Southfield Public Schools Board Meeting 03/11/25 7pm

001for e e e they're going to be back in front of the council oh wait this Monday com yeah I respond to her okay who we missing okay I'm going to start good evening everyone this is a meeting of the Southfield Board of Education and public for the purpose of conducting the school district's 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 3 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 blam board president good evening you vet we Devol vice president good evening lese lth Thomas board secretary good evening Telicia Bel board Treasurer good

002evening Nicole Denson board trustee good evening Michaela Beford student board representative good evening Eric spagen student board representative uh we will have trustee Jillian Holloway absent this evening it is a excuse and I believe that trustee ammani Johnson is going to be arriving shortly Dr Green good evening gent for green superintendent minutes being recorded by Miss Carolyn Foster and our technical support is being provided by M1 Studios 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 liberty and justice for all thank you for the record trusty ammani Johnson is here at 7:03 p.m. thank you board matters trustees does anyone have a board matter I will go last this

003evening no one um good evening everyone I just wanted to share a couple of highlights that have been happening through the district um it's March is reading month I have had a wonderful time out there reading to some of the scholars and visiting a couple of the different schools I also want to lift the fact that we have had some transition at the um five or K5 um university and it has been well received I see things are moving along traffic has cleared up and I really would like to say thank you to the building I'm sorry to the 5K leader that is taken care of all of those things in that location thank you um so I too would like to say thank you to our new assistant Dean um I believe she's here

004stand up for me so everyone can see Dr Howard to all the parents who have called text found me on the street um we have cones again and um Rosemary Williams and Dr Howard are out there every morning directing traffic so thank you so much for that leadership it is a wonderful and pleasant um greeting every morning um I'd also like to say a big shout out and thank you to uh Levy's principal Sonia Jackson and her team um at the end of last year they provided us with these pens which are our Birds representing our dis assessment um so I found an opportunity to wear mine and um some trustees that had not received theirs yet because I was holding them hostage um got theirs this evening so thank you for that they are

005truly beautiful um last but not least I believe progress reports have come out at some schools so parents um check my star check your kids backpack all those things and you know when you get a progress report that the report card is not far behind um so I would like to just remind parents that in about two weeks check my star ask your baby for their book bag or email your teachers whatever you need to do to make sure you're getting that information um moving forward we have a really wonderful evening for everyone uh tonight we're going to start off with of course the lady of um University D K12 Michaela Beckford good evening everybody good evening I just like to start off by saying happy March's reading month and happy happy women's History Month

006here are the schoolwide highlights um February 12th was Count Day along with our silent pajama party day uh February 28th was our HBCU day a celebration of excellence and we proudly refed our favorite historic black colleges and universities across all grades from Howard which is the real H spell Elman Hampton Tuskegee Xavier enat Clark Atlanta and more the energy was electric shout out to miss Benson's third graders who completed their annual HBCU projects each student researched and assigned HBCU learning about its history Legacy and contributions in order in honor of Black History Month our second graders LED an inspiring lesson on the impact of ciens during the Civil Rights Movement teaching their peers about bravery and CH and change uh the kindergarten through second grade Black History Month showcase our youngest Scholars delivered an unforgettable

007black history month program bringing in life legendary figures like Rosa Parks their performances left the audience moved on March 20th the high school Black History Month performance will take place good takes good things take time and our high school Black History Month performance has been rescheduled because black history deserves to be more than just one month so please stay tuned for an unforgettable show March 1st um the university K12 Junior and varsity cheer Champions congratulations to our junior varsity and varsity cheer teens for taking first place at the Southville middle school competition your hard work and dedication and spirit shine through also our Tutoring Club our Tutoring Club has officially kicked off led by Reagan s our 10th graders Strong high school students are stepping up to help Middle School and High School Scholars sucel

008in all subjects students can sign up on schooly and tutors earn community service credits which I know as seniors do need to graduate some high school highlights February 14th was the Love on Wheels event hosted by our 5K Club students went to bond Adventure skating ring for a night of skating unlimited pizza and pot February 26 class of 2026 senior GE prep begins our upcoming seniors gathered to discuss their senior Jersey colors and our amazing student board representative Michaela beckord gave a student board repres gave their student board representation presentation on March 7th we had our family feud event and onto Middle School highlights February 10th we had the spelling the Champions congrats to I'm sorry if I butchered this aai Griffin our first place winner and axel cassetto who is moving on to Regionals

009special thanks to miss Hudson for being a judge and to all the teachers who help prepare for our Scholars February 27th Middle School movie night Spider-Man to the spiderverse thank you to our PTSA for hosting this event March 11th and 13th was the first girls volleyball games get ready to cheer on our volleyball teams as a kickoff on March 11th and at levy on March 13th fifth and sixth grade will be at 5:00 p.m. 7th and 8ighth grade will be at 600 p.m. important reminders for our middle schoolers no phones during class any students caught using a device during instruction time will have it confiscated and receive a lunch detention student pick up procedures if your scholar has a younger sibling they must wait in the library or exit through designated doors to meet you

010after class dismissal students cannot pick up their younger siblings from classrooms before 3:30 this disrupts their learning and creates safety concerns with the weather gets warmer students will exit through doors 32 35 and 37 and walk around to doors 30 23 25 and 27 to pick up their siblings middle schoolers must exit through their designated doors not through Elementary or high school or the gym doors to be picked up Security will redirect you and we appreciate your cooperation in this matter for elementary highlights February 14th we had the sweet treat and special guests our elementary student council hosted a big sale during lunch we were also honored judge Kamisha D Gant from the Oakland County six Circuit Court who read to our kindergarten through second grade students February 24th we welcomed in Dr Howard um

011thank you for you know acknowledging her we're excited to introduce her as our elementary associate Dean and she's ready to lead with passion and dedication February 26 was a 100 days smarter our kindergarten is transformed from the adorable six year olds that we know to 100 year olds to Mark the 100th day of school while first graders also Rock custom shirts decorated with 100 creative items from buttons to stickers to sequence upcoming events March 12th is PD day staff professional development day which means no school for students March 17th through the 21st will be our Scholastic Book bear more details will be available in our youth scoop posted weekly March 22nd is the first annual daddy daughter dance The the theme fairy lights and Grove the location will be at University k12's gymnasium from 4:

012to 6:00 p.m. tickets will be $12 and dress to impress March 24th to the 28th will be career week March 31st to April 4th will be our spring break April 7th to May 2nd will be mstep testing April 8th will be the end of the third marking period April 9th will be sat and PSAT testing May 5th AP exams will start May 29th will be the prom for our seniors and June six will be our graduation also a senior shout out to our very own Mr Tanner Harrington sitting in the front row who will be competing at States first time in a long time let's cheer him on for success and thank you that is my report trustees any questions for the amazing right amazing amazing student board rep Michaela backf hearing none or yes

013okay I don't have any questions that's a wonderful report I have a great appreciation for the way you gave us a full um uh scope of what's happening over at University uh it wasn't just tailored to the high school so I really appreciate that um and I think that as a board we have to maybe consider how to keep that going well you set of president now we will have the gentleman of the hour our um representative from Southfield aent High School Eric spragin good evening evening so there is so much to talk about um but I have exciting news we are proud to announce that Tyson Howard has been selected as the Michigan Association of student councils as student of the year it was nice to end black history mon to know that he

014was one of the first black um student to ever receive that honor and so we're very proud of Tyson Tyson have been an active member of student council for four years and have led numerous project including homecoming blood drives and reading Initiative for elementary students throughout his tenure Tyson have served in leadership positions for two years dedicating his time to student Outreach Community engagement and fostering positive change Beyond student council he have served on the senior class board penal advisory Council and Link crew additionally Tyson represents our school at the local level as a Committee Member for the OA student council where he collect he collectively and collaborates with other student leaders to exchance leadership opportunities at the state level Tyson attended a week long masc Leadership Camp furthering his knowledge and network in student

015leadership Tyson achievement have brought tremendous honor to southa and we are incredibly proud of what he have done um and for him winning Student of the Year next we have the black and positively golden scholarship recipient a huge congratulation to go out to our class of 2025 president student council executive and student board representative that's me Eric making sure every everyone have a seat at the table have been awarded the prestigious black and positive Elite golden scholarship sponsored by McDonald's the scholarship is awarded to student leaders who demonstrate a strong commitment to service leadership and accuracy while planning to attend HBCU more house by the way Eric have made a Eric have made a immeasurable impact at the south of anent both inside and outside the classroom including his work with the NAACP and various

016leadership roles and this is coming from um the McDonald's of course we are extremely proud of Eric for continue exemplifying excellent in leadership and we are excited to see the future and what lies ahead senior Penning ceremony and before I get started I would like to thank board member where devolve board member Smith Thomas um and to Dr Freeman and to miss Bland um and Dr Green for their well regards um for our senior Penning ceremony it was really a night to remember the senior penting ceremony was an overwhelming success with a large turnout of attendees in years we it was a standing room only it was very crowded um seniors were honored and celebrated to their journey through high school as they prepared to transition to adulthood the annual tradition symbolized the student Readiness

017to take the next step as they approach graduation the night was filled with memorable moment moment and we appreciate the work of the National Honor Society junior class board and the volunteers who made that night so special a special thank goes out to Jayla Robinson who had a breathtaking performance and elevated the energy of the evening and made the night even more special speaking of Black History Month Miss Williams and her class had held an annual black history play um this was with her social studies teacher class this year production was a powerful display of black history and culture with 95% of those skits and dances created by the students themselves the creativity storytelling and energy poured into the performance and they were undeniable the audience was deeply engaged and expired throughout the show and

018it was a powerful reminder of how important it is to highlight and celebrate Black Culture so we extend a huge thank you to miss Williams for highlighting that for our senior updates for the class of 2025 top the top we do have a popcorn fundraiser and those top sellers who makes over a thousand sales will receive receive a free Palm ticket our double good popcorn fundraiser is kicking off on Tuesday which is today March 11th and will run for 4 days this is a digital fundraiser that allows seniors to raise money for the class without hand during products or delivery everything is done from your phone we already seen success from our first round of fundraising with three students winning free prom tickets now it's your turn so to the parents to the students who

019wants to get a free prom ticket this is your chance to do so also prom will take place at the marinian in Farmington Hills the date will be Thursday May 29th 2025 at 6 p.m. tickets will be on sale Monday April 7th 2025 and more information is to follow seniors get ready for Grammy night a fun field evening of Celebration music and recognition this event will include our senior M collection so we will see who will take home the title Mr entt and Mrs aent where students and seniors who receive unique Awards highlighting their personalities and achievement this will be a red carpet event so start planning your best looks and more information including ticket prices and event details will be announced soon and do know to the seniors out there My Fit game is

020it's a matched when it comes to my suit graduation details Friday June 6 2025 the location will be at the reef of Franklin Amphitheater the time will be at 10:00 a.m. more details regarding cap and gown pickup and graduation rehearsal will be shared soon yearbook are still available so all of those who are trying to purchase their yearbook the deadline to purchase those will be April 12th 2025 team Court Club making an impact south of anent teens Court club is under the leadership of Miss Monique Williams and she has been a major it have played a Major Impact in our community the club participates in the Oakland County team courp where students serve as attorneys bays and jurors these students operate under judge sney of the 46th District Court and it gives them a real

021world experience in Civ responsibilities Law And Justice the team Court Club is not just a student organization it is a life-changing experience preparing for students for future careers in law and public service those opportunities are still open to anyone at South an who like to um participate please go to Miss bonique Williams for more information or one of the offices for more information our word athle update for wrestling Kenneth Brooks advaned to Regionals with a 253 record although he came up short in the championship we are very proud of success this season and he is an audience and will be recognized later today so we do thank you um for your hard work on the wrestling team for our boys basketball team despite a tough season we are proud of their efforts and look forward

022to a stronger comeback next year our girls basketball team finished the season 15 to6 clenching the number one seat for districts they nearly missed the championship but left the unforgettable Legacy bowling Josiah Taylor dominated this season winning the 08 conf confence championship and placing 27 atates her incredible formance have made her a standout athlete for swimming singor Tanner won first place in the OA blue League championship for the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke he will compete in the MS ha state championship this weekend and this is very important for our spring Sports Tri outs for softball baseball girls soccer boys golf girls tennis and track and field began yesterday so please make sure that you are following up with your athletes um and maybe they can be sitting in this room like we have some

023folks today and so we look forward to the next generation of talents upcoming important dates March 12th 2025 is professional development day March 31st to April 4th will be our spring break March May 29th will be Senor prom and June 6th will be graduation and I know that all of you have been looking forward to finishing touches of my board project which I have titled bringing back the the school of Spirit The Warriors way I'm proud to share that my project is now 98% complete the final piece of my board project will be a video production created in partnership with our TV production class that highlights the work that we've done to restore school spirit amplify student voice and bring a new energy to Southwood an this video will be showcased at my final board

024meeting in May where I will also take a moment to recognize three outstanding seniors who have demonstrated ex extraordinary leadership dedication and help me with my school pride throughout this year I'm beyond grateful for the opportunity to serve in this capacity and I hope that my board project will leave a lasting impact for our school long after my time here and I can't wait to present that all to you and that concludes my board Pro my board presentation um trustees anything for Mr spragin I have two things that I want to uh draw attention to notice how the closer we get to graduation the more comfortable our seniors get uh the amazing and your fit game you know I I'm noticing how more relaxed you guys are and I am not mad at it at

025all um I think that um I want to just put a little bit of attention on tomorrow there is no school parents if your kid walks out the door with a backpack on talking about I'm on my way to school they are not um please stop them at the door um and for those little people please don't send your kids to the bus I know sometimes it's hard to remember professional development days but tomorrow is one um and with that being said i' I'd like to recognize a couple of people tomorrow is our state of the district address and this year we've taken a much different approach um it is it is definitely going to be an event thank you to Mr James Jackson Dr lenisa Freeman um Tyler and our um who did I

026leave out I no I said Tyler Schmid oh well I'm sorry Tyler Schmidt I I see you and I say hey Tyler um and then to our our marketing team Avance um they have done an extremely good job coordinating this thank you to all the parents staff community members Representatives who have uh RSVP it is closed now but um we look forward to seeing all of you tomorrow um moving forward we have our report of the superintendent thank you board president the only other person that I would add to your list of acknowledgements would be Ron solle for pulling together this state of the district did truste Smith Thomas have something else I am to release the amazing and the fit game on point um student board Representatives uh Michaela was diligently working on homework

027um upstairs so I know you have more to do and to Eric if you have um more pressing matters to attend to please um make your exit now and thank you he wants to get is he going to get his outfit out oh okay you got to go get the fit together so we will let you go I'm going to do that after I just want to be able to watch the recognition portion oh sure feel free to stay have a good evening okay well without further Ado we'll give get right to it uh Mr Spraggins um at this time we are going to recognize our countywide spelling B participants I believe miss summer cwell KS will be leading that initiative um Miss Angela Smith is joining her is Jessica coming as well no not

028this evening okay I'll turn it over to miss summer callwell K Brothers at this time good afternoon I'm on now good afternoon Bo president um trustees Green community we are here for some exciting exciting news is to recognize our countywide spell andb participants um these students work extremely hard they had to win the spell and be at their school first before they could go and compete against all of the Oakland County schools and we just want to take an opportunity to not only thank our students our parents and also the sponsors of the spelling be at the school and so we have a little token of our appreciation and when we call your name we would like for you to come up and get our token of appreciation Dr Green would you like photos yeah

029okay so the first person we would like to call is Mr Brian Chupa from Bernie K8 so he will get a spell and be Meadow a book a packet with books and a trophy and a [Applause] certificate president uh and his principal is here I see you miss bwin you're trying to hide here and Miss Kimberly prees she was the sponsor we have a token she's under the weather but we do have something for her as well a wonderful congratulations [Applause] congratulations Miss Aubrey catmas from atler elementary with Miss Crystal towns as the sponsor um Miss aladine is the principal I think Miss Aubrey could not attend but her principal and the sponsor will be accepting on her behalf we going to have you hold it and this is for youy thank you we appreciate

030it thank you from University K12 Mr Axel Casto Lozano are you here and we will have the associate Dean Miss Kathy slate to accept on his [Applause] behalf and Miss Hudson was the sponsor so you will be acep on her behalf as well from Thompson Ka Mr Blake Sanders and Miss Lori Liz Miss porsa Eubanks Miss Diana ector Miss Lori Liss go Thomson Tigers come on this is for you all right last but certainly not least from Stevenson Miss Lite Crum Jr and Miss Carly gtis and are you come on up come on up family and this is for you and if all the spelling be Scholars that are present could stand in front of the board and the trust these yes all spelling be schols awesome [Laughter] there we go we would like to

031thank you so much for your participation and get ready for the spell and be for next year thank you Dr Green thank you and as I expressed to several of the scholars today I was not an avid speller in elementary school so they are already Head and Shoulders above their Superintendent at that age in life so continue the great work and I look forward to seeing what you become in the very near future next we have recognition of our athletes and at this time I'd like to call our athletic director as well as our girls basketball coach Coach Q to the podium to acknowledge our student [Applause] athletes and as we um bring them to the podium um we never officially launched our athletic director Coach Q or uh Miss Shaquita cold train so at

032this time I would at least like to recognize that she has jumped into this role um she did serve as our assistant ad and our girls basketball coach sometimes a custodian keep the kids in line babysitter among other things and I would just like to say thank you you um we welcome you um you you are family but we think that you're doing a good job and now I will let you represent your girls thank you so much board president I appreciate it um good evening everybody as they stated my name is Shaquita c train I do have a coach's voice so it's gone um but most known me as Coach Q I am excited honored and privileged to be here tonight just on behalf of Athletics as a whole I definitely just want to

033speak a little bit about everything briefly just to shout out our entire winter season that we had um this year we brought wrestling back and it was phenomenal um we placed in everything we competed in and I don't think they were ready for Southfield but we came in as the Warriors that we are so I was excited for that but just so that everybody knows like who and what we are as we continue to try to build back better in athletics and just continue to keep our arms around our key our our scholar athletes um we lean on our community Community I need you all like we can't do this without you all we are one team we are one family but we are one and I need you all for to continue the success

034of what we're trying to do so to be brief um first IID like to thank our our president Eric um I appreciate everything he does for us all the time he announces us when we can't be here he gets the people out for our activities for every sport so I'm grateful to have him representing us um but now I want to repr us as a Unity as I stated We Are One Jason could not be here today but jasa excuse me Jason whole name is Jason Taylor she is a junior at University K12 Academy and a lot of people didn't know that we had bowling let alone that we had an amazing bowling team and jasa is a captain of the girls team led us all the way to state championship I know right I'm

035so proud of her she couldn't be here tonight her or her parents but I told her still wanted to acknowledge her and her success um I'm not a bowler y'all it's all gutter boss but for bowlers but it's okay cuz I only go with my son and he roll gutter balls with me thank you so much um Bowlers who know though she had a season high score of 278 so I had to look that up cuz I wanted to know just what that was and it's extremely impressive um she also received the high average overall 196 for the oaaa conference she um swept first place in every category that she competed in and then she also won our division our regional division that's what secure her ticket to go to States now at States is

036hug y it's just that it's all the top Bowlers in the state so while she came out in the 27th Place the fact that she could even get there speaks volumes to that so like I told her 27 is 27 you number one in our book so I just want to shout out Jason for sure next I'mma bring Tanner up come on up here Tanner Tanner is joined with his amazing parents and his awesome coach Yeah by some and look soon as I came hey coach um I'm so grateful for his parental support but for everything that coach uh cross I call him Coach me coach cross has done with terer and the swim team um we had some difficulties with our water but he didn't quit more importantly Tanner didn't quit y'all this I

037went to go see Tanner swim and you talk about something amazing it's some it's a little fish out of water okay Tanner is amazing so as you can see his decorated jacket if you didn't see all the everything turn around turn around turn yes let me shout Tanner out real quick first of all Tanner is a true scholar athlete with a GPA of a 3.9 okay let's go that's first what that's first okay but he's a senior this year he competed last week Wednesday uh for the finals in the OA blue League again where his medals is coming from um the championship meet at West Bloomfield High School and he won the OAA blue Championship first place and 100 breaststroke in the 50 freestyle this didn't allow him to uh go before let me pause

038and pivot our team also came in third place which was the best place that they've been in all season so again a great team effort like he standing here on behalf of his whole team but still a great team effort and kudos to the coach um but also Tanner ended up tagging his spot too to go to the state championship it's actually this Friday right right so he's going to go there but that hasn't been done for us y'all since 2001 so Tanner is over here making some noise in the water and out the water congratulations Tanner I now want to bring up Kenneth Brooks come come on Ken yes Kenny let me tell you something forgive my tears I need some cleaners go ahead roll your stuff out for him Kenny yes yes yes

039yes all right so this what you see in front of you is Ken of tagging his his ticket to go to Originals so one thing I want to tell you about him going back to Kenneth is a scholar athlete with a 3.7 as well and like I said said this was our first year bringing wrestling back he's a junior he couldn't wait to get back into it he led the team as an example and during the season unfortunately and I got permission to share this um Kenneth loss's Mom right so while that would have really took a lot of people out like it took him to a higher level and the example that he set for his teammates the example that he set for the coaches the example that he set for myself was unmatched

040so Kenny went again as I told yall we placed as a team in every competition but he finished his season with 27 wins and five losses he also won first place at the Lincoln Invitational first place at the Bishop Foley tournament first place at The Shrine quoad tournament and second place at the sunny classic Invitational he became um the district champ and went on to the Regional Championship and again this is where again it just break your heart when you l in this capacity he fought and fought and made it all all the way to the end and then to lose by one point anybody that's a competitor a athlete and it's a long wrestling is a long day so I'm tired boss I'm tied but he lost by one point but again to us

041for sure our Championship I like himy thank you very and Coach Q before he leaves I think as demonstrated by the bling on his hand he was also a member of our championship football team oh and was okay I thought I was a little blinded across the oh when I told him to come decorated he did not okay very good I just wanted to acknowledge that yes thank you Dr Green okay lastly really quick um like uh Dr Green said I am also the uh varsity girls basketball coach that is my heartbeat y'all I love that right and it's my fifth year coaching so when I started five years ago it was not a a lot of gas left in the tank and um we really had to work hard so we've worked hard we

042built up I want to bring my girls up behind me cuz I do want to introduce them briefly this year every year we got better and they know that's our model every day we get better but every year our record got better every year we just got better as a whole but this year last year we finished the season in fifth place in a district and this year we finished the season in first place we were the number one seat to to Eric's Point again them them last minute losses like y'all we lost lost by four um it was tough uh we felt like we got robbed we felt like the officials played us everybody that was there felt like we got robbed but then at the end of the day I'm looking at the

043stats and we missed 13 free throws we lost by four that's the game right in real life so in that process though these are my three captains I could not bring my whole team I first want to bring up uh Erica Erica is a sophomore Erica is a scholar athlete with a 3.3 GPA Erica was voted yesterday she was voted um honorable mention for the M uh mhsaa OAA all OAA first team so she received honorable mention but again with this being Erica's first year and being the captain um the leadership that she provided for us the heart the hustle the grit that she gave us was unmatch and that is how we were able to to gain some success so I thank Erica then I have Kiana Harrison Kiana Harrison yesterday when I was

044being interviewed about her they asked me to get them one word to describe her I had to go to an mhsa me and I said she's the glue this is our glue she's a junior she's a captain she's a scholar athlete um with a 3.6 GPA but we could not have won a game without Kiana and often time Kiana had zero points loud Us in the gym still cheering commending every everybody but she the Dennis Robin y'all or she the Rashid Wallace for those who they like Dennis who okay we can't win and then they they 6'2 they 6'3 this Kiana but she on them blocking shots she in there we cannot do this thing without her so I'm grateful for her as well she's a captain as well and last but not least this

045is Kristen Banks I call her money oh where oh she don't have her jacket her jacket say money on it too cuz that's what I callers Kristen has been with us for four years she's a fouryear captain she's a 5.0 student athlete of five we right it's money AKA Five Dot Five Dot okay a 5.0 student but again um Kristen had 18 double doubles this season and and for people that don't know that like it's like the bowling it was 278 okay a double I Kristen my rock when I first met her just cuz she's solid on and off the court and so again let us by example on and off the court as a four-year captain and I'm grateful for first of all board president and Dr Green for believing enough in me to

046know that I could do this job give me a chance to do both jobs and then the success in both jobs so again y'all support all sports I'm competitive by Nature I love all schools all students all athletes and I'm excited for the future of Athletics thank you everybody so um before before you all sit down I I would also like to um say um I I really want people to look at these students right we we hear a lot about Southfield we hear a lot about what happens when it goes bad I wish ABC CBS and NBC were here right now our students are po poised their posture is erect they look amazing they are well spoken one of our students just got back from John's Hopkins oh you thought I didn't know I

047do um so we're we're making moves and something else was said I heard Coach Q say thank you to their parents um you see their parents often you see their coaches moving in ways that aren't just coaches they truly are mentors I tell people all the time mentorships are grown you can't just throw a mentor to somebody it happens over time um these people these young people are doing great things they are the example um to our coaches in the audience thank you I know what it looks like I come in that gym I see y'all holding y' heads in your hand shaking your head but you are truly the example so these young people I can't wait to see you all walk across the stage Kenneth you got one more year just one and

048then we'll see you there but thank you thank you for representing us in a way that we don't always get credit for um your stories are going to be heard your light is going to shine don't let anyone dim it um and we look forward to you coming back and pouring back into the community that helped to pour into you so thank you all so much up to take a picture right quick and where are their parents for those of you their coach um swim coach Harrington Miss Banks you you are you live at jwe um and and to um anyone else that had any input in in helping these students we would like you up here as well thank you you too oh yeah y'all too um second two [Applause] thank you coach q

049and all our scholar athletes our celebration continues with our partner of the month and I must say that when I approached this young lady in her classroom she did not recognize who we were initially we came into her classroom with no less than five individuals had the balloons and she definitely did not think we were there to see her and the moment we announced that she was our partner of the month she immediately burst into tears what is also so special about this recognition is that the person that nominated her served in her capacity prior to becoming a teacher and also serves as the union president for that that organization so for that nomination to be received from the senior most person of that bargaining group is spoke volumes to the work that she does

050in the classroom so at this time I'd like to acknowledge and she's crying again already she hasn't even come up yet miss Yolanda sh Shavers good also at Adler Elementary so miss El is here [Music] good morning good morning good how are you stand up you look official I am official okay Dr Green Dr Green nice to meet you the pleasure is all mine oh wow I'm actually here to celebrate you why and you are being awarded the partner of the month for the entire School District what does that mean that means that me nominated you as an outstanding partner here to support our Scholars and coming from someone who served in your role has been the president of that Union for many many years for her to make the nomination you are so worthy

051and I thank you no I thank [Applause] you okay so I cry a little bit excuse me you got be good I'm new to the school district this is so amazing k no thank you it's to have you say say no more your words are demonstrated through our young thank you Miss shelman is the teacher I work under so my name is P shelman I am the ASD Lead Teacher here at Adler Elementary um I nominated Miss Yolanda Shavers she is a retired engineer and she is a go-getter always in good spirits she's inviting and she works well with the students the students love her she's always the consumate professional she's always on her job she's always asking how she can assist if I have something I'm doing she will just take right over without

052being as she is amazing and I am so blessed to have her here in the classroom with me and the students are as well thank you I just want to say thank you to um board president to Dr Green and also to the principal of our school at etler uh Miss aladine um and the administrator Miss Townsen this is my first year an education I thought I was done working I retired I've been working an engineer for 30 years and I love children I've had a daycare I've owned um um a preschool and I just love children fun fact when you don't have natural children of your own you always want to watch everybody else's children but make them go home later so this is something that I love I love children and I was

053honored to be able to serve in this capacity and learn so much under the toage of Miss shelman so I thank you for this honor and your time thank you and if you would come up front for a photo with our Board of Education please I'd also like to acknowledge her family that is here with her this evening so if you would please stand and be [Applause] recognized oh now El medine is crying come on up Miss almadine come on I know come on you and Crystal come on Family come on up come get in the photo come on I think it's a requirement to be oh okay you are a dove you're a parent Dove you just stand next to her in the photo aladine uh trusty Tom Smith th small yeah we're the

054tall ready one two three one more one two three there we go [Applause] it's very important to recognize that her comments regarding coming back and serving in this capacity after being an engineer for many years is extremely important there's so much more that many in our community have to offer and we welcome them to come back and join our team as partners also when we do the Staffing report often times say that that class is being supported by a partner now you get to see what some of those Partners look like and their Rich history that they bring uh forward to our Scholars so thank you again for that next we are going to hear from the amazing Bobcats led by principal Tiara Baldwin [Applause] okay we gonna figure out how to work this I

055don't know I think it's this button I think we have it yes yes good evening Dr green board president trustees and Community I am tiar Ballwin principal at bery K8 unfortunately my assistant principal fell ill we were up last night on the phone sorry still working on the video and she text me this morning said when we got the phone I feel awful she tried to make it in I told her no no thank you um no no ma'am it's fine we will work through it but she really helped with the entire presentation and did her she she's phenomenal she's really good so miss pritchet unfortunately is not here but she's um I'mma make sure she was watching on YouTube um without a doubt well once again I Tira Ballwin and this is these are

056some of the members of my team Miss Calvin Miss sh Miss Thomas I'm sorry Shelly Miss Ru and Mr Eno um when we originally made our presentation um I think we had a dissertation um because it's so many great things and then they said um Miss B when you don't have that much time so I tried to figure out how can I put all the greatness that Bernie have to offer in 10 or 15 minutes but this here we go I'm a try so if I leave out anything believe me it's so much more that is going on um at Bernie just good and positive things that have taken place this year so Bernie is the Performing Art School Middle School in Southfield we are one of the only middle schools in Michigan that have

057an actual recording studio in our building in our music lab class under the tutelage of Mr Randy Scott our students not only record music they learn how to produce music how to write music how to Market music and then during our spring and winter concerts they get to see sell their music and make a profit the students love it the parents love it and the experience is over the top for our students along with our music lab teacher he is also our award-winning band instructor you see all the trophies in the window case that's those are all the awards we have won for the last five years we have won number one um in Cedar Point they go every year they compete against anywhere from 20 to 40 schools and we have won last five

058years in a row I in addition to our music studio we also have a state-ofthe-art dance studio led by Mrs Jennifer green her family also owns the zone dance studio in Southfield Hawkins I'm sorry Hawkins Hawkins not you Nei me neither she put me in one time it was it was a mess I'm sorry Jennifer Hawkins her family also owns the uh the zone dance studio so me many of her students from the on end up coming to Bernie so they have danced with her from the age of two on up so she's able to really um make sure that she groom them for the next stage while in the dance class they learn jazz tap and hip hop on our black history let me see if it play it's only a snipp bit told

059you how fast let me see if it oh I don't know if it to play it may not it's just a 15minute video just showing some of their activities I mean one of the dances that they did it took the video okay that's fine oh I got you I know I told you it's a lot our art studio as well miss Waters is phenomenal our students get to experience art from kindergarten up through 8th grade as well as Dan start at kindergarten as well um calligraphy Ceramics the graffiti that's on the wall the students love for their um artwork to be displayed they come and tell me it's ball when you didn't take I didn't see you take a picture this week of the work that's in there so they come and get me so

060that we can make sure that they're recognized for their work the list of activities that we have going on at Bernie is in list these are just a few of the things that we offer to our students throughout the year and the list is constantly growing um today we had our first volleyball game so this is how long my day has been CU I had to after work then had to get the volleyball game together then they make sure had to watch at least some other volleyball game unfortunately lost fifth and sixth grade but sth and eighth grade went in overtime I've been on my phone texting like what what's going on went into overtime and we won sth and eighth grade against Ley so that was a really good job yeah they're really excited

061starting off um Bernie as a new administrator um I talked with my team and it was two things that I really wanted to focus on um one is fostering um Community Partnerships I think that that is really huge and we have been able to add quite quite a few quite a few Partnerships this year with Bill the better man 4H Alliance Coalition sound mind sound body we restarted our PTA that's up and going the car music off leash K9 and books are fun these are just some of the pictures 4 H comes into the classroom work with the students on stem activities and different activities they also brought archery into our school so our students had a chance to experience archery um for six for eight weeks and they really enjoyed it so we really

062enjoyed these Partnerships that we have formed I also found a organization called books are fun every single student all 457 students received at least one book free of charge and some received up to 10 books if you could at up to 10 books so the students didn't have to give any money all we had they received prizes Bo treasure boxes with cash in it all for just their parents placing the name and email address of 10 family members and friends and then the company sent out and asked for donation for books we raised $884 towards books for every kid to get a book it came to 12,000 so the company put the other 4,000 in there for them to all get books and we have students that did receive up to 12 B books quite

063a few of them and they depend on the donation but every single student received their book and if you walk in any class or walked in there today they sitting there reading their books and they love it my second goal as a first year administrator was to really work on building a positive culture and climate in my building I am a true believer that real teaching and learning cannot take place if teachers do not like coming to work and students do not like coming to school so I really have worked hard with my team to try to make sure we have implemented some positive changes throughout our building we have restored a circles um with one our classes that we're having some difficult times make sure that we're participating when the student we're out there

064um with the students along the way we have teacher spaces we want them to feel comfortable so we have our coffee shop in our Z room thank to miss lysy we we love it um my secretary loves to decorate and make sure she has her have the teacher spaces so they have a chance to relax a little we also have a program with our PBIS with the c you doing good so our students are recognized for just doing the right thing and making good decisions they receive tickets for doing the right thing they put them in a bucket in our main office and then on Friday pull the names and they're able to pick a prize we just want to look at maintaining some of our Traditions you seen our spelling be Miss priter did

065a wonderful job with the spell and be our black and yellow we all walked around looking like bumblebees that day it was beautiful along with our winter and our PTA did give donations to our winners for each grade level as well and then you see our top Brian made it to the third round we were really proud of him it was great so you all did get to recognize him as well today um um and looking at building that culture that positive culture and climate one of the students we asked for well Tyler asked for a student perspective parents perspective and these are just some of the ideas just even T speaking to the nutree school he said it feel makes him feel safe and looking at our therapy dog and whatever we need to

066get to the next grade and also a parents perspective this is one of our parents that have five Scholars that are T Bernie one has moved on she is at Renaissance I told her she in Southfield but she is at Renaissance doing well and her mom attributes her being able to keep up academically to what she learned at Barney and it's helping our Behavior to Trend in the right direction so it's trending downward and that's what we want because we building that positive climing and culture in the school once again when I look at the C and the culture it has a direct impact on academic performance this is some our I ready data from the fall to the winter and it's showing that growth and trying to help to close the gaps in our

067different domains and reading Miss Daniels one of my teachers here one of my fabulous English teachers is part of the a Ari program through Oakland schools it is my hope I'm saying it really loud that all of my a all of my ELA teachers are trained this summer in this program because it is phenomenal for our babies I I am truly impressed at the work that it does um the the confidence is giving my students we use it as his eighth grade intervention getting them ready for high school but it's also used as tier 2 and tier three um instruction to help our Scholars to be able to improve in order and and able and able to um look at the growth that they're making so we look at that a Ari for reading fluency

068and reading comprehension those test scores for 203 2004 they have not put in the new scores for 25 24 25 Miss Daniels did have those and I can forward those along the way as well but these are the the test scores that they had and it's on Oakland County's website so they have the scores for pre and post and it shows that 94% of the students increase one grade level or more 70% of the students that she work with increase two grade levels or more so it's showing proficiency and growth and that's what we want to work on now to just tell you a little bit more about our programs our our Middle School elementary cuz we are Ka set just want to speak to some of the things that they worked on in elementary

069stud Miss C hi good evening um before I start I want to tell you that I am first before Bernie teacher I am a proud Southfield Public School teacher I have been here for 24 years it was a wonderful reward to hear the students speak I taught some of them you are absolutely right we have to put the word out in the community my daughter was at States um for for student council at Region it's the for the state of Michigan and she competed as well and she texted me right away because she voted for the Southfield A&T recipient and he won number one and she was so honored to share that I was a Southfield teacher um amongst her peers there were thousands of students there competing so it was again something out there

070representing our district in a positive way scholar athletes um I'm a mother of of a college athlete and higho SCH athletes and that is not easy so to see that and to celebrate it is wonderful um my peers that I've worked with throughout the years I've learned underneath all of them um so I I stand here very proud as a district first um what I do hear that's common is community I think that needs to be celebrated more throughout our district um we can't stay here enough and say all the things that we are but collectively we do shine as far as Elementary goes I will tell you um collectively those are our pillars we approach every day with a growth mindset respect is guided number one among staff and students kindness drives all of

071our decisions I try to tell that with my students as well think with kindness first when you're making your choices mindfulness helps us both individually as well as academically we get ready to take those I ready test you know Superman powers to get us through I do it with the students I have to feel feel it as a teacher and then we also use our leadership skills um Miss Pena's in the audience that'll be our next slide um she is a student council adviser along with myself um these are led by our fourth and fifth grade students in elementary they do community service we fed people in our community and we provide toiletries to them they demonstrate leadership and promoting kindness through our candy grams um during the Valentine they did candy cane sales all

072of that money goes towards promoting our cop being good to buy the prizes and to benefit um you know for future incentives for our school and our goal for Miss penchoff and and I is to develop them for middle school because we want that Community continue the success of our Scholars we are all I can say confidently in elementary every single teacher is driven by data and we teach from the heart we have interventions daily in our centers we Infuse literacy throughout the day we we realize that in our math and vision curriculum it is inundated with academic vocabulary so we know that we have to teach the vocabulary so they understand how to problem solve and that goes on throughout the day our classroom is immersed in literature we incorporate technology every day our

073district is wonderful as far as uh smart panels and Chromebooks in our hands every day but we also have a wonderful stem program in Southfield and they come to your school and we have Hands-On engagement so we utilize that as often as possible I could go on but I'll I'll stop for the sake of time but I do appreciate you and and I do say that very confidently I'm I'm a proud Southfield Public School teacher doing one side have side are you good yeah yeah go ahead go back okay good evening everyone my name is Shelley Thomas and right I was about about to help her out right thank you so I am also a proud teacher over at Bernie and I myself have been in the district for over 20 years so just like

074Rachel and the whole host of us we've been here for a while so we call ourselves the Trailblazers but just so that you know that here at Bernie and actually throughout all of Southfield Public Schools I'm sure that we definitely all use differentiated instruction so that we can make sure that we meet all the needs of all of our students and that every student is successful in reading and math and that we do have learning groups and centers throughout our classrooms so anytime you come to visit you will notice that the students are doing their academics and that we are doing a fabulous job with meeting those needs we also have different strategies that we use so you will see and um as Miss uh cin was pointing out that we do have different manipulatives

075that we use we also do frequent assessments with the students and we do provide feedback for them and then we do have cooperative and Collaborative Learning opportunities for the students to work together and in addition we do have our positive reinforcement and we are consistent with making sure that students are doing the right thing and that they are successful next we do have Miss rutl who is going to speak with us about our ASD team and that we do incorporate them into our classrooms all right good evening clearly after listening to everybody talking about their number of years I am truly the baby of the district I've only been here for eight years but I'm thankful and I'm proud and I'm glad to be here as you know I am um ASD Teacher at Bernie

076and I'm glad to be here this is my my uh my parents my staff and we enjoy one another and I love working with them Bernie is very unique and that we have a huge population of special needs students in our building overall we have 11 special need classes four in the middle school and seven in our elementary school we are so absolutely blessed because our amazing Janette teachers work so well with us they welcome our students into their classroom with open arms like when our students get to their classroom they already have their names on their desk and prepared work for them they welcome them in and it's just a wonderful environment for them and so it makes Mak our school our students feel very very you know welcome and know that they are

077part of the building they're part of everything that the school has to offer and you'll see that in some of the slides even the extrac curriculum activities that go on at Bernie and this is just a one of the classroom activities we were doing learning about proper nouns just a classroom activity we were doing again this is another one of my phenomenal teachers Mr Martin teaching his class a reading lesson and again this is our student students in a full gen Ed general education curriculum being welcomed in by one of our wonderful teachers missell Thomas she always lets our kids come in and not only let them come in she welcomes them in she does not cuddle them she makes them accountable and holds them accountable just like her kids and we love that about

078our Stu our students and it has not just been like that for one year every year that I have been there every teacher that I have encountered have always welcomed all of us our students in another one of our classes these are the babies down the hall where they need have a little bit more sensory needs and everybody in the building has helped them and been there for them again this is the uh honors assembly the extra-curriculum activities and we understand that our students may not necessarily meet the regular criteria that other students need to get in to get their certificates but we honor them in the way that's best for them we give them certificates for giving their best at their personal growth and things that they need and look at them they beam

079they Beam with excitement and and pride for the things that they do and this is the last slide that I have the love that we share is truly Priceless so this is actually my badge for the year that that's a bad and so we were sitting down I sat down to take my picture and he grabbed hold and went let go and if you can look I'm trying to talk him out of it and he just would not move and so the photographer said should I snap the picture and I said I think you have no choice but you know it's just not him that love we we truly all love one another and everybody in the building works with our students to help show them love all throughout the building and we appreciate that

080love from our special needs students to our Janette students and so now Mr Enoch is going to share more good evening my name is Matthew Eno and I'm a proud Bernie teacher of 8th grade US history and seventh grade world history I gave Miss Baldwin the clicker because I will talk really really long so if I give it to her she can switch if I start going too long um a couple years ago um the then principal Hill and assistant principal Baldwin approached me if I would be interested in organizing a Mack election for the 2022 midterms and I thought what a wonderful time to excite our students about such an important process as voting and participa in government and now more than ever it's really important to excite our not just our citizens but

081our young people citizens to get them educated and understand how the process works so we do a schoolwide election we've now done it twice in the 2022 midterms 24 presidential election um I also am one of the advisers for njhs and you can see my students up there they help me run the program so we print off ballots for every student in the building and then we have the students complete those ballots with their teachers in their classrooms and then on our mock election day the students come down as a class and our njhs students help them put their ballot into our I made a Google form so you can tabulate their votes very quickly and we can get results by the end of the day and as you can see from our pictures our

082students really enjoyed it um it became quite a event I had a lot of students at the beginning of this year are we going to do it this year we going to do yes we're going to do it so it was it was quite a success um also a couple years ago I was talking with Miss Baldwin about a program to get our students not only back on uh on the field trip um uh projection of going on field trips uh throughout the year but also to improve their behavior and so we came up with this idea of using field trips as a reward for their good behavior and it is not exactly PBIS but is PBIS inspired and so we um have picked a number of different trips over the last couple years and

083we have eighth graders um fill out these permission slips and understand that they cannot go on the field trip if they have a four or five on their most recent citizenship or if they've received Behavior referrals and if they do could you stop for one second because I'm not sure that everyone in our audience knows what PBIS is yes so it is a um positive behavior intervention Support Program um it's a way to get students more motivated to improve their behaviors um reward those good behaviors and then create a a culture um not just in that one student but across the whole building um to to move forward uh you know as a class but also as a whole school um and so what we do is we also give students an opportunity if they

084did get a four or five on their progy appr but they really really want to go we have a a um a form that they can fill out every day to track their behavior and this you know the students understand they show ones and twos maybe a three here and there they will be able to qualify again and go on the field trip so even those who may feel feel a little defeated oh I'm going too long a little defeated they understand they have an opportunity again to improve their behavior and it's pretty consistent 8th grade is usually the lowest um numbers of behavior referrals and fors and fives each each marking period last uh off a piece of my heart again I am the eighth grade organizer of the Washington DC trip we restarted

085it again for the 2022 2023 school year um working with a local company who came here to present to you uh the board uh extreme excursions Crystal Akens I was just on a meeting with her tonight on my way here um and it's been a great a great success we've had uh over 40 students uh that first year and the second year um this year we're actually going to fly um it's a long bus ride and we thought we could um maybe try a different version and we've we've introduce more fundraisers this year and we have over 20 students that are right now um excited to go and we'll be leaving at the end of May thank you this is fast and almost over so it's so exciting we have now our own Bernie therapy

086dog our students are so excited Mr Cody J is our therapy dog they stopped the video cuz I would have had to show you all the video um of his introduction he had a clap in with red carpet it was phenomenal he loved it but just showing that the research shows about thery dogs how it helps promote good behavior help students to just be able to focus reduce bullying so some of those things we want to bring into Bernie so it's C off trying to go fast and our last um part was one of our students that talked about the inter Explorer Program which was very which was very good and Miss Marshall class that did I am somebody and that's how we want all our students to feel at Bernie so we try to

087welcome that all times I don't think we did 10 minutes I'm sorry I'm sorry thank you thank you all any questions trustees are there any questions for the Bernie bobc cats I don't have any questions um I owe you all some donations yes yes you know they always welcome I always make it a point so I will be there with the donations um for your cop being good but I'm just excited to see this uh presentation often times when there's a a transition in leadership you wonder how will the school maintain um you know and this seems to be I mean definitely Mr her was amazing um this is It's just amazing to see this energy to see it you know really at this level as well so I'm excited and um I'll be over

088there okay you're more than welcome at any time and I do want to say students they did thank thank you and thank you for keeping the Washington DC tradition going um I took that long bus ride at the time that I went on it they made Thompson Bernie and Levy go together um so all our eighth grade classes went but it is a tradition and I love that you guys are keeping it going so thanks for that thank you thank you thank you board president well quickly we will move through our staffing update Miss Foster is loading as we speak um as she's putting that on the screen I am pleased to announce that per our commitment to our community and to you trustees we have posted our positions for next school year already on

089our Oakland County Consortium um that was one of the commitments that I made to you a few months ago um every person having retired from Southville public schools at the end of this school year we know that their Position will be vacated so those positions are now posted on our website per our contract we have to post them internally first we are going through our P our um procedure as outlined in our collective bargaining agreement um Adler I'll go through real quickly we still have our ASD our ASD par professional and our speech pathologist but as you can see those positions are being filled by amazing partners that are coming back and supporting our Scholars so we are grateful for those individuals next slide please McIntyre we still have the one mikai par professional and

090the gym vacancy again filled by a substitute teacher Stevenson still has the Spanish vacancy Bernie as you heard they do have a large population of issn classrooms therefore we still have some vacancies there we are working on getting all of those filled and many of those substitute teachers are on alternative paths to full certification so they will be fully certified in the uh years to come Thompson still has a few vacancies all of which are the same that you saw last month we are working to get those filled from ecdd ASD the science vacancy social studies vacancy again those are being filled by the substitutes and those are consistent substitutes many of which are retired um individuals from industry Levy the one resource room teacher and I'm pretty sure that that is just about filled

091Miss Smith um the resource room at leing no not yet okay I know they're working on it but I wanted clarification from the expert um southf High School for the Arts and Technology one resource room one secondary transition coordinator again both issm positions and University K12 remains without any vacancies KLC one next step teacher three sxi teachers and two sxi par professionals at busy two speech pathologists again those are being filled by the partners and one ecsc teacher and again that is an issn position districtwide we still have our legal council filling for chief of talent management and we are still actively recruiting for that position any questions any questions hearing none thank you thank you trustees do we have to do the legislative well we do not have the legislative upate sad well not

092only sad it is um it's probably changed from the time that I have shared with you what is happening um I feel as though each day we are experiencing something new as of this afternoon I received notification that 50% of the Department of Education will be released at the federal level I don't know if that's changed in the time we've sat here this evening however I do want to assure you and our community that the district has received its federal funds for this Academic School year meaning that we will be able to carry out our programming through June 30th of 2025 however I cannot guarantee that we will be able to carry out all of our programming from the federal level at the same level or capacity for the 2526 Academic Year um I will

093continue to update you every Friday with legislative updates from our County um officials and we will continue to advocate for what's best for Scholars and I I would like to say that over the weekend um former congresswoman Brenda Lawrence uh hosted the Oakland County Democratic brunch for women and one thing that was good to hear was um representative Haley Stevens um Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson um Karen McDonald they are all in support of keeping this education train going so to those of you watching to those who are still in the audience please write your representatives and let them know know that we support them taking that charge on the hill um I'm sure it's a very daunting task right now um but there are some people that are extremely concerned and they are not

094afraid to vocalize it and and they need our support so I did want to lift that and and thank them publicly for not being afraid to say that they are challenging this and they are fighting for public education thank you board president some of the representatives and or members of their uh team will be present tomorrow evening at our state of the district so that speaks to their support of public education um last for the superintendent's report we have the busties director's report um that will be brief I believe it is in your folders this evening um now I would ask Dr Thompson to approach the podium good evening board president Dr Green and trustees so I won't go for a long time all right so um first thing is celebrate March's reading month that's

095what we're doing as other schools are as well so in February we had our black history month program and it was amazing amazing amazing the teachers did an amazing job as did the students we had 129 participants so our families really came out for that um and for other family engagement we've had family volunteers and of course the link sheets as well that we get a lot of ink kind from as well so that's our home school collaboration and here are some few here are a few pictures um on my left that's the um baby Diner room so those are our youngest Scholars and then we have on my right um I think that's a head start classroom so the three-year-olds and then others during um on the right that's another Head Start classroom they

096um featured basketball um famous basketball players women and um men so it was a a really fun presentation for enrollment um we have for Early Head Start we have we're full 16 13 on our waiting list um for Head Start we have 78 we have two that are starting on Monday um 18 um vacant and then for um gsrp 69.5 slots filled 10.5 vacant um for enrollment for drops zero um Early Head Start zero Head Start and two slots for gsrp and then for a February average daily attendance it was 85% so we did meet the target um the Ura team as I said is still processing applications for this year as well um we started already for the 2025 2026 school year so we um held three orientations today so orientation is scheduled for

097new students um that was last Friday and then we're the orientations currently are for uh students who are returning to um so our three-year-olds who will be returning next year as well so we're making sure we capture them and then opening it up to new students as well for our cacfp um we served 4,920 meals during the month of February and then children receiving Support Services we have three with IEPs we had five referrals we have um two in the process of evaluations and then another um I think there's one more read so and we have um wanted to talk a little bit I know this came up the last time we were here a head start approach to School Readiness so um we really do try to make sure with our teachers and or

098with our education manager that our children are ready for school um and families are ready to support Children's Learning in school are ready for children as well so um we have our upcoming uh kindergarten signing day and then um our education manager is going to be holding some um workshops for our families as well with their kids who are transitioning um with the School Readiness the guidance is provided by the office of Head Start so our School Readiness goals are aligned with the Early Learning outcomes framework and those domains are approaches to learning social emotional development language and literacy cognition perceptual motor and physical development and those um our core Advantage is aligned with the eloff so all those go together so I talk a lot about the core advantage and that's our assessment that's

099aligned with our curriculum and then um there's a link to the Head Start approach to School Readiness to the eloff so what does it look like at busy for School Readiness it's um alphabet knowledge book knowledge we provide uh print print rich environment and that's from our babies on up our babies to our preschoolers um our children are have opportunities to write using different tools um using sand using crayons using whiteboard we Foster curiosity about the environment um we we focus on math learning geometry so they build with Legos magne tiles recognizing shapes um and it occurs in all of the classrooms and then we make sure to make the connections between home and school so we recognize the classroom the classroom is where the magic happens and then that's this is one of our

100School Readiness goals that focuses on phological awareness so and we have goals for the infants and TI Toddlers and for the preschool preschoolers as well so we start young uh for curriculum instruction we're still continuing to implement the high scope curriculum we're in the third period of the um core Advantage data collection so I have some data um to share with you and shared and then um I uh included a link to teacher post observation conferences I know that came up so those are some of the the things that we're doing with our teachers and some of the outcomes and then uh Dr Kelly wash provides weekly tips for our teachers academic and social emotional in order to support the classroom so the data is separated by early head start so you see the fall

101in blue and the winter in green and um I have um I'll pass these out afterwards so um there with the core Advantage there are zero uh there are seven levels they go from 0o to seven so you can see what the numbers mean for our Toddlers and for our preschoolers for Early Head Start um they make gains in in every area from approaches to learning to social studies and then for our three-year-olds for Head Start they make gains in every area as well from our fall to winter and then for Head Start gsrp and gsrp are four-year-olds they made gains in every area staff in vacancies um one teacher gsrp we just interviewed two teachers a teacher assistant and offered U position and then a Lead Teacher as well and then we have four

102teachers um assistant teacher V vacancies and that's our ink kind that's plus um upcoming events we're really excited about this we're um partnering with the district with our kindergarten Signing Day so last year we had the kindergarten showcase and we're going to have a kindergarten signing we um going to make sure people who are within the district have an opportunity to register we have people coming from outside of the district from local dayc carees who are going to come as well so they've already been given the link to registration and all that so hopefully we can get some people signed up for kindergarten but um that we are partnering with the district so we're really excited about this and it's next Tuesday and then the next something else coming up we're doing our parents versus

103staff basketball game and that's Saturday April 12th um from 1: to 3 so I already reached out to the high school and U Mr Rees responded so hopefully we can have the game there so it'll be a big deal and before I end I would like to um schedule and invite the board over for a board breakfast just so you can see what's going on at buses see what the teachers are doing in their classroom what we have on the walls and the learning that's taking place so I'll I'll reach out um with Miss Foster to come up with a good date and I'll make sure to have a yummy breakfast and um so you can see what's going on at Bessie all right thank you trustees thank you and thank you for incorporating the

104data um and many of the specific asks that I've um spoken of I do have a question about the um the CDA assistant teacher vacancies have we looked into bringing the CDA for high schoolers into either of our high schools as an option um they can actually earn the cpda credential for free um if they if they're enrolled through the school I can't say that we have to date however I will take that back to Miss Snyder and um work to incorporate that into our health and science program that's an excellent ad it may be a great opportunity to be great ad okay I'll add that thank you thank you you're wel so I'm going to pass up these this is from the core advantage and then this is just a snapshot of School Readiness

105for one of the classrooms okay Dr Thompson um I have one question question for you so you mentioned uh you've been partnering with some of the daycares um or they'll be coming to um your site how has that been going and how many have you reached out to we reached out to probably eight or nine um and that was part of our um initiative to that was when we met with Dr Freeman and with um Tyler and Advance came over as well so that was one of the ideas that came up so we just went out and took um the Flyers to them and we got some responses so I think it's been positive and it's gone well so okay I think it's important to continue to build that relationship more so than just at

106the time that we are looking for students or enrolling so that should be something that could be looked at the year round okay thank you anyone else hearing none thank you Dr Thompson thank you very much public participation if you wish to address the board regarding a school related issue that has not yet been resolved by School administration please submit a comment card immediately comments are limited to 3 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 com to the Board of Education your cooperation is appreciated Miss Foster zero zero there are none we're amongst Family action items consent agenda approval

107of minutes for February 11th 2025 regular board meeting February 25th 2025 special board meeting study session is there a motion on the floor to open and approve I motion that we open approve consent agenda support it's been properly moved and supported any discussion hearing none board first Secretary whenever you're ready please call for the vote trusty where Deval yes myself yes trusty Johnson yes trusty Denson yes trusty Bland yes trusty B yes unanimous motion Carri thank you very much report 6355 the Personnel Action Report trustees you received an electronic copy and there is a copy in the back of your binder if you need time to review please do so and then if there is a motional floor to open and approve I motion that we open and approve report 6355 person Action Report support

108it's been properly moved and supported uh trustees I would like to call attention to number three that is a great thing I'd also like to call attention to number five um I have spoken with Dr Green I am aware that that um position is posted um and and I hear that we are looking into um a few candidates wonderful is there any other discussion surrounding report 6355 Personnel Action Report hearing none board secretary whenever you're ready please call for the vote trusty Bel yes trusty Bland yes trusty Denson yes trusty Johnson yes myself yes trusty R Deval yes unanimous motion carry thank you very much information items uh board Treasurer Bel uh the financial report and monthly bill disbursement almost said amen okay thank you president the district remains fiscally responsible um I did take

109a look over a few things um that was a concern but um Dr Green already lifted the federal level um funding for 2025 and 2026 as well as we discussed um last month about the tariffs that's something that we'll just have to keep our eye on with us having new buildings um I know um Dr Green is preparing for the S&P um to sell a second series of our bond um they're preparing for that so that's good the only risk um that I would like to lift that hopefully will no longer be a risk um but it is a risk to the district if it continues to happen that is the cash cash collection for school related items so I just wanted to LIF um that was the only risk that I can think of

110um as far as the financial report um and as instructed that should not be happening we should have checks money orders and using Gan and I believe that we were in instructed that we'll have additional electronic options later this spring and that concludes my financial report trustees do you have any questions president yes ma'am if I may add um we did hear from a lot of Staff members after the ceas and assist went out from our Chief Financial Officer and we understand that there are some concerns relative to the uh lower priced items that some of our fundraisers offer the dollar items do502 Etc so we are having conversation relative to how we can put a ceiling or a floor on what is required to come to us by way of electronic means and or

111by money order or cashier check so that a scholar is not spending a $150 to buy a dollar ice cream so we want to make sure that we're being fair and Equitable however it is a risk as you mentioned when we're asking young scholars to bring sizable amounts of cash to school it it puts the scholar at risk it puts the district at risk um therefore the cease and desist was issued but we are working on some alternative means and we're thinking that $20 will be anything below $20 uh we may still allow cash but we are working through that process right now additional communication will be forthcoming regarding that and and so let me just say that in February at the table at our study session we discussed this and I'm pretty sure um

112our vice president as well as um trusty Johnson both said well what about ice cream and little things like that um so this this was lifted we've been having this conversation since November um what I like to say is that I don't want the process to be belabored right um when you consider $180 being collected for a fifth grade trip times roughly a hundred students that's $188,000 cash inside of a building right it's not safe and and I do want our staff to hear us we're not trying to complicate it we're actually trying to mitigate risk um we know that lock boxes things like that we did them for bake sales back in the day but at the same time it didn't cost $180 to go to see the point um so we're just trying

113to make sure we do the right thing um I think the expectation is by our next board meeting we have something concrete and that we can launch whatever programs if Community pass is no longer feasible then the ation is what is the replacement we should be able to launch this at our back to school fair I also would like to lift something that was brought up at our last study session for our community we have definitely been looking at ways to save money um Dr Green brought to our attention that Southville entt is not being used to capacity and thanks to um to Joe Chorus as well um this board had a conversation with Dr Green about what if jwe goes away what if it no longer exists what if the administration building we have

114multiple buildings that are offline that we are preserving for other things we see it at Groves West Bloomfield there are multiple districts that house their Admin Building inside of their high schools ours might have the capability to do that as well this board agrees that it's a really SM lift number one having your Administration inside of your high school has a level of your mama is home all day right you know let's just keep it clean um the the second piece to that is this building has looked the same since 1991 I know cuz I got a picture in it and I had a asymmetric haircut so that's how long it's been um um we're looking at replacing so many things some of you were here our water pipes burst during a meeting we cannot

115continue to go on like this so the suggested conversation surrounding this was Hey what if they move in there um I want to share some numbers for our community again thanks to Joe our average electric bill here is roughly 45 Grand a year our gas bill is roughly 23 Grand a year our our water bill is around $55,000 a year um our waste management and custodial service would now be in one building instead of this one so that's a huge um savings to the district we can add more people in that building instead of having a surplus here um telephone and internet cost would also transfer to a building that we are actually getting done um general maintenance and upkeep roughly 12,000 a year and then let's think about what we can do many buildings

116Wall Lake all the wall Lakes Northern Central Southeastern west coast East Coast they all house multiple things in their building in the summer they use rooms for conference rooms um things like dance competitions I mean so this gives us some conference room space all of this was lifted we've heard you say you want transparency this is the bottom line so this is a consideration um I I don't want people to be shocked um you're taking jwe yes yes it it makes sense at this point also we know there are giant potholes at the U we don't want y'all to think that we don't we know um we have to wait for this weather to stabilize because if we fill them right now it is a waste of money and you're going to drive and you

117going to hear all the little crinkle crinkle crinkle cuz all the gravel and asphalt is coming right back up um we I have asked Dr Green to put some cones in the rather large ones there's a couple you can take a bath in so we going to go ahead and put some cones in those um but we are where we don't want you to think that we're apathetic towards it half your board drives this we have the work lined up and and Dr said we have the work lined up so I just wanted to make sure that I lifted those few points for everyone and that you are aware that this is going on um last but not least um for the good of the order much of that I that I just lifted um

118is is what I was going to lift for the good of the order I I would just like to say um I I believe that we have a hardworking board right now um we're thinking of ideas and ways that we can get better um we've gotten some great feedback there is a survey that Tyler sent out a link to um for parents please fill your surveys out this is how we really are able to understand what's happening I I love that y'all stop us at Kroger and Meer and call us and text us and all that good stuff but the survey is a great way for us to aggregate data and kind of pinpoint what we're doing right and what we're doing wrong WR so thank you Tyler for sending that out um last but

119not least state of the district is tomorrow we will be there with bells on um you'll get a lot of updates about the Bond as well as many other things um that that are going on in this District some important dates so we hope to see all of you who are asvp for that are there any more for the good of the order yes Dr Green um we did receive our final audit for the fall counts today and I'd like to congratulate Rebecca lington and her team we had a 3100% error rate so 03 um error rate on that report so thank you to miss Rebecca lington and her [Applause] team anyone else for the good of the order hearing none future meetings Wednesday March 12th state of the district address 6:00 p.m. 2 Tuesday

120March 25th special board meeting study session there is no school tomorrow I'm just going to repeat that again professional development day y'all your kids have there no buses are coming the doors will be locked um Monday March 31st through Friday April 4th spring recess so that is Monday March 31st Friday April 4th spring recess and Tuesday April 8th is our regular board meeting um this meeting is adjourned at 8:48 have a good evening everyone