[0:22] Okay, the regular
[0:24] Richmond school board meeting is about to
[0:25] begin. Please stand for the
[0:27] oath of allegiance. Oops.
[0:30] Wonderful.
[0:34] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United
[0:36] States of America and to the
[0:38] republic it represents, one
[0:40] nation united under God,
[0:42] indivisible, with liberty and justice
[0:44] for all.
[0:48] I turn to one side. Um Candace,
[0:52] if you could read our
[0:54] mission and vision statement and take a look around
[0:56] .
[0:57] Our mission statement is that
[0:59] Richmond community schools
[1:01] provide a quality education and
[1:02] empower students to
[1:04] become accomplished global citizens
[1:06] . And our vision statement is
[1:09] to cultivate a culture of
[1:10] academic excellence, creativity and
[1:12] character, ensuring that all
[1:13] students are prepared to
[1:15] succeed in an ever-
[1:16] changing world. And now, let's call the
[1:20] council members. Gillian?
[1:24] Here.
[1:25] Sears, a board member? Here.
[1:28] Sublett, a member of the council? Here.
[1:31] McEachin, a member of the council?
[1:33] Here.
[1:36] Pardon. Holton, a council member?
[1:38] Here.
[1:39] And Fortune, a member of the council, says
[1:43] Yes. Yes. And I am Cunningham, a member
[1:46] of the council, and we have a quorum. And
[1:50] we have
[1:50] representatives from the student council
[1:52] who are not here.
[1:53] Yeah, they're
[1:54] here.
[1:55] When the time comes for the
[1:56] agenda, I will do it, but they will
[1:58] come, they will be there. Okay,
[1:59] thank you. Okay,
[2:05] I'm looking for a motion to approve
[2:06] the agenda.
[2:09] Um, I'd like to make a motion to
[2:11] change the agenda, to take our
[2:14] student council representatives,
[2:17] they said 7:45, so I'd like to
[2:19] move it to maybe 8. What
[2:22] 's the suggestion? After the points
[2:26] of interest or after our
[2:28] action points. I mean, because I
[2:32] think all of this is going to happen pretty quickly.
[2:34] Why not make four of them,
[2:39] uh?
[2:40] Return. Bring back
[2:42] eight.
[2:43] after 13.
[2:45] Yeah, okay. THANKS. It was nothing.
[2:47] And then renumber.
[2:49] Yeah. Okay, anyone else? Do
[2:53] I have a second for our motion?
[2:55] Support.
[2:56] He always does that to me. Uh, I'm going to
[2:59] give it to Ray. I'm going to give
[3:02] Ray the floor this time. Are there any
[3:35] other points to discuss? All
[3:35] those who are in favor? Yes, yes... Does
[4:29] anyone have any questions or
[4:31] comments about what they are deleting?
[4:37] Not so much on the what, but on the
[4:38] why, I imagine. Why are they
[4:41] removing it from there and putting it somewhere else?
[4:45] Um, what I read is that they
[4:48] think these are beliefs and
[4:50] best practices, not
[4:52] things we would vote on.
[4:56] Um,
[4:57] and they don't say that the MASB is an
[4:59] organization that actually has no
[5:00] power. It's an
[5:04] organization that really benefits
[5:06] school boards, you know, the
[5:08] conferences and courses you
[5:10] can attend. So, from what I've
[5:13] read, they're removing it and there are
[5:15] beliefs because if you
[5:17] look at that one, that one. But
[5:22] just some of the things they
[5:24] remove, there's nothing that can
[5:25] be done. Do you see what I mean
[5:27] ? This is nothing they
[5:29] can vote on to bring about
[5:31] changes. It's just that as an
[5:33] organization, it's what they
[5:35] believe in. And so, after a few
[5:37] years, they decided to simply
[5:39] transfer it. That's how I
[5:42] read it, because it's not an organization
[5:45] that can do much, unless it's
[5:47] lobbying the government.
[5:50] So they make cuts based on
[5:52] their convictions or what
[5:54] school boards accept or think are
[5:56] things that
[5:58] school boards believe in. Over the
[6:01] years, when we sent
[6:03] letters, when problems
[6:05] arose and the MSBA may have
[6:07] approached the state to exert
[6:09] pressure, we agreed to sign
[6:10] a letter and she accompanied it, that sort
[6:13] of thing. All right.
[6:14] And from what I understand, that's what
[6:16] the MSBA does: it advocates for and
[6:18] tries to get laws passed and
[6:21] talks to legislators to
[6:24] lobby, I don't like the word "
[6:26] lobby", but to advocate for
[6:28] some of these different things.
[6:30] And that's what I was wondering, if they
[6:32] removed that from their resolutions
[6:34] and then transposed it into what they
[6:35] call
[6:37] governance guidelines, the MSBA believes that
[6:38] best practices are still
[6:40] something they will support and
[6:41] defend, but simply in a
[6:43] different format.
[6:46] I think that's what I think. That's what I've
[6:50] read and what I think.
[6:51] Anything that suggests
[6:53] removing it is what you think. I
[6:57] think they put it in a
[6:58] different place.
[6:59] Yeah, yeah, that's right, okay. I
[7:01] ...
[7:01] But we don't really know why. I mean
[7:03] , I don't really know.
[7:06] I mean, what is the
[7:07] underlying reason why they decided
[7:08] to...
[7:09] And the only thing I could...
[7:11] Yeah, the only thing I could
[7:12] understand was that because of the...
[7:14] Yeah, it was just to say when
[7:16] you're in
[7:17] charge in December, that made
[7:19] this assembly of delegates, when
[7:21] you go there, when you log in
[7:22] and all that, you can, you know,
[7:24] they all have their badges and say who
[7:26] they are, just ask them a
[7:28] question, hey, what's the reason
[7:29] behind...
[7:31] Because they really didn't
[7:32] share.
[7:33] Well, that's it, and that's why
[7:34] I'm trying to glean from your experience as board
[7:36] members
[7:37] and by gaining more
[7:39] experience what that might be like
[7:40] . Perhaps there is something
[7:42] I missed, which was
[7:43] in the manual but I didn't get to
[7:44] read.
[7:45] No. Well, I even pointed out that it is
[7:47] said that
[7:48] this year's changes will simply shorten and
[7:49] refocus the assembly
[7:51] of delegates. It's a long time.
[7:54] It's
[7:54] true. And they
[7:58] can go until 9 or 10 am.
[8:00] So maybe they meant,
[8:02] you know, that they removed it as
[8:03] in a separate document.
[8:05] And I also don't know if there's
[8:07] someone new in charge of that,
[8:09] or their new president, or something like
[8:11] that? I don't remember.
[8:13] I think I saw something in...
[8:14] Yeah. So it could be
[8:16] someone new overseeing this
[8:18] who just says, "This is how
[8:20] they want to do it." "
[8:21] Find two things, perhaps?" I don't know
[8:23] . That's how I see
[8:25] things. There was something else in there
[8:28] that you had.
[8:29] I mean, I... It seems pretty
[8:33] simple. I highlighted a few points,
[8:35] but I suppose we'll see when
[8:40] we get there.
[8:41] I'm just going to say that if
[8:43] you two...Yeah.
[8:44] Ask and bring it back here...
[8:46] Yeah.
[8:47] You know, at our meeting just so
[8:48] we might have a
[8:50] better understanding of what they're
[8:51] doing.
[8:52] And that doesn't stop you from voting.
[8:56] Vote. Do you see what I mean?
[8:57] It's not like you're voting for
[9:01] us with something different.
[9:04] Monumental, if you will. I think
[9:07] it would be good to ask the question
[9:10] , but the reality is that this is what
[9:13] I think it is. SO. I would still
[9:17] ask why. And
[9:19] they could even say so too. They
[9:22] can. I'm sure they will do it
[9:24] because they're going through all of this.
[9:25] Yeah,
[9:26] they're definitely going to...
[9:28] Yeah. That's for sure.
[9:31] Okay, any other questions about the
[9:33] general resolutions? Okay,
[9:36] starting with the five
[9:38] amended resolutions. The first concerns
[9:41] early childhood education and the
[9:42] rationale for this resolution is
[9:44] that the committee wished to expand the
[9:46] programs on which the state and
[9:47] local districts should
[9:49] focus to help our youngest
[9:50] children and prepare them properly
[9:52] for school. You will notice that in
[9:55] this resolution,
[9:57] what has been changed is indicated in bold. Does anyone have any
[9:59] questions about this?
[10:05] All right. The next one concerns
[10:08] online education. Find it. It
[10:14] starts here. Okay, the resolution
[10:16] on this matter is the reason for the
[10:17] committee's existence. I'm sorry, that's the reason for
[10:18] this resolution. The
[10:20] committee wanted the state to
[10:22] support this allowance, which was
[10:24] eliminated in the 2025-2026 budget.
[10:28] Virtual testing days
[10:30] would allow students who did
[10:31] not show up for tests on a
[10:33] given day to continue their education.
[10:35] This could also allow for
[10:37] planning ahead for days when
[10:38] extreme weather conditions
[10:40] are expected. Any questions about this
[10:43] ? About online education?
[10:49] All right. The next one concerns
[10:52] state financial support. The rationale
[10:56] for this resolution is that the
[10:57] committee felt that this resolution
[10:59] should specifically request the
[11:01] legislature to follow the
[11:02] budget calendar law when it is
[11:04] agreeable. It also needed to be
[11:07] updated to reflect
[11:08] changes in budgeting and
[11:09] funding needs raised
[11:11] by collaboration in
[11:12] school funding research.
[11:15] Well, you all know, having
[11:16] worked on our own budget, how much
[11:17] we are constantly waiting.
[11:19] I'm sure Tammy over there is
[11:20] still waiting for some figures. Um, does anyone have
[11:23] a discussion or question
[11:25] about this? All right. The next
[11:34] point concerns property tax. Oops,
[11:40] I missed it. Do you see what I mean
[11:41] , please? Okay,
[11:45] the rationale for the
[11:47] property tax assessment, the committee wanted to
[11:49] strengthen this resolution in
[11:51] light of the recurring conversations
[11:53] about property tax reforms
[11:56] and the persistent problem of
[11:58] illegal stores that many
[12:00] areas of our state are
[12:02] facing. I don't know what
[12:04] the problem is with illegal shops.
[12:07] But I suppose that's just who
[12:09] knows what they do with that
[12:10] property tax. Any questions about this?
[12:16] Just the same question about what
[12:18] the clandestine store is.
[12:19] I know. I don't know what the
[12:21] persistent problem of
[12:22] illegal stores is that many
[12:24] areas of our state are
[12:25] facing. Perhaps they are
[12:29] simply speaking in a negative way.
[12:34] All right. Okay, the next
[12:35] amended resolution concerns
[12:37] general taxation. Um, the rationale for
[12:40] this proposal is that the
[12:44] committee wanted to
[12:45] formally include in the
[12:47] government's governance resolutions wording
[12:49] regarding revenue replacement
[12:51] and to clarify that new revenue
[12:53] should be sought if
[12:55] tax cuts have a
[12:56] negative impact on school funding
[12:58] . All right. Any questions about this?
[13:06] Not on that one, but if I can
[13:07] go back, a
[13:08] quick internet search...
[13:10] Yeah.
[13:10] Um,
[13:11] what does it say? That's what
[13:11] I just did too.
[13:13] What does
[13:13] it say?
[13:14] So, uh, our glorious AI and
[13:17] Google search found a...
[13:19] the Michigan Municipal League, which
[13:21] shows it as a link. Um, she
[13:25] says she finds the
[13:27] ghost store theory as a
[13:28] property tax assessment strategy where large
[13:30] national
[13:31] big-box retailers argue that their
[13:32] open and fully
[13:34] operational stores should be taxed
[13:35] at the lower market value of a
[13:37] vacant, empty, or abandoned ghost store,
[13:38] in quotes.
[13:42] Hey, cool. That makes sense. Thank you for
[13:46] sharing this. Okay, any other
[13:49] questions about the
[13:51] amended resolutions? Okay, in the
[13:56] next section we have four
[13:58] new or
[14:00] replacement resolutions. The first begins with
[14:03] non-partisan school boards,
[14:05] and the rationale for this
[14:07] proposal is that there has recently been
[14:09] a discussion within the
[14:10] legislative assembly to demand
[14:12] partisan elections for school boards. The MASB
[14:16] opposed the legislation, and the
[14:18] committee felt it was
[14:19] important enough to include
[14:20] in its advocacy resolutions. Any
[14:25] questions about this? Okay, the
[14:32] next three, skills assessment and
[14:34] testing,
[14:36] safe and secure schools, and
[14:38] school buses, all have the same
[14:40] justification. They and it is written:
[14:43] "A similar resolution was
[14:45] included in the
[14:47] governance resolutions. The committee felt it
[14:50] was important to
[14:51] also declare it as an
[14:53] advocacy position. "So, all three
[14:57] gave the same reasoning for
[14:59] wanting to add it to this part of the
[15:05] book." Are there any questions about any
[15:07] of these three questions? Okay, what's
[15:16] going to happen is if you
[15:18] encounter anything in the
[15:20] next two weeks, we'll vote for
[15:22] adoption, we'll allow
[15:24] Candace and Ray to vote on these
[15:26] issues and we're all in favor, it
[15:28] seems, because I'm not hearing
[15:30] any negative opinions. All right ? Okay
[15:36] ,
[15:36] thanks guys.
[15:42] Okay, the next item on the
[15:44] agenda is our double blue race
[15:46] . We'll start with Mary.
[15:49] Sorry, Danielle, I'll start.
[15:52] Oh-oh,
[15:53] who are we going to?
[15:54] We are both going to talk about the
[15:56] same thing, but I will start.
[15:58] Um,
[15:58] I draw on my ice pops
[16:00] just so I can,
[16:02] I'll just think about it, it's okay.
[16:06] We were both able to attend
[16:09] the sorting meeting on the 18th in Lee.
[16:13] Big Run Clark fans, as well as
[16:16] Danielle Lee, were wearing our t-shirts,
[16:18] but it was just a
[16:21] really, really cool gathering, just watching
[16:24] the kids pick their...how they
[16:29] do it. It's a bracelet that matches
[16:32] the house color, and that's how
[16:34] they do it, and it's
[16:36] really exciting. Danielle and I
[16:40] commented on the notes, the number of
[16:42] new children, you know, who
[16:44] come in and do it, but it's just
[16:47] fun with the music and the...
[16:51] So these are confetti cannons.
[16:54] Fun things, you see, but
[16:55] ? Just the children encouraging
[16:58] each other, and watching
[16:59] the children come out and saying, "Oh
[17:01] , that's the one," you know, the one
[17:03] they wanted, and just having
[17:04] a good time. But, and things are changing
[17:08] , things are changing at the college; They're going to
[17:11] do a sorting thing, so it's going to
[17:13] continue to follow, so it's
[17:15] really exciting to have been there.
[17:19] It's a good day. So well done
[17:22] to Lisa and the staff. Okay,
[17:26] I'm sorry Daniel, but you
[17:27] were second.
[17:30] As I said, same here. No, it was
[17:33] funny to see the expressions on
[17:36] some of the children's faces and the sheer
[17:38] excitement they had. Even the
[17:43] new students, I'm not sure
[17:45] they knew exactly what
[17:47] they were getting into or what was going on
[17:49] , but they held it up and the
[17:51] whole school, all 500 children,
[17:53] applauded, whether at home
[17:55] or not. So it was a lot of fun. And
[17:58] I really liked the
[18:00] inflatable mascot costumes and they
[18:03] interacted really well with the children
[18:05] . I think it was the
[18:07] kindergarten teachers who did it. They
[18:09] therefore did an excellent job
[18:11] interacting with the public. And
[18:14] Mr. Gusmano had his say.
[18:17] I will share more details
[18:19] in my update. All right. Is that
[18:23] better, Daniel?
[18:24] Yeah. Okay,
[18:25] thank you. Sarah.
[18:26] Nothing this week.
[18:27] Raymond.
[18:30] Uh yeah, just a quick thank you to the
[18:32] person in charge of putting all these
[18:34] events on Facebook and
[18:36] documenting all the different
[18:39] things that the teachers, the
[18:41] district and all the schools are doing. Because,
[18:45] you know, I can't attend
[18:46] all the events and I like to keep up to date by
[18:47] being able to
[18:49] see them on social media,
[18:50] watching videos and looking at
[18:51] photos. So, congratulations to the team that
[18:54] organized all of this.
[18:56] THANKS.
[18:58] I would say that the team is our
[18:59] buildings, our staff, our
[19:01] building administrators, the
[19:02] secretaries, Cynthia, myself, the
[19:04] district, but it's everyone
[19:05] because we don't have a
[19:07] communications director. So everyone's
[19:10] on deck, okay?
[19:11] But you're doing an excellent job
[19:13] covering that up, so thank you.
[19:16] Don't we have
[19:16] individual people in
[19:18] the building yet? Is someone
[19:20] responsible for them? Yes, there are therefore
[19:22] resource people in each
[19:24] building to whom everyone sends
[19:26] their belongings.
[19:28] Cool. Okay,
[19:29] Candace.
[19:31] I am here. I just want to thank
[19:33] Miss Bolling, Miss Zabel, and Miss
[19:36] Rodriguez for taking the time
[19:38] to attend the men's tennis tournament
[19:40] at BC Street this week. I
[19:44] know they were all there for
[19:47] the prom dress fitting, then
[19:50] they went over there, took their
[19:54] time and came back. I especially thank them for taking time out
[20:01] of their work hours and
[20:04] supporting the students.
[20:08] THANKS. I have nothing to say tonight. The
[20:12] next item on the agenda is
[20:13] our update on the superintendent and
[20:14] legislation. All right.
[20:16] We are in the fourth week
[20:19] of school. The students and staff are
[20:21] settling in and getting into their
[20:22] routines, it seems, it seems, and we
[20:24] get the impression that this is somewhat the case.
[20:27] I had the opportunity to attend a
[20:29] breakfast on
[20:31] manufacturing day with Miss Zabel at MISD on
[20:33] September 15th. It was a
[20:37] great event for all the adults who are
[20:39] planning for our children to go into
[20:41] a business, something the students
[20:42] will share more of. I don't want to
[20:44] steal the spotlight from them. The three
[20:48] directors and I attended
[20:50] the MACA. MACA is the Macomb Area
[20:52] Curriculum Association through
[20:54] MISD on
[20:55] September 16th. It was an excellent way
[20:57] to network and gather
[20:58] information. The four of us will be participating
[21:00] throughout the year. A
[21:03] virtual meeting and an in-person meeting.
[21:05] So we are thinking about how to
[21:07] achieve this. But they
[21:08] really enjoyed being there with
[21:09] me. We had our first
[21:12] early version of PLC, if you
[21:13] look at the calendar, the
[21:15] professional learning communities, which are the first
[21:17] year of operation. We received it on
[21:19] September 17th. Um, after
[21:22] lunch, around 1:00, 1:15, 1:10,
[21:23] the students go home, then
[21:25] our staff get to work
[21:26] together, and here, I commend our
[21:28] building administrators because they
[21:29] are responsible for all of
[21:30] this, um, but the focus was on
[21:32] data relating to
[21:33] student outcomes and on a culture
[21:34] of continuous improvement for our
[21:36] students. I was able to visit all
[21:40] three buildings and excellent
[21:41] work was done during this
[21:43] first PLC, and there is good
[21:44] energy for the next one. Uh, yes,
[21:48] the Lee house sorting assembly,
[21:49] I'm still a little deaf from that
[21:51] experience. Uh, it was noisy,
[21:53] very noisy, but it was great.
[21:56] Uh, I'm officially in the
[21:58] red house of Amistad, so uh, I was able to get
[22:01] out of the little thing too and
[22:03] I got a t-shirt and a bracelet. The
[22:06] children were excited, and it's
[22:07] funny, they all see me and they
[22:08] all say, "I'm also part of
[22:10] the red team." And they remember
[22:12] . So, they're excited about it.
[22:15] Such a positive and
[22:17] upbeat energy, uh, and then I'm excited
[22:18] for the college, as
[22:20] council member Telto said, they're going to sort
[22:22] their houses in October for the
[22:24] first time, uh, which will be
[22:25] exciting too. SO. Uh, the
[22:28] seniors' evening, I was able to attend the
[22:30] seniors' evening for football,
[22:31] the orchestra, golf, cheerleaders
[22:33] and tennis, uh, during the
[22:34] home football match on September 18th.
[22:36] Um, just like I love going there.
[22:38] Congratulations to all the parents and
[22:39] seniors. Um, I have a senior citizen myself,
[22:41] so I know how
[22:42] important this is. Um, but I love seeing them,
[22:44] they're just happy. It's sad,
[22:47] but it's a happy and sad moment,
[22:48] but I love, uh, excellent work by
[22:50] Preston and everyone who
[22:51] organized this. Um, I had the opportunity
[22:55] to attend the MASSA Superintendents' Fall Conference
[22:59] last week, from September 23rd to 25th
[23:01] . Thank you for giving me
[23:03] the opportunity to network with
[23:05] school principals in Michigan. I
[23:08] brought back some really great ideas,
[23:09] but more importantly, I was able to
[23:10] meet school principals
[23:12] I probably never would have been able to get
[23:13] in touch with otherwise, all across
[23:14] Michigan, some of them
[23:16] smaller than Richmond. 300 students, you
[23:18] know, 900 students, 1,000. I had
[23:20] almost 1,600. So, I didn't
[23:22] feel so small when I was with them.
[23:25] So, thank you for giving me
[23:27] the opportunity to attend. We are launching
[23:31] our
[23:32] My Kip school improvement process,
[23:33] Michigan's continuous improvement, as you have
[23:35] heard in the past. We have three
[23:38] objectives over three years,
[23:40] so we are continuing this work, but on
[23:42] October 5th, I believe, our
[23:44] district improvement team will meet
[23:46] and launch this process for the year
[23:48] and continue all the work that has been
[23:50] done over the
[23:52] past year. So I am very happy about
[23:54] that. We have some
[23:56] amazing people on this team and I can't wait
[23:58] to share that in October. We
[24:01] will present the data
[24:03] at the first meeting in October
[24:05] . You will then be able to see the
[24:07] impressive progress we have
[24:08] made and the enthusiasm generated
[24:10] in the school thanks to all
[24:11] the progress made in terms of
[24:13] student success. So stay
[24:15] tuned.
[24:17] Registration update. As you can see
[24:19] in your file, our workforce was
[24:22] approximately 1,595 as of September 23rd. We are starting to
[24:26] stabilize with
[24:28] all the additions and deletions
[24:30] of registrations,
[24:31] phone calls and absences. We
[24:34] do this work as the
[24:35] day of reckoning approaches, which is very
[24:37] important. I will therefore ensure that
[24:39] this message is sent to staff to inform them
[24:41] of the importance of taking
[24:42] attendance and to the establishments to
[24:43] call families if they have not yet
[24:45] shown up.
[24:47] So we are doing rather well in terms of
[24:48] student enrollment. I'm not going to
[24:51] say much more about the
[24:52] week of returning home, because the
[24:53] students have things to say, but
[24:55] that's coming. I'm very impatient.
[24:56] As a former high school principal,
[24:57] the back-to-school week is
[24:59] the most important. This is kind of the
[25:00] starting point for me. But I am
[25:03] delighted to participate in all the
[25:04] activities and festivities, and the
[25:05] student representatives will share
[25:06] what is happening. I don't want to
[25:08] steal the spotlight from them. We are launching our
[25:11] superintendent's advisory committee. Right now
[25:14] , we are collecting names.
[25:16] I am really delighted because it has
[25:18] turned into a group
[25:19] of primary school students, a group of middle
[25:21] school students and a group of high school students. We're
[25:24] going to separate them because I want
[25:26] these students to really tell us
[25:27] what they want to see in their school
[25:28] , what they like, and what they want
[25:29] us to improve. We are
[25:33] therefore receiving lists of names right now
[25:34] from administrators and
[25:35] staff. I hope that in October
[25:37] I will be able to organize my first
[25:38] meeting with the three levels and
[25:40] get the students' opinions and views
[25:41] on their year and what they
[25:44] would like to see more of and
[25:46] improve in the system. So, uh, an
[25:48] update on our
[25:50] School Resources Officer, SRO. Uh, I
[25:53] met Chief Castello. We
[25:55] met them twice. In fact,
[25:57] we met them today
[25:58] or yesterday. I don't remember when.
[25:59] No, it wasn't yesterday, because they
[26:01] met them on Sunday. It's
[26:02] today. Um, there are
[26:04] staffing problems at the
[26:06] police department right now. Uh, and we kind of knew that
[26:09] . So, right now,
[26:11] Agent McCoy is not on campus
[26:13] full-time, as he wanted or
[26:14] according to his schedule, whatever it may
[26:16] be. He is available to us, uh,
[26:19] by phone, whenever we
[26:20] need him. Well, they are
[26:22] available to us when we
[26:24] need them, when we have a
[26:25] situation. But at the moment, they are
[26:27] handling some
[26:28] personnel matters themselves. So, uh,
[26:30] I hope we soon find out who
[26:32] our SRO is, whether it will be McCoy or
[26:34] someone else, and
[26:36] then we can get up to speed on this
[26:38] routine schedule. So, I've
[26:40] been in contact with them and whenever
[26:42] we need them, they're there
[26:43] in a flash. So, we continue.
[26:46] And then, the Richmond band's concert
[26:48] is happening right now at the
[26:50] stadium. So, uh, the groups Algonac,
[26:52] Richmond and Armada are here, I believe,
[26:54] to perform. Well, they might be
[26:56] finished when we're finished,
[26:57] but
[26:57] Armada and Richmond have only just
[26:58] begun. All right.
[26:59] Claire just sent me a text message.
[27:01] Yeah. That's why
[27:02] I was looking at my phone.
[27:03] Yeah.
[27:05] So, uh, a lot of
[27:06] great things are happening. Um, I have to say
[27:09] that as the new director, I
[27:11] have to say that I am very... I will
[27:12] continue to say it. I am just
[27:15] very impressed by the students,
[27:17] staff and
[27:19] community members, by the kindness of the
[27:21] people, by their commitment, by their
[27:23] pride. Um, I'm looking forward to continuing to be a
[27:26] part of all this, to
[27:28] building it and perpetuating this
[27:30] great pride. Uh, students in
[27:33] particular. The staff
[27:35] are great, but the students
[27:36] I work with continue to be
[27:38] impressed by their kindness. And no
[27:41] matter what level I'm going to,
[27:42] Lee, whether it's middle school or high school, have
[27:44] a nice day, have a nice
[27:45] weekend, thank you, please, right
[27:46] ? Um, give me a
[27:48] hug. Uh, you know, in
[27:50] elementary school, they're all
[27:51] hugs now. So, uh, but
[27:53] I love it. That's great. And uh, I'm
[27:55] so happy to be here. Um
[27:57] , and kudos to this community, and um
[28:00] , it's an incredible community.
[28:02] So, uh, that's what I'm going to say.
[28:05] At the legislative level, there is nothing
[28:07] new, it will be very calm until after the
[28:09] November elections. It's as if I've
[28:12] really searched and searched,
[28:14] what can I share? But really,
[28:16] uh, we're going to talk about
[28:18] safety and security 31A A.
[28:20] We'll discuss that in October. Um,
[28:23] we will have a discussion and we
[28:25] will have to make a decision, I believe
[28:26] , in November, regarding this
[28:28] grant, whether we want to take this
[28:29] money or not. So, that's really the
[28:31] only thing that interests us.
[28:33] All right.
[28:34] THANKS. Yeah. All right. The
[28:36] next item on the agenda
[28:38] concerns the board's points of interest
[28:39] ,
[28:41] starting with Sarah.
[28:42] Uh, yeah. So, I just wanted to
[28:46] talk about one thing. I spoke with
[28:49] Deb the other day, yesterday I think, and
[28:52] we were talking about Sandy's resignation
[28:55] . And I know it seems the plan
[28:58] was for its effective date
[29:01] to be October 3rd, right? That's
[29:03] correct.
[29:04] Uh, the 4th. The 4th. It's the 4th because the vote takes
[29:08] place on November 3rd.
[29:10] Therefore, we need to provide it within
[29:12] 30 days. That's
[29:13] correct.
[29:14] But there are 31 days in October. So,
[29:16] 30 days is not the 3rd. But if we do
[29:18] n't know who it is... I know your
[29:19] plan was that whoever got
[29:21] the most votes would take over.
[29:23] All right.
[29:24] I'm just worried about all of us.
[29:26] Who will replace us then? That
[29:27] was my thought.
[29:28] Oh, okay.
[29:29] It was...It was...It was...
[29:30] my
[29:30] thought. And I didn't...We were
[29:32] just thinking about some
[29:34] things. That's what
[29:36] Deb told me.
[29:37] Yeah. That's my opinion.
[29:38] Then I started thinking about last
[29:40] night and I thought that first of all
[29:42] , with the 31 days, we had to bring
[29:44] someone in before
[29:45] election day, so we won't have
[29:47] the results yet. And I think it's
[29:49] too tight anyway because we don't
[29:51] even know if this person
[29:52] will be available for the rest of
[29:54] the year. So, I think we should
[29:56] publish it. I imagine that the people
[29:58] who are on the ballot, if
[30:00] they can, because some
[30:01] people may have things set
[30:03] aside for January, but who knows if
[30:05] they will be available for the rest
[30:06] of the year. I don't know. They
[30:08] might have things going on, or be on
[30:09] vacation. So, I guess I
[30:11] just thought maybe we could
[30:12] publish it anyway. If they
[30:14] are interested and available, they
[30:16] would come to the interview and we
[30:17] would choose, we would vote and we would
[30:19] go through the process rather than
[30:20] not doing it. That was my idea. I don't
[30:24] know what others think.
[30:25] I was unable
[30:27] to reach him. I called
[30:29] MASB today. I was going to speak to
[30:31] the lawyer there, but he wasn't
[30:33] available. So, I'll try again
[30:36] tomorrow and I've left a message. So
[30:38] , I hope I want to know what
[30:41] we need to do. Honestly, okay
[30:44] , if we let the
[30:46] 30 days go by, it will come back
[30:48] to the ISD anyway and they will decide.
[30:50] That's not true.
[30:51] According to our council policy, that's what
[30:53] she says.
[30:55] But the reality is that this is a
[30:57] unique situation. Let's think back to when,
[31:00] uh, what was her name?
[31:04] Bridget Chewbacca has left the council,
[31:06] okay? And we did not follow
[31:08] our
[31:09] board policy to the letter. Um,
[31:12] Sherry Zuby had served on the
[31:14] board, lost
[31:16] the election, and we, as the
[31:18] board, said,
[31:20] "Hey, would she be interested? "
[31:22] We didn't interview her, we didn't do anything
[31:23] because she was
[31:24] someone we already knew."
[31:27] So, we've already done it and the
[31:30] report itself, you can't
[31:35] do anything before October 4th. So
[31:36] you can't publish anything in there, can you
[31:37] ? So, you have...Yes,
[31:40] it says you have 30 days,
[31:42] but the reality is that we have
[31:44] a meeting on October 12th. On
[31:47] October 12th, we could have had...I mean, I would have
[31:48] thought we
[31:50] were going to have a conversation tonight,
[31:52] but we could have had a
[31:53] conversation. There are people who, uh,
[31:56] are former members of the board
[31:59] of directors. Uh, there are a few
[32:02] people who have approached me, and I
[32:04] told them that, you know, there are
[32:06] people who, a few people who have
[32:08] approached me, and I told them, you
[32:10] know, we don't have anything definite,
[32:12] but it could be, it could
[32:14] be really easy to pick
[32:15] someone who is a former board member
[32:17] to just
[32:19] fill a little bit of that void. Or, if you
[32:21] were to take up Deb's idea about
[32:23] who got the most votes in
[32:25] the election, that would be something
[32:27] we should vote on as a
[32:29] board. Is this how
[32:30] we want to do it? You
[32:32] could do this at the board meeting on
[32:34] October 12th. You could add an item
[32:36] to the agenda. What are you going to do
[32:38] to fill this void? And if it's the
[32:41] most votes or, you know, drawing a
[32:43] name at random from among the three people,
[32:45] all that. All right. In the meantime,
[32:49] between now and October 12th,
[32:51] because I was thinking about what you
[32:53] said,
[32:54] I did it either.
[32:55] that people might, you know,
[32:57] in their minds, think: "I'll put myself forward
[32:58] and I don't need to be on the
[32:59] board
[33:00] until January." "
[33:02] Or perhaps they would like to be
[33:03] , but that's what I thought afterwards
[33:05] ." I think Sarah and I talked about it
[33:07] . Okay, let's say Dana over there
[33:09] , I'll use you as an example
[33:12] . She said, "Yes, I would like to do it
[33:14] ." "And the interviews and we
[33:15] say, 'Yeah. "Does that
[33:18] give him an advantage on election day,
[33:20] November 4th?"
[33:21] But that's okay, because we did it
[33:22] with Jessica's camp.
[33:23] Well, now you see that I didn't
[33:25] know that.
[33:25] Jessica had an interview,
[33:27] and she was on the ballot,
[33:29] and we nominated her, and then she
[33:30] won the election. But I have
[33:32] the impression that it gives him
[33:34] an absolute advantage.
[33:36] And I didn't know if it was right.
[33:39] We've already done it. What I
[33:41] would like us to do is make sure
[33:43] we can't do anything
[33:45] before October 12th. That's
[33:48] correct.
[33:49] So, on October 12th, at the same
[33:51] meeting, I would like this to be an
[33:53] item on the agenda for
[33:55] discussion. And if we want to
[33:58] discuss the three people who are
[34:00] running, uh, name one of
[34:03] them or whatever, then I would like
[34:06] us to contact these three people and
[34:08] say to them: Are you
[34:10] interested? Does your
[34:11] situation and schedule
[34:13] allow it?
[34:14] So we are not obliged to
[34:15] publish an interview?
[34:16] What ? We...I examined it.
[34:19] We can, if we can,
[34:22] we could do it by word of
[34:23] mouth.
[34:24] But if you go and consult our
[34:25] policy.
[34:26] But on October 12, if we decide what
[34:27] we're going to do, and it's
[34:29] back, all three people
[34:33] are interested in something.
[34:35] You can publish the question on
[34:37] October 13th and
[34:38] this person must be
[34:40] interviewed on October 26th, which is our
[34:42] next board meeting
[34:43] .
[34:45] I don't know why we have to
[34:46] drag things out this long.
[34:47] I mean, I'm thinking why not
[34:48] give one of those three people.
[34:49] Assuming it is one of those
[34:50] three people. I'm making a
[34:51] guess. Why not
[34:53] involve them and get them used to it earlier?
[34:56] I have the impression that this is an advantage
[34:57] , don't you think?
[34:58] I'm not saying it's not an
[34:59] advantage. It is not one. I'm
[35:01] just saying that from a process perspective,
[35:03] this should be an item on the
[35:06] agenda. When we did it with
[35:07] Sherry, we, as a board
[35:09] of directors,
[35:09] were in agreement on that. We agreed that
[35:12] this should be on the agenda. We agreed
[35:13] that
[35:15] we could reach a consensus this
[35:17] evening. Yes, we are just reaching a
[35:18] consensus on what people want to
[35:20] do. I don't know if it needs to
[35:21] be as formal on the agenda
[35:23] as a presentation. I think that's
[35:25] right: what do we want to do?
[35:26] And then we'll know about the fourth one
[35:28] . Should we publish it? Do we
[35:29] contact people?
[35:30] Yes.
[35:31] I don't know if we should wait two
[35:32] more weeks. Put it on the
[35:33] agenda.
[35:34] Well, I can't... Well, I can't
[35:35] do anything before the fourth one.
[35:37] I say we can reach a
[35:38] consensus on a plan. It's
[35:39] true.
[35:40] This evening. We can say to ourselves: "Okay,
[35:41] what do we want to do? "And we
[35:43] can just make a plan."
[35:44] Yeah, that's good.
[35:46] So, you said to wait two
[35:47] weeks. Put that on the agenda
[35:48] .
[35:48] No, no. That's...That's what we want to
[35:50] do.
[35:50] No, the plan was as I said,
[35:52] but I...
[35:53] First of all, we are talking about the people who are
[35:55] applying for this position to
[35:56] start in January. Next, I think
[36:00] the chairman of the board needs to have
[36:02] a conversation...
[36:03] Yeah.
[36:03] with the three candidates or individuals.
[36:05] Because
[36:06] someone's schedule might be complicated.
[36:08] No, man.
[36:10] And maybe the three of them couldn't do it,
[36:11] and we would know we had
[36:13] a better plan. So, we don't
[36:14] need to publish it and
[36:16] redo it. It's not something
[36:18] we should...
[36:18] No, we don't do it.
[36:20] We can just choose our own plan
[36:21] .
[36:22] Yeah, it's... There's like an or or or
[36:24] .
[36:24] Our policy tells us to do this, but
[36:26] there have been some precedents that have
[36:28] created things over the
[36:30] past year. And Sherry is the only
[36:32] really important person where it was
[36:34] like, you know what, we don't
[36:35] do interviews, we don't
[36:36] waste our time doing that
[36:38] because we know we know.
[36:41] And she wants to come back and serve us
[36:43] until this election which only lasted a
[36:46] few months.
[36:47] Yeah, you know.
[36:48] So, what's her name? She did it
[36:49] too, but she did
[36:50] interviews. Who, uh,
[36:53] Tracy.
[36:54] Bartels.
[36:55] No.
[36:55] Yeah, yeah, I would simply express
[36:58] my support for contacting the three,
[37:00] seeing who is interested, and then
[37:03] bringing that up at the
[37:05] fourth meeting.
[37:05] Bring this up at the 12th meeting. We will let
[37:08] you know in advance, or if
[37:10] , say, there is one who is
[37:11] interested, then I will bring that up at
[37:13] the 12th meeting and say that we
[37:14] have one.
[37:15] But then, it's not a big deal. But does that
[37:18] mean that as a
[37:21] board of directors, we
[37:23] are only interested in the person
[37:25] I think...Okay, but that's what it
[37:27] takes...
[37:28] So we have to say it now as a
[37:30] board of directors.
[37:31] For me, continuity would make sense
[37:33] , wouldn't it? That's how
[37:34] I feel.
[37:35] I would say that if it is one of these
[37:37] three candidates and they are
[37:38] available and interested, it would only make
[37:40] sense for me, because the
[37:42] transition would be smoother. There's
[37:45] no retraining, there's no
[37:46] good...
[37:47] Yeah. Yes.
[37:48] For a month, if it were someone
[37:49] from the outside, but that wouldn't be
[37:51] enough. It's as if
[37:53] five people were attending
[37:54] four meetings. From
[37:55] the outside, who have already been
[37:56] members of the board of directors,
[37:57] that's what I'm saying. Not just any
[37:58] person. That doesn't make sense
[38:00] .
[38:00] Well, that's what I'm saying. If they
[38:02] apply for the position and they...
[38:04] Yeah.
[38:05] Because I mean, I agree
[38:06] . Yes, let's say, Jessica,
[38:08] right? I could call Jessica
[38:10] tomorrow and say, "Hey, can you
[38:11] replace her?" "Because she served
[38:12] on the board of directors." But the
[38:13] reality is that she hasn't
[38:14] been on the board of directors
[38:15] for a while. She probably could
[38:16] n't keep up. And I say that for everyone
[38:18] . You may
[38:20] need this acclimatization period. Do you
[38:22] hold the seat and fulfill the
[38:24] role if you have been on the board
[38:25] of directors? Yes.
[38:26] I think so.
[38:27] But I think it makes more sense to bring in
[38:28] someone who will most
[38:30] likely sit on the board
[38:31] .
[38:32] And to gain a head start.
[38:34] I'd like to, because I don't
[38:36] disagree with it, but I'm just saying
[38:38] that if that's the consensus, no matter what everyone
[38:40] wants to do, then
[38:43] Deb has to...
[38:44] What was my plan?
[38:45] I'd like Deb to call those
[38:47] three. And really, Deb, it
[38:49] could just be an email
[38:51] telling us that all three of us are
[38:53] interested and then we
[38:55] proceed differently.
[38:57] If all three of them are interested,
[38:59] that means that on the 12th, you have to
[39:00] decide what we're going to do. Choose
[39:03] ...
[39:03] Yeah. One of them
[39:04] ...
[39:04] And I can let you know.
[39:05] Yes. As soon as
[39:06] I...As soon as the fourth one arrives, that was
[39:07] my plan.
[39:10] Well, it doesn't matter who gets the
[39:11] most votes, because we can
[39:12] do it sooner. We don't
[39:15] need to wait for the elections, that's what
[39:16] I'm saying.
[39:17] We don't do that.
[39:18] I don't think we should
[39:19] wait until the end of the elections.
[39:20] Oh, I see what you mean.
[39:22] For
[39:22] me, the votes are not relevant.
[39:24] For me, we just need to choose one of the
[39:26] three and use the
[39:29] criteria we will use.
[39:32] Yes.
[39:33] And now I see what you mean
[39:35] .
[39:35] Because I don't know what...
[39:36] Literally, we could ask
[39:37] someone to start on October 26th
[39:39] if they are interested. That's correct.
[39:40] All right. Yeah. That's it
[39:42] .
[39:42] And if they are accepted, then so be it
[39:44] ? I imagine that uncontested people
[39:46] are probably
[39:47] accepted, so
[39:49] oh yeah. Once again, it could
[39:51] be. Again
[39:52] .
[39:53] Yeah.
[39:54] Unless there is an inscription.
[39:55] If they
[39:56] are...
[39:57] Then, does everyone...
[39:59] like the idea
[40:01] of ​​Deb contacting the three candidates? And
[40:04] I think so. All right.
[40:06] Yeah, it's fine.
[40:07] Yeah, I kind of
[40:09] assumed it would be like that.
[40:11] I mean, I have my preferences
[40:14] among the three. I
[40:17] just based it on the last "Uh-oh, here
[40:20] we are in uniform".
[40:29] Uh, okay, if it's Ray, you
[40:31] didn't say anything, but do you
[40:32] agree with that?
[40:34] He did it.
[40:34] Oh, I didn't hear him say that. I
[40:36] just saw that you were listed. I didn't
[40:37] hear, "
[40:38] No, no, like I said, yeah, I
[40:40] just mean that it's in line with
[40:42] our board policy guidelines,
[40:45] and yeah, it makes sense to me.
[40:47] Okay,
[40:48] so all of you took the brunt of my
[40:49] anger.
[40:51] Oh, sorry.
[40:52] No, it's fine. Maybe I should have gone
[40:54] first. But that was my
[40:57] plan. I was going to contact the three of them and
[40:59] see first if they were willing
[41:02] and
[41:03] able. And then after that, I'd
[41:06] email you all and say, 'Hey,
[41:08] yeah, no, whatever.'" "And then, if
[41:10] we have one, okay, on the 12th, we
[41:12] interview this person or, I
[41:15] mean, I don't even know, do we
[41:17] need an interview? I mean,
[41:23] I don't think there is one.
[41:24] Like I said, that's true. I would
[41:25] just check that out. That's what
[41:28] I do. That's why I also made
[41:31] a phone call to MASB.
[41:33] I want to make sure I
[41:36] understand the difference between conducting
[41:37] the interview, because when we didn't conduct it, it was
[41:39] because someone
[41:41] had already served on the board
[41:42] .
[41:44] Oh, maybe that's it,
[41:45] and that's the only reason why,
[41:46] as a board,
[41:48] we said we weren't going to do an
[41:49] interview. The reality is,
[41:51] the three people who are putting themselves forward for the
[41:54] board have
[41:55] never been
[41:57] interviewed, have never been
[41:59] interviewed. I don't know why; that's
[42:01] the part I'm not
[42:03] sure about.
[42:04] That's why I need to check. I'm
[42:06] going to... That was one of my questions.
[42:08] Ask the MASB. Should I call
[42:10] our attorney? Uh-huh.
[42:11] To find out?
[42:12] Yeah. Okay.
[42:13] That's right.
[42:13] I thought of that too.
[42:15] It'll just give you your
[42:16] best answer.
[42:17] I had that in mind. Okay.
[42:20] Any other questions or comments that
[42:22] Sarah hasn't raised? Is
[42:24] everything okay? Okay. I have a plan.
[42:26] As soon as the 4th rolls around, I'll let you
[42:29] know as soon as I know... I know
[42:32] the MASB, Brad, is going to call me back. He
[42:34] told me the secretary said he would
[42:35] . So, I'll
[42:36] check with him, but I'll also
[42:38] contact Don. He's our
[42:40] district attorney. And make sure you
[42:41] follow up. Get an update
[42:42] from our district attorney.
[42:44] Well, I'll share with
[42:45] both of you. Okay. I thought of that
[42:47] because he's the one who helps us
[42:49] develop our policies. He has So
[42:52] maybe a better idea of ​​what
[42:53] we can and can't
[42:55] do. And I just want to make sure
[42:56] we're doing things right.
[42:57] Okay? Okay, that sounds good.
[43:00] Sarah, anything else? Okay.
[43:02] Next person, Candace.
[43:04] No. I'm ready.
[43:05] Okay. Um, Danielle? That's fine.
[43:08] Um, Raymond?
[43:10] We were just talking about that. Okay.
[43:12] Margaret?
[43:13] No. That's fine.
[43:14] Oh my God. Okay. I just have one
[43:17] thing because you already took my
[43:19] other. Um, homecoming is
[43:21] next week. And we know we're
[43:23] going to hear about it. Um, I spoke
[43:25] to Carrie Schieber, who's ahead
[43:28] of the curve on homecoming in the
[43:30] building. And she was just at an
[43:32] event. We read an event
[43:34] together this weekend. She's going to send me
[43:36] all the houses and when they're having them
[43:38] . So, if I know that
[43:41] last year we got
[43:42] pizzas, some of them We did it
[43:44] or went to certain
[43:45] houses. I know Danielle
[43:47] gave us, uh, was it you or who?
[43:50] Candace. Candace gave us the...
[43:52] Oh, yeah.
[43:52] Candace gave us the good one. So,
[43:54] I'll have all that information as soon as
[43:56] I hear from Carrie.
[43:58] Uh, I'm going to check with her because
[43:59] she was supposed to send it
[44:00] today and I didn't get it.
[44:02] But I'm going to send it to everyone
[44:04] . And if you want to choose or if you
[44:06] want to go or not... Uh, I
[44:08] checked with Pasquale. The district
[44:10] will cover the cost of the pizza. Uh,
[44:13] so you can, you know, if you
[44:14] buy a pizza for that, you can return it
[44:16] and get a refund.
[44:18] Okay? Okay, cool. Okay, anything
[44:23] else about that? Okay, let's go downstairs
[44:29] . Okay, we're going to go over
[44:33] the rest because we kind of brought you
[44:34] downstairs.
[44:35] Yeah, I just told her to take
[44:36] a deep breath.
[44:37] Everything's
[44:38] fine.
[44:38] I told her where she stood.
[44:39] Okay. Since the next item on
[44:41] the agenda is
[44:43] public comment. Since the last
[44:45] council meeting, the council has not received any
[44:46] emails. There were no
[44:48] public comments that required a response
[44:49] at the last
[44:51] council meeting. This time, any member of the
[44:53] public will have 3 minutes to address
[44:54] the council. Please sign in and
[44:56] state your name. If you wish to
[44:58] follow up, please provide your
[44:59] contact information on the
[45:00] sign-in sheet for
[45:02] public comment. Are there any
[45:04] public comments? Okay, since there are
[45:11] no public comments, we
[45:12] will proceed to our action items.
[45:15] I am looking for a motion for the
[45:17] speech-language pathologist contract with Presence.
[45:21] I move to accept the
[45:22] Superintendent's recommendation and
[45:24] approve the contract with Presence
[45:25] to fill a temporarily
[45:27] vacant position in
[45:28] Special Education, as outlined in the
[45:30] attached documentation. Go ahead.
[45:32] Thank you. Is there a discussion? Everyone
[45:36] who is For?
[45:37] Yes.
[45:38] Against? The motion is adopted. I'm
[45:41] looking for a motion for the
[45:43] redistribution of the responsibilities of the
[45:45] Director of Educational Programs and
[45:46] Services.
[45:49] I'll introduce it and I'll
[45:50] look at it. Okay,
[45:52] go ahead.
[45:53] I move that we accept the
[45:55] Superintendent's recommendation and approve an
[45:57] allowance for each of the school principals in the
[46:01] rebuilding district for additional
[46:02] educational programs and services
[46:04] , at a total net cost
[46:06] not to exceed $10,000 per
[46:08] principal, including the allowance and
[46:10] all employer-paid social security and
[46:11] retirement contributions
[46:13] , for a total
[46:15] district cost not to exceed $30,000.
[46:19] Second. Okay,
[46:21] I'll give Sarah my word first
[46:23] . Okay, are there any
[46:25] discussions?
[46:25] Yes. Um, Mr. Cusumano, I just have a
[46:29] question. I know that in the background,
[46:33] there's talk of the first semester and
[46:36] all that, and my question was that what
[46:38] we're doing doesn't set a
[46:41] precedent, since we're
[46:43] only doing it for this semester. So,
[46:46] should that be in the resolution
[46:48] ? Just for
[46:52] the first semester?
[46:53] You know, because others... It's kind of like
[46:55] ... Well, not
[46:56] really... It's about addressing the
[46:58] fact that this is something that's going to happen
[47:00] , but in the background, and I
[47:02] know you and I have spoken on the
[47:03] phone. So, I just want to...
[47:07] Yeah, is the last paragraph
[47:08] helpful in the first action item
[47:10] where it says that before the start of the
[47:12] second semester, head teachers
[47:14] will review the effectiveness and
[47:15] workload associated with the
[47:17] redistribution model and
[47:18] determine whether continuing the
[47:20] model is appropriate for the remainder
[47:22] of the school year?
[47:24] Well, that
[47:25] helps, or
[47:26] rather, it helps in the
[47:27] background, but I don't think
[47:28] it helps in the resolution. And I don't
[47:30] know if we should say it's just
[47:32] documentation.
[47:33] Or if we should put in a
[47:35] one-time allocation? You're worried... Yeah, that's
[47:38] the one thing I'm worried about,
[47:41] a recurring precedent.
[47:43] Putting in a one-time allocation.
[47:45] Because You're going to review it
[47:46] anyway.
[47:46] Something that... Okay,
[47:48] because the context indicates that you're going to
[47:50] review it.
[47:51] Yes. Okay.
[47:52] Very well.
[47:53] Yes. So, it's her semester, it's
[47:55] only for the first semester,
[47:57] then I'll review how it's going
[47:59] , and then see if in the second
[48:00] semester I'll come back before the
[48:01] board and ask if I'd like to
[48:03] do this for the second semester,
[48:04] and then if we were to do this in
[48:06] the future, we should do the same
[48:07] thing.
[48:08] And it says not to exceed 30,
[48:10] so that would lend itself to you
[48:11] not being able to continue. But I would
[48:13] say OK, so I'll amend my
[48:17] OK motion
[48:18] to include the words "once" before "
[48:20] allocation." So we're recommending a one-time
[48:24] allocation and everything else.
[48:27] Can you
[48:28] still support
[48:28] Sarah, will you still support her
[48:29] ?
[48:30] Thank you.
[48:30] Yes.
[48:31] Do you want to include that it's just
[48:32] for the first semester at this stage?
[48:35] No, because if you do it once,
[48:37] it's now. If it comes back in the
[48:39] second semester, it doesn't
[48:42] say what it's for, is it for
[48:43] the year or for the Semester, it's
[48:44] not stated.
[48:45] Oh, I see. Does it
[48:50] matter? Tammy, what do you think?
[48:53] I
[48:54] think it would be clearer. I think it's
[48:56] irrelevant.
[48:58] what? I
[48:59] think it is. It sets a
[49:01] specific timeframe.
[49:02] So, approve a one-time allocation
[49:04] for the first semester of the
[49:06] 2026-2027 academic year.
[49:08] Yeah. Okay
[49:08] , I'll amend it to say that.
[49:12] Cynthia, do you have those words? Thank you,
[49:16] Tammy. Okay, any further discussions?
[49:21] I just want to thank the
[49:22] trustees for stepping in
[49:24] and doing a lot of things.
[49:29] It's quite a long list of
[49:31] additional tasks, and I
[49:33] really appreciate that. I second the motion for
[49:36] that.
[49:37] I'll second that motion.
[49:38] Yeah.
[49:41] Okay, any further discussions?
[49:44] So, this is a roll-call vote
[49:45] . Margaret?
[49:46] I.
[49:46] Sarah?
[49:47] I.
[49:47] Danielle?
[49:48] I.
[49:48] Raymond?
[49:49] I.
[49:50] Candace?
[49:50] I.
[49:51] Vote. The motion is adopted.
[49:54] Okay, and what about the motion
[49:56] regarding the increase in
[49:58] transportation fees for 2026-2027 field trips
[50:00] ? To
[50:01] move to accept the
[50:04] Superintendent's recommendation and approve an
[50:07] increase in transportation fees
[50:09] for 2026-2027 field trips from
[50:12] $5.76 to $7.33, as outlined in
[50:15] the attached document.
[50:18] Thank you. Is there a discussion?
[50:21] I just hope that all the staff
[50:24] who plan field trips don't get
[50:28] discouraged by this, and that
[50:32] parents or students who can't afford them—
[50:36] I know that's
[50:38] the case. I read that this covered
[50:41] that.
[50:42] And when we had this
[50:43] conversation with our
[50:45] building administrators at all three levels, we
[50:47] discussed how
[50:49] field trips are funded and
[50:52] how the PTAs, at certain levels, are
[50:54] trying to make them less expensive, or
[50:56] even free, for students, if
[50:57] possible by paying through
[50:59] internal accounts. Um, but, um, according to the
[51:03] three principals, they didn't get
[51:05] the impression that it would
[51:06] discourage the field trips
[51:08] we currently run or
[51:10] organize any others. Okay.
[51:13] So, I feel good about that.
[51:14] Okay.
[51:15] And they felt good about that.
[51:17] Yeah, and the funds are there for those
[51:18] who can't afford it.
[51:20] Yeah.
[51:20] It's like I... Yeah, and
[51:22] unfortunately, I mean, we haven't
[51:24] raised our prices in four
[51:26] years, and
[51:26] no.
[51:27] Prices are what they are, so
[51:28] unfortunately, we have to do that
[51:30] too. Any other
[51:33] discussions? Everyone in favor?
[51:37] Me.
[51:38] Against? The motion is passed.
[51:41] Okay, our last item on the
[51:42] agenda is the report from
[51:43] our student council. Claire,
[51:45] do you declare yourself under that heading? Go ahead.
[51:50] Okay, there's a lot going on
[51:51] this week because of going back
[51:53] home.
[51:56] Yeah. Okay.
[51:58] So, for elementary school, they
[51:59] spent the first few weeks of
[52:00] The school is committed to building a community and
[52:02] focusing on action and
[52:03] school spirit. So far,
[52:04] we've had a
[52:05] positive behavior assembly that
[52:07] focused on respect, and two
[52:08] students from each class were
[52:09] recognized for demonstrating
[52:10] these qualities. We held
[52:12] our big house sorting assembly
[52:13] . The Britton-Macon band
[52:15] came to play for our Year 3 students, and
[52:16] we thank Mr. Harmon for
[52:18] the Elementary school performance. We have our
[52:20] fire safety assembly
[52:22] next week. Thank you to
[52:23] the organizer, firefighter and
[52:24] council chairman Nick
[52:26] Yelleman, for coordinating this
[52:27] important safety message for
[52:29] our students. We firmly believe
[52:31] that culture is just as
[52:32] important as academics at
[52:33] Liam Elementary School, and we are
[52:35] delighted to continue providing
[52:36] students with a well-
[52:37] rounded learning experience. For
[52:39] the nursery school, our students are
[52:40] preparing for
[52:42] exciting autumn adventures. Our
[52:44] GSRP students will have a
[52:45] fun autumn adventure. Our
[52:47] three-year-old nursery students will be going on a
[52:48] school trip. fun at the
[52:49] Westview orchards. All outings will give
[52:52] our young students the opportunity
[52:53] to explore, experience, and enjoy
[52:54] autumn, while creating
[52:55] social memories with their classmates
[52:56] and families.
[52:58] Unfortunately, I haven't received anything from
[53:00] RMS, as they never replied to me.
[53:02] But for the high school, uh, we have
[53:04] a High School Making Day on
[53:05] Wednesday, November 30th, and we
[53:07] are excited to be doing a tour with
[53:09] the local company, Prosper Tool and
[53:11] Machine Tool, which is located near the
[53:13] post office. The students
[53:14] will learn about the field of
[53:16] machine machining and
[53:17] small engine repair. Five graduating seniors from
[53:19] the class of 2023 have
[53:20] been recommended for the
[53:21] College Board's National Recognition Scheme
[53:23] based on their
[53:24] academic performance and
[53:25] assessment scores. Congratulations to Evelyn
[53:28] Barron, Katie Dick Dever, Emma Jigoda,
[53:31] Madison Flowers, and Alizona Wesley.
[53:34] On Monday, our two marketing students
[53:36] will be participating in the
[53:37] Spark Lab kickoff event at Henry
[53:39] Ford High School. This is a A
[53:40] county-wide competition that resembles
[53:41] a real shark tank with
[53:43] real cash prizes. Students
[53:44] will be working on lessons and
[53:46] soliciting input from
[53:47] businesses throughout the semester, with the
[53:48] final competition taking place in mid-November.
[53:50] We are excited to see what
[53:51] ideas our students come up with. We
[53:56] kicked off College Month
[53:57] last week with Ms. Cramton arranging for
[53:59] universities and
[54:00] trade schools to come and share
[54:01] information with our Grade 11
[54:02] and 12 students. They had to register
[54:04] in advance, and I encouraged them to
[54:06] learn more about their
[54:07] post-secondary options. It's tonight,
[54:09] October 14th, at 5:00 p.m. All classes will be
[54:11] over. Students and parents
[54:13] are encouraged to attend. So, for our
[54:16] Back-to-School Week this week,
[54:17] Monday is Adam Sandler Day,
[54:19] Tuesday is Bad
[54:20] Opportunities Day, Wednesday is
[54:21] Color Day with freshmen in
[54:23] yellow, sophomores in
[54:24] blue, juniors in pink, seniors
[54:28] in black and purple, and The
[54:29] staff is mismatched and looks like
[54:30] a rainbow. Then Thursday is
[54:32] Disney Day or
[54:34] Fairy Tale Day, and Friday is
[54:35] Blue and White Day. The start of the school year
[54:37] also begins in the classroom and will be
[54:38] announced at halftime of the
[54:40] football match. The annual trophy will be awarded
[54:42] to the winning team.
[54:43] Class representatives will work
[54:44] with the students to create a design
[54:45] . Wednesday, October 7th, is the
[54:50] Powderpuff Game. It starts at 6:30 pm and
[54:52] the gates open at 5:45 pm. Proceeds
[54:53] will go to the Student Council.
[54:55] We'll have Empower Nutrition. They will be
[54:57] providing drinks.
[54:58] Concessions will also be open
[54:59] to spectators. And there will
[55:01] also be the NHS bonfire, which
[55:02] will immediately follow the
[55:04] Powderpuff match. On Friday, October 9th, we'll
[55:06] have the Cheer Assembly.
[55:07] This is the last hour of the day
[55:08] on the football pitch. And the
[55:10] Homecoming Parade and Match
[55:12] , with the parade starting at
[55:13] 5:30 pm and the match kicking off at 7:00 p.m.
[55:15] The halftime show will consist
[55:17] of announcing the football field, the
[55:18] float winner, and paying tribute
[55:19] to the families who organized the
[55:21] float construction this year. The
[55:23] double zombie will be on sale from 5:45 p.m. to
[55:25] 6:30 p.m. before the game. And on October 10th,
[55:28] it's our Homecoming Dance,
[55:29] which starts at 7:00 p.m. In track and field,
[55:32] there were some big wins
[55:33] for the boys' football team
[55:34] last week against Almont and Yale
[55:36] . And tonight, they travel to Cozzola
[55:37] to host Yale on Wednesday.
[55:40] The JV College football team
[55:41] has remained undefeated this year with
[55:42] some impressive wins on
[55:44] Thursday against Yale. Congratulations to
[55:46] the JV volleyball team for
[55:47] winning the
[55:48] Richmond JV Guest Championship with a 5-0 record
[55:50] this Saturday. The
[55:51] varsity volleyball team won
[55:53] their game at the Street Sats on Tuesday and
[55:54] travels to Amity City tomorrow. The women
[55:56] golfers competed in the
[55:58] SCC Championship this Afternoon at Southington
[56:00] Links. Next week is
[56:01] Homecoming, and the
[56:02] Athletic Department is gearing up for all the
[56:03] festivities surrounding the game. As a reminder, the
[56:07] Sports Hall of Fame inductees and
[56:08] Honor Classes will be honored at
[56:09] halftime for the
[56:10] Homecoming Field presentation. And the
[56:12] induction ceremony will begin
[56:14] Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium.
[56:16] In the final home game of the
[56:17] season, the band will play its
[56:19] annual Go Show All Out game. That's the
[56:21] news I have. Tell us,
[56:23] how did it go out there?
[56:25] Yeah. Oh, it went really well
[56:26] . We went right after
[56:29] Al Gore, so I didn't get to see
[56:30] Arminio, but I think it went pretty
[56:31] well.
[56:33] Surely it did. Does anyone have any
[56:37] questions for our student
[56:38] ? Thanks, Kelsey, for coming, or Claire,
[56:42] for coming here in uniform and ready
[56:46] to go. Well, as it There's nothing more
[56:50] to do, the meeting is adjourned at 7:56 PM.
[56:53] Thank you all.