WLCSD Board of Education Meeting - May 7, 2026

001Okay, we're going to call the meeting to order. And if we can please rise for the pledge of >> allegiance. standy and justice for all. >> Okay, welcome everybody. We're going to start this evening with our Golden Apple Awards. So, Dr. Lans. >> Thank you, Madam President. I'm happy to turn it over to Miss Mir. >> Thank you, Dr. Lans. First, we have our first Golden Apple Award winner is Sisha Sisla, an ASD pair professional at Hickory Woods Elementary School. Sisha was nominated by her co-worker Beth Roberts because she is a kind, dedicated, and patient pair professional for students with autism. Thank you, Sheresa, for coming forward. For six years, Sharisha has worked in the classroom with a consistently positive attitude and strong connections to students and families. She celebrates each accomplishment her students make

002and knows how to gently push every child towards reaching their full potential through steady encouragement. Sharesa's car charismatic personality and perseverance inspires students and staff to love school and strive for success. She mentors new pair professionals by modeling effective strategies in special education classrooms and guides families by sharing what has worked for their children. Sharesa supports students as they transition into general education classrooms using creative approaches to help them feel comfortable, accepted, and successful. She is also an outstanding collaborator who works closely with staff to problem solve challenges and support students growth. Thank you, Sharisha, for making a lasting difference every day through your genuine love for Hickory Woods community and for the children with special needs. It is our honor to recognize you this evening [applause] for it. Okay, I do my job. But

003thank you so much. But I really Thank you. >> Thank you so much. [applause] >> Miss Mayor, if you'd like to continue with our next Golden Apple. >> Okay. Thank you, Dr. Lots. Our next Golden Apple Award winner is Michelle Brown, school social worker at Walnut Creek. Michelle was nominated by her co-orker Marie Walker because she represents the district with professionalism, compassion, and dedication. Michelle makes a meaningful impact not only within the school, but also in the wider community through her volunteer work with Hospitality House. She manages weekend food program at Walnut Creek and has led both holiday food programs this school year, reflecting the district's commitment to supporting students and families beyond the school day. Michelle consistently models kindness, calmness, and reliability. She supports students beyond her case load and offers a listening ear

004to her colleagues, demonstrating empathy and teamwork that inspire those around her. Michelle finds creative and flexible ways to meet the needs of students and staff, continually adjusting her schedule to provide support where it's needed most. She manages a large case load while willingly taking on additional responsibilities driven by a genuine desire to help others and make a positive difference. Thank you, Michelle, for serving as a safe and trusted presence for our students and staff and for remaining positive and composed even in challenging situations. It is our honor to recognize you this evening. [applause] >> [applause] >> Okay. Wild Lake Consolidated School Pupil Enrollment Projection Study Presentation. Dr. Lans. Thank you, Madam President. I'll be happy to turn over to Mr. Wills from PMR. As the community and the board may remember, we do this annually

005and about this time of year. So, it helps us when we do looking at staffing for next year and helps us when we're determining long-term trends in the district. Mr. Wills, whenever you're ready. >> Thank you, Dr. Lans and uh President Kaplan and board members, administrators. Um again, thank you for the opportunity to provide enrollment projections for Wald Lake Consolidated School Systems going back in time. We actually started our engagement in 2010 uh with a newly named superintendent by the name of Ken Gutman. Um so again, if you remember in 2010 coming out of the Great Recession, the state took away $470 per pupil. Um a lot of fun activities back then, but again, we're here to uh provide the next five years of what looks like from a student enrollment perspective. So, we're going

006to talk a little bit about the demographics. Uh we do have pupil enrollment projections districtwide. And in your board packet, we actually have it broken down by elementary school, middle school, and high schools. um from that perspective and ultimately we have some methodologies and footnotes going from that perspective. So let's talk a little bit about demographics. Um the center chart what you see is actually the chart going back to 1920. Um this is actually from the Pew Research that's been tracking birth since that time frame. I'm not going to ask by a show of hands who was born in 1957, but congratulations. You're the height of the baby boomers. Um last year in 2023 24 birth year for the first time since 1940 the state of Michigan has had less than 100,000 live births. Um

007so you take a look at some of the challenges that you're going to see here in enrollments. Um more importantly with medical uh fields uh support services, trades, all this because you have two people basically retiring and about one person coming into those various activities going forward. SAMCOG which is Southeast Michigan Council of Governments also tracks it um kind of in the 11count range. Um, if you go back in time to 2000, um, there was just uh over or just under a million uh students, about 931,000. Uh, it's dipping down to a low of roughly 700,000. And uh, it does show a slight uptick um, about about 717,000, but nowhere near it was 931,000. From a state perspective, in the same time frame, 2000, the state of Michigan had 2 million kids. Right now, we're

008about 1.38 million kids. So, it's 700,000 less kids uh, in that same time period last 25 years. So this is the birth rates just in Michigan. As I mentioned, we're kind of going back to 2020, but we kind of highlight the cohorts of Wall Lake Consolidated Schools, 9th through 12th grade cohort, 6th through 8 and and K and K through five. Um I was actually uh joking a little bit with Dr. Zelner, my son, was born in 2000. That was the last time Oakland County actually had a increase in live births. Um here in the uh state, again, you see that steady decline. Uh there was the impact of CO in 2019, 2020. It's finally leveled off. I'm just under 12,750 live births here in Oakland County and as I just mentioned about less than

009100,000 live births in the state of Michigan. Uh this is not an Oakland County issue. This is Kent County. This is Ingam County, um Kazoo County, etc. From that perspective, so looking at Oakland County very specifically going back really to 2014, uh the blue columns you have there are the live births. As I mentioned, if we took this scale back to 2000, that 13,400 you see was actually 16,450. That's 3,000 less kids in that 15-year period. You can see the dip to CO in 2019. Again, dip below 13,000 um and has not really actually gone up. It's kind of leveled off right in that 12,200 range. And why is that important? That orange line you see at the bottom is the Wald Lakes capture of those live births. So again, looking at your audited fall

010count and spring count, back in 2014, you had 7% capture rate. Some people say, "Well, what happened in 2015?" Well, went to full day kindergarten um from half day. And so you saw a slight dip um in that perspective, but then it bounced back to about 6.3. You see the dip of COVID where a lot of parents just kind of kept their kids home. You bounced back up to over seven, kind of leveled off about 6.4% capture rate. Um, so the good news is your uh early elementary programs, your your child um early childhood and pre-K are actually drawing kids at that same rate. The only issue is there's less kids uh within the pool of uh those kids going forward. This is also some of the population trends kind of looking at the zero

011to five. So I'm I'm kind of going left to right on that bottom scale. Um so again uh total population is just about five to six% of under age five. The biggest changes you're going to see is that age 5 to 18. So again going back to um you know 2020 there's about 19% of the population was 5 to 18. Guess what? Now it's down to 14%. So pretty significant drop there. Uh 18 and under was used to be 25%. Now it's 19%. One of the things you will notice though on the far right side is that the uh orange is actually growing. And what that means is people want to move to Wall Lake or they've stayed in Wall Lake. their kids have graduated, moved out of the district, and they're not relocating. I'm

012sure they have a great mortgage rate that was prior prior to, you know, where we're at currently. And so, guess what? They like the amenities of the Wall Lake area, um the surrounding municipalities. And what's that doing is preventing some of those younger families from back uh back filling those houses from that perspective. Talk about household incomes. So, again, um taking a look kind of a from 25,000 greater up to 250,000. Again, what's great about Wald Lake schools is you have very strong taxable value, which allows you to consider capital programs kind of on a repetitive basis. Um, not just now, but into the future going forward. Same thing with home values. Um, you'll see decreases um kind of in the 100 to 200,000 range, but increases in the 400, 500, and 750 range. Um,

013so again, my son was he's 25 looking for a house and unfortunately can't afford anything um in this area. So, uh, at the end of the day, that's some of the challenges I think with the younger families moving in is that challenge of affordable housing at that entry level. We are seeing, uh, families move that secondary house. So, you're going to see that middle school level, high school level kind of leveling off because you have that inbound migration from that perspective. School enrollment trends. Um, the good news is on the top row is really the Wall Lake Consolidated Schools. Um, again, taking a look at the dark blue um, comparative to the light blue. Um, you know, the light blue is going to be the private and uh tuition based and then the darker blue

014is the public. And so, one of the things we've noticed is that when you build your early childhood centers, you actually picked up 4% um from tuition to public, which is great. Um, and you really kind of follow the state average or I should say the Oakland County average in terms of public to private ratios. Um, you know, roughly um 80% to 20% in kindergarten and then it drops down to that 15 to 10% as you get into high school. Um so a lot of the competition of charter schools and private schools they typically stop at that eighth grade level and you'll see that uh about 10% are there in the high school level. So again en rollment trends we're taking a look about um LEAS your learning educational uh districts PSAs are your public

015schoolmies and obviously you have your charter schools so we kind of track inbound and outbound migration um from that perspective and so at the end of the day um there's just less students. So you talk about closed districts, schools of choice, um charter schools opening up and closing. So again, uh that's a challenge not just here in Wall Lake, but a lot of your peer districts kind of around southeast Michigan. So district-wide projections, taking all this information, uh we take a look at the housing stockpile, like how many houses have have children, how many of those are school age children, how many are currently enrolled in public versus private. Uh from that perspective, we take a look at your live birth. So again, that is audited by the Department of Human Health Services and again

016we look at your student enrollment which again is based on your fall count and spring count. Um that's also audited to really come with a baseline from that perspective. So again um in the presentation we have 1 through 18. Uh Dr. L said I have two hours to present each individual school. I'm I'm joking. Um but at the end of the day we're able to do it districtwide but more importantly for for um individual schools both elementary, middle and high school. And as Dr. Lans mentioned this is really used for long-term planning. So, as the board looks at adopting next year's fiscal budget with Miss OMR and her sta and her team and her staff, how do you look at utilization? How do you look at long-term capital planning, staffing, etc. It's important to have

017that building by building as well as a district-wide analysis. So, this is the eye chart. Um, we do have a graph that shows this, especially for the public, a little more easy to read, but that blue line or that that that line you see kind of vertical between 2025 and 26, everything to the left of that is your historical data. So again, this is audited by the Department of Education. That's how you get your foundation allowances on an ongoing basis. So FTE is full-time equivalency. Uh and what we've done is really start in 2019. In the upper leftand corner, you had 946 uh students in kindergarten at that level. If you go all the way down to that column down to 12th grade, you were graduating 11th uh 1,116 students for a combined K12 of

01812,863 students. Um, from that perspective, I mentioned 2010 when we first started, you actually had 14,967 students that year. So again, that decreased birth rate and the ability not to be able to transition the number of new housing and housing stock is really a challenge um to maintaining enrollment going forward. So if I start at that blue or that vertical line at 2025, again, your incoming kindergarten class was 789 and uh your graduating class is about 821. And so that gives you a combined total of 10,939 that are K12. But we're also including some of the others, um, the virtual learning, the early childhood to special education transitions, junior kindergarten, which gives you a full FT of roughly 11,717. So that number right there allows Miss and her team to say, okay, what's the foundation

019allowance going to be next year? Well, we got to wait for Lancing to tell us what that is, but it's a great starting point in terms of being able to run some financial modelings for teacher allocations, funding mechanisms going forward. The next five columns, what you have are really our projections. So again, we take a look at the demographics. We adjust what your kindergarten inbound coming was and then we actually look at it on an ongoing basis. So we're able to go out five years for elementary and 10 years at the middle school and high school. And based on a method one, which is a algorithm over the last seven years, um we anticipate you'll be down to 10,141 students K12 or as a total district just under 11,000 students at 10,904. Uh this graph

020right here just shows the same information. Um so as I mentioned, back in 2019, you had 12,864 students. Uh the projections down to 10,142. And you can see the different bars. So K5 is the top uh row of columns there. Again, on the far left, you had 5,600 students back in 2019, and it is starting to level off right around 46 4,700 students for the next five years. At the middle school level, uh which is your 68s, that's going to be the lowest bar there. Um you had over, uh just under 3,000 back in 2019 and uh you're at 2703 and that's projected to go down to 24 to 2,300 here in the next five years. So, as part of this bond, we know that Gistler is kind of being readapted to other uses. I

021know sometimes it's a tough decision, but at the same time, it's the right decision to make sure your utilization stays strong across the elementary, middle school, and high school levels from that perspective. And ultimately, you have the high schools um at 32 uh 3,287 recently and then obviously dipping down about 3,193 again as that graduating class um kind of kind of works that way through the uh next 5 to 10 years. Method two uh again is kind of a looking back the last two to three years. So again um postcoid um taking a look at just the last two to three years of historical data. So again similarly um the the lines kind of flatten out a little bit more and so oftentimes we ask Mr. Wolves what method should we use? Um we actually

022have a graph that shows you method one, method two and then a combined of method three to kind of give you a good better best scenario of what Miss Homer can use from financial projections. Uh Dr. L's administrative team from a staffing perspective. Um so you'll see a couple different variances um from these charts going forward. And then lastly we have method three. Uh again same thing the lines kind of flatten out from that perspective. Um so if you go back to method one you're about 10,200. Method 3 is about 10,450. This kind of just shows you uh the different levels. So again, uh, method one, uh, being kind of more the aggressive um, method two, which we'd probably recommend for a modeling standpoint, again, kind of shows a slower decline because that birth rate

023has leveled off the last five years. You are still capturing that 3.6 to 3.7%. um from that perspective. So before I go any further into the elementary, middle schools, is there any questions on the methodology? Um some of the initial findings uh some of the uh Paul, when you're looking at this, are you looking at this as a specific, you know, an approximate student number? Are we using the blended count? >> So for the FTE is the blended count. Uh we actually uh did it by headcount as well. So more of a utilization analysis. Um the initial presentation I think was over 80 pages. So we kind of said you know let's focus on the foundation uh you know foundation or full-time equivalency. So it is that blended rate of the 9010. Um from that

024perspective that's why you saw some of those decimals is like it's hard to have 961.3 kids. Um but that is that blended rate trustee that you're asking about. >> The other thing as we look at this number you know realizing that this is spread the loss is spread throughout grades. It's not It's not specific to any building per se. It's >> is yeah, like I said, it's just kind of an equal. I mean, they don't come in they don't you're not losing them in 20 pockets of 25 students per classroom. And so again, one of the things you'll see kind of by elementary school is they're kind of gradually kind of in the same boat. Same thing with the middle school and high schools from that perspective. So >> Mr. Lip, >> uh Paul, you

025you described uh from what I heard three main factors uh for our our population loss. uh change in birth rates, I heard affordable housing or lack of it. Uh and people aren't moving out. >> Correct. >> Would you would you point to one of those as as the most compelling factor of the three or >> I think the most compelling factors declined birth rate. Um so again the Pew Research has been capturing this since 1920. Um last year the first time birth mother was over the age of 30. And if you look at the birth rate replacement is 1.44 births compared to 2.225 retiring and moving on. Um, so again, that's a major challenge and again it's I mean I mean we work with Udica schools. They used to have 30,000 kids when I used

026to work with them. Now they have 23,000. That's 7,000 less kids in 15 years. Obviously you've been very fortunate to have that inbound inbound migration and again some of that secondary home affordability. Um but at the end of the day like even some of your peers are growing. I mean, they're only growing by 150 200 kids for districts of 78,000 students, but they're also able to build three or 4 thousand homes in that 250 to 300,000 range, which is attracting those younger families. So, as you go out the 96 corridor up and down the 23 corridor, that's where we're seeing some of that growth. And and Simco, I encourage you, they've got a great 50-year model that shows birth rates and capture rates and the population ages, etc. I just took one snapshot of a

02740page report, but it's very telling that the birth rate is the biggest challenge. um from that perspective because um as you get a higher discretionary income, guess what? Those percentage of private versus public tend to grow up percentage or two, but when you have 16,000 live births and now you're at 12,500, that's 4,000 less kids times 10 years, that's 40,000 less kids in Oakland County. So hopefully that answers your question, trusted. >> Any other questions? Mr. Seagler, >> just, you know, looking back at this at our peak when we opened up Geysesler, we opened Geisler and we had given the state a number and then and the state laughed at us and said, "You don't need all this room." And we opened up Geyser with, I believe, eight portables at the time on on the

028back of the building and we had to add classrooms over that. And what I've noticed for years in the district and having looked at this when we were looking at Maple and an Oakley Park years ago is that people are staying in their homes. They are not they are retiring and they are staying within the community. And I know that when we did a study for Oakley Park over a 5-year period, it was like it was something unbelievable almost a three-year increase in the age of the residents that were staying there over a five-year period. So that it's telling. >> Yep. >> Anybody else? >> Okay. Thank you. >> Uh we transition to elementary schools and again these are in your packet. Um so again I know that you've got quite a number of these

029but in the essence of time um again you can kind of see Commerce Elementary flatten out around 480 about 430 at Dublin. Uh Glengary right around 300. Um, Hickory Woods about 450, 460. Uh, so Keith Elementary about 500. Uh, same thing with Lon Lake just under 500. And then Mary Ellen Guest right around 340 350. Metal Brook about 485. And Oakley Park about 375. Pleasant Lake about 433. Uh, Wald Lake Elementary again dipping below 300. Um, from that perspective. So, I guess back to one of the questions, is there a certain area? Um, so again, we'd kind of look at this holistically. Um, so I think back to Trusty Seagler, like we go back in time and say, you know, how many kids were in that particular area in 2020, 2019, and then look at

030what's the average age of those household owners? Where are the kids at currently from that perspective? And then Wixom Elementary about 475. At the middle school level, um, Clifford Smart, uh, actually next year will dip below a thousand for the first time. um from that perspective and go down about 875. Sarah Banks leveling off about 850 and then Walnut Creek um just below 900 and then kind of as you mentioned just number of houses and the number of age of household owners down to about 750 here in the next five years at the high school level. Um about a thousand over at Central uh Northern uh again just under 1300 in the next five years. currently at 1400 and then Western kind of level off right around a thousand students. So again from that perspective

031we are seeing that secondary migration into the district that upper middle and high school level which is allowing you to kind of level off the high school. So our footnotes and methodology again we are one of the depart firms recognized by the department of treasury to provide enrollment projections for school districts. We've got 120 clients uh kind of around the state and we've been very honored to work with Wald Lake really since 2010. Uh and again, tonight was more of just a reminder um as you look at long-term financial planning, long-term utilization, long-term uh staffing levels. Again, this is just one data point um that you can um really rely on. I think Trusty Ziggler asked me a couple years ago, what's our accuracy rate? And it's above 98%. So, unfortunately, it's pretty accurate um

032from that perspective. Um so, with that, I'll turn it back over to President Kaplan, Dr. L, the board for any additional questions. >> Mr. Eagler. >> Uh, this is more towards to Dr. Lans and I'm sorry because it just came to me while we were watching this. If the governor was to uh enact mandatory prek, do we have a rough an approximate number of how many students we would see? >> I believe that number is between two and 300 additional students we'd have to accommodate. >> That's correct. >> Look at that. [laughter] He read his He read his homework. >> Bingo. We got that. >> I listen when you talk. >> I know. That's good. That's good. [clears throat] >> Any other questions? >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

033>> Appreciate it. >> Thank you, Mr. Wills. >> Okay, we're moving on to Lake Sarah Youth Assistant annual report. Dr. Lens, >> would you like to turn it over since you're so involved with them? >> I certainly may. say I'm going to introduce you to our case worker at Leia Stacy Pazini. >> Hi everyone. Good to see you. Um so I'm here. So I think you guys have a packet with has our report on it that would also have the newest list of the board of directors which we like you guys to have so you can see who's leading our charges. Um first I'm I wanted to say thank you guys for your continued support. You guys have all been a huge um support to us over the years. So, we totally appreciate that. Um,

034I am supposed to let you know that the Taste of the Lakes is coming yet again. Um, September 29th will be the 25th anniversary. Um, I was also asked to make sure that we let you know that we are super fortunate to be able to work with Matt Weber and Dan Durkin and his department and helping us continue to make that such a um, exciting event that gets us most of our funding throughout the year to help support the children and families. Um, a couple statistics um, for you guys. Um, in 25 we serviced um 225 case load families, which is where um I'm working with them for casework support. So that'd be like short-term counseling, um resourcing, caseworking. Um to date, as of January 1 of this year, we've already seen 97 families. Um

035so we're on target to beat the 225 from last year. um without that when I was scanning the numbers um I was fascinated to hear that we've actually serviced more than um it's a little over a thousand children um last year between our programs that we do for those that aren't familiar we do an adopt a family with Hiron Valley Hospital um a shop with a cop and a shop with a hero event um we do and we are currently which you're welcome to all come to the office at any time um we're filling what's called a boredom buster bag which we will be distributing the beginning of June that will be going to all the fourth graders in our title one elementaryaries and that is exactly what it sounds like. It's a social emotional

036learning bag um a boredom buster bag for kids who we feel um could be at potential risk of you know getting home. Parents are still working. They're home alone. They don't have a lot of things to do. Um it's a boredom buster bag to keep them active, engaged. Um, we put a book this year, um, it's called Stella that's going in there, um, to help them read and close that, to help minimize that achievement loss, um, during the summer months. Um, we also are doing yoga and art therapy in the schools, um, skill building and camp scholarships for those who qualify um, and need funds. And we also have been partnering with the PTO's to provide uh some support for assemblies or whatever the schools need at that time. Um as always, thank you for

037your guys' support. Uh if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them and I'm trying to make it quick and easy because I know anybody have any questions. >> Thank you, Stacy. >> Thanks. >> Thank you, Mrs. Vanluen. Uh, I'm just going to put a little plug here. You know, please come to Taste of Lakes. Please participate with Lakes Youth Assistance. We do a fantastic job with helping the students all within Wald Lake and Stacy works exceptionally hard is trying to manage and she has a very difficult job and all the support that we can get the better. So, we appreciate everything you can do for Taste of the Lakes and for Leia. Thank you. Now, we're going to move on to enhancement village update. Dr. Thank you, Madam President. As the board and

038the community community may remember, a few months ago, our board decided to approve the option for the board of education at Oakland schools to place this on the ballot. We 80% of the Oakland County schools also approved the Oakland County Board to place on the ballot. They did so and so now we have it as an August election. So, I'd like to give a brief overview to the board and to our community as to what the enhancement mill is and what it specifically means for Wald Lake. So, what is a millillage? A millillage is a voter approved property tax. You that's nothing new. We've had millages for at least since I remember when I was hired back in 1992, but they had millages then. I'm sure they had it before. And that's the number one

039way that we are funded as a school district. So, this is a millillage that would be for the Oakland County homeowners only. The funds would be distributed equally to all public schools and eligible public schoolmies. Each district would receive approximately $781 per student annually. So that would be on top of the foundation allowance that we receive from the state of Michigan. Each district maintains local control over how the funds are spent and there wouldn't be restrictions. As our community knows, we've been very fortunate to have the support for our bonds and for our syncing funds. But our community also knows that those funds can't be spent on typical general fund expenditures. And if I remember correctly, about 78% of our general fund expenditure is personnel and none of those funds can be used to support

040personnel. We all remember a few months ago when we had the opportunity to approve our tenative agreement with our teaching and tonight we have the opportunity to approve our tenative agreement with our administrators. We definitely want all of our staff to be paid appropriately and that's difficult to do under the current funding model from the state of Michigan. So why now? I spoke to this a little bit is that we have a situation in our schools in Michigan where over time the fund the foundation allowance that we get from the state of Michigan has not even kept up with the rate of inflation. We receive over $10,000 in foundation money from the state. Over that same period of time it should be over $14,000 from the state of Michigan. Obviously, $781 does not bridge that

041gap completely, but for us, it's a step in that right direction, and you'll see in a few moments that we're not the only district or the only county that believes this. Many students in the state of Michigan are being served by enhancement millages. So, as it says here, our costs have out outpaced the increases, our costs have outpaced inflation, and our special education is completely underfunded by over 40%. Remember that we transfer over $6 million out of our general fund to support our special education students. I I would submit to you that if we were fully funded in special education, as we were supposed to be when the law was passed at the national level, we would be in a significantly better position by tens of millions of dollars in it accumulative total. Unfortunately, that

042is not a priority for our legislators, which makes me very sad. If you'd like to know more about how schools are funded and some models to help help fund schools, please look at the school finance research collaborative that's linked here. And this this is on the Oakland schools website. That website will be mentioned at the end of this presentation. I'm happy to say that as the state legislators are discussing what the budget will look like, many of them are considering a weighted formula which is part of the SFRC and that would benefit us specifically. So what are the details of what we would be asking for in the August election? 1.5 mills every year for six years. The election is August 4th. Again, it's approximately $781 a student. So over that time it would be

043over $4,600 per student and we would start collecting and by we I mean Oakland County would start collecting in December of 2026. So what does that mean for Wald Lake? Wald Lake would pay into the county 10,780,000 approximately and of that we would be able to retain $8,640,000. the additional funds, meaning the difference between that would help support other districts and students in other districts that do not have the same taxable value as us. Now, that's true for for all of our taxes that go out of Oakland County. We are a paying county. We are a paying district. And the example that I give is that if I give you a dollar and I ask you to give me 20 cents back, are you still happy that you have the 80 cents? Yes, I'm still

044happy that I have 80 cents more now than I did before you gave me the dollar. And so for us, it's $8.6 million more annually to help support our programs and support our students. I want to remind the board and remind our community and uh later actually beginning of next month, Julie will be coming up and talking about our budget situation. We have a structural deficit. We have had a structural deficit all except for two years and that was because of the COVID money supporting all school districts. Without a change in how we're funded, combined with a look at our efficiencies in our district, we'll continue to have a structural deficit that comes out of our one-time only money, which is our fund balance. Your fund balance is like your savings account. If you don't

045put money into your savings account, once you've taken all the money out, there's nothing left for that. And so this would help us in balancing out that structural deficit. As we look at efficiencies without the enhancement millage, we'll have to look not only at efficiencies, but also program staffing, extracurricular, co-curricular activities to help reduce that structural deficit. So what can we use this for? Well, the enhancement mill, as I mentioned, unlike bond and syncing fund, goes into our general fund. and our general fund is at the discretion of the board as to how we spend that. And so we would have zero restrictions related to the $ 8.6 million. So some big categories that we could we could support staff retention and raises. That's important and we'll I'll talk about that a little bit more

046in a second. Stabilize our general fund which I just spoke about that we have a structural deficit that we need to stabilize. maintain staff ratios, student ratios because again with about 80% of our costs being our staff, if we have to make cuts, unfortunately that's one of the first places that are cut. Enhance student wellness supports, enhance and maintain safety initiatives. We're pretty lucky in our district because the board decided to take the 31A that we're we're supporting most of our programs in those two categories through 31A. It's important to remember though that that's not a promised fund source. that fund source can be easily taken out of the budget for our next year. And that would be millions of dollars of programming and staff that we'd have to make a decision as to do

047we continue that and if we continue that where are we going to find that money because we don't have extra money every year that's unac unallocated and then maintain and strengthen district programmings. This is a local decision. This will be a conversation that we'll have as a board through our budget process that we do every year. Now, obviously, we'll have to approve the budget for 2627 before we know this outcome. And part of the negotiations that Dr. Campa has been doing is that putting in an opening clause with our with the contracts that if this passes, it's called a reopener, that we would go back to our associations and we would see if there are additional fund sources that we could provide to them. It's a negotiated process. There's nothing promised other than we would

048come back to the table and have the conversation. So counties with millages and we're talking about the enhancement millages. You can see we mcome Kent Kalamazoo and you can read that 80% of the districts in in Oakland County approved this. 44% of all students in Michigan already have this and the most the two most important for us is Wayne and Mcome. And we've talked about that when we're talking about being competitive with our wages. when they are getting hundreds of dollars more per student than everyone else in Oakland County is getting, it becomes very difficult for us to be wage competitive because we're all remember all of us are getting the same basic foundation grant now. Everyone in Michigan is getting what Miss 10,000 >> 10,50 everybody gets that now it's some districts get more

049but now they get that plus $200 or $300 more. So obviously they can be significantly more competitive in their wages than we can be. And so what does that mean for our taxpayers? Now I want to be very clear that taxable value and home worth are two very different things. So if you go to sell your home today, that's the value or the worth of your home. Your taxable value is typically about half of that amount. And so if you believe your house is worth $200,000, if you were to sell it, you're going to get $200,000. When you calculate how much this would cost you, you calculate off of half of that, which would be $100,000. So in this case, it would be about $150 a year. You jump up to if your house is

050worth 400,000. Do you calculate it off of 400,000? No. You take half of that and that would be about $300 a year. on the website which is the oaklanden enhancement.com. There is a tax calculator there. Just be very intentional and read comprehend as you're doing it so that you're putting in the right data because bad data in gets you bad data out. So make sure you're you're remembering there's a difference between what your house is worth and what your house is taxed at. Why did why did we choose for an August ballot? That is one of the three days that we are allowed to have an election on. And it also allows us to collect the funds in December of 26 rather than having to wait until the calendar year of 27. Again, the website

051to gather more information is the oakland enhancementmillage.com and May 19th at our tech center right up the road. There will be anformational meeting and we will be holding our ownformational meeting on June 22nd. And that's starting at 6 o'clock p.m. And it I apologize, I'll get that corrected. It's not the Wald Lake Western Auditorium. I talked to our construction team and they said, "Well, you could do that, but they're gonna have to walk through a parking lot that will not be there anymore." So, we're actually going to move that to the learning commas, the learning stairs and have everyone enter through the north uh parking lot rather than have to hike over the torto parking lot. And that's what I have today. Any questions? >> Well, Dr. Lens, I'm just going to ask a clarifying

052question. Um, so in Wald Lake, if Wild Lake community votes yes on or votes no, excuse me, on the millillage, but let's say 80% of the rest of the districts vote yes, then what happens? >> So, I'm going to change it around. I'm going to say Wald Lake votes yes on the millillage, but it's still it doesn't pass by 1% in the county. Then it doesn't matter what our percentage is or anyone else's percentage. The county's in it together. So, it's a total county vote. Think of it if you're voting for a county commissioner. They have to get 50% plus one vote in order for this to pass. [clears throat] >> Okay, Mr. Seagler. >> Just a few other things to consider. Uh when we look back at our tax base within the Wald Lake

053community, we have always been a donor district. U going back to even preo pre-proposal A and Headley. Um, if we talk about special ed and special ed funding, you know, IDA was set up so that we were going to get 40 cents or 40 40% back for our IDA funding. Um, our high on that was 16 one year. We are back down to about 11 and a half currently. And when you when you talk about your fund balance as a district, uh I know that there are some people in this room that will remember when we had a fund balance of over $26 million of spendable income. And we had a board budget book that would equate to the A through Z World Book Encyclopedia dictionary. and now you're down to a book that is

054maybe 20 or 30 pages because we have been forced over the years to literally strip down programs. So, you know, our fund balance is important to us as a community. It is our savings account. Uh, I know there has been major conversation throughout the county on this and as you said, some districts decided not to do it, but at the same point, if it passes, we all benefit from it. >> Absolutely. And Mr. Seagler, just to follow up on that, there are also 11 other school districts that would be donor districts. We're not the only one, and we're not even in the top four of districts that would be donor districts in Oakland County. >> Mrs. West. This just came to me as I was listening. Um, if more counties continue to have enhancement millages

055in the future, um, could that affect how the state determines our funding down the line? So, like giving us less funds possibly. >> Yeah. I I'm not sure that the state really cares about what counties do related to funding. I I think that they have their priorities and sometimes we make the top three and sometimes we're in the bottom three. It really just depends on what their priorities are for that time. So I I would not predict that that would be a the case and maybe if a 100% of the counties did it. Then there could be a discussion about that, but until then I don't think it would be a major factor, but that's a great question. >> Okay. Thank you, sir. >> Thank you. [snorts] >> Okay, we are going to move on.

056I do not have a card for public commentary. I know you're all looking at me like I'm crazy, but I do not. >> I know. Sayoop whoop. So, we're going to move on to administrative commentary. Dr. Lens. >> Thank you, Madam President. Mrs. Oer. >> Thank you, Dr. Lans. Just a couple of things. We're going through our support staff or non-eing staff open enrollment process. And so we're looking at we're using utilizing our new platform and Donna McVey has been working very diligently with American Fidelity to make sure everything is right on that. We start our open enrollment next Monday. We're hoping that will be successful and we'll have some lessons learned, I'm sure, after we're through it. But hopefully it will be a positive experience for all of our employees. In addition, today we

057had our third series of our bond sale. So they have some information that that was very successful from a market standpoint of view. So, we're very fortunate with our bond team and like to thank them, you know, even though they're not here in terms of their hard work and structuring that so that it was successful and works very well for the district and for the people that we serve, especially our students. Um, we're wrapping up our fiscal year or coming up on that. As Dr. Lans mentioned, we'll be having our end of year final budget revision on June 4th as well as the assumed 2627. Hopefully, we'll have some information as our legislature continues to work on the budget and hopefully we'll come to some resolution much earlier than last year into October. So, we

058we shall see. We're not holding our breath. So, again, so it's a busy sprint to the end of the year. >> Thank you, Miss Zmer. Dr. Amco. >> Thank you, Dr. Lans. It's been a busy couple weeks with staffing and preparing to post positions. So, I'm excited. Hopefully by the end of this week, early next week, I'll have some postings out and I'm looking forward to that process. And then um another experience I had recently was an instructional visit to Creek Middle School. I had a phenomenal time over there. I engaged a lot with the students, had great conversations, and you know, I I it filled my bucket. So I was excited to be back in the classrooms. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. Mir. >> Thank you, Dr. Lans. Um, just wanted to mention

059this evening we had our information session at our adult transitions program for our incoming ATP students for the 26 27th school year. And so lots of families came out. Our ATP staff did a really great job at explaining all of the tears and lots of excitement about ATP being in their new home at the Giser ESC. Lots of questions for that. Um, and so lots of excited families and students that came and asked questions about all of the important things about libraries and gymnasiums and lunch. So really exciting time, important questions for them planning. And then I'd also like to mention that um May is speech and language pathology awareness month. And I just want to say thank you to our team of speech and language pathologist in the district. They have a wide reaching

060impact from birth to 26. our SLPs work with students and pam parents and families in the community in our schools um really making sure that our students learn and develop those communication and language skills and early literacy skills and so their impact is farreaching and we just thankful for them and their impact. >> Thank you, Mr. Mr. Jerkin. >> Thank you, Dr. Lans. Our district's senior shoutout social media campaign continues to highlight and celebrate the accomplishments of the Wald Lake schools class of 2026. We encourage families with graduating seniors to access the submission link included in each senior shoutout post so we may recognize and celebrate their students achievements with our community. Senior shoutouts will continue to be featured on the district social media channels throughout the summer. So no rush, but I recommend you

061get them in soon and uh we will continue to honor the many successes of the class of 2026. >> Thank you, sir. I just have two items. One, I had the opportunity to see Cinderella. It was a fantastic production. So, thank you for everyone that put in the time and effort to make that such an amazing experience for me. And secondly, a shout out to Mr. Durkin and his team for the acknowledgement of our staff appreciation week. I know things are happening in buildings and I hope the staff feels appreciated every week. This is just a specific week that we acknowledge it. We're very fortunate and very lucky to have the team that we do here and it it's the Wald Lake family and I'm happy to be a part of it and I'm happy

062to acknowledge the great work that they do. Madam President, >> thank you. say, "M, I'm sorry that that happened." You know, if we can you can talk to us after or if you want to do next time, that would be great. >> Thank you. Very sorry about that. >> I didn't realize there was a card. >> No worries. Okay. Now, we're going to move on to board commentary. We're gonna start with Mr. Lipet. Sorry. [laughter] >> She she always moves it around. Uh thank you, Madam President. Uh so first off graduation uh if I am doing my math right I believe this is going to be the 20th straight year of lipids uh in Wald Lake schools which um sadly is coming to an end uh this May and so uh I just wanted to

063express uh the graduation process is is a wonderful highly emotional uh amazing experience and um you know I I am very lucky lucky as a parent uh to have been part of the Wald Lake community watching my three girls uh go through these schools and now it culminates uh through what is just an amazing graduation ceremony and process uh for the uh for the district. So I just wanted to acknowledge for those of us who have graduating seniors, sorry Dr. Zelner, um be careful. It's an emotional time right now and we're all we're all kind of struggling with it. So, uh, so thank you for everybody who's involved in producing these great graduation events on behalf of Wald Schools. Uh, second is I had a chance to, uh, go to Walnut Creek Middle School and

064have lunch. And I I have to tell you, I haven't had school lunch. [snorts] I I don't even know when. It's been a long time. And I, let me just say for the record, it's delightful. Like, they it's the food is so much better than when I was a kid. The choices are so much better. The healthy choices are are are good. Although I will acknowledge I had chicken nuggets. But the point [laughter] is that there are lots of healthy choices. And I just want to say uh thank you to the staff and particularly the students who tolerated uh these old people coming in and and and stealing a table from them. >> Steal their table >> and um and and taking their food. I did not get a chance to play ping pong, but

065I will get there next time to uh to manage that. Um >> and I did have chocolate milk. Oh my gosh. I'm I'm so sorry Denise if you're listening to this. Um speaking of Denise, my wife would like everyone to know that May is Lyme disease uh awareness month. So please be on the lookout for tick bites uh if you head into any wooded area and if so please uh see your local doctor or pediatrician in my wife's case uh because that Lyme disease is no small thing. Uh, also for those of you uh who don't know, May is Jewish American Heritage Month, uh, which recognizes the contributions of Jewish Americans throughout our nation's uh, 250 year history. Uh, but I mentioned that now because I wanted to acknowledge a growing threat uh, that has

066written uh, has risen in American public schools and that is of course uh, anti-semitism. Uh, the issue may sound distant to Wald Lake schools, but it is affecting communities everywhere in Oakland County. Uh schools should be places where every child feels safe, respected, and free to learn. Uh but for many Jewish students, uh that promise as is absolutely being challenged. Uh nationally, the Anti-Defamation League reported that more than 9,000 anti-semitic incidents have happened in the United States uh since 2025. That is the highest number ever recorded since the tracking began. Uh it's nearly a 900% increase over the past decade. Uh and Oakland County uh itself has seen some pretty troubling examples. Just last week, uh CBS Detroit reported an anti-semitic uh sticker stickers uh discovered during uh oddly enough, multicultural night. Uh and this

067was at Beverly Elementary School in uh Birmingham. So uh you know, this is an elementary school of all places to see anti-semitism. Uh what should have been a celebration of diversity was overshadowed by hateful messages. Uh, as a reminder, anti-semitism in school does not always appear as dramatic headlines. Rather, it sometimes is just simple slurs in a hallway, graffiti, even offensive jokes, uh, or students being singled out because of faith or identity. Walt Lake schools are known for strong schools and cohesive communities. That means we have a responsibility to lead. So, if hatred appears here, we mustn't dismiss it as a prank or an isolated incident. Every act of anti-semitism sends a message that some students are less welcome than others. So, uh what should schools do? First, uh we enforce a zero tolerance for

068hate or bullying or harassment in Walt Lake schools. I'm very proud of that. Thankfully, we have that here. Uh we have a very strict policy with respect to harassment and bullying. Um but I fear the data implies this policy unfortunately will need to be leveraged uh sooner than later. Students need to know that targeting others because of religion or ethnicity has real consequences. Uh second, strengthening Holocaust and anti-semitism education. Uh when students understand history, they are less likely to repeat it. I can't tell you how proud I was of Wald Lake schools and the PTSA uh led by Hillary Glazer hosting an event at the Zikman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills. Events like that are invaluable uh to education and reinforcing the lessons of anti-semitism throughout our history. And third, uh teachers and staff should

069continue to recognize anti-semitism quickly and respond effectively. The Anti-Defamation League has valuable resources in this regard as part of their no place for hate program. And I was pleased to see that their relationship with the NEA was reinforced this past year. I hope we continue to build school culture where students can stand up for one another. As you know, silence allows hate to grow. There isn't only a This isn't only a Jewish issue. It is a community issue. When one group is targeted, every student becomes less safe. While the schools must continue to lead by example, uh where hate is always confronted and where every student knows that they belong. Thank you very much, >> Dr. Zmer. >> Thank you, Madam President. Uh first of all, and thanks to Mr. Durkin for letting me say

070this. Congratulations to the Wildlife United Lacrosse Lakes Valley Conference champions and especially to Zeke Dell, number 13, uh my senior, one of my two. Um so really exciting to see how successful that season has been this year. It was uh an interesting season last year when all the teams came well it was Wall Lake Western and then the the United team all came together and seeing those boys work together and coales as a team this year and be so successful has been really delightful. Um I want to while we're talking about seniors and I got like a little choked up when you said that I can't I'm not going to make it. Uh you're going to see me at graduation just sobbing on the stage. Um, we just have a few more weeks and we

071can do it. We can do it. Seniors, you've got this. Um, don't give up yet. May is also mental health awareness month. Um, so I just want to remind everyone to call or text 988 if you are or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis. This will put you in touch with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. And there are a ton of resources on that site. And I just want to commend um our social workers were one of whom was here tonight and all of our support staff who do so much work to support our students and making sure that they're healthy and safe. And um I wish everyone a good spring and hopefully it'll show up soon. That's what I'm hoping for. >> Mr. Smith. >> Thank you, Madam

072President. Uh I want to send uh gratitude and appreciation to the teachers, administrators, bus drivers, paras, special services, counselors, food service, crossing guards, and all the other staff few and for everyone that we have in our district, especially during this week, but of course all during the the year. You make things happen. You're there for our kids, and I appreciate you and what you do for the community. I want to give a special shout out to the students from Dublin Elementary, uh, my adopted school, for showing their amazing skills at their talent show last month at Wald Northern. It was amazing to watch them from their dancing to their performing to their artwork to their singing. It was just beautiful to see all the kindergarteners to fifth graders there just performing their hearts out up

073on the stage and seeing some future potential uh, performers in the mix there. Uh I want to thank the Wald Northern Student Leadership Team for inviting uh myself among few others to uh I guess I be a part of a very somber and powerful experience at their MC car crash event that they held. Uh I you know I kind of needed that reminder uh as a you know former student but also as a parent now to be safe out there and be reminded of really truly the fragility of life and the importance of making good decisions uh especially as we come up on this season but all all the time. Uh I want to acknowledge uh as I think they call it now Mayber uh many parents are facing now with all the last minute

074gifts celebrations tests events things that we all have to remember all of a sudden. Oh my gosh, that'd have to come up. You name it as we were winding down the school year. So, just remember to pause, breathe, and try to cherish these moments even in the chaos. Uh, from the last day of fifth grade, the eighth grade, senior year, etc. The moving up, the clapouts, prom, celebrating graduation. [snorts] There going to be a lot of emotional, exciting milestones across the board. So, just remember to be there for each other and for your kids. Uh, be present and share in those moments. Time flies by as I myself I'm going to have a future high schooler uh and a future seventh grader as I as they're coming out of this. So that's going to be

075quite a drastic change next year. Uh congratulations to the continued success of the CHS middle school track team. It's been fun and amazing watching them out there growing this season uh all throughout. It's been cold at times but they're still out there fighting through it and it's just amazing to watch them. Congratulations as well on the continued success of the Wald Spikers volleyball teams. Uh it's been amazing watching them as well and this year I believe this is the first year we have uh boys bikers now as well to kind of bring that in there. So it's been amazing to see the growth of the volleyball and um I want to say congratulations. I know she loves this to President Kaplan and to the many Wildlife students and staff for their awards they received this

076morning at Michigan week that got to watch at uh Shannonoa. So congratulations and I want to also uh reiterate the that May is mental health awareness month and just know that it impacts everyone in our community. Uh your experience, your journey and your voice can help break the stigma, build understanding and create hope and healing for others. Uh stigma grows in silence. Healing begins in community. So this year's theme uh is more good days together. So it encourages all to reflect on what a good day looks like both for ourselves and for our communities and together we can use that insight to connect people to the right support at the right time and shape advocacy, education and community engagement. So I implore as well as Dr. Zelner stated to be there for each other. Text

077that old friend, call your grandmother, your mother, say hi to your neighbor, talk to your fellow student, co-orker about life just to check in on them and be there for each other. I know and it's helped me in time of need during my many ups and downs in life and the things that I've had to battle through. So, you know, as we know, the world is going through some uh insane stuff right now as well. And so, I just say it's important to build that community and be there for one another. I say see everyone again at the graduation ceremonies at the end of this month and happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mrs. West. >> Thank you, President Gab. Um, just want to say congratulations to

078the archery team. Um, they're heading down to nationals right now. Um, which is exciting. They've only been around since for four years, I think, competing for three. So, it's pretty exciting. I also heard there's word that there's a potential student to possibly go on to world. So, you know, good luck to him. So, that's very exciting. Um, with it being May, I know people are anxious. They're looking at the end of the school year. Try to stay focused. Um, parents, I know it's hard. Teachers, thank you so much for all you do because we know that they're getting a little squirly. Um, I see that my own classroom, so I get it. Um, but especially for our seniors, I know you have less than a month to go and it's hard. It's really hard. You're

079looking at lots of changes, which are exciting, but it's terrifying all at the same time. So, my heart goes out to both you going through all this. Um, but it's it's fabulous time. So, congratulations to all of you. I look forward to seeing you at graduation. Um, and lastly, I wish my son a very happy birthday today. He's turning 16. So, >> I love you, buddy. I'll see you soon. >> Mr. Seagler, >> let's see. We've already discussed Cinderella, so thank thank you, Dr. Law. Graduation, it's something that you look forward to every year. uh I've had my opportunity to partake in many of them and uh it's you know I always used to say tell the kids when I would give the speech stand up wave to your parent and and throw them a

080kiss because it's the photo op moment for the parents and it's also probably the biggest collection of tears that you'll ever see in any individual arena. Uh, so I'm looking forward to it again. Uh, we have retirements coming up this month and we will honor our retirees. I'm looking forward to that. Lunch was excellent and I enjoyed my Hawk sandwich and I did not have chocolate milk. Thank you. And and the students that photobombed us were absolutely wonderful. It was it was really great. Uh, as Mr. Smith mentioned the Mach car crash. I wish it was something we would have taped. Having had a friend whose child passed years ago, it was very emotional for me. The presentation was something that we should be doing at every one of our buildings uh at this time

081of year because it is that impactful. And I look forward to seeing more of this in the future because we do have an increased need for it. Uh Michigan week breakfast this morning again, great turnout, great accolades for all of our students, our administration, colleagues sitting at the table. It was it's fun. Uh, I spent last weekend probably overdoing it a little bit because and I wanted to bring my class documents with me because I participated in five classes in Lancing for the Michigan Association of School Boards and I try to get well I got four of my five budget classes for my certification out of the way. Mrs. Omar, it gives me a great respect for you and your staff, even better than what I've ever had. Um, one class that really struck me

082was the class on budgets and how to truly read your budget book. I took a class probably over 20 years ago, very much like that. But, you know, thing times have changed, things have been updated, and it really was it was really impactful. And I recommend that any of my colleagues that can get up there to take some of these classes, please continue to do so. Uh I know Mrs. Craftton was there for the weekend and again, thank you. Thank you for doing what you're doing with that. Now, the fun part. So, I've been sitting in a few budget hearings and uh Mr. It basically said, "We hope to have a budget." And up until last week, I would have thought we probably could see a budget uh agreed on before July 1st. But based

083on what I'm hearing now and what I'm seeing, I have this ill feeling that even though it's an election year, that they might break for the summer without a budget. Uh there is too much of a divide in some areas and the ability to give and take and talk with reason has evaporated to a great extent from lancing. Uh, you know, as we talk right now with the $250, that'll bring us up to $10,300 possibly on a weighted formula. Again, you know, you have the House budget, the Senate budget, the governor's budget. Uh, Senate and [snorts] governor's budget are more towards a weighted formula and would benefit us with percentage increases that we can see. And if they do indeed roll those into the foundation allowance, it's probably something that we will benefit on a

084yearly basis because they're not really likely to go in and eliminate things that we have in the foundation allowance. If they just say, "Well, we're going to give this to you for this year," that's a warning sign. And a lot of what we're going to see will come out of the consensus revenue conference, which I believe is May 15th. Uh with tax collections down in the state, with car sales down, uh everything that we are hoping to see could evaporate and we're really going to have to stay on top of it. I'm not going to go into great detail on the budget. uh from what we're hearing and what what they're talking about. I can do that with my colleagues if they would like me to. But uh I think we're now at hold our

085breath and I really hate to say that because I was optimistic last month at the meeting. Thank you, >> Mrs. Grafton. >> Thank you. >> First, uh thanks to the staff. Uh May is hard for everybody, parents, students, staff. Um, this week is an important week where we get to honor you, but um, I know you're all feeling it and I'm feeling it and, uh, we just really appreciate you and all the hard work that you do and how much you care about our kids. Um, second, um, for those high schoolers that are in the AP test cycle, um, take a deep breath. This is not going to define your future. Try the best you can and then forget about it. Um, life will continue. Um, and we know it's not fun, but you worked

086hard in these classes, so take the tests and take it serious. Um, I want to congratulate the students, um, the the cast, the crew, and the production team and the pit orchestra for a beautiful Cinderella uh, at Wild Lake Central. And I also want to highlight that this is the first year in quite a while that all three of our middle schools are putting on a musical. So here's my charge to you all. If you like the high school shows, they start in the middle school. So go see for $10, go have an hour-long fun youth edition show at one of the three middle schools. They're all happening in May. I'm working on Spongebob at Sarah Banks Middle School. It's a really fun show. It's literally an hour and these kids are working so so

087hard. And a couple of years later, you're going to see them shining on one of your high school stages. They don't get to shine on a high school stage if they don't get to practice on a middle school one. And doing it in front of an audience is going to make all the difference for them and their confidence. Um, I want to acknowledge Wald Lake Western's forensics team who went to the state competition a couple weeks ago and earned seventh place in the division A, which is a very strong showing against a some very strong teams that are historically very powerful. I'd like to congratulate the three Wald Lake Western students that were state finalists, Noah Springer, Chia Herado, and Zoe Craftton. and self-s serving my mom's side and Zoe and Chia. Great work winning

088uh the state championship for duo. It's the first time in district history that we've had state champions in that category and you were up against real tough competition. And what I'm most proud about is that you guys worked really hard every Sunday at our house for so many hours. and it's the hard work that really is going to make you better humans down the road. I couldn't be more proud. My final plug um is that all three high schools have a pop concert coming up. Wald Lake Westerns was last night. It was wonderful. I expect that Centrals, which is next week, will be equally as amazing. And then Northerns is the following week. Uh, it's a ticketed event, so go to our wlcstick.com and buy your tickets. I think they're eight bucks and it is

089a fun night and it'll make your heart feel good. Uh, as Mr. uh, Seagler mentioned, I did go to the MASB training uh, last weekend and spent 15 hours in professional development and then networking uh, with board members from other districts. learned a lot about kind of how other people approach board meetings and uh hope to bring some ideas to my colleagues here and see if we can in uh improve the way we function together based on what I learned from other districts. So more on that to come. Thanks so much. >> Thank you. I'll be very quick. I just want to acknowledge Crafted in the back. You guys all talked about me. He received an award this morning for his help and his work. um within Wild Lake. So, I just want to say

090thank you for all your work that you do with our kids in this district. It's very much appreciated. So, congratulations and thank you. Um I also appreciate all of our teachers and you know, teacher appreciation, staff appreciation. You guys are rock stars and we all appreciate everything you do. And we're almost there. Almost there. A few more weeks. you know, May, beginning of June, all very, very difficult uh months for everybody with finishing and getting through graduation, getting through the proms, getting through your elementary graduations or stepups and middle school and all the changes. So, it's a lot. So, everyone just enjoy the time and just ride it like a roller coaster and you will all get there. I promise. Yes. Just ride it like a roller coaster. And I just want to say happy

091Mother's Day to all the mothers and everyone. Moving on, we're going to move on to the consent agenda. We have the approval of the minutes proposed from April 9th, 2026. The regular meeting minutes, personnel recommendations, new hires and resignations, financial reports for March 2025, dispersements in the amount of 19,159,937, balance sheet and statement of revenues and expenditures unudited and investment schedule purchases under 50,000 which is the frontline employee evaluation management with Danielson rubric renewal for $39,17312. 12 cents from the general for fund the and then we have the head start director's report. >> Madam President, >> Mr. Lipet, >> I move that the board of education approve the consent agenda as presented. >> Support. >> All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. Motion carries 70. Moving on to purchases over 50,000. Dr. Lans. >>

092Thank you, Madam President. I'm going to start with the AP US history. I need to let the board know that there is a typo in here and it is not Mrs. Byer's fault. I had a chance to speak with our learning services team this morning and it is actually the 18th edition and the copyright date on that is 2025. Now that is a book that was available for review. So I I feel confident that we can still move forward. I just apologize for not catching that before this morning. So to align with current AP standards and guidelines, the committee met to determine a new textbook for AP US history. As a current textbook is from 2013 and is no longer in compliance. After meeting several times and reviewing several textbook options, the committee recommends the

093purchasing of the American pageant 18th edition Wadsworth learning at 2025 in the amount of 70,460.50 which includes textbooks and a six-year digital license. >> Madam President, >> Mrs. Grafton. >> I move that the board of education approve the purchase of AP US history high school test textbook entitled the American pageant 18th edition Wadsworth's engage learning 2025 in the amount of $70,460.50 from the general fund >> support >> discussion. >> Mr. Smith >> just I know you can answer this because uh just for the general public who are watching or listening uh when you're evaluating all uh textbooks there are multiple people on this reviewing this taking time all from the community just so >> that's correct there's multiple educators on it there's a rubric that they use to evaluate each resource >> any other questions

094all those in favor >> I opposed motion carries 70 Dr. land. >> Thank you, Madam President. Moving to honors chemistry to better align with current standards and guidelines the committee met to determine new textbook for honors chemistry classes. As the current textbook, Living by Chemistry is from 2015. After meeting and reviewing several textbook options, the committee recommends purchasing living chemistry, the 2026 edition in the amount of $49,386.96 from the general fund. >> Mr. Ziggler. >> I move the board of education approve the purchase of honors chemistry high school textbook entitled living by chemistry fourth edition Bedford Freeman and worth 2026 in the amount of $49,386.96 from the general fund >> support >> discussion. All those in favor >> I >> opposed motion carries 70 Dr. funds. >> Continuing on, our middle school teams conducted a

095pilot and review process for new middle school mathematic programs back in spring of 2024. The board previously approved the adoption of resources as well as the purchase of materials needed for sixth and 7th grade implementation. The administration now recommends the purchasing of materials for eighth grade implementation during the 26 27th school year. The purchase totals $164,500 from the general fund. Just as a point of reference, this is the same program rolling up every year. So, we started with sixth grade, we rolled the sixth grade to seventh. So they needed the materials. Now the seventh are going to eth. So they need they need the materials for the continuation of the curriculum. >> Madam President, >> Mr. Lipett, >> I move that the board of education approve the purchase of middle school math curriculum, 8th grade

096teacher guides, professional development and online support Anderson G at all CPM inspiring connections CPM educational program 2024 for $164,500 from the general fund. support >> discussion. Mrs. West, >> um I have a question for Dr. Lans. So, from what I understand, we've had the mixed pronoun that's been inside some of these books. Is it possible for this to get specific page numbers and problems and have that go directly to parents rather than parents have to advocate for their child by going to the principal? >> That has been our past practice. We've sent the letter to say contact the principal so they can have that conversation. >> Is there a reason why we don't have them? Just go ahead and give them the work the problem numbers and everything. >> I think it's important that they

097have the conversation to understand the concerns of our community. >> Okay. >> During that conversation, if there still are concerns, they are provided with that information. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any other discussion? >> All those in favor? I >> opposed. >> Motion carries 61. Dr. Lens. >> Thank you, Madam President. With the passing of PA 164 dyslexia legislation, the state released a list of approved curriculum from which districts must select. After a comprehensive review of the approved resources, administration recommends the purchasing e education from Imagine Learning. As this resource not only complies with the legislation, it also meets the needs of our learners. This purchase is totaling 1,ion79,256 which will be fully funded by 31 M grant funding and 35 thank you mrant funding. And if I remember correctly, that is the only funding.

098That's all this grant can be used for is to purchase literacy materials. >> Mr. Seagler. >> I move the board of education approve the purchase of E Education from Imagine Learning totaling 1 million79,256 from 35M grant funds. >> Support discussion. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. Motion carries 70. Dr. Lans. >> Thank you, Madam President. Administration recommends the purchase of GoG Guardian Admin and GoG Guardian teacher to strengthen digital classroom management, student safety, and instructional visibility across the district. GoG Guardian will help monitor academic performance, assist teachers in addressing behavioral issues, as well as include a parent portal that will extend oversight to the home environment. This investment totals $55,80 and this will be from our 31A grant funds and will support a safer digital learning environment both at school and

099at home and aligns with our district's commitment to responsible use of technology. As a point of reference, there are a number of buckets of of words that GoGuardian looks for and some of the buckets deal with self harm, violent phrases, threats that has to do with sexual content, drugs. Now, sometimes if I were to search, if I'm doing a research paper on opioids, I'm probably going to get flagged for some of the searches that I do. One of the benefits of this particular program is that flag then goes to the principal or the assistant principal. And so, they're able to look at that. They can see the context of it and then decide if there's a step that needs to be taken. Other envi other programs don't have that human part to it and they

100just stop the process right then. So that allows our our principles and our administrators and our counselors if needed to have that level of intervention, but it gives them context in which to make that decision, not just Mrs. Craftton search something inappropriate, go talk to her. So that's a big benefit of this particular program. >> Mrs. West, do we need a motion now? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yes. Go ahead. [laughter] >> Sure. >> Yes. >> Um All right. I move that the board of education approve the purchase of the GoG Guardian admin and GOG Guardian teacher web filtering and classroom management solution totaling $55,180 from 31A grant funds. >> Support >> discussion. >> I was waiting for you. >> Madam President, >> Mr. Lip, >> uh Dr. Lance, uh just have one follow-up question

101for you. Sure. when legitimate queries are made um that are flagged >> um and and I totally respect that the human element then steps in is does once the determination is made that is it's a reasonable request flagged though it may be does does is is the workflow then back to the student directly from this designated human person or does it does it go to parents or does it like what happens then >> it would start with if if in the context text the administrator believes that there's a conversation that would have to happen. That would be the conversation. I would call you down and we would have a conversation about what what you were searching, why you were searching it because the context is not all of your 90 minutes that you were on

102the computer doing searches. It's related to a very small point in time plus or minus that. And so during that conversation, if there's additional resources that we need to bring, then your parents would be involved at that point. >> Got it. Got it. Yeah. I so my my concern was the the legitimate ones like think reasonable things that people would so just >> yeah for sure if it turns out you're you're doing a paper on opioids and just have a nice day we'll we'll see you tomorrow. >> Got it. >> Thank you >> Dr. Zelner. >> Thank you Madam President. Um first I just want to say I have used the GoG Guardian system myself as a as a professional and I really like this program. I was curious with this um and it just

103occurred to me. Is this the version of GoG Guardian where teachers can close browser windows uh in their within their classroom? >> To the best of my knowledge, which is fairly limited. [laughter] >> Yes. I I know that they can see what students are doing and they can control and lock down. >> Yeah. >> So, I would assume they have the opportunity to shut everything down and put something up if they choose to do so. >> Right. Okay. Beautiful. Thank you. >> Any other Mrs. West? That was one of my questions. So, thank you, Mrs. Elmer. Um, are they able to are you able to see what's happening like if they're at home or is it only at the schools? So, if they are say looking at opioid opioids at home, are you able is

104the administrator able to see that at home? >> That would be flagged. Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. >> This is Craftton. >> Assuming they're using the district device. >> Oh, correct. Yeah. If you're using your home device, we don't know. But right now, when the district device goes home, we don't have any control over what you're doing because it's on your network. We can only control what's on our network. This allows us to give the same level of security and control at home regardless of whose network you're on, >> at least from a monitoring standpoint. >> Great. Thank you. >> Anybody else? >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. Motion carries 70. Back to you, Dr. Dr. Lans, >> not that you've heard enough of me yet, but administration continues or recommends

105an agreement between with parent square to serve as a district's unified communications platform beginning with the 2627 school year. Parent Square was identified as a preferred partner based on functionality, implementation support, and overall value. The cost not to exceed $29,118.38. This includes a onetime onboarding fee, subscription, and REMC discount and will be funded by 31A grants. And because I was so excited to keep going, I actually stole Mr. Derkens. [laughter] So, Mr. Durkin, I apologize because I I imagine you're a little frustrated because you spent about 18,000 hours on this project and I stole all of your thunder. So, I hope someone asks one question so that Mr. Durkin can have an opportunity. >> Well, hold on. We need the motion first. [snorts] Madam President, >> Mr. Seagler, >> I move that the board of

106education approve the purchase and implementation of Parents Square as a district's communication platform not to exceed $29,118.38 from 31A grant funds. >> Mr. Smith, >> Madam President, I have two questions. Uh, >> you start with me and then we'll >> Okay, Dr. Lines. Uh, will this re be replacing Skyward, >> Mr. Derkin? >> Uh, no. Skyward is our uh student information system. So, this would actually be replacing a product called School Messenger for us. >> School Messenger. >> Okay. Good. >> And um because I'm sure those in the know that uh one of those other platforms went down for Fratwood School District. It was are the redundancies built into this system that if it goes down that we still have other methods to connect with parents like I can't remember. Wasn't there a school district

107that it was a company that went bankrupt or something? I swear I remember hearing something. >> No, no one. Okay. [laughter] >> I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying I don't remember that. I swear there was a company out there that are there redundancies built into this that like if it goes down, if the network goes down, if it's hacked or whatever system, are there other things that we still have in place that we can use? >> I'm certainly, you know, in a situation like that, I'm sure we could put our heads together and figure out the the correct solution. I could certainly find out some information from the vendor on that. Certainly, I hate to make any promises kind of thing, but I do know they come very highly recommended from colleagues around

108the county and around the state that currently utilize uh this platform. So, I'm sure that information is out there. And to to follow up with that, if this system were to go down, we still have our Outlook system, we still have our Skyward system, we still have our social media system. This is the the most efficient way of mass communication, but there are some limited other options that we could use in an in an emergency situation. >> Dr. Zelnner, >> uh, this is for emergencies or is it also for like snow day calls or building issues? trying to get one more day in before we're done with the school year there. Dr. Zelner. >> Oh, I was wanted to ask [laughter] question. >> Go ahead, Mr. Derky. >> Uh, no, this actually would be not

109only to hear this lovely voice at 4:30 in the morning when the snow day calls do come in, but this would be for principles with their weekly updates. Uh, there's added functionality that allow actually allow our staff to roster a class and communicate one way that way. Uh, so it adds a little bit more functionality that we currently don't experience with our current product. So, >> so that would be replacing like a Remind system that teachers might individually have. >> That's something maybe down the road we could certainly look into. We wanted to go slow to go fast. >> Got it. Thank you, >> Mrs. Grafton. What sort of uh communication or effort are parents going to have to do to join this system? And then what sort of training is required of teachers? >>

110Sure. So, that's actually Sorry, Dr. Lans, I should have waited for the queue. Uh that's actually one of the things that uh we'll be working with now that we've depending on you know pending board approval. That'll be one of the things we'll work with our client success manager with to figure out onboarding uh to figure out you know the necessary steps that our staff certainly have to do over the summer. We'll all be going back to class in terms of the admin over the summer to make sure we know how to use it. But uh there'll be um onboarding processes for parents in terms of any additional resources or apps that might need to be downloaded. They really do a good job of making us feel good in terms of the anyone in the room

111doing the evaluation to make it as smooth as possible because we all know as parents there's one more thing is one more thing. So we want to make sure that it's as smooth a process as possible. >> Thanks. >> I do know that one of the things that Mr. Durkens committee looked at was ease of use and how intuitive it is. So of the products that he reviewed, this is this scored high in that particular category. >> Great. Thank you. Anybody else? Okay. All those in favor? >> I opposed. >> Motion carries. 70. Back to you, Dr. Lans. >> Bid awards. The board and our committee may remember that last month the board approved the Giser Educational Services Center furniture package. Unfortunately, as we were putting that package together, there was a typo in the

112original invoice that we received. Fortunately, we have a system in place that cross-checks everything. So once the board approves a purchase, it goes back to in this case TMP, the architects that we work with, and they cross reference everything that we've approved versus the original invoice. And so when we received a really a compiled invoice, it had, if you recall, about 18 different furniture companies on it. The very first line, I think it was Herman Miller, had numbers transposed. And so I appreciate you approving that package. Unfortunately, that wasn't quite the right number. So, what I'm asking you to do today, similar to volleyball, we're going to do a doover and this will override the previous approval. So, quotes received from the 24 bond program furnishing package phase one for Gistler ESC phase one furnishing

113from multiple furniture contractors. The administration recommends procurement of the furnishing packages totaling 926,962.19 from 2024 bond funds as presented. So that's approximately $170,000 increase from what was approved, but that is the amount that should have been approved originally and it's still under that budget of what we thought for phase one it would be. >> President, >> Mr. Seagler. >> I move the board of education approve the furnishings package for phase one of the Geisler Element Educational Services Center totaling $926,962.19 from the 2024 bond funds as presented. >> Support. >> I have one quick question, Dr. Lens. Yes, ma'am. >> So, I just want to verify. So, once we approve, if we approve this, it voids what we approved last month. So, that you know, approval that we gave last month is ripped up in the

114garbage. You know, it's not there. >> Sure. >> Okay. Just just in theory. Yeah. >> Yeah. It's good. >> Yeah. We won't be paying him twice. >> Just want to verify where we're at. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Any other questions? >> All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. Motion carries. 70. >> Dr. Lans, continue. >> Yes, ma'am. The board may recall about six months ago we approved the LE system. This is the final step in that process. The first step was approving the purchasing equipment. The second step is approving the installation of that equipment which is what I'm bringing you today for your consideration. Interactive LE system was previously purchased for elementary schools, school buildings, early childhood center and GIS educational services center. Administration is now recommending the approved installation totaling $143,690 from the

1152024 bond funds. >> Mr. Smith. >> Oh, got in first. Sorry. [laughter] >> He made eye contact first. >> I did. I move that the board of education approve the installation of the LE systems at the elementary schools, the early childhood center, and the Gistler Educational Services Center totaling $143,690 from 2024 bond funds support >> discussion. >> I'm very excited about this being implemented. The kids are going to to Loveless the >> Yeah, I was going to say I might want to try it. Well, we could do a remote board meeting over there. >> Might want to try it, but I'm very excited for this. >> That was my question. As if we could try it. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> Can you try it? >> It'll be just in the other end of the school

116when when we move over. >> We'll bring some chocolate milk that [laughter] >> Mr. Lind. >> Okay. Any other questions? >> No. >> All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. Motion carries. 70. Dr. Lans >> movable wall at Hickory Woods Elementary School is no longer operating properly. This is the wall that separates the gym from the cafeteria. Administration recommends replacing the wall for a total cost of $86,259 and of course 99 from the 2019 bond funds. This will we're replacing it with a removable wall. So we're not building a permanent wall. We're just putting in a new movable wall. >> Madam President, [laughter] >> Mr. live it. >> I move that the board of education approve the replacement of the movable wall at Hick Hickory Woods Elementary School totaling $86,259.99 from 2019 bond funds.

117>> Discussion those in >> Oh, I never realized these things cost so much. [laughter] >> I'll be there. >> I know. I just >> Yes. Yes. All those in favor? I I >> opposed. >> Motion carries. 70. Dr. Lans. >> Our final bond package for this evening. Administration is recommending the approval of the first round of technology for GE educational services center totaling $360,559 from the 2024 bond funds. >> Mr. Seagler. >> I move the board of education approve the purchase of the first round of technology at the Geyses Educational Services Center totaling $360,559 from the 2024 bond funds. >> Support discussion. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I opposed. Motion carries 70. Dr. Lans >> for as much as I would like to continue I will circle this so I didn't run you

118over Mrs. OMR Mrs. O >> I would have been so upset Dr. Lans the Michigan school code requires the ISD budget to be presented to the board of each of the con constituent districts for review in addition each constituent board of education not later than June 1st of each year shall review the proposed ISD budget and adopt a board resolution to support or disapprove the proposed budget. The assistant, myself, has reviewed the proposed 2627 Oakland Intermediate School District budget and based on the information presented and review the materials provided supports the budget. >> Mr. Seagler, >> thank you. Um, it's a two-parter, but I move the board of education support the proposed 2026 2027 Oakland Intermediate School District budget as expressed in the resolution. >> Support discussion. >> Dr. Zelner. >> Um, thank you, Madam

119President. Uh, as the public may remember, when I was appointed, I work for Oakland schools, so I will be recusing myself from this vote. That is all. >> That is all. Thank you. Any other discussion, Mr. Seagler? >> And as a reminder to my colleagues, we're only voting for the general education portion of the budget. Nothing else is involved other than that portion of the budget. Any other discussion? Okay. >> All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. Abstained. >> I [laughter] motion carries 6 with one abstension. >> I know. >> Okay. Dr. L. >> Thank you, Madam President. It is my pleasure to turn over to Dr. Hampton. >> Thank you, Dr. Lans. The district is proud to present this three-year ratified agreement with the Wald Lake Schools Administrators Association. The contract represents a

120significant and strategic investment in our administrators and positions the district to remain highly competitive within Oakland County. This is a three-year agreement covering the 202627 school year through the 2028-29 school year, providing stability, consistency, and for both staff and the district. The agreement includes salary enhancements for all administrators, supporting the district's continued effort to attract and retain strong leadership. Compensation improvements throughout the agreement include step advancements on schedule increases and additional compensation enhancements across multiple years of the contract. Overall, this agreement balances meaningful compensation growth with fiscal responsibility, strengthens our competitive position, and reinforces our commitment to supporting and retaining our outstanding administrators. Thank you, >> Mr. Lipit. Madam President, uh, I move that the board of education approve the ratified agreement between the Wald Lake Schools, Wall Consolidated School District Board of Education and

121the Wall Lake Schools Administrators Association as presented. >> Discussion, >> Mr. Smith, >> so the public uh, knows Dr. Lens, how many years is this contract? It >> is a three-year contract here. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Hanka, for all your really hard work on getting these contracts finished. Mr. West. >> Um, approximately how many administrators do we have in the district? >> Dr. Ham, I'll let you take that one if you don't mind. >> We have 36 administrators >> to as a point of reference, building administrators. [laughter] >> Any other discussion? >> Okay, those in favor? >> I >> opposed. Motion carries 70. So I'm going to take this next one. Lakes Area Youth Assistance, which is LEIA, is a preservation program within the Oakland County Circuit Court. Youth assistance has been in

122Wild Lake since 1960. Their mission statement is to strengthen youth and families and to prevent and reduce incidents of juvenile delinquency, neglect, and abuse through volunteer involvement. In keeping with their established bylaws, Leia has requested board approval for their 2026 volunteer board members. >> Somebody want to read the motion? [laughter] >> Anyone? >> Go ahead, Mr. Smith. >> Okay. Madam President, I there's no names here, right? >> No. >> Okay. I move that the board of education approve the Lakes Area Youth Assistance 2026 volunteer board members as presented. >> Support. I just want to say thank you to all of the board members. You guys work tirelessly and do a fantastic job supporting all of the students in this district. So, thank you for that. Anybody else? All those in favor? >> I >> opposed.

123Motion carries. 70. Dr. Lans, do you want me to pass that off or you want to do it? >> Yes, ma'am. Feel free. say, "Each year in early May, we pause to honor the educational team that serves the students of the Wald Consolidated School District since quality education is a team effort. We honor our employees and all job classifications together during the same week, the week of May 4th through 8th, 2026. This has been designated Wald School's employee recognition week. The board expresses appreciation to all of our outstanding employees. And Mr. Smith has a proclamation to read for us." It reads, >> it starts Wald Lake Schools Employee Recognition Week, May 4th through the 8th, 2026. Whereas the week of May 4th through the 8th, 2026 has been designated Wald Lake Schools employee recognition week

124to recognize the excellent contributions of all employees throughout the district. And whereas the staff of Wald Schools is an outstanding group of employees, each and every one of them essential to maintaining the quality education we offer our students. And whereas although the board of education has honored employees on an individual basis during the year, the other devoted and dedicated staff members in the district have received little formal recognition for their able and distinguished service. And whereas our para educators, food service workers, secretaries, warehouse delivery persons, transportation bus drivers, mechanics, maintenance persons, teachers, supervisors, and administrators are highly valued members of the Wald Lake Schools family. Now therefore, be it resolved that we, the members of the Wald Lake School Board of Education, and the administration, hereby proclaim May 4th through the 8th, 2026 Wald Lake

125Schools employee recognition week and thank and congratulate all our school district staff for their excellent contributions to the education of the students of the Wald Lake Consolidated School District. >> Thank you. >> This is for discussion. Oakland school boards of education election. Oakland school board of education members are elected by an electric electoral body composed of one person designated by the board of each constituent school district. The revised school codecribes that each constituent school district must designate a representative to this electoral body by adopting a resolution. Mr. Seagler. >> Yes. Go ahead. I would be happy to do that as I will be there uh canvasing for the election as well that evening. >> Okay. Anybody else want to put their hat in for you know being this person? Mr. Seagler has done it for

126us for number of years. So we appreciate his dedication to to being being there. >> Thank you Mr. Sigler. [laughter] >> And the nice thing about this year's uh election for the Oakland School Board is we actually had one candidate apply. So, we'll make it very easy. >> We've had one candidate. >> We have one candidate apply >> for the board for the uh board of education. >> Okay. >> The Oakland School Board. Um Mr. Gary Huff. Gary is a former Troy school board member, also a former a retired police officer and is a was and is a very dear friend. So, I'm very happy to see him. replacing Mr. Eller who will be retiring after many many many years say that George is my uh and uh not only the I believe it was

127Novi board but also the school board. >> Thank you >> South Line. >> Oh thank you. Thank you Mr. Seagler for doing that for us. So we're going to move on to board policy administrative regulation update. Dr. Lens. >> Thank you Madam President. This is an update to 2001 AR student fees, deposits, fines, and charges that will be updated to reflect the 2627 prime time care program rates. Justformational for the board. >> Thank you. Before I say adjourn, I'm just going to say to the my fellow board members, if any of you newbies want to find out what graduation is like and what we what to be expected, please just stop and ask us afterwards. And since we're going there really quick and we'll explain to you how the day of graduation works for us.

128And with that, we're going to adjourn. Have a nice night, everybody. And be careful out there. >> 8:44. Sorry.