from the district andor transportation, unacceptable. But you can always reach me, email me. I'm a Shanti Bland. My My email is right there. I I email everyone back. >> So you I call the school. >> Okay. >> It's too many kids. I can't pick one. >> Understood. >> But I call that school every day. I

125speak to the attendance person and she sends you an email on my >> Miss Taber. Yes, she does. And I forward those emails on um and I follow up with Miss Taber. That's how I know your root your bus. I called it out. I know I called 22 out um and and we shouldn't have to. So, we'll we'll we'll update you um tomorrow with the solution. Okay. >> As far as the accident, because I'm taking my child, she's been >> we had no idea that there were any injuries from that bus accident >> because that they didn't they the EMS and stuff did not come before her dad came and got her off that bus. I talked to them until they picked her up. She said she had a headache. She started being dizzy after

126the fact. We took her to So that's when I contacted transportation. I didn't talk to Mr. Jackson. I talked to one of the switchboard operator. >> So Mr. Jackson doesn't work in transportation, which is why you probably didn't speak with him. >> I'm sorry. I >> Oh, Mr. Johnson. >> Mr. Johnson. >> Okay, understood. >> Mr. Johnson did not contact me until Monday morning after I sent the email. Okay, >> that makes unacceptable and I'm still waiting on a response today as to what is the protocol as to my daughter is suffering. >> I'm going to the school every day. She don't want to get on a bus. What can I what what can be done about that? Because that's >> I can't give you an answer to what we can do at the fact

127that she doesn't want to get on a bus. What what those options look like? I will have to talk to the superintendent. That's something we'll have to take offline because I I can't give you an answer if I don't have one and I don't believe in making any promises to people. So, >> so my ask would be that >> Jackson is right behind you that he get your contact information and then we will follow up with you on tomorrow regarding this matter. I will personally >> medically though. >> So, that's that's what I'll follow. He'll give me your contact information and we will follow up with you on that aspect of it. Absolutely. Thank you. Action items. Consent agenda. Approval of minutes for September 23rd, 2025 special board meeting study session. Is there a motion

128to open and approve? >> I motion that we open approve consent agenda. >> It's been properly moved and supported. Are there any discussion surrounding this? Hearing none. Vice President, whenever you're ready, please call for the vote. >> Trusty Belt, >> yes. >> Trusty Bland, >> yes. >> Trusty Densson, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Myself, yes. >> Motion carried. Thank you. Report 6415, sustainable design standards for new construction and major renovations. This is the second read. Trustees, you all received this um at our last meeting. Um, we had no objections or uh revisions. This is considered the second read. Is there a motion to open and approve report 6415? >> So moved. >> Second. >> It's been properly moved and supported. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. Vice President, please call for the vote.

129>> Johnson. >> Yes. >> Myself. Yes. BL. >> Yes. Yes. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. Thank you. Report 6419, personnel action report. Trustees, you had the personnel action report sent to you over in your packet. You have one in your binder as well. Whenever you're ready, if there is a motion to open and approve. >> I motion that we open and approve. Personnel action report 649 >> supported. >> It's been properly moved and supported. Is there any discussion? >> Yes. Um is there a difference in um type? >> I'm looking at the notes. >> Look at the date. So one was effective August 19th and then the individual transfer did an internal transfer to the other location >> and replacing someone else >> on October 13th. Got it. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Any

130other discussion? Hearing none. Whenever you're ready. Vice President. >> Yes. Trusty Belt. >> Yes. >> Trusty Bland. >> Yes. >> Just Johnson. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. Thank you. Information items. Report 6420. Abatement services at Bernie K.8 Doran Associates bond funds. >> Do you want them? >> Yep. >> 2122. >> Yep. So, uh, trustees and Dr. Grant, are you asking that we make these actionable this morning? Um, for full transparency, um, on Monday, myself and Vice President Wer actually sat in on the construction meeting. You all received a litany of emails regarding what we saw and at my request, I asked Dr. agreeing to send you information so that you would have it previous to coming to the table. So, what we're going to do is we are going to have um our associates from

131Plant Moran um Dan and TJ, which you're very familiar with, um come forward. Luckily, we sent you a synopsis of all of this, so you actually got it really in real time as it was happening yesterday. Um, so I'll ask TJ and Dan if you would not mind going through report 6420, report 6421, report 6422, 6423, and are we going to go through 24 and 25 as well? >> 24 and 25. And then we'll do 26 separately because that's coming out of general funds. >> Good evening. >> All right. So um to give a synopsis 6420 is the abatement services at Bernie that is for the actual abatement contractor that will do the removal. Um the recommendation is brought forward by Arch Environmental is for Dor and Associates. Um is um environmental consultant services for

132Arch Environmental. This is an abatement to their contract for the actual um asbestous coordination, air monitoring and their professional services uh for that location. Uh report or action item 6422 uh geotechnical services. This is in regards to um University K12 and Southfield High School for Arts and Technology. Uh G2 is the consultant for that particular um item. It is amendment number three. What this is in regards to is infiltration testing which is a requirement for both um city and county for the site work that is being done at the locations. Um similarly we have um item 6423 French Associates amendment number seven for them uh infiltration testing at that location which will be performed by SME um who's working on those particular sites and this is for the site work at Bernie K12 or K8

133Levy Middle School and Thompson K8 again for the site work that will be occurring at those locations. Um, is anyone that has any questions uh in regards to those items? >> No, not yet. No, did 20 through uh 23. >> Okay, enough problems. Does anyone have any questions on those? Okay. Okay. Um 24. Hand over to Dan. >> Uh item 24 primarily is for the uh VW Labs proposal for both Adler Elementary and Stevenson Elementary. The objective would be the renovations of the rooms and the uh adaptation of the equipment needed for those labs. Okay. All right. >> Okay. >> It's the one she's waiting on. All right. So, the next one is uh 6425. 6425 is in regards to Southfield ENT and it's the relocation of JWE offices over to um the O house

134portion of the building as well as uh the temporary relocation for university um 912 students for their time for their Airbnb. Um there are some code requirements that would require additional um fire protection be extended to that portion of the building. Um as well as an extension or replacement of the water man for that building because it is overt taxed. Um the AE had been working uh diligently to see if there were ways to um not have to incur these additional costs. uh they finally got an opportunity to actually meet with the um state plan reviewers. State plan reviewers walked through it um gave their ruling on it and so hence the reason that this is now uh coming before the board >> and I can't speak to it. Um, I I appreciated the conversation

135that was having and the accountability that went toward it because we did talk about what are alternatives, what does timing look like, and one of the bigger things that we had a conversation about was uh state versus county versus city approvals. Um, I can tell you one thing that um they all made it clear that this was not foreseeable. Um, and so this $1.5 million that we are going to be removing and and Treasurer Bel will will speak to um a couple of these things because you all saw she communicated and asked about the reallocation of the funds and we did find a way to kind of insulate having to take this from any other projects to be able to do it. Um, so this one, um, we definitely will be asking as well as

136the others for it to become actionable tonight. I just wanted to make sure that, um, everyone knew this was a a large chunk of money that no one could see coming, but the conversation was healthy and and it all made sense. Um, that's I mean, we have to do it. There's no way around it. And in terms of funding source, um the recommendation is that there are um earned interest dollars that have been um received for the bond uh based on your series one sale. Um those earned interest u earnings do have to be used towards bond uh related projects. Um so we've looked at the report that came over for PFM. you have the monies available via that means which means that it does not impact >> um contingencies or scope from other projects

137that are remaining >> and everyone has that in your email Dr. Green explained it um in totality. Um report 6426 is going to be um standalone cuz it's general funds trustees. Um I spoke earlier and said that report through report 6225 there is a request due to timing that these be made actionable. Is there a motion on the floor to open and approve report 6420 21 22 23 24 and 25? >> I motion that we open and approve report 6420 6421 6422 6423 6424 and 6425 >> support. >> It's been properly moved and uh supported. Is there any other discussion hearing? None. Vice President, whenever you're ready, please call for the vote. >> Trusty Bell. >> Yes. >> Trusty BL. >> Yes. >> Trusty Dson. >> Yes. >> Trusty Johnson, >> yes. >> Motion carried.

138Thank you. >> Uh, report 6426, award recommendation for the Southfield ANC basement cleanout. This is coming out of general funds. Dr. Green. Thank you, board president. Um, Mr. Cororus is here this evening. We asked that he obtain three quotes to clean out the basement of Southwood ENT. Unfortunately, the dungeon has become just that. Over the last 50 years, people have placed multiple items in the basement of Southwood ENT and it has accumulated over the last 50 years. Therefore, now that we know better, we have to do better. We have to clean out that area before we do any renovations on that school. So, these are the three quotes that Mr. Cororus received. And Mr. Corores, I believe you are requesting that we approve the one for 48,000. >> Trustees, this is in your packet. $50,000

139to clean out a basement for 50 years worth of debris. $1,000 a year. You know, my my only thing is this. Um hopefully we don't have to end up back in this position as we build these new buildings because that this is unreal. Um trustees, uh Joe, is this a timing thing for you? Do you need this to be done expeditiously? >> Understood. >> Because of the construction that's being done, >> I get it. >> There will be some recovery. There's some things that I figured that with some >> and and I will ask that if we are able to a salvage, sell or um refurbish any of those items that once this is complete, we do get a report to hear what we could do. Thank you. Trustees, you've heard the request of our

140COO. He is asking that we make report 6426 actionable this evening. Is there a motion on the floor? I motion that we open and approve report 6426 award recognition to clean out the basement. >> Support. >> Thank you. Uh is there any other discussion hearing? None. Vice President, please call for the vote. >> Myself. Yes. >> Trusty Johnson. >> Yes. Yes. >> Unanimous. Motion carried. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> And I did wish to lift that a lot of it is due to the labor cost because there's no elevator to take these items. So, they're going to be doing a lot of manual labor to bring it up. >> Financial report. Monthly bill dispersement. Board treasurer. >> Good evening everyone. I'm just thinking about how many scholarships we could have given to kids. We

141using it to clean up. >> Okay. So, the financial report uh we have quite a few things happening right now. Um as Dr. Green mentioned, um she can fill in the blanks about the um new state aid budget exposures. Um there have been an email sent out this evening from Tyler um to to discuss some of those things. um it's a risk. The long-term impact of shutdown of the federal government um continues to be a risk to our district. So, we want to keep lifting it every single time um until it's resolved. Um TJ did a good job of talking about reallocating the funds because that was a huge um risk that we had down. So, not so much a risk because we'll be using the earn interest funds and it does not impact our

142contingency which is really really important. And it was good to see that we got the information over because we have a little more than enough. So that makes me feel comfortable that it's not zero. So that's great. I am going to do a few updates that I received and again um Dr. Green probably know more about this can jump in, but um section 31A um this is the mass casualty investigation requirement. Um this is some of our exposure to the new state aid. Um it makes acceptance of school safety or mental health funding contingent on agreeing to two things. Those two things is a governorappointed investigation in the in the event of a mass casualty event or waiver of all privileges and immunities granting investigators broad access to records and personnel. One of the concerns

143that we have with that is that it removes governmental immunity, expose our district to significant liability, and insurance conflicts, overly broad executive authority with no appeal or a real defined process. So, that's something we did want to lift today. Um, and the last thing we wanted to lift was section 21F, repeal, um, the loss of virtual day flexibility that eliminates previous language permitting up to 15 virtual instructional days annually for testing, professional development up to 30 hours or any emergency. Um, the concern that we um, have here is it'll be eliminating key flexibility district use for coordinating testing and PD. um it might lead to calendar extensions or midyear schedule changes. So, we wanted to lift that. Um and I actually did go through all of our check registers and everything looks perfectly fine. And

144that concludes the report of the financial report. >> Thank you trustees. For the good of the order, I just have one thing. Um, moving forward, if there is an accident of a bus in this district, the expectation is that a communication be sent to the families of the children on that bus and that a representative from the district administration, not the board of education, be present to make sure that we have any supports for the building leaders, the bus driver, and of course our scholars and their families. Um, to those on that bus, I do apologize. That that was a horrible oversight and I feel horrible about it. Um, moving forward, for the good of the order, there will be a um a forum for young people, we talk about civics and understanding voting government

145held at Adler Elementary on the 23rd, I believe. um we do have a um a flyer for that since it will be happening in our district. So to those young people who are interested in hearing from our candidates in our city, county, state, please know that'll be taking place at Adler. Um also to the parents, um please govern yourselves accordingly in our parking lots, on our on our campuses, um in our buildings. Um there there's been an uptick of um um bad behavior and um unfortunately when parents behave badly, we kick you out, too. And we have no problem doing it. You will be banned from our buildings and Mr. Jackson will do a thorough investigation and then he'll ban you. Um, and so we just want to make sure that everyone understands that just

146because you're adults, you're not exempt from um, accountability. Um, other than that, there's no school tomorrow. Everybody, please don't don't put your baby on the bus tomorrow cuz the bus not coming. Um, don't drop your baby off at school. We're in PD. I know it's a Wednesday and we get in our routines and tend to forget, but there is no school tomorrow. Um everyone um we have a special board meeting on October 28th. November 4th is election day. The district is closed. Many of our locations are polling locations. And then of course Tuesday, November 11th is our regular board meeting at 7:00 p.m. Bernie families, please don't forget tomorrow there is anformational meeting about the move that will be taking place at the very beginning of the year. families. It's at 6 o'clock, >> 5:30.

147What um what and is it in the gym? >> No, it's a virtual platform. >> It's a virtual more people and the link was sent out via Is the link posted on our website by any chance? >> The link was sent out by Principal Waldwin in her weekly update and we've sent out separate email reminders to the Bernie families specifically >> for sure. Um parents, if you do not have that link, please contact um someone at Bernie K8 or feel free to contact someone here at the district. We'll get the link sent out to you. Um does anyone else have anything for the good of the order? Hearing none, um we wish the best to our um trustees who are not feeling well this evening. Everybody, please say stay safe. CO is back on the

148rise as many of you know. Um wash your hands, use hand sanitizer, wear a mask. Um, we are adjourned at 9:15.