001Call to order, meeting of the Board of Education, scheduled for Tuesday, April 21, 2026, held at 7 p.m. here at Wyandotte City Hall, 3200 Biddle Avenue. Roll call, please. Member Bevin Parshall? Here. Member Kane? Here. Member King? Absent. Member LoCicero? Absent. Member Martinez? Here. President Sirkovich? Here. We have a quorum. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Oh, wait for it. Sorry about that. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Nice jazz. Goodness. Sorry about that. I always go last, so when it comes to me, I know it's time for the next thing. All right, recitation of the vision and mission statements. Treasurer Martinez will read the vision statement and Trustee
002Weber will read the mission statement. Vision statement, a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community that develops resilient, innovative, and engaged individuals. Mission statement, collaborating and inspiring to educate, engage, and empower all. Thank you. Reading of the minutes. The proposed summary of the April 7, 2026 work session was included in your packet board members. Secretary LoCicero reviewed them and found them to be in order and acceptable as presented. I move approval of the proposed summary from the April 7, 2026 work session be approved as presented. Support. Any discussion? Seeing none, you may attach the roll. Roll attached. Motion carried. Thank you. All right, special orders and reports. Dr. Anderson. All right, the first thing I'd like to do is I'd like to invite up Joe Brighton Principal Katie Brad, who has a few words for you, and
003then is going to help us introduce our next group. Hi, everybody. Hello. Hello. Yes. Hi. When I started in Wyandotte, I started out at our Joe Brighton RHS satellite programs, and this guy named John Waterman came bebopping in my room, and he said, I want to work with your students, and I want to teach them about advocacy and how to safely navigate their community. And I said, all right, let's do it. And so 15 years later, he's still bebopping around. He's still talking about advocacy. He's still teaching our students and many more how to safely navigate their community. And they want to tell you a little bit tonight about PEAK, Program to Educate All Cyclists. So here it comes. Mr. Bolden, did you want to add anything as well? You're good. Okay. Superintendent Anderson, board
004members, thank you very much for giving us this time in this moment. It's been wonderful at my engagement and work with Wyandotte Public Schools. However, the people we're going to be talking to today are the real superstars. I'd first like to introduce Kaitlyn Britton, who is the program coordinator for our school-based programs. Hello. Like John said, I'm Kaitlyn. I am our school-based program coordinator. So right now we currently work with 14 teachers, special education classrooms, between Joe Brighton and Roosevelt as well. So this includes the Joe Brighton satellite, Joe Brighton at the building itself. We also work with a few of the TLC teachers, excuse me. I've had the pleasure of doing this for five years, and we really aim to focus on those travel training skills, that safety in the community, getting students to
005learn how to ride their public bus, and getting them to the places that they want to go, they need to go, and teaching them how to do that independently. And she undersold herself. She's working in 22 other school districts, so there's a lot of things she's doing. First, I'd like to call up Desmond, come here. So, can you state your name? Desmond Thompson. And Desmond, where do you go to school? Joe Brighton. Do you have a disability? Reading and writing. Reading and writing's tough, yeah. That's a cognitive impairment. How do you learn how to travel? Do you travel by the bus, or do you drive a car? Bus. Bus. And the smart bus? Yes. Do you ride your bike in the community? Sometimes. Sometimes. And you ride around the Peak Building? Yeah. And when do
006you graduate? This year. This year. So you're ready to move out, and head out to the public, and learn more about traveling? Yes. Have you ever gone to Lansing? No. No? Is that something you want to do, to talk to senators and representatives? Yes. Great. Thank you. Next, Ebony, could you come up, please? Your name is? Hi, my name is Ebony Vanmarger. And Ebony, where did you go to school? I went to Joe Brighton's school summer. And what did you learn at Joe Brighton? What did I learn? A lot of things. A lot of things? Uh-huh. How about traveling? Did you learn how to ride on the smart bus? Yes, I did. And you've had a lot of adventures? Yes. Yeah. Have you ever gotten lost? Um, yes. And believe it or not, anybody who
007travels gets lost. Yes. Can you tell us, where did you get lost the one time, and they locked the gate on you? Oh, my God. I didn't check the cemetery, and I went to go see one of my friends that had passed. And it was me and another girl named Amanda Salinas. We went to go leave, and the gate was locked. Oh, no. So I called my mom, and my mom was like, well, I guess you got to stay the night. And I said, that's not happening. And so I had no opportunities to call the police station and see what they could do about it. And they came and rescued us. And they brought two ladders and put them on both sides, and you guys climbed out, right? Yes. But that's part of the adventure
008of life and being independent. And do you have a disability? Yes, I have a common impairment, which means reading and writing is tough. Excellent. Thank you so much. Kimisha, can you come up? So transportation doesn't always go the way we feel, right? Yes. And what are you doing right now? You're doing something a little different. Um, travel training. You're a travel trainer. Do you have a disability? Yes. I have a common impairment. You have a cognitive impairment, and you work with other kids with cognitive impairments? Yes, at JoBrain and in JoBrain and Roosevelt. Do the kids listen to you? Yeah. They do? Do you like what you're doing? Yeah. And we talk about advocacy, and we talk about it all the time. And you've been to Lansing, you've talked to senators and representatives. Yeah. But
009what do you, you're sitting on a special board right now. It's a smart board meeting. A smart board meeting. So you're sitting on the Smart Citizens Advisory Committee? Mm-hmm. And what do you guys talk about? The bus. Yeah, the bus. You guys talk about that Wayne Millage now and everything, too? Yeah. Excellent. So it sounds like there's a lot you're doing and working on. Thank you, Kimisha. And you are? Teria Sims. And Teria, do you have a disability? Yes. What is it? A cognitive impairment, which means reading and writing is tough. And when you were growing up and stuff, did people pick on you? Yes. It was kind of tough, wasn't it? Yeah. And I remember when you first started talking about disabilities, it was hard. And are you now proud of your disability? Yes.
010And what do you do right now at the schools? I teach travel training. So you teach travel training. I feel I was a really good teacher, right? Yeah. Thank you. Who is a better teacher than I am? Me and Kimisha. And seriously, you and Kimisha are better than I am. I'm kind of a brainiac, right? Yeah. Yeah, do I talk too much? Yeah. Do you guys ever just say yes to shut me up? Yes. But when you're teaching students with cognitive impairments, what do you do that's so special? Break it down simpler and easier. And so if you can teach it in that bite size level, then we know it's being brought to the students at the level where they need to learn. And so that's something we've missed in special ed. So you do
011an amazing job teaching students. What else do you do? I'm on the RTA committee. You're on the regional transportation committee? Yeah. And so you have a cognitive impairment and you're on that committee? Yeah. Do you remember the first time you were on that committee? Yeah. And the first time you came up for a vote? Yeah. What did you do? Looked at you. And what did I tell you? Vote my way. Vote your way, yep, and your ideas, right? Yes. If you don't vote the way I want something to happen, do I ever get mad at you? No. No, it's your choice and you make the choices. So you're sharing what it means to have a cognitive impairment and be independent. Yep. Education for all and empowerment. The empowerment of all is what is happening in
012Wyandotte Schools. We are the nation's leader. There right now are two or three different federal grants that are working with us. Strava, the University of Michigan, is talking about our mean streets, nice street stuff, and it's what your school district has done to allow us to come here. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, guys. It's amazing. Incredible. Now I would like to invite up Mr. Bill Bolton to talk about TLC's green team. Let's do some pacing out first. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. So I'm Bill Bolton. I'm the principal at the Lincoln Center. I have Bailey Hines with me. She is one of our students in our dual diagnosis program in one of our transition age classrooms. So she is preparing
013for her adult life outside of school. And I also brought Ms. Angela Parini. She is her teacher. So I'm going to talk a little bit. Do we have our presentation up too or? There it is. Okay. Perfect. Okay. Should I say next slide? Yep. Okay. Next slide, please. Okay. So at the Lincoln Center, we've partnered with our community in our commitment to our environment. And this helps our students reach their transition goals and also makes our community a better place. Okay. Ms. Angela. Okay. So Bailey is going to help me tell you a little bit more. Next slide, please. Next slide, please. Students collect recyclables on a weekly basis from the Lincoln Center, Roosevelt High School, Joe Brighton, and the SBC Boat Club. Next slide, please. We go recycling. Every Friday, we have raised almost
014$1,000. Okay. We can stand next to each other. It's okay. Next slide, please. So teamwork, independence, and following multi-step directions are important. But the strongest outcome is the camaraderie that the students have built when they go on these outings. Next slide, please. My favorite part of recycling is reducing trash and getting money back. Next slide, please. Students build essential life skills like motor skills, sequencing, communication, and community safety. Next slide, please. We have stored tools for our greenhouse and our shed. Next slide, please. For 10 years, TLC has been the Michigan Green School. Okay. So back to Mr. Bill. Next slide, please. Okay. All right. And so the students just really love contributing to their community and also building their skills while they're doing it. So let's see. Last thing is just that we have
015our school-based enterprise that makes buttons, and so our board members have gotten some free ones. But we also have some for sale, and this is commemorating Earth Day tomorrow and our commitment to our community and keeping things green. Thank you, everyone. Thank you. Thank you. All right. That's wonderful. Next up, I would like to invite up the principal of Washington Elementary, Kristin Gervasi, along with the dean of students from Washington Elementary, Rachel Johnson, who are going to in turn introduce our PBIS team and talk about expect respect. Thank you so much for having us here this evening. It is my honor to introduce Rachel Johnson, our dean of students. She's been working so hard at Washington, giving an extra boost to our PBIS system, and she brought along with her some wonderful students who are
016going to be sharing with you some of the pieces that they've added to our PBIS program this year. Good evening. Good evening. This year, one of my goals was to create a PBIS student leadership team. We had our first informal meeting in December. We had our first formal meeting in January, and now we have 17 students representing grades first through fifth. So that's been a great accomplishment for us. We're hoping to add kindergarten next year. I'm just not sure if I'm ready for it. Joining us this evening are 11 members of our team. So when I say your name, just put your hand up so we know who you are. They're very excited to share one of the projects they've been working on this year, as well as some of our plans moving forward. So
017I'm going to invite the students up now. Ms. Johnson, if you want to move the stool in front there so we can see them. Good evening, Dr. Anderson, members of Board of Education, and community members. We are the Washington PBIS student leader team, and we're excited to be here today. This year, we've been working on different projects to help promote PBIS and our Expect Respect program at our school. One thing we worked on was showing what stop, walk, and talk looks like. We saw it would be fun to make a short skit, so we turned it into a video to help teach other students. We also want to say thank you to Lorelai Harris and Marisa Partida from RHS for helping us direct, film, and edit our video. They did an awesome job. We will
018be sharing this video with the entire school next week during our PBIS assembly. And we are planning to make other videos to teach our peers the best way to handle different situations. We are proud to be safe, respectful, and responsible students. And we want to thank you for letting us share our work with you. We hope you enjoy our video. So unfortunately, we just found out that there's going to be no sound to the video. So to give you an idea, the students wrote the video. You're going to see first a scene of what it would look like if we weren't following Expect Respect. So they're in the gym, they're playing a game. One student, Logan, and he's a very sweet boy, so don't hold it against him, was bullying another student, Sophia. You see
019them kind of get into a little scuffle. Britton comes in, says stop. It's not supposed to be the way, you know, it shouldn't be that way. Rewind, they kind of rewind, and then they show you the way it should be. And so... Just to clarify, the sound will not be here in this room, but when the broadcast drops later on, it will be on that. Right. So I hope you enjoy the video. Thank you. And you can just practice your lip-reading skills. We're here to demonstrate the stop, walk, and talk skills. Get off your soccer team, no one likes you. Even without words, I love the ending. It's really good, guys. Stop. Rewind. That's not how you do it. That's awesome. Don't stop until no one likes you. Stop. Okay, stop playing with us. You're
020not any good. Stop. I'm trying to tell the teacher. Thanks for telling me. I'm going to go talk to him. Thank you for watching our anti-bullying video. Please do stop, walk, and talk. It was almost better without the sound anyway. I loved it. Board members, any comments for any of our student teams or groups? I think it's just so incredible and apparent that not only is our staff preparing our students for their academics, but for life beyond our classroom and just making sure that they're the best humans that they can be before they enter the world. So thank you to all of our staff. Well said. Always practice in those life skills. Thank you. You guys did a wonderful job. And unless you'd like to stay and listen to strategic planning and policy work, I
021will do a little break here to let you exit. I will say if it's not raining, and I don't know if the rain has come yet, there's a really good ice cream store like right outside the door. So, you know, maybe you guys can talk your parents into an ice cream cone for your hard work. So if you would like to exit at this time, we'll take a minute and allow you to exit or you are welcome to stay. Thank you. Thank you. So cute. Oh my gosh. It's weird that they grow up. He just looks so dapper. It's like a three-piece suit. Thank you. I didn't even see Bernie. Dr. Anderson's a very engaging speaker. He's going to sell it. Bernie, where did you come from? I didn't even see you back there. Look,
022it's Bernie. I didn't see him back there. He just came out of nowhere. All right. Okay. Next on our agenda, we want to offer some congratulations. The awards will be given out next week. But before we do that, MASB, the Michigan Association of School Boards, does annual awards to our board members who put in the work and take classes and continue their learning to be the best board members that they can be. So congratulations to the following board members for earning the following honors through the Michigan School Board Association. So congratulations to each of you. Thank you. All right. I am going to shift over to the podium for the next piece. So we're going to bring up our strategic plan slides, please. We're going to provide you with a short update on our strategic
023plan. And if you'll recall, it was the fall of 2023 that we developed the strategic plan initiated by the board and built with the collaboration between staff and community. We came together with a number of different goal areas to work on over the next three to five years. And so we have been providing updates for the last two years. Proud to give you an update here on our continued work. And we are hitting a point at which we're going to go back to the original plan and look for even more things to work on. So as some of the things are, nothing ever drops off the list. If it's implemented, we need to maintain it. But we have the bandwidth for more areas to grow. So the first slide, next slide, please, are the things
024that we've finished and that we kind of have a bow on. Again, as soon as you take your eye off them, they will fall off. So we have to continually maintain these things. But MTSS, we've done a lot of work around our multi-tiered system of supports. So now we have teams at the building level, at the district level. And we also have guidance completed for that. We have, thanks to the Board of Education, we have adopted a number of different curricular tools that are research-based and highly effective. We've also now taken our seventh and twelfth graders and they are now doing their EDP, their education development plans, annually. In the community area of communications, we have created an online directory for our staff. We have an employee website and we have a public website that
025are new this year. We are building our frequency and consistency with using ParentSquare as our communication tool to parents. Things like the Bears in the Wild. And this is a little plug that it's in my Friday note each week. And we love to highlight alumni who have gone to Roosevelt in the past or any wind-up public school in the past and tell us what they're up to in the world. We've made a shift for all of our coaches and our athletics and our activities to moving to ParentSquare. Years ago, we had a number of different platforms depending on the different coaches. So we're pushing everyone to use ParentSquare for consistency in that area. This is a state law, but in this past October, we did some gun safety legislation and we have worked with our
026police department to get free gun locks for anyone who needs one. All they need to do is stop by the wind-up police station and they can pick up as many as they need. We have been working on our administrative regulations. That is the accompanying document to your Board of Education policies. It's for every board policy, there's an administrative regulation in order to carry out the work. And then again, we're working on consistent communications to staff and community. I've got my Friday note, but we also have each of our principals puts out a weekly communication. We have classroom teachers or team levels at the middle school also communicating on a regular basis. And that's to help all of our parents stay informed and be our partners in the educational process. Learning environment and culture, again speaking
027to that MTSS framework that helps us with the behavior guidance too. So we're working at putting tier one instructional strategies and tier one behavioral strategies in place that is your level for everybody. And so that we have well managed classrooms where kids can learn and teachers can teach. We have gone above and beyond to teach, to train all of our staff on behavioral supports, often called CPI. It's crisis prevention. It's de-escalation strategies. It's helping adults understand how they can either put fuel on a fire or they can help to bring a behavioral situation down. So that's been very helpful for us. For our multilingual students, we are growing that department and we are working on guidance for our students who speak many languages or maybe English is not their first language. In personnel and leadership,
028we bargained all six contracts that first year I was in the district. And so part of that work in bargaining was to put some of our unions on a two-year contract and others on a three-year contract creating a stagger. And so we are going back into negotiations at this time with a couple of our groups and then next year will be the other half. Our new teacher academy put on by some of our Galileo leaders is really a model for other districts. So Mr. Perdue and others that work beside him that are Galileo leaders put on the new teacher academy each year providing a chance for our new staff to learn about the ways here in Wyandotte and to be successful in their jobs. That's one of the biggest pieces that teachers will share that
029why they don't stay in the profession or in a particular district. And so we want to make sure our new teachers are comfortable. And then all of our professional development, Jessica Shipman, our director of curriculum does a fabulous job building professional development for our teachers and our parapros and our secretaries, all of our staff. And so that aligns with the strategic planning goals. So she uses this as a guiding document and then facilities. And a big shout out to Mr. Bowers, as you know, who is retiring at the end of this year. He has done so much work in this district just in the last year. The Monroe student drop and drive area was completed in October of this year. The softball field renovations were completed actually just Friday. They were just out for the
030last piece of that Friday. So our softball team is happy to be on on their improved fields. Baseball is coming. We added acoustic panels to our media center. Our media center at the high school is a wonderful place, but sound was bouncing around. It was making difficult for more than one group to be in there at once. And so the acoustic panels have helped with that. Most of the time you have to pay a company to come out and install those, not in Wyandotte, not with Mr. Bowers crew. It was done in house. And then our boilers at Joe Brighton were also completed this year. Our boilers have been a little bit of a thorn in the side the last couple of years. They decide when they want to go and it's oftentimes in the
031wintertime. But this one actually required us removing part of the roof and pulling out the boiler with a crane. So no small, no small feet. And so next slide, please. Some of the things that are either new or ongoing that we wanted to highlight is in academics. We're continuing to focus on improving our core instruction that MTSS framework is continually being implemented. Our teams are meeting on a regular basis. We have adopted some curriculum, but that is an ongoing process as well. So we're going to be focused on science and other areas here in the next months and years. And then CTE partnerships. We're looking at we're still looking at opportunities to get students more opportunities in the field of career and technical education. And then we're also looking to layer in field trips and
032other exploration opportunities for our youngest kids. And so an example is our Garfield students. They went over to the power plant. And so, you know, and I was talking to some of the people when we were on that tour. You hope that maybe someday that triggered something for somebody. And that's what they decide that they want to do. The more exploration we do in career fields, the more we ignite something in our students. Communications working on promotional podcasts. Those are a little sporadic right now, but they I do those every couple of weeks. And just as another avenue for parents to be able to listen and hear about topics going on in the in the district. Communications in the parents square use. It's an ongoing thing. We're not where we want to be yet. We've
033come a long way, but we would like that to be a really, really consistent piece for all of our families. Consistent online platform usage. Again, that's our athletics, but it's also for all of the things that we do. And so from social media to to educational tools. Mrs. Vojtovic has started the special ed newsletter in her first year as the director of special education. She does a weekly note to all of the special education staff, providing them guidance. There's a lot of compliance issues in the world of special education. And so she's actively leading in that way. The why wellness newsletter, our director of human resources, Tonya Brody, puts out a wellness newsletter that has tips and tricks to improve our own health, not just our physical health, but financial health and other things as
034well. So she's always working on that along with her department. Learning environment and culture. You just learned about expect respect that is being rolled out across all of our all of our district buildings, our active teen centers and our general education buildings. And so we are giving the kids the tools to combat bullying and to work on conflict management. We're starting a formal review of our code of conduct. There's a couple of things that we've seen that maybe need to be updated. And so we have a new copy from the same entity that helps us with our policies and our administrative regulations. So we'll be reviewing that as an administrative team in operations. We are continuously focusing on ways now to be more efficient in what we do. If there's a process that's a little
035slow or it's a little time consuming, we're looking at ways to streamline that and be more efficient with our time. We're looking at systemic updates and improvements with special education like the special edge that I talked to you about. But in IEP development, 504s, we have Mr. Perdue, our director of media services who heads up 504s, works with the staff on making sure that our 504s are legally compliant. And we're following all those processes. I spoke about multilingual and then our pupil accounting. Amanda McIntosh is our pupil accountant and she is really taking the bull by the horns and is working hard to make sure that we are in compliance with the pupil accounting manual and we are also being as efficient as possible. The ML handbook for the multilingual, we're building a handbook for
036those teachers, not just for our multilingual staff, but a handbook that can be used for our general education staff that have multilingual students in their class. If they don't have that highest level of support where the multilingual teacher is in the room with them, it's strategies and ways to teach and to reach all kids. The great news is that those multilingual strategies are not only beneficial for students who don't speak English, they are beneficial for all students and so makes our teachers even stronger. An update on Title IX. So Title IX is our response to any kind of harassment of a sexual nature. And so that changes depending on the administration and federal government. And so we've made some shifts to be in most recent compliance with those pieces, but that's ongoing training as well.
037Personnel and leadership. We just finished our staffing meetings for next year. With the number of retirements, we're looking at not filling some of our positions, but that's helping to right size us so that we are being good stewards with the funding that we do have. For the number of students that we have, the number of staff, those things need to balance out. So we're working on that. Improving staff expectations and accountability. And this is something passionate about. We need to be the very best organization we can be. And that means that every one of our employees needs to be the very best that they can be. And if there's ever times where that doesn't happen, we address those things. And we talk about it and we deal with it with respect. We deal with kindness,
038but also a very clear expectation of what we need to be to be the best district for this community. And then ongoing bargaining. Like I said, we have two of our six bargaining units this year. The other four are going to be up for a new contract next year. So we'll be coming to you with updates. We're just getting started in that process right now. And facilities looking ahead. That baseball field renovation. We had a meeting last night with our baseball team. And construction is actually going to start early on updating the field at Memorial Park. We've done, again, thank you to the board. We have gone into a 50-year lease agreement with the city of Wyandotte. That allows us to put some of our funds into that baseball field and bring it back to
039the glory that it was once. Jefferson Playground Blacktop. That's going to be some work done here this summer, giving our students a new surface there. And then the alleyway, if you've been back behind the alleyway of Jefferson, you will see that I'm a Jeep guy with four-wheel drive and very large tires, and I am concerned sometimes. So we are going to work with the city and partner with them to fix that up as well. So that's on our docket. So if there's any questions, this is just a real quick overview of what we've been working on. And then final slide, please. For 26-27, like I said, we're at that pivot point. So this summer, once the students go on summer break, we will be here all summer. All of my executive directors and I will
040be here throughout the summer. And we'll be going back to the original document and pulling out more goal areas to come in the fall with some of the things that are continuing, but also some fresh ideas as well. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Anderson. Thank you. All right. Continuing on with our agenda, we are now at the hearing of the public. Wind Up Public Schools Board of Education welcomes public discourse. Now is the portion of the meeting where the public may address the board. Those who wish to speak should approach the podium, state their name, and address the board. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person. Members of the board and district employees will not answer questions during public commentary. Is there anyone wishing to address the board at this time? Good
041evening. My name is Cassie Corder. I'm a parent in this district. To clarify, I'm not here about my own child. I'm here to address some concerns in the ASD classrooms. Some students thrive in general education, but many depend on a stable, well-trained environment. Right now, instability in staffing and disruptions are impacting learning and regulation within some of the ASD classrooms. We have serious concerns about the staffing's training. These specialized classrooms are often staffed by individuals lacking autism-specific expertise. Whether it is in instruction or behavioral support or de-escalation, these environments need true expertise in ASD, not learning at the expense of these vulnerable students. We've also seen a breakdown in communication. Parents aren't getting consistent updates on their child's day, behaviors, or support changes. In some cases, communication that once existed is now gone. For students
042who are non-verbal or have limited ability to communicate, this lack of transparency is alarming since they are unable to communicate how their day was or what happened in their day. Safety and accountability are also at stake. It is completely unacceptable that a paraprofessional striking a child in one of the ASD classrooms happened in November. The parents were not promptly notified or informed. This lack of immediate reporting deepens that trust gap. Serious incidents require direct, timely notification. Instead, families are often finding out informally, causing confusion and eroding trust. You have one minute. With transparency or without transparency, parents can't advocate real-time, and that's unacceptable for our vulnerable students or unacceptable for our vulnerable students. Most importantly, these issues are directly impacting the students. Children who were stable and progressing are now regressing emotionally, behaviorally, and educationally.
043Some are now developing anxiety around attending school at all. This raises serious doubts about whether these students are receiving the free, appropriate public education the federal law requires. Tonight, I ask for clear answers. What is the district's plan to ensure stability in the ASD classrooms? What qualifications and ASD-specific training do staff currently have? Your three minutes are up. What systems will restore consistent communication and what safeguards are in place to ensure student safety and accountability? This isn't about programming. It is about whether families can trust their children are safe, supported, and learning. Right now, that trust is compromised. Your time is up. Your three minutes are expired. That's the allotted time that we have. Pardon me? I have one line. Then finish your line. Our children, especially those who cannot speak for themselves, deserve better.
044Is there anyone else wishing to address the board at this time? Good evening. My name is Brooke Bray, and I have two children in the Wyandotte School District. My daughter is part of the ASD program at Monroe, and to be honest, this experience has not been easy for her. Right before Thanksgiving break, my daughter was assaulted by a paraprofessional. That moment changed everything for us. As a parent, I was left scared and questioning whether my child was safe, truly at that school. During that time, the ASD teacher, who has recently resigned, was a source of stability. She communicated constantly, providing updates, made both my daughter and myself feel supported during an incredible, difficult situation. She was a safe person for my daughter, for myself, and many of the children in that classroom. Since her resignation,
045that sense of safety has disappeared. Many of us as parents no longer feel comfortable sending our children to school. My daughter is able to speak up. Many of these children in the classroom cannot. They rely entirely on the adults around them to protect them and to do what is right. This is why it is so alarming that no other parent in that classroom was notified what happened to my daughter. The lack of communication is unacceptable. What are we seeing instead as a pattern? A pattern, limited communication, accountability being avoided, and generic responses that do nothing to address the seriousness of these concerns. Our children deserve better. They deserve a safe, stable environment. They deserve staff who are properly trained and experienced in working with children on the autism spectrum. And they deserve a system that
046is transparent with the parents, especially when something serious happens. I will always be the voice for my daughter and I will for the children who cannot speak for themselves. But something has to change. The district needs to take accountability and put a real plan in place. One that ensures safety, rebuilds trust, and truly supports these students because right now we are not seeing that. Thank you. Is there anyone else wishing to address the board at this time? Seeing no one else, I'm going to close comment for hearing of the public and move on with the rest of our agenda. Committee of the Whole Discussion Agenda. Today we're going to talk about some policy updates that were recommended by Miller-Johnson and reviewed at the April 7th work session and have been included in your board packet.
047So discussion could be held at this time. So for the public's kind of education on this, we regularly receive policy updates from our legal advisors about areas that are required either to be updated in our own policies, to keep up with state changes in the law or other areas that maybe they've noticed that we maybe have an additional need for clarification in our own policies. So we spent our work session earlier this month going over those policies as a board. We talked through all of them. And then we reviewed them again individually in our board packets that came this week. So we're just going to have our quick Committee of the Whole Discussion. Board members, are there any areas here that you'd like to bring up again on these topics of athletics, wireless communications, instruction,
048purchasing, facility dogs, goals, advertising, or website and digital content that you came across in your additional preparation for tonight's meeting? No, none. I think we covered everything in the session. We did cover it quite thoroughly, but I just wanted to make sure. Okay, so the process for tonight will be then we're going to move to the action agenda. And we're going to recommend a first and final reading of updates on these policies. Sometimes we do two policy readings when there's some things that are either like a very large change or a very kind of big departure from what we've been doing. But most of these are kind of just to keep us in line with state law. And we really we don't have any choice on most of them. We have to be in compliance.
049So when we do a first and final reading, that means we do two parts of our action agenda. First, we're going to agree that we're only going to do one first and final reading. We don't need two hearings on this. And then we will take a second vote to actually update those policies. Okay. And I apologize to a member where she knows she's going to have a little bit of reading out of her. Dr. Anderson, if you want to skip the reading of your part, we can maybe expedite that a little bit if we just let Carrie do it. Okay. All right. Let's start with the action agenda. Number one, first and final reading. I recommend a first and final reading of the proposed policy updates to be held at tonight's meeting for policy. For
050policy 2004 extracurricular activities, athletics, policy 2006 behavior, wireless communication devices, policy 3003 instruction, policy 5003 purchasing state federal grants and awards, policy 6013 facility dog, policy 7001 goal, policy 7008 advertising, and policy 8003 website and digital content support. Okay. Any discussion? This is just to say that we're fine doing one reading on these. Roll call, please. Member Bevin Parshall? Yes. Member Cain? Yes. Member LoCicero? Excuse me. Member Martinez? Member? Yes. President Serkovich? Yes. Motion carries. Thank you. All right. Number two, updated policies. I'm just going to do a motion. Just take a motion. Okay. I move approval of the proposed policy updates effective immediately. Policy 2004 extracurricular activities, athletics, policy 2006 behavior, wireless communication devices, policy 3003 instruction, policy 5003 purchasing state and federal grants and awards, policy 6013 facility dog, policy 7001 goal, policy
0517008 advertising, and policy 8003 website and digital content support. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Member Cain? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. Member Weber? Yes. Member Bevin Parshall? Yes. President Serkovich? Yes. We have a teacher hire. We need to hire a resource room teacher at Washington. After following appropriate personal protocols and completing team interviews, the director of human resources and I recommend a probationary teaching contract be awarded to Michelle Nath. I move approval of a probationary teaching contract be awarded to Michelle Nath effective immediately. Support. Discussion? Roll call, please. Member Martinez? Yes. Member Weber? Yes. President Serkovich? Yes. Motion carries. Next up, we have another teacher hire. We need to hire an art teacher at Wilson. After following appropriate personal protocol and completing team interviews, the director of human resources and I recommend a probationary teaching contract
052be awarded to Henry Jacobs effective for the 2006, sorry, 2026-2027 school year. I move approval of a probationary teaching contract be awarded to Henry Jacobs effective for the 2026-2027 school year. Support. Any discussion? This came to you on Monday. Okay. Roll call, please. Member Weber? Yes. Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. Member Kane? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. President Serkovich? Yes. Motion carries. Next on the agenda, we have a pilot of a position for a general education special education supervisor. To address the increasing scale and complexity of special education programming, the district has identified a critical need for enhanced administrative support and proposes piloting a general education special education supervisor position. This strategic role is designed to bridge the functional gap between the general and special education departments, ensuring that every student consistently receives the free appropriate public education
053to which they are legally entitled. By centralizing oversight, the supervisor will provide essential leadership through diligent program monitoring, direct staff supervision, and rigorous implementation of the individualized education programs, IEPs, across the district. This program would be for the 2026-2027 school year. I move approval of a general education special education supervisor pilot for the 2026-2027 school year. Support. Members, any discussion? We covered this with Dr. Anderson. I just want to say how thrilled I am about this. Okay. Great. Go ahead. I'm just very thrilled. You know, it's something that is essential. I mean, I don't know if, you know, for people that are listening or watching, no. You know, there are 17 districts that come in to wind up for special education, and to have one person running that is almost impossible. So this is a
054welcomed opportunity for us to streamline some things. Okay. Other thoughts from board members? All right. Let's take a roll call on the position, please. Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. Member Cain? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. Member Weber? Yes. President Serkovich? Yes. Motion carries. All right. Dr. Anderson, we'll look to you for developments in that space. Yes. Thank you for that. Bid recommendation. Mr. Bowers is here if you have any questions on the Washington green belt. The director of operations, Bernie Bowers, and I recommend Snyder's recreations bid that is included in the board packet to create a green belt on Washington Elementary's playground at a price of $42,706. Sinking funds will be used to fund this project, and the work will be completed by August 1st, 2026. I move approval of the recommendation of Snyder recreations bid that is
055included in board packet to create a green belt at Washington Elementary at a price of $42,706. This project will be funded using sinking funds, and work will be completed by August 1st, 2026. Support. Any discussion or questions? We have Mr. Bowers here. We did talk about this also at our work session. This is going to be an improvement for our students. I'm excited for the students at Washington to have some more safe space to play. This will be great for them. Yes. It's going to be a little bit of a glow up over there. Let's take a vote. Member Cain? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. Member Weber? Yes. Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. President Cerkovich? Yes. Motion carries. All right. Next up, Envision Mathematics. The director of curriculum and instruction, Jessica Shipman, and I recommend the approval of
056Envision Mathematics, grades six through eight, which includes all physical and digital student and teacher materials for three years, along with professional development for the first year. Total cost for Envision Mathematics is $119,838.84. This will be paid out of the general fund. I move approval of Envision Mathematics, six through eight, which includes all physical and digital student and teacher materials for three years, along with professional development for the first year. The total cost for Envision Mathematics is $119,838.84 to be paid out of the general fund. Support. Discussion. This has been an ongoing topic in our work sessions. This has been a long time coming as they've kind of worked towards this, but this will bring us in line with the elementary curriculum of Envision. Any board member comments on this? Just that I really appreciate Jessica
057Shipman really allowing our teachers to be part of the process. I think that's critical, so shout out to her and thank you for that. Absolutely. Teacher Bayan is critical for any curriculum to be successful. All right, let's take a roll call, please. Member Martinez? Yes. Member Weber? Yes. Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. Member Cain? Yes. President Serkovich? Yes. Motion carries. Math is also getting a glow up. Well, let's move to science. I move the curriculum and instruction, Jessica Shipman, and I recommend the formal adoption of the Advanced Placement Biology course as presented in the board packet for the 2026-2027 school year. I move the approval of the formal adoption of the Advanced Placement Biology course as presented in the board packet for the 2026-2027 school year. Support. Any discussion? I just have to say I am thrilled
058about this. I am not a parent of a current student, but I had a student who was very anxious to take this class, and I can absolutely say from the work that I do in other districts that this will make us more competitive in terms of putting our students out and preparing them for college-level biology, which is a very standard class that all people going into medical fields have to take, and so I'm really excited for students to get this opportunity. Any other discussion? No. All right, let's take a roll call, please. Member Weber? Yes. Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. Member Cain? Yes. President Sikovich? Yes. Motion carries. Next up, we have the Sex Education Advisory Board, otherwise known as SEAB. The Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Jessica Shipman, and myself recommend the approval of Carrie Cole
059as the SEAB parent co-chair and the approval of Jessica Shipman, the district's SEAB co-chair, for a three-year term. We also recommend the approval of the updated SEAB membership list as presented in the board packet. Support? Any discussion? No. No? Committee's been meeting, I know, and moving along, so we'll look for continued reports from them. But this is a procedural thing the chairs need to be aware of. Next up, we have the Education Advisory Board. The Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Jessica Shipman, and myself recommend the approval of Carrie Cole as the SEAB parent co-chair and the approval of Jessica Simpson, as the SEAB parent co-chair. This is a procedural thing the chairs need to be approved and the membership needs to be approved. Let's take a vote, please. Member Weber? Yes. Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. Member
060Cain? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. President Circlemitch? Yes. Motion carries. Consent agenda. Because items on the consent agenda are routine, there is little need for discussion. One motion can complete this part of the agenda. If anyone is interested in copies of reports, recommendations, or information, please contact the superintendent's office at 759-6002. I move approval of bills and vouchers in the amount of $9,369,044.45. Support. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. Member Cain? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. Member Weber? Yes. President Circlemitch? Yes. Bills are paid. All right. Work session. Our next meeting is May 5th, 2026, 630 at the Board of Education. Dr. Anderson? Just a few. Tomorrow night is our kindergarten roundup at each of our elementary schools. Mr. Bowers and his team have been working hard on making sure the outsides are gleaming and
061ready to welcome in our newest students. All four elementary schools will be open, and the staff will show our new students around from 530 to 630. Congratulations to our newest National Honor Society inductees who were inducted this past week. It was a wonderful ceremony. Congratulations to the cast of Shrek. It was a very, very funny show. And they did a fantastic job. So a lot of lines to remember in that one. And finally, just a reminder to the community, as the weather warms up, more and more kids are outside. More and more kids are traveling to school either on their bikes or walking. So please be extra cautious as you're driving, especially around the hours of arrival and dismissal. Absolutely. Thank you. Board members, announcements? Just one. The Roosevelt Botany Program is having their greenhouse
062sale. Of course, this would be me to announce it. May 2nd from 10 to 2. So please come to the greenhouse and support our botany program. Let's get your Mother's Day flowers. Always great. Any other board member announcements? I did enjoy Shrek this past weekend. It was a great show. And I have been singing Let Your Freak Flag Fly all weekends. It's been amazing. So congrats to them. They did a great job. And it was lovely to see such a wide variety of ages on stage. It wasn't just our high school kids. They had our elementary middle schoolers joining them on stage as well. And it was an awesome cast. All right. Anybody else? Good. I do have one more thing I just remembered. I just want to give a shout out to the students
063that participated in the Wyandotte cleanup this past weekend. The weather was a little rough. There was a late start, but there was a great turnout of a number of students from our schools helping to make the city look beautiful and ready for flowers. It dig in in a couple of weeks, right? When is it? The 16th? I think it's the 16th. You need volunteer hours. They need all the help they can get to plant all those flowers. That's a good one too. All right. If there's no other announcements, I'll take a motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn. Support.