001Call to order the meeting of the Board of Education scheduled for Tuesday, March 18th, 2025, held at 7 p.m. at Wyandotte City Hall. Roll call, please. Member Bevin Parshall? Here. Member Cain? Here. Member Kinney? Here. Member LoCicero? Here. Member Martinez? Here. Member Weber? Here. President Circovich? Here. Perfect attendance. Good job. Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Recitation of the vision and mission statements. Member Bevin Parshall will read the vision statement and Vice President Cain will read the mission statement. Vision statement, a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community that develops resilient, innovative, and engaged individuals. And the mission statement, collaborating and inspiring to
002educate, engage, and empower all. Thank you. Reading of the minutes. The proposed summary from the March 4th, 2025 work session is included in your packet. Secretary Martinez reviewed the summary and found it to be in order and acceptable as presented. May I have a motion please? I move approval of the proposed summary from the March 4th, 2025 work session be approved as presented. Second. Any discussion? Please attach the roll. Roll attached. Motion carried. Thank you. Alright, special orders and reports. Dr. Anderson, number one. Poetry Out Loud. So I would like to first invite up two of our Roosevelt High School teachers, Mr. Baker and Mr. Keast, who are in turn going to introduce our winners of our Poetry Out Loud contest. Good evening. We are here tonight to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Poetry Out
003Loud. We actually haven't been participating for all 20 years. We've been doing it for 17, so we're almost OG on this one. Poetry Out Loud is, I know a lot of you are familiar with it. We come here every year and we love showcasing our kids. It is a national poetry recitation competition. What that means is the students will recite the poems from memory. They don't read them. The poems themselves are not poems that they have written. That's actually excluded in this competition. We make a selection from about 1,200 to 1,300 poems that are available on the Poetry Out Loud national website that have been cleared and been okayed for copyright reasons and things like that. There's a lot of poems to choose from. Poetry Out Loud takes place in all 50 states in American
004Samoa, Colombia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Since the program began in 2005, more than 4.4 million students and 81,000 teachers from 20,000 schools across the U.S. have participated in the program. In Michigan, about 4,000 students participate in Poetry Out Loud every year. The way it works is it starts at the local level at each individual high school. We have our audition rounds in late November. The kids who make it past the audition round then compete in January in our Roosevelt school finals. And the students you're going to see tonight were our top three finishers at the Roosevelt finals in January. Then our school champion goes on to represent us at the state competition every March, which for us was three days ago. So this is brand new. We're striking at just the
005right time. Everybody's performing at peak ability right now. And before I hand it off to Mr. Keyes, I wanted to close my portion with a quote from someone that I think a lot of you know fairly well. The first student who won our Roosevelt finals, actually three years in a row, the first three years we did this as a sophomore, a junior, and a senior, is Kelly Steck, our Wyandotte Council pro tem. And because it's the 20th anniversary of the program, they were reaching out to kids who had had success and had competed at the state level. And they had a blog where they were having people comment and answer what the program meant. And part of what she wrote, it was all really, really well done, but part of what she wrote is about
006the impact that the program has had on her throughout the rest of her life. And I think her words speak way better than I could do it. So I'm going to quote her. She says, I don't think I'd be the person I am without poetry. Poetry is so great for building our empathy muscles, such short windows packed with insight into other worlds. And everyone reads their own lives and perspectives into them. I think it's a beautiful testament to diversity of thought and the human experience. Keeping the sense of empathy and curiosity poetry out loud helped foster in me has been so key to working in political spaces and reminding people that we can both celebrate our differences and find a lot of commonality with our fellow human beings. Good evening. It's such a pleasure to
007be in front of you again, introducing our students and celebrating our students. And as Mr. Baker said, our school finals, we held them in January. And as much as it is a competition, it really is just a performance and a celebration as well. To have 10, 11, 12 students make the school finals and each do two poems from memory. And they come in and put in so much work to not just get the memorization down and the accuracy down, but the interpretation down and the stage presence down. And the school finals in January is anybody, if you really want to see the magic of poetry out loud, come to a school finals in January when you just student after student after student is really going up and doing special things and having such composure on
008stage. And for the three students tonight that we're going to celebrate to emerge from our field this past January and be in the top three, you have to be good. You have to be special. And all three of the students who are going to share with you tonight, definitely that applies. So I'm going to invite this year's third place winner up. And if she's familiar to you, that's because she was also here last year. For Lydia to come up and two years in a row make the top three, you have to be performing well. And Lydia absolutely did that. So our third place winner this year performing for you is Lydia Blonsky. Through a Glass Eye Lightly by Carolyn Kaiser In the laboratory waiting room Containing one television actor with a teary face trying a
009contact lens Two muscular victims of industrial accidents Several vain women I was one of them Came Deborah Four To pick up her glass eye It was a long day Deborah waiting for the blood vessels painted on her iris to dry Her mother said that Holding Deborah when she was born First I inspected her From toes to navel Then stopped at her head We wondered why the inspection hadn't gone the other way Looking into her eye Was like looking into a volcano Her vacant pupil went whirling down Down to the foundation of the world When she was three months old they took it out She giggled when she went under the anesthetic Forty-five minutes later She came back Happy The gas wore off She found the hole in her face You know, it never bled Stayed
010happy Even when I went to pieces She's five in June Deborah, you get right down from there or I'll have to slap Laughing Deborah climbed into the lap of one vain lady Who had been discontented with her own beauty Now She held on to Deborah Looked her steadily in the empty eye Our second place winner at the school level this year Is senior Bethany Gorky My therapist wants to know About my relationship to work By Tiana Clark I hustle Upstream I grasp I grind I control and panic Poke balloons in my chest Always popping there Always my thoughts Thump Thump I snooze We can go boom All day like this I short my breath I scroll and scroll I see what you wrote I like I heart My thumb So tired My head bent down
011But not in prayer Heavy from the looking I see your face Your phone lit faces I tap your food two times for more hearts I retweet I email yes and yes and yes Then I cry I need to say no, no, no Why does it take so long to reply? I FOMO and shout I read I never enough New book New post New ping A new tab Then another Papers on the floor Scattered and stacked So many journals Unbroken white spines Waiting Did you hear that new, new? I start to text back Ellipsis Then I forget I balk I lazy the bed I wallow When I write I truth when I lie I throw a book When a poem undoes me I underline Clifton Today we are possible I start from image I begin with
012Phyllis Wheatley I begin with Phyllis Wheatley I begin with Phyllis Wheatley Reaching for coal I start with a napkin Receipt or my hands I muscle memory I stutter the page I fail Hit delete Scratch out one more line I sign it Then I break form I make tea Use two bags Roy boasts again I bathe now Epsom salt No books or phone Just water and the sound Of water filling Glory Be my buoyant body Bull of me Yes, lavender More bubbles and bath bomb Of course some candles too All alone with Coltrane My favorite, Naima For his wife Now for me Inside my own womb Again I child back I float I sing I simple and humble Eyes closed I low my voice Was it a song? Don't know But I stopped All right, and
013as Mr. Baker just said We just came back this past weekend From the state finals in Lansing And I was Warren and I were both so proud of The way Eli represented our school And performed their poems And just made the most of the weekend And connected with other students From other schools So we're going to have Eli Wicker Come up here And perform two poems for you Eli Wicker is our 2025 Roosevelt School Champion And our representative at the state level So Eli, I'll let you do two Son, Daughter By Kai Kinrati In a dream My dad fell from the top Of a steep White mountain Down into a blue crevasse Like The space between two waves Where the light shines through Just enough To tell you You will miss this life Dearly The
014falling took years I could hear him Moving through air And then finally Nothing In another dream My dad was an angel His see-through body Dangling in the air Floating above me Face shimmery like Tin foil And I cried And cried When he told me I can't come back to Earth now Not ever When my dad told me You will always Be my daughter Maybe it was like that Will I be allowed To come back to Earth And be your son? I'm good to go Yeah, so it's challenging Normally Eli would have had about an hour to do your shift We were getting there in about 10 seconds I thought it was The Bug By Tommy Blount Lands on my pretty man's forearm Harmless, it isn't deadly at all Makes his muscle flutter The one that
015gets his hand to hold mine Or fall into a fist Or handle a gun It's a ladybug Or an Asian lady beetle Everyone mistakes for a ladybug Eating whatever it lands on My pretty man is asleep At ease Or plotting like the bug Or maybe the bug is a blowfly Eating my pretty man's tan from his pretty arm My man swats it without waking As if he's dreaming of an enemy Or me When my pretty man isn't asleep He's got a temper No, he is not asleep He's wide awake and wants me to tell you I'm wrong Blowflies don't eat skin They lay eggs on skin He knows all about blowfly larva Napoleon used them to clean war wounds My cold pretty man says in that pretty way With his cold pretty mouth He's eaten
016plenty of bugs before On night watch Over there Over there They're everywhere Thank you for having us We believe in this program so much And we're so proud of the students who participate every year And this is a really nice night So thank you Thank you Next up I would like to invite our principal of Jefferson Elementary School Ms. Crystal Eskin to the podium to talk about the Jaguars Roar with Kindness Good evening everyone I'm delighted to be here this evening to share with you our PBIS theme for this school year Which is Roar with Kindness, Jaguars Roar with Kindness Which we say on our announcements every morning The Roar is our acronym for our PBIS expectations Responsible, on task, attentive, and respectful And we came up with this theme through the brainstorming of our
017Dean, Mr. Chris Spencer So I'd like to invite him to the podium to tell you a little bit more about where this idea came from And we also have with us this evening some students who are going to share with you And our social worker, Mrs. Ballard Whose work is integral to all of the work that we do around kindness in our school So I'm going to hand over the podium to Mr. Spencer Thank you guys This is two years in a row I've immediately followed poetry out loud So I can make one request not to be after them That would be helpful I wrote notes for two minutes and they memorized ten minute poems But those were awesome Thank you guys So let me start with kind of the journey we took to get
018to where we are So I can't believe it's been a year But a year ago, about today, is when I was offered the position to be a Dean Before that, when the position was posted, like most of the teachers My first thought is what is a Dean of Students But after that, you know, as I read through the position You know, I personally, when I started considering the position I considered what possibility there was in the position You know, could I make a difference at Jefferson if I pursued the position And the idea that kept sticking in my head was this idea of kindness And how, if I had this role, how could we, as a school Cultivate or generate this culture of kindness within the school And so, right when I had the position
019I immediately thought of trying to inspire kids to realize this simple truth That if they were kind to the other students in the school, to the teachers, to the staff It would be such a benefit to the school And would create an incredible learning environment Can they hear me if I keep talking, or is it playing? It's playing I don't know if the music is playing, but we will, can we check? I'm not sure we want to, they can't Okay, can we hear Mr. Spencer? Okay, we're going to wait until the music's done Our audio system in the room is not working So what they'll hear on TV is different than what they'll hear in the room So there's some very nice music that goes with this slideshow Welcome to teaching, we're just flexible here,
020right? That's how we roll Okay, back to you Okay, sorry about that All right, so my goal was to try to help create a culture where students understood that if they were kind to the other students in the school, and to staff, and to teachers, and to themselves It would create an amazing learning environment and just a school that we could all be proud of And so that was my primary goal There are a lot of other things I do in my day, but it's something that I strive to do every day in the school So on the very first two days of school, I walked around every single classroom And I talked to every class for about five to ten minutes about this idea And I asked every student in the school two simple
021questions And what I found is that all 500 kids in the school had the exact same answer Because although the kids are different and they come from different backgrounds There are universal truths that are the same for all of us And these two questions got to the heart of what we were trying to do And so I asked them first how many of them like it when someone is mean to them Calls them a name, picks on them, pushes them, cuts in line And not one hand in the school went up And then I asked them the opposite question I said how many of you like it when people are kind to you? When they say something nice, when they compliment you, when they share with you And every single hand in that school went
022up And so what I did is challenge them to realize that their words and their actions have a tremendous effect It determines how the kids feel when they leave the school With our words and our actions, we have the power to build each other up or to tear each other down And so our goal this year has really been to encourage this truth and to remind them of it And so throughout the year, I think you saw the sticker Every kid has a roar with kindness sticker on their desk We do morning announcements every day and we talk about the importance of kindness We highlight kids in the school who have done kind things We've given out kindness awards We've done random acts of kindness week Where teachers and students think about ways in which
023they can share kindness and be kind to those around them And so I will say we have not done this perfectly It is an elementary school and they are students and they are learning But what I remind myself of is even on difficult days where I might talk to 10, 15, 20 students About choices that we would like to improve on There are still 460 kids who I didn't talk to who made good choices and were kind to each other And so I think it's important that we always realize that we have really, really kind kids in our school and in our district And they're doing really awesome things So as Ms. Circovich said, the kids are the star of the show so I will stop talking so you can hear from them We did
024have a few students who went above and beyond this year and we want to let them come up and share their thoughts First is going to be Rebecca Mitchell So during random acts of kindness week she wrote a speech that she shared with her class And then with some of the first grade students And then we let her record it on the announcements just about the importance of kindness And then we have three fifth graders, Tyler Konarski, Jamison Edwards, and Charlie Daviskeba I think I said it right, I've been practicing all day But they started a club that looked at the problems in the school and rather than just talking about them They sought to change them And so I will let them share So Rebecca is going to come up first Mr. Spencer, there's
025a stool right in front Come around to the other side here That will be helpful for the students, thank you You can step up Perfect Hello Hello My name is Rebecca Mitchell I'm a fifth grade student at Jefferson Elementary Kindness is important It can change the world It can make people better You can make people happy with kindness Here are some ways we can be kind to others Give each other compliments such as telling people good job Helping someone out when they are in need Such as donating food, raising money For a good cause And my personal favorite, smile With a simple act of kindness We can change people And make the world a better place Someone once said With one kind word you can change the world We the students at Jefferson Strived to
026be that kind word And help others Our school has great students and great teachers Anytime we see someone that needs a kind word We try to do our best to help Our school celebrates kindness In many different ways To encourage kindness Teachers at our school give out jag bragg tags To students when a compassionate act is seen Another way our school observed kindness Was random acts of kindness week During this week We saw many great ways kindness was shared For example, kind notes were given Students were extra helpful And more smiles were passed around As a student at Jefferson I want to thank our teachers, friends, Ms. Eskin And Mr. Spencer for helping us along the way I'm proud to be at Jefferson Jaguars Thank you My name is Charlie Tyler Konarski And my friends
027Jamison Edwards And Charlie DeViscava Are here with me today We are all 5th graders At Jefferson Elementary And are honored to be here today To tell you about the new student-led club That we started I was inspired by me Coming up with the idea To start a climate change club at school Because I wanted to make a difference I soon realized it would be limited What we could do at school To make a difference in climate change But we could make a big impact On our school community in other meaningful ways I wrote a speech To share with our Principal Ms. Eskin To try to persuade her to let us start A club to make positive change In our school I asked Jamison to help me practice my speech And he was excited to help
028He also came up with our club name The Changers Jamison is going to share with you The speech I made and presented to Ms. Eskin Hello We are here so we can ask you a question That question is if I can lead a club To help kids find a way to make a change And use their voice for the better First in schools Some kids feel like they are alone We should make groups So similar kids can talk to each other Second, we need to make school A place where everyone And I mean everyone feels safe and can learn Third, we are obligated To make school a place where all backgrounds And personalities are supported I can teach the club how to help With big things like climate change And the club could serve as
029a partial solution For said issues I would like to name the club First Hour Or The Changers Ms. Eskin was so proud of us And asked us to give the speech To Mr. Spencer, our Dean of Students As well They both were so excited Charlie joined us and we Created posters And a presentation to give to all The fourth and fifth grade classes At our school to see who wanted to join us Charlie is going to share The speech we gave to The students with you Do you know why we are here? We are here so we can tell you about our club The Changers We want to have a club Where everybody belongs If there is something that bothers you If you are bullied or you want improvement You might want to join our
030club We work on projects every other Monday From 3 to 3.30 in the library We put you into groups So we can work on projects Based on a topic You have input on Then we share it With the school and on the announcements So would you like to be part of a change? 33 students Were excited to join us And make positive change in our school Our club meets every other Monday After school Ms. Eskin supervises but we lead the club Focusing on bringing more kindness To our school and stopping bullying Were the two big ideas That all of us agreed on Right now, Charlie, Jameson And I each lead our own group Focusing on making plans To make our school community better for everyone While we were just getting started We were thrilled to
031be able to have a voice In our school and make a difference Do you have any questions about our club? Board members, questions for The Changers or Rebecca? Comments? I think it's a wonderful idea Congratulations to the three of you for putting this together I really love it I have a quick question Can you give me an example Of some of the things that you're focusing on right now? Kindness and anti-bullying But really We've only had two meets The one was deciding What groups the kids would be in And the other was brainstorming So we haven't gotten far It's a great start, great start Good job Other board members have questions or comments? I was just going to say thank you All three of you for being such great leaders in your school community And
032Running with what you believe in And never lose that Throughout your whole life Awesome Very impressive friends I want to know Did you write your words that you shared today? You wrote those, that was not an adult who wrote that Wow I think Wilson Middle School better Look out next year when y'all show up there That's all I have to say about that I expect to see you here more frequently In the years coming You've got about seven more years with us And I want to see more of you folks Everything that these students have done Is completely student led They came up with the ideas They wrote their speeches They made their posters They made their attendance sheets for their clubs And Mr. Spencer and I are just there For an adult presence It's
033grassroots organizing from the very beginning So we have some great things going on And they're looking to solve some problems And make change So I'm really excited about that The video that you saw The presentation was just a compilation Of some videos of all of the Or pictures of the different Things that we've done throughout the school year One program that we didn't really talk about But plays a huge role in our kindness initiative Our student mentors And Mrs. Baylor does a great job organizing our mentors So that our older students can influence Our younger students in a positive way So thank you very much for inviting us This evening and I hope When you visit Jefferson that you see And feel the kindness that we feel every day Thank you So the next two
034parts Of the specials order reports are Budget revision and strategic plan update And while I'd like to say they are going to be riveting Probably not true So I would like to take this Opportunity to allow our students And our families who came out today To have a chance to exit I will say every time that I Learn and memorize and recite poetry Which has never happened But I wish I could And I've had to get up and see to the board I always crave ice cream And there's a great ice cream shop Like right around the corner from the front doors here So I would encourage you guys To maybe have a little special treat And then get home to get that homework done For school tomorrow So we'll let you guys go while
035we transition Thank you Alright as they are exiting I'm going to invite up our director of finance Brandi Nusser To talk about budget revision Good evening I know I'm like two away from the poetry But that is a hard one to follow If only I could Present the budget with poetry So good evening I just wanted to walk you through kind of some of the The key elements of the budget What's changing What we're doing strategy wise Our revenue The biggest source of our revenue is our state aid And that is funded primarily Off of our student counts So this year we've had a Decrease of 77 Students In our general fund based on our enrollments So this has resulted in A $740,000 Loss to our general fund Our As you know our foundation allowance
036is $9,608 That did not increase this year as we anticipated So that was a big impact to us Also in our budget Is a decrease just overall in some of our Categoricals for our state aid And this Alongside with adjusting our revenue allocations To act 18 That impacted our revenue budget As far as expenditures We've seen an overall increase in Approximately $900,000 As a net amount In the general fund And this is due to the higher staffing costs And the increased wages And the benefit costs The result of the union contract negotiations Changes in benefits for Health insurance And adjustments to retirement and the other operational expenditures So overall the general fund Decreased by $2.3 million Compared to our original budget One of our key priorities Is managing the districts fund balance We are planning
037to spend down Part of our fund balance this year To align with our staff wages So that they can be competitive With other districts Our goal is to stay within Well, our goal is to stay At our 10% fund balance or above So our board policy States that we are To stay within At least 10% of our Prior year expenditures So that would be on our 23-24 audited financials So it's important to know That even a small fluctuation in our budget At 1% For this year that's calculated at $625,000 So for every 1% that our budget's off It can impact our fund balance Either way by $625,000 Act 18 can also affect that At a much smaller percentage So this is something We're closely monitoring So that we can avoid falling below that 10% Just
038some notes As we continue to recover From the pandemic So we're still kind of recovering That we're not alone in this There are other districts that are Facing this challenge as well So this just means we have to be A little more strategic in budgeting To ensure that we can meet Our immediate and our long-term needs We are committed to transparency And a collaborative Approach to the budgeting process Over the past few months I have worked with almost every Department and building To ensure that we are Going over budgets Or making sure that we have We've met the building's needs Or the department's needs And just kind of communicated And took a teamwork approach Given the ongoing enrollment challenges We're carefully evaluating staff levels As positions become vacant through attrition We're also considering Future staffing
039needs as we continue To explore the grant funding As a potential resource to help us Meet those needs We're working diligently to keep our Fund balance solid But we do anticipate some spend down In the short term as we focus on retaining And attracting talent So that we can have quality staff And remain competitive Our final budget revision will be Presented to the board in June This will also come along with our Original budget for 25-26 And this will give us a much better Picture of where we stand and where we're Going in the future So I just wanted to thank all of you for your time And also my whole Entire team appreciates The support that we get from the board And from the district as a whole, so thank you Are there any
040questions? Questions? We did talk About this pretty extensively at our work Session, we had a great discussion And our budget priorities Our checkbook reflects our priorities And what we're spending it on is Staffing students and facilities So money comes in And it goes right back out It does Any other questions? Brandi, thank you And please pass our thanks along to your staff as well I was just going to make a comment Thank you again, I know we talked about in our Work session For reaching out to the buildings And meeting with them and having that open conversation I think as a teacher myself Funding can be very confusing So for you to make that step To our staff to make sure everyone is On a good playing field Is much appreciated Thank you Thank you
041Dr. Anderson, you are up I am going to excuse Ms. Nusser She has a son who is celebrating Her 16th birthday today Happy birthday I will move over to the podium For the presentation to come up So I'm going to move through this Rather quickly We did do a formal presentation To the board at our last work session For our community members Who were not able to be there I'm going to give a brief overview Of what was presented to the board in more detail You will recognize the slides The slides are similar to the ones That we have used in the past And what we have been doing in real time Has been updating each slide With our current progress Next slide please Just a quick reminder The ideas are academics, communications The learning
042environment and culture Operations and personnel and leadership Next slide please Academics, dumping that in With our academics We have two objectives that we are focused on right now And that is implementing a guaranteed And viable curriculum And also to Look for future career Opportunities Having a hard time seeing the screen a little bit I will do my best here to clean my neck Next slide please For academics For our MTSS Our MTSS teams and curriculum leaders Will establish a district wide MTSS Academic framework We have done that All the forms and processes are finalized And now we are moving into the implementation phase By June of 2025 I'm sorry Or do you want to sit here And use the mic I think we're okay Or should I come back to my seat It might be
043easier from your seat Let's do that It's not on the screen in front of you There's no screen in front That's fine So in June of 2025 Staff will implement MTSS academic framework Again the framework And programming has been identified And the framework tiers have been developed Some of the goals I had here For 2026 and 2027 But with the Core content department leaders will train And support staff in implementing The adopted curriculum All K-12 staff Are onboarded and now updating The district curriculum Next slide please So for academics Additionally for academics In 2025 the district will have Explored increase in CTE Offerings through partnerships with neighboring districts We are in talks right now With Taylor public schools to look for Opportunities for our students to To attend some of their program That we don't
044offer and in exchange Having some of those students come to Wind out for programs that they don't offer And so one of those that's already in place And that we're already looking for is a Cosmetology program that is happening Through Dorsey where Taylor's students Are Graduating with a full degree in cosmetology Or full certifications in cosmetology So we are in continued talks With Taylor And then By December 2027 this was Again another one all 7-12 students Will have an EDP or an education development Plan that aligns Their academic strengths and interests So RHS students are working On that now they're doing career exploration Activities and updating their EDPs Three times a year We are in the process of moving that down to The middle school as well So communications you know that this has been
045a big Area of focus for myself And for the team You can see the objectives there Is that staff Have access to information That we are providing Information to families That there are opportunities for families to partner With the district and that Staff and students And then Parents give us their input and that we use That input to improve Next slide please So one of them was by August 2024 100% of the district policies And administrative regulations we published The policies have been on the website For some time The admin regs are very very close We are just waiting on a few links And so then that will be Seated right beside the Public policies for people To be able to look through for the way we operate By October 2024 Staff will be providing
046an overview Of how to access And use the published policies So those are out there now Again the admin regs Are on their way and then we'll put out Information to our staff To access that By September of 2024 That we'll have an online directory We used to have a paper directory And now we have Thanks to the work of Justin Ellsworth Our director of technology And his team If you hover over in our Google system You type in their name in an email And you hover over you'll find their phone number Their building and what position they are in And so it's much more real time It's something that will make it Easier for staff to contact other staff And September of 2024 100% of internal documents and forms Will follow a consistent format
047Sometimes in the strategic planning work You are writing down goals And then as you get into the work you realize That maybe it's not quite as Important so all the forms Are done The logos and the formatting and all that work We felt like would be better done In the summertime when students are Enjoying their summer break Next slide please Continuing communications by August 2024 The website will be Up and running While it did take us a little bit longer It is up and running now So it is running in the new year And it continues to improve Justin has been working very very hard On updating those pages And we've even taken feedback Since it's launched and made additional improvements September 2024 Principles will communicate Through parent square So that one is Completed So
048we have a new parent square In our schools And we're actually looking to Expand upon that with our teachers So another one That we had for this September This past September was Why Wyandotte marketing campaign There are so many great reasons why Wyandotte Should be your choice Not only for our families but for our staff That are looking to start a career here So we have two things going with our Why Wyandotte marketing campaign One is highlighting the great things for families And the other one is Highlighting the great things as an employer And by January 2025 50% of the teachers Will provide weekly communication via parent square We're in progress And we shared this At the workshop that The stats are saying we're about 42% However we realized At Wilson middle school The students
049are placed in houses And we're also looking at How we're going to make sure that We have a team of four teachers And so one person might be doing the communication There for the entire team We're also looking at that at our high school So we're not bombarding parents with A bunch of different messages But that we're making sure that the information Is relevant and timely Next slide please So this is just a graph that shows Some of our parent square usage And we went over this in more detail So again continuing communications That we'll have at least One parent representative on our PBIS And MIHCIP, MIHCIP is our school Improvement committees We are in the process of identifying Those parents now and inviting them Into participate in these processes And then September Of 2025
050each school will hold Quarterly parent engagement events All of our elementary's are doing A good job of getting out Opportunities for our parents to meet I know that Wilson and RHS Are doing the same We're trying some different things to figure out What would be the most engaging for each particular Level. I know we had a board game night At Wilson a few Weeks ago So we had some families show But we would hope for Something a little bit more so we're looking to see What would best fit the needs Our fourth objective for communications That June of 2024 Survey data and feedback will analyze To improve staff and parents Sense of belonging Student staff and parent sense of belonging So we're on our actually our second Our second Administration of the survey The survey
051results just came back I got those on Friday I started reading them already I already communicated with our staff about One particular theme that I'll Go into more detail on my Friday note This week But we do read those and I do Thank our parents and our community For filling out those surveys so I read Every single line every comment that's Out there they are anonymous So sometimes I don't exactly know where They come from they're all compiled in a List but I do read them all September 2024 the district will begin sharing Survey results with stakeholders This past fall I gave kind of a synopsis Of the major themes that were in last Years like I said on Friday I'm going to talk about I'm going to talk about The bullying issue that can
052seems To come up quite a bit in our In our parent comments And we're going to Formalize some work around that so That we can just like our Jefferson Students just spoke about Tackle that problem By October 2025 all incoming Sixth graders students will participate in Web so we'll be on year two of Web here Very soon I know the spring is Where we start to pick our Web leaders And so Those will be rising Eighth graders seventh graders Eighth graders next year they'll be going Through the training this spring to run The Web day for those Fifth graders who will be moving to Wilson In a couple months So next slide please So learning environment and culture Next slide So by July this one again is Established districtwide MTSS framework some of this you'll
053see Repeated and so again all of our forms And processes are finalized The district And school level MTSS teams will be identified We actually had a Meeting today and then we have Our MTSS teams established In each building they are meeting They are meeting on a regular basis They're meeting every other week at K-5 They're meeting monthly at At Wilson And then they are meeting every other month at RHS by July of 2025 developed written guidance For implementing Consistently using district MTSS framework For each department developmental level Guidance is drafted And is now in the process of implementation Next slide please September of 2024 District will identify and train dean of student Positions to implement PBIS and other Behavior initiatives as you saw We met with one of our deans today We have a dean
054at each of our four Elementary's and one at our middle school We just met Last week with them to Touch base and to start now They've all been figuring Out the role over the first half of this School year and They are very close in what they do But everything looks a little bit different But they are now looking at developing some Processes that will be district wide And bring consistency to the role October of 2024 PBIS committees led by Administrators will develop Implement a monthly schedule focused On PBIS data reports And best practices with all staff The teams are meeting Monthly and we do review the data PBIS is so much more than reward tickets Or some of the things that People think. There's a whole data set Behind it. We work with our
055county Who Helps us and we are providing Them with monthly data to improve And to look for areas where Behaviors might be occurring And to help those Help to rectify those areas June of 2025 All instructional staff will be trained in crisis prevention CPI Nonviolent crisis intervention training So it used to be NCI now it's called CPI This is a big one Some people when we started this initiative People thought that this was learning how to Restrain kids That is only a small fraction of it Where the real training comes in Is how do you deescalate a situation How do you not make a student Who is in a crisis React further And so every one of our teachers can use This skill. We do See more and more students with behaviors That are in
056our classrooms And so I know that our teachers have appreciated The training Because again it is so much more It's Understanding what's going on in the brain And helping students To come out of a crisis situation And also be able to reflect And learn from it June of 2026 100% of the staff will be Trained on research based classroom level behavior Supports So project achieve was An outside agency that we brought in On some of our professional development days When students were home And we went through that training with them And so that is complete Operations, this one is Again about Writing everything down And making sure that we have it all formally Documented in such a way For now and for the future So You see some of these are repeated But the district
057policies I know the board worked very hard on the district Policies last year We have some updates coming your way from our Miller Johnson which is our Law firm And as things change we also Will be changing the same for our administrative Regulations, they are a living document They continue to evolve and to move September 25 the district Will publish those administrative regulation Forms on the website like I said I just sent Justin The last of the links that we needed today So we're getting those Finalized with them so we can publish Hopefully right after break Or maybe even during break Next slide That the staff MTSS guidance Will be published I think this one comes up a few times But they're all finalized and we're moving To implementation By September 2024 the district will
058publish The ARs Again we're close We have had the ARs for a while We had to go through them line by line They gave us, Miller Johnson gave us A set of kind of baseline ones That we needed to adapt for our district So we've done that work June of 2025 the district will publish Guidance related To assessing identified ML Students So we have Bridget Barton and our ML team Have done a fantastic job with this work All of the state required written procedures Are done for Wyandotte And the Multilingual learner handbook Is in progress Next slide please, personnel and leadership This is another big area Where we have to stay on top of things in order to Stay competitive We're always needing people and there is a teacher Shortage out there So objective one,
059it's a corporate awareness And practices to promote a qualified and Diverse applicant pool Objective two is staff has access To mentoring, training, professional learning And then the Wyandotte News that supports employees staying Here in Wyandotte, next slide please We will be bringing forward just a little bit Our last of our CBAs And so five of the six are done By the end of the night Hopefully six of six will be done And all of our contracts will be settled For the near future December of 2024 The district website Is reflective of our staff and student populations Just want to remind you that When we went over to the new Website we had a lot of dated pictures On our old website and so we did use Stock photos intentionally But we are working with the
060RHS media class Who is going around and getting us High quality photos of our students In action, making sure we have The right permissions to put those pictures On the website, so we don't want to violate anybody's Privacy in what we do there June of 2025 That we will Begin coordinating existing Paraprofessional and teacher career track Opportunity programs to provide High school and college students with W.S. employment Opportunities, so we are In our second cohort through Wayne Resa That's a parent to teacher program And we are working with Our teachers to make sure The employee individuals to be A paraprofessional and then They put in the extra work and we Make sure that's covered For them to eventually be a teacher So that's a great path To becoming a teacher and then talent together Is
061a statewide program They both do similar things, we have a couple People in each of these programs June of 2025 The district will have developed a plan We did do three half days Of DEI training They have been completed and they were done For our center programs and for our secondaries For both RHS and for Wilson, finished the last Of those the other day Next slide please Oh, that is the next slide Oh, didn't see the flip September of 2024, the district will provide Benefits of working for WPS Celebrating points of pride So, employees and community members Are offered the opportunity to recognize WPS employees I appreciate The community who Fills out the form that's at the bottom of my Friday note because I use about 10 to 12 Of those when I send My
062messages to the staff I do know that our staff really look forward To those, I'm not sure if they always read my messages But I know they always read the blue Text below And so it is also great, I love Reading them as I'm copying Them over, it's great hearing the Good things and the way we impact families September of 2024 Professional development will be aligned to Strategic goals of the District and continuous Improvement plan Our district DPD plan this year Aligned with the continuous improvement plan Which is my KIP This strategic plan and Staff interests and needs We are trying to make sure there are professional Development days, we use six of them a year Those are six days where students aren't in school That's important that we use that To the best of
063our abilities Don't squander that By June of 2025 the district will develop A professional development plan that incorporates Increased opportunities for new instructional Staff including development of online Asynchronous learning So we are building that right now We have some class offerings right now That teachers and Other staff can do In their own time And they can do it from the comfort of their own home So we are looking at building that up even more Now sometimes Some people for whatever reason they might need More professional development than the six days That's an opportunity for them Without having to take a college class Or travel September of 2025 100% of the new teachers will receive additional Support through an extended orientation And continuous mentoring program This is another one I want to say a huge shout
064out To our Galileo leaders They came with a With a program for a new teacher academy They have been running it this year So we have released our new teachers a few Times throughout the year and they go Through some very Valuable professional Development on those times and so Led by some of Our veteran staff so it's a great It's a great thing. Next slide please The last part Is we've added just As a last update we talked about Our sinking fund and some Of the facilities things that we're doing So the Wilson field You know that was torn up last summer That was done in late August And so it was ready to go For the beginning of the school year The fire alarm panel at RHS It was replaced In September Next one
065please While we use our sinking fund for our Facilities that in our general education Garfield and all of our Elementary's, Wilson and RHS We have TLC, Madison and Joe Brighton and for those The county gives us money and so Bernie has been a great steward of that Funding So we built an actual addition on TLC So that the students there have An actual cafeteria In which to eat. Joe Brighton Actually going into break here And then into the summer there's going to be Tearing up a flooring and putting in A new flooring throughout the school And like I said For both of those it's going to happen It's a short window of time But Bernie has our Contractors ready to get in there as soon as School gets out Because our students at those programs
066have a Shorter break. They do attend Most of the summer Next slide please I won't go through all of these But these are again Some of our plans And some of the things that we have done We are having to do Some work to comply with the Clean Water Act Of Michigan That means that every faucet That has water has to either Have a filter for drinking Or it has to be labeled in such a way that it's clear That it is not for drinking water Let's see The roll up doors At the back of RHS if you ever drive Along the back of RHS you'll see the metal doors That they're starting to corrode unfortunately With salt and Michigan weather So those are being replaced They did do epoxy in the boys locker room
067That's a very durable flooring That is easy to clean RHS auditorium That's one of the things they hope to do in the future Is to continue to maybe Get away from the carpet and do the epoxy A big one here That we're working with an architect right now And I've heard about it since I Arrived Was the bathroom situation at Jefferson We didn't have enough staff bathrooms and Overall our student bathrooms need Updating so we're working on that project Right now designing a way to Make both of those things happen And I'll go ahead and Just let the other ones Go there but I know that Mr. Bowers and Mr. McClain Work hard with our maintenance Crew to make sure we use every dollar to the Best of our abilities Next slide please I know
068I flew through that But in the sake of a long agenda and time I am also happy with anyone In the community who wants to go into any more detail Feel free to contact me Thank you Dr. Anderson We had that presented to us as a board With the directors And so we had great conversation with them And we were able to engage And hear kind of updates from all the different Departments that Dr. Anderson oversees So this is just our community Kind of output We committed to the district Strategic plan in 2023 And we're going to continue to regularly update And those goals are now set for Dr. Anderson and his team and then As he said about his regulations that's also A living document so all those things that he's Checked off guess
069what the team's going to come up with A bunch of new objectives right for 25, 26 And then move the goal posts for themselves One more time and then work on the Next phase of either those particular Things or additional things that come Up along the way Thank you Alright that concludes special orders and reports We're going to move to hearing of the public Windup 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 3 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
070Thank you that concludes hearing of the public We will now move to a closed session I'd like to make a Suggestion to the board that we Reorder the agenda just slightly Maybe if we move item number 8 I'm reading the room And I know One of our esteemed Teachers will be here for a long Time if we keep the order So I would like to move item number 8 up to Item number 1 Any objection from board members? All right excellent So we're going to handle Mr. Motion Maker are you ready for this one? We're going to handle retirement number 8 Go ahead Dr. Anderson The following staff members will retire On June 30th of 2025 Maria Landstra Teacher at Garfield 25 years of service Don Pierce Teacher at Wilson 33 years of service Marcella
071Flores literacy coach 30 years of service Lauren Kettle teacher at Joe Brighton 25 years of service Lori McLean Paraprofessional at Joe Brighton 32 years of service Sandra Bomarito Paraprofessional at the Lincoln Center 19 years of service I move the acceptance of the following resignations For the purpose of retirement of Maria Landstra, Don Pierce Marcella Flores Lauren Kettle Lori McLean Sandra Bomarito 164 years of service to Wyandotte Public Schools and I thank them for their many years of dedicated service to the children of Wyandotte and Wayne County and wish them all well in their retirement years Support Discussion Let's take a vote and then maybe we can have comments Thank you Maria Go ahead, let's take roll call and then we can have a little Member Kane, Member Kinney Member LoCicero, Member Martinez Member Weber, Member
072Bevin Partial Absolutely yes Yes, motion carries Congratulations Maria would you like to come up? You don't have to but if you'd like to And your kids Yes I haven't retired but I'm pretty sure that warrants ice cream Yeah Or a visit to another establishment where libations might be Presence Maria Maria Congratulations It was a pleasure working with you and Wyandotte is blessed to have had you and just food for thought if you think of the hundreds and thousands of children that you touched Those children that go on to be teachers you will continue to live through Thank you Maria Thank you Thank you for your awesome mentorship You and I have worked together with the students that you've taken in that were my students and you've taught them How many times did I tell you
073I hear Maria's voice coming out of their mouth You coached them and you helped them and they are now some of them teaching right next door to you if I'm not mistaken Right So yeah It's just the ripples in the pond and they're going to continue to grow so thank you friend Congratulations And I think the same could be said of all these other folks that are retiring today And I'm sure many of us have worked with these folks and friends and know them to be good and kind and helpful and wonderful co-workers and staff members and teachers and paras and we're very lucky to have them Absolutely Congratulations all well deserved Alright, now we're going to go back to the closed session Unless you want to move anything else No Do you want to
074move one more? No, Justin would love to go home We'll clear the room Alright, let's do it So this would be item number six and number four So I will make sure I've got them all Wait a minute Four, five and six We're going to chop up this agenda today Golly, okay Okay, so These are things that we did discuss in items four and five we did talk about in our work session, so item four is seventh grade and ninth grade Chromebook replacements In continuation of the one-to-one technology initiative we would like to purchase new Chromebooks and management software for next year's seventh and ninth grade students Justin Ellsworth, Director of Technology and I recommend the purchase of 460 student Chromebooks in the amount of 162,490 dollars and 40 cents funded by the Wayne County
075Enhancement Fund To accommodate possible price increases unfortunately due to federal tariffs Technology Services is requesting the purchase to be approved but not to exceed 125 percent of the current quoted price which that number would be 203,113 dollars I move approval of the purchase of 460 student Chromebooks in the amount of 162,490 dollars and 40 cents funded by the Wayne County Enhancement Fund To accommodate possible price increase due to federal tariffs Technology Services is requesting the purchase to be approved but not to exceed 125 percent of the current quoted price which would be 203,113 dollars Support Discussion We talked about this at our work session Let's take a vote please Member LoCicero, Member Martinez, Member Weber Member Bevin Partial, Member Cain Member Kinney, President Serkovic Yes, motion carries Next we have architecture, drafting computer lab, computer
076replacements The Director of Technology Justin Ellsworth and I recommend the replacement of 20 desktop computers for Roosevelt High School's architecture drafting computer lab in the current quoted amount of 28,000 dollars funded by the state funded career technology education fund to accommodate possible price increases due to federal tariffs Technology Services is requesting the purchase be approved but not to exceed 125 percent of the current quoted price that would be 35,000 dollars I move approval of the purchase of 20 desktop computers for Roosevelt High School's architecture and drafting computer lab in the current quoted amount of 28,000 dollars funded by the state funded career technology education or CTE fund to accommodate possible price increases due to federal tariffs Technology Services is requesting the purchase to be approved but not to exceed 125 percent of the current quoted
077price which would be 35,000 dollars Discussion? Talked about this as well, this is half the lab correct Mr. Ellsworth? Sure There's been some development since the last work session So to answer your first question the purchase of 20 computers is to replace half of the lab If you do the math this is a little more expensive a computer because of the engineering and architecture applications and software that they use So the thought process is we do half now and maybe half a little bit into next school year because CTE does have other needs in the program like autos for example So to answer that question, yes it's half the lab and then I want to point out too with the tariffs I was keeping a pulse on these quotes from these, there's actually three different
078vendors for each of these three items keeping a pulse on these like is the pricing still good I'm going to the board tomorrow night and so on and one of the vendors said that they are upping their prices, they don't know by what percent but they are actually going to increase their prices come April 1st So like the architecture lab is an example, if I get the order in this week they will, you know, they're verbally saying that they'll honor the $28,000 but come April they're going to increase and that's the real result of the tariffs it looks like, so I just want to point that out so thank you for your support thus far I'm glad you brought it forward, like to pull it forward, I mean that's something that I don't think we
079would have necessarily thought of as a ripple effect but it's good to get, I mean that's a significant saving, $7,000 is a lot. And if you look at the previous item that's pushing over $40,000 that's only two grade level Chromebooks and then also I think Dr. Anderson mentioned not to informally lead into item number six but this one I admittedly squeezed into this agenda, we did not talk about this at the work session but that was out of a sense of urgency around this feeling that prices were going to increase so I just want to prelude that one, and I'll stay here in case there's questions about that one. We'll make a motion and then we can have discussion on that if people have questions. So yeah, this item like you said was not in
080the work session but has developed since is network equipment additions the director of technology Justin Ellsworth and I We didn't vote. We got to vote on the other one first. Let's take a vote please, sorry I'm on my fan here and I'm just dying of heat so I apologize Let's take a roll call please Member Martinez? Yes. Member Weber? Yes. Member, excuse me, Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. Member Kane? Yes. Member Kinney? Yes. Member LeCicero? Yes. President Sirkevich? Yes, motion carries, I apologize. Thank you, my apologies, I'm jumping the gun. Alright. So item number six is network equipment additions, the director of technology Justin Ellsworth and I recommend the purchase of three additional HP Aruba network switches in the amount of $29,191 and 60 cents funded by the Wayne County Enhancement Fund to accommodate the addition of
081public address PA systems, our PA systems now work off computers. These new PAs are different in that they are part of our network whereas older PAs are an isolated audio only system to accommodate possible price increases due to federal tariffs, technology services is requesting the purchase be approved but not to exceed 125 percent of the quoted price, which that number would be $36,489 and 50 cents. I move approval of the purchase of three additional HP Aruba network switches in the amount of $29,191 and 60 cents funded by the Wayne County Enhancement Fund to accommodate the addition of public address or PA systems to accommodate possible price increases due to federal tariffs, technology services is requesting the purchase to be approved but not to exceed 125 percent of the current quoted price which would be $36,489
082and 50 cents. Support. Okay. Now we can have discussion on this. Are there questions about network switches and then Mr. Elizabeth if you want to talk about it a little bit you can. Questions about this? No questions. Okay. So it's just a matter of making sure that those PA systems have the support that they need so that they can function properly. That's correct. Everyone good with that? Good. Yes. Alright. Let's take a vote. Member Webber? Yes. Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. Member Kane? Yes. Member Kinney? Yes. Member LoCicero? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. President Sircovich? Yes. Motion carries. Okay. Get ordering. Yes. Thank you for your support. Yes. Order tonight. Thank you. Thank you for bringing them forward. I mean every one of those increases is dollars that would not go into a classroom in some other way.
083Yeah, it would take away from something else. Yes, absolutely. And we're all about being good stewards of the money. Thank you for your support. Appreciate it. Thank you, Justin. Alright. Now, we're back to letter D, closed session. Closed session is necessary for the purpose of discussing contract negotiations. May have a motion please. I move that the Board of Education take a short recess and reassemble in closed session for the purpose of discussing contract negotiations. Support. Okay. Roll call please. Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. Member Kane? Yes. Member Kinney? Yes. Member LoCicero? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. Member Webber? Yes. President Sirkovich? Yes. Motion carries. Okay. We can go to closed session then. Can we just stay in here? Can we stay in here? Alright. May I have a motion please to come back? I move the Board of
084Education return to regular session and that the minutes reflect the Board's compliance with the Open Meetings Act. Support. Let's take a roll call please. Member Kane? Yes. Member Kinney? Yes. Member LoCicero? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. Member Webber? Yes. Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. President Sirkovich? Yes. Motion carries. Alright. We're going to go back to the action agenda in order starting with number one, Dr. Anderson. Alright. Item one is general fund budget revision for 2024-2025. Attached for your review and action is the first revision of the district general fund budget. This revision reflects updates in student enrollment, staffing changes, associated benefits costs, and finally allocates necessary funding to any unplanned or unfunded activities since the original adoption in June of this past year. Details of the revision are attached. This was initially presented and discussed at the school
085board work session held on March 4th, 2025. The Director of Finance and I recommend approval of this revised budget. I move approval of the revised budget for the 2024-2025 school year as prepared by the Director of Finance. Support. Discussion. We already have this in special orders and reports and a work session. Let's take a vote please. Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. Member Kane? Yes. Member Kinney? Yes. Member LoCicero? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. Member Weber? Yes. President Sircovich? Yes. Motion carries. Secretary waiver for diplomas. It has become the tradition for the Board of Education to waive the secretary status each year so that the Vice President, Treasurer, and other trustees have the opportunity to sign diplomas of their own children, relatives, or close friends. Approval for this motion is for this purpose only. All other duties for the
086Board of Education Secretary remain with Board Secretary Martinez. I move approval of waiving the Office of Secretary for the sole purpose of signing diplomas. Support. Any discussion? Mrs. Bevin, you have this list up, correct? I do. It's on the shared drive and you'll get an email tomorrow morning linking you to it. So if you want to sign somebody, you can put it on there. So you can go right into the document and just put your name next to the people that you want to sign. Okay. I'm going to go put my name next to Lily's. What? I signed them all. I'm joking. I signed all of them. Okay. Let's take a vote, please. Member Cain? Yes. Member Kinney? Yes. Member Locicero? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. Member Weber? Yes. Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. And President Sikovich? Yes.
087Motion carries. All right. Dr. Anderson, number three. All right. Wilson Middle School principal appointment. After following an appropriate personal protocol and completing a team interview, I recommend the appointment of Margarita Shami as the new principal of Wilson Middle School effective July 1, 2025. I move the appointment of Margarita Shami as the Wilson Middle School principal effective July 1, 2025. Support. Discussion. Dr. Anderson reached out to talk to us about this. Let's take a vote, please. Member Kinney? Yes. Member Locicero? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. Member Weber? Yes. Member Bevin-Parshall? Yes. Member Cain? Yes. President Sikovich? Yes. Motion carries. So I do want to take a moment and just apologize publicly to the board and to the community. I got my wires crossed and didn't communicate with Ms. Shami about tonight. And so she had a prior
088engagement. So we will have her come out perhaps for special orders and reports so that you'll be able to see her personally. But that one is completely on me. And so I want to make sure that it's clear that she would definitely want to be here. She's very excited and very proud to take over at Wilson. Great. Awesome. We look forward to working with her. Yes. All right. We're going to number seven now. Tenant of agreement for the food services under AFSCME. On February 20th, 2025, we reached a tenant of agreement with the AFSCME food services for their collective bargaining agreement beginning in the 2024-2025 school year through the 2026-2027 school year. The union has ratified the tenant of agreement. I move approval of a contract to the current collective bargaining agreement between Windup Public
089Schools and the AFSCME food services beginning with the 2024-2025 school year and continuing through the 2026-2027 school year. Support. Any discussion? We just had a closed session. We're good. Thank you. Vote, please. Member Bevin Parshall? Yes. Member Kane? I'm sorry. Yes. Member Kinney? Yes. Member LoCicero? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. Member Weber? Yes. President Circovich? Yes. Motion carries. Oh my gosh. Spring Break Connect in your face to no friends. Oh my golly. All right. We have senioritis. What the heck? Okay. 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 the Board of Education bills in the amount of
090$3,086 and the bills and vouchers in the amount of $8,589,164.53. Support. Discussion? Roll call. Member Weber? Yes. Member Bevin Parshall? Yes. Member Kane? Yes. Member Kinney? Yes. Member LoCicero? Yes. Member Martinez? Yes. President Circovich? Yes. Motion carries. All right. Our next work session is April 1st, 2025, 630 at the Board of Education on 639 Oak. Announcements. Dr. Anderson. Okay. I've got a couple quick ones. We celebrated last week Literacy Night. It was a great event. I thank you to Board Members Circovich and Bevin Parshall for bending over on the ground for hours straight, helping kids with their Alka-Seltzer film canister tubes. Rockets. I felt the back pain for you. So we had over 200 people there, many smiling faces, families learning about different activities and all tied to Literacy. So that was fantastic. Congratulations to
091our DECA team. DECA had 52 students who competed at the state level over the weekend. 16 of the students will be moving on to the International Conference in Orlando, Florida. And that will happen next month. This week we have some concerts coming up. Tomorrow we have a vocal concert at RHS at 7 o'clock. Also tomorrow we have our second grade concert, the district wide second grade concert at Garfield at 6 o'clock. And then on Thursday we have our instrumental music concert at 7 o'clock. Spring break does start Friday. We do not have school Friday. So we have an extra day in our spring break here. It does go through the next week and we come back on the 31st. So we're looking forward to seeing everybody back after a restful and safe spring break. Awesome.
092Thank you. Board members, announcements? I just wanted to mention thank you again for having us for literacy night. It was fun. Also thank you for welcoming us into your classrooms and the library during Read Across America week. I really enjoyed the opportunity to read to the students. It was awesome. It was a lot of fun. It was very fun. I had five classrooms last week. Wow. You were busy. That's awesome. I want to say congratulations to the Bear Bots who competed in Belleville this past weekend and they finished 22nd out of 40 teams, which is the best finish that the Bear Bots have had in their esteemed six-year history. They will be competing next in match play at Woodhaven. So follow their social media if you're interested. It's nice and close. You can get over
093and check them out next weekend at Woodhaven competing for hopefully higher than 22nd. Anybody else? Yes. Our Winter Guard has been doing awesome. Their show is Skyfall and they have been pretty consistent with coming into second place with most of their competitions. Nice. That's good. That's really good. Very proud of them. That's a cool activity that lets them, you think of that more as Guard as being like a fall band sport, but it's cool that they get to do it. Very physical. Kind of dangerous to throw those things around. Oh yes. I used to be a Guard member. Oh yes. I've broken three toes. There you go. Oh my gosh. Alright. If that concludes announcements I'll take a motion to adjourn. Motion. Motion. Motion to adjourn. Support.