##VIDEO ID:_aNsRuSJ4_A## okay uh the time is now 6 6 p.m and we're going to call the um January 27 20125 Board of Education meeting to order M reer please call the role here C herein here Madison here Scott here Harryman tanks here and here okay we do have a quorum uh the agenda was circulated um last week certainly prior to today's meeting any questions or issues relative to the agenda itself hearing none uh without objection we'll pass a motion to approve the agenda by unanimous consent is there an objection to doing so hearing none then the agenda is hereby approved uh we'll go to item number three consent agenda our consent agenda has three items on it um questions relative to consent agenda okay hearing none without objection will pass a motion to approve the consent agenda by unanimous consent is there an objection to doing so okay hearing none the consent agenda is hereby approved and all those three items that are with it item number four a is reports we have our uh one report this evening from superintendent Abdul ahe superintendent adad the floor is yours thank you uh president Alvin um I just want to report out on our Keeper of the promise I appreciate um our board president our vice president and trusty Tyler for attendance I did get notification from others uh and we appreciate it uh it was great turnout we had um TR youth choir there we had our own students uh represent we had um representative Regina Weiss who works with finance and she's been instrumental in getting us additional funds I know she's always responding to things that I asked for we also had our our mayor represent um and said a few words and then we had a video from uh congresswoman Haley uh that she shared out um principal Haley got recognized as the um Keeper of the promise recipent um a life of dedication and we appreciate his um Services it was a great turnout the band is phenomenal just to see what they've come in the last three years and I believe he is coming before you today to talk about New Orleans um so um but he is really um he's really transformed our music program and um we have our uh board dinner tomorrow I'm I'm sorry is uh Wednesday speaking the ocba Oakland schools yeah we got a lot going on so that dinner is at 6 6 PM we have trustee Scott signed up trusty Tyler signed up truste uh corpin signed up um I am going to show up late but I had to rearrange some things to make sure that our trustees um got seated with dinner um but it worked out I'm going to share a plate with trusty corporate she's going to get me some extras um so we have that and then we have our goal setting uh one that um we are working on uh with our um masb masb consultant Rock green that's coming on Thursday yeah so we have a lot going on um enrollment we added 53 students second semester we had over 100 apply uh we accepted 53 so that's that's pretty good um we have room for growth and um we're encouraged that uh people are en rolling we have someone who was attending a neighboring affluent District actually enroll with us um I'll leave it at that but that was that was very good that was very good for us that is all I have for now thank you um any questions on relative to anything uh superintendent abdah had covered did you say there was a number yeah 53 we had over 100 anything else for superintendent Abdul had based on his report okay hear none thank you for that superintendent dad we'll go to um action items we have four of those this evening and the first is the approval of special education transportation services and Clark ready be it resolved that the board hereby approves the contracted special education student transportation services with interal Transportation 683 Detroit Michigan 48212 for individual students with 504 plans individualized education programs IEPs or District requested Services requiring personal Transportation the agree agreed upon Serv rate for daily roundtrip transportation for each student is $75 per trip to be paid from the special education contracted carrier fund thank you for that motion made by trustee Clark is there second second by truste corpin are any questions on this comments hearing n m please call the ro oh I'm sorry go ahead yes um the question that I have is that um with this trans so is this a permanent thing or is this um something that our bus transportation can do or can I just get a little more DET so these are door to-door services uh for Center based programs okay so like um transporting one student because they can't for different needs they have to travel by themselves uh and typically it's for Center based programs okay uh and the other one is for homeless where we have to go and get them and provide transportation thank you that's there are different ones we get reimbursed uh for idea for the one and the other on AB anything else hearing n gr please call the RO yes C yes Elvin yes Madison yes Scott yesman TS yes yes okay that motion passes we go to uh item 6 B approval request for contractor special education student transportation services hop skip bride uh trusty Madison ready yes okay resolve that the board approves the contracted special special education student transportation services from HP hop skip Drive 360 East Second Street site 200 Angeles California 90012 to individual students with 504 plans indiv individualized education plans IEPs or District request services with needs that necessitate personal Transportation the service rate for for daily roundtrip transportation for each student will be approximately $50 each way which will be paid for paid from special education contracted carrier funds okay that motion is uh made by truste Madison is there a second second seconded by truste cor any questions on this motion I had um one question all right um is this um this contract is working the same way as the other one correct okay that it okay anything else all right none Miss Greer Tyler yes Clark yes Elvin yes Cy yes Harman KS yes Madison yes and Scott yes okay the motion passes uh we're going to go to the next item skip I miss all right we're going to go to item C approval of school psychologist speech language pathologist teachers occupational and physical therapists um trustee uh pman tanks resolve that the board approved contracted services in the area of school psychologist speech language pathology teachers occupational therapy and physical therapy from rethink Solutions LLC at 27272 Avenue Detroit Michigan 48201 for indiv students with individual evaluation plans IEPs or District request services and resolve further that the attach rate schedule appendix act list the bill rate for each service provided and resolve further that these services will be paid from special education contracted Services okay motion made by trust pman tanks second by truste Clark question on the motion trust Corp the rates that we're looking at are these rates paid by whomever use their services or we pay for those Services we pay for those services on behalf of the students and then we do get reimbursed because it isely the sometimes we have um Walkin services for speech where they're not age appropriate yet for school but they're entitled to speech therapy so they come into our building to provide services for them we do get reimbursed sometimes through Medica Ood thank you anything else M Greer cvin yes Scott yes Tyler yes Clark yesman KS yes and yes okay that motion passes go to item 6D approval of the old Park High School Marching B overnight field trip um trusty Scott at the par are you I'm Sor go for it resolve that the O Park Board of Education approve a field trip involve involving the overnight stay in out of state travel from February 27th 2025 to March 4th 2025 to new for mass and Jackson State University auditions students will participate in the New Orleans Marr parade an event that enhances cultural growth performance skills and teamwork while awarding a minimum of $4,000 a $4,000 check for Band program additionally students will have the opportunity to audition at colleges for potential scholarships aligning with the band mission to provide enr enriching opportunities for all participants motion made by uh trusty uh Scott is there a second second seconded by trusty corpin question on the motion got a question um the $4,000 entails uh like what what what's covered under that 4,000 he the band gets that as for them okay they don't get it from us they get them the my understanding is they are awarded $4,000 for participating and that money could be for tuning of instruments for different pieces of instruments repairs and and stuff like that but that money is awarded to the music department not to us and we don't award that money to them so so going on this trip is there is he is he's is it that he's not going to ask for any money for so we we have provided we have provided so they the band and the the families have fundraised and we've added some money to them to help support this success and then they'll get and here he he gets for his Department the 4,000 okay I just was asking to ensure that you know the children uh get enough the band you know they have enough money you know while they're traveling because I know you know uh food cost is very expensive and you know there's not a so when I met with him I told him I said I want three meals for every kid uh if volunteers go we got to feed them uh I want to make sure the parent uh the staff ratio is appropriate he has it all all that he was short some money and we provided that I I believe we provided $10,000 to them for transportation Hotel State because um we have to pay for the drivers two drivers when they go that long uh we have to pay for their whole stay food and driving and all of that and it get pretty expensive and those the reason why we present it to the board is anything overnight has to be presented to the board for approval no one could go out of on the district's dime without coming to the board for approval thank you anything else from members of the board I think this is um please call yes Madison yes per yes Tyler yesin yes yes yes yes Mr Aus uh if you want to come say a few words feel free fol how y'all doing all right all right um but yeah appreciate y'all for approving it um just looking forward for this event this the first time that we'll be going in the history um kids they are excited they looking forward to it um it's going to provide them a lot of scholarship opportunities they get to see a lot of different other people they same age that take it real serious um it's going to be just about this is like the band real dream for them so yeah they gonna get a lot of opportunities and um actually see what they need to do to improve and um we actually got a lot of different College directors looking forward to seeing them so I really appreciate y'all my bad I'm out of breath I had to to run from practice so we going to hook you up with Coach J right yeah but um I know the kids they also wanted me to tell y'all that they appreciate y'all support they seen everything that y'all been doing for them this year and well since I've been here so they they just wanted to say thank you as well and my um team so we appreciate y'all absolutely uh question for you how many members are in the band this year this year um honestly the full B would be about like 858 but you know every performance is a little different you know cuz we got different grade levels so you know each performance is a little different for them how many seniors seniors this year we got 17 17 17 seniors you know they got Middle School say again did you know Middle School in the I did not know this yeah that's that's why I was like some performances you may see certain numbers drop because you know we got you know middle schoolers in the band so they don't be at every performance in terms of the seniors do all of them expect scholarship I know this is like way off topic at this point do all of them expect receive scholarships this year I was going to say we already working on that I was going to say um all of them already have scholarships we just trying to make sure that we get them to the school that's best for them the scholarships is already there so can we hear back from him um you know by graduation or something to know y i I have a general um estimate um in my computer but it's in the car but we um computer ever he said he was running so yeah but um also just to let you know I also got a um College audition for them um February 6 we got two College Band directors coming up February 6 just to audition them so um uapb and Alabama State oh I went there so yeah I did too for one year for one year so yep that's you know that's some exciting stuff trust Tyler um this is something great that you're doing um when I was working with the school district years ago we would travel with the band and so it's always exciting and it's definitely going to be a learning experience for them and people are always excited o and when they come I'm definitely excited to probably milon schar Hing to hear more from him can I just say you guys did wonderful for Thanksgiving did we watched and I had people texted me like oh my God her par is so good it's a shame that they didn't but it's all right our first year it's all right year bur up the food you guys did an excellent excellent job and it was wonderful to see the representation you know you guys you've been doing a wonderful job with this program and this is such a great opportunity for these kids to be able to go them and experience this culture and to just have a good time and you know really excited to see what's going to come in the future go ahead actually I have a statement where they're going to perform is the best place because they're all about music they're all about I mean that that whole entire State I uh did a report uh in college on um on the M gr and how it starts and you know where the feathers come from and different things and knowing that history that's a really really great place for them to be you know just to kind of hear you know the tunes and everything about that whole entire culture but thanks here dedication I appreciate you appreciate it looking forward to hearing back from you and good luck thank you I make sure I have all the data for you when I come back for the scholarships good luck you all right uh we got double b I skip something so uh public participation got to go back to that want proud of meeting with public has the opportunity to address so desired One Way communication which members of the public are as to address the full board with understanding that board members will not be able to respond uh trust to you car tanks would be like to provide the public guidelines because the opart Board of Education values public meetings not just meetings in public we welcome public comments on school issues speakers are asked to express themselves in a civil matter manner with due process for the um dignity and privacy of others who may be affected by public comments the public comment portion of the meeting cannot be used to make personal attacks against a school board me member or of a school district employee that disrupts the order of the meeting and are totally unrelated to the manner in which the member or employee performs his or her duties speakers should be aware that if statements violate the rights of others under the law of Def defamation or invasion of privacy such comments may result in legal liability most comments can be concisely stated in three minutes and the board respectfully ask that comments remain focused on a topic or issue and not be directed as specific Personnel or board members any of that wish to address the board we get you to fill out a comic card of course if you can go ahead and speak first and you can fill it out yeah Bas okay the cards are in the basket as soon as you're done okay okay um I've lived in Oak Park for like 25 years um I had two children on the spectrum of autism and from kindergarten all the way up until they graduated they're 21 29 they were busted to other districts what I want to know is where is Oak Park with bringing the children back and the money back into the Oak Park School System because I just and that's just was right around the corner like a few years ago that they were still doing it they never attempted to bring them back to their own community and I'm just curious that where are we with that with o SCH so that would probably something I'll have you talk to Mr abdah and his team on after the meeting we none of us are able to respond anyway so I just wanted to let you know but that's fine okay okay you have more no that was all just about the special education okay if you would fill out the comment card you put your info on there okay we'll get somebody to get back to you in this okay thank you all right anyone else who would like to address the board anyone El going once going twice okay we're going to move on item number 7 a committee appointment Oakland County School Board Association committee as you all know we have to um appoint someone from our board as a representative on the GRC goal government Relations Committee for ocba um that meet that group uh meets the first Wednesday of each month um virtually in the months of dece excuse me January and February uh and in person throughout the remainder of the Year there are no meetings in July August or December um or however a December meeting may be added if there's a need to do so during laying duck um so understanding that most of us aren't able to be there um we'll do the best we can here we have a truste parman tanks who has agreed to do the best she can do um and then we can get We'll add me as an alternative um look at go so we'll add truste Tyler as an alternate we add trusty Tyler as an alternate um typically if you know we don't if we're not able to make it they will let us know what's going on at least so so one or both of you should have received meeting notes um and and to the extent that you you that you can come back and let us know uh what's going on as you need to do it um so we will just have to see what we can do here for the months of of March through February the first Wednesday is going to be virtual you should be a problem but um March moving on I we have to we figure out a plan see what we can do we have someone goes or something I don't know nonetheless you are now going to be added to the committee so all right um so with that I move I have language so I just have to say I move that um trusty hea par tanks be the O Park Board repres ative on the ocba government Relations Committee and that trusty Tyler name alter for schools motion myself second by trust Clark um um there any questions on the motion heing N Miss G call yes yes yes okay that motion passes um I know was an information item but I still made a motion so we're good no problem uh we'll go to information item 7B board committee and uh trustee corporate yes so on um last board meeting uh I wanted to uh make it clear to what I was saying uh in regards to committees so I'm going to start off by reading the the bylaws in regards to committees the board May create various committees to gather information for the board committee members will be appointed by the board president after Consulting with the other board members and committee will not consist of more than three board me board members so I did a little research because we always have to um compare and contrast so I compared and contrast and what I came up with is that Southfield um Berkeley and uh Ferndale all of these districts have subcommittees or operate with a committee of the whole if you don't know what the committee of the Holy is that is when we come in at 5:30 early and then we start at 6 like that 30 minute window we could have a conversation you know in regards to what we want to talk about so that way nothing is a surprise which we always talk about we don't want surprises right so at that point I uh I also um so so it's actually unclear to me why um my request was received um the way that it was received as if it was something that's new but it isn't new so I then went a little step further and I had to uh talk to masb because I had to understand why what I was saying wasn't coming across clearly so I then um masb has on their uh page where you can you know if you forget what roles of uh each individual board member M have secretary uh from president to vice president treasur it tells you you know or it reminds you or if you want to know what it says they have it there so uh these are some of the top reasons uh to have a committee of the whole um or if we choose uh to have the uh subcommittees and the subcommittees would be as I was stating the last meeting would be per Personnel it could be Finance it can be uh bylaws committee it can be uh whichever committee you even come up with right so encouraging opening dialogue and sharing of ideas among board members leading to more informed uh decision making allowing more indepth decisions and complex of um complex issues within the uh form of the meeting setting uh giving board members uh the opportunity to ask questions seek clarification and often suggest before voting on a matter so you might have questions or what have you uh or if you can't decide or you're in between then also I'm promoting transparency which that is one word that you will always hear when it comes to board governance uh in that decision making process as all board members are involved in the decisions so at this point in time it is the president's appointment to appoint a person to any uh if you have any board I mean if you have any committees that you suggest um it is not a vote but it is a vote if I mean because it's already in the bylaws that we would do so during the organizational meeting so that that is uh what I wanted to bring to the board I I'm lost on something you're saying your last statement in particular I heard everything you said before that it's the president's what now I'm going to reread the bylaws committees under committees uh bylaw number one1 the board May create various committees to gather information for the board committee members will be appointed by the board president that part the Committees will what be say again the Committees will what I heard the first line the second line committees will what committee members will be appointed y okay by the board president after Consulting with each other board members okay so I heard everything you said so I I said if anyone you know have suggestions to a committee that you all thought of want to be a part of because it's a Bo it's the board's responsibility to create these committees should it choose to do so it says the board May create various committees to gather information for the board it may but doesn't need to and it's the board that needs to do that if the board decides or desires that committees are necessary then it would be up to me to to choose who who sits on those committees correct and just what you just said that is why I took the time and the the the the volunteer work that I do so well to ensure that we understand why committees are important or subcommittees it doesn't have to be a committee u i mean excuse me a subcommittee it can be a committee of the whole so we can just meet as a whole as I said before we have a lot of time you know sometimes our meetings you know end at 15 minutes 17 minutes minutes we could then take 30 minutes of that time and utilize of talking about what we talked about at this meeting to what is going to be on the you know on the if you have any questions basically you know uh or any concerns on uh the whole the the the uh agenda if you had any questions you know in regards to it may be questions for instance um with the travel we would probably had that question prior to the meeting so we've already you know consulted that question that got answered so then you wouldn't have to answer because I mean have a question because now you've already answered or gotten your answer to the question okay anything from board on this okay heing n we'll go to item eight Communications any Communications from members of the administration for members of the board Communications I had one communication uh it was left it was actually um I wanted to thank um the board director the band director um I did give him you know his his Kudos there but I just want to say that Oak Park is a is a school that is very that is excelling uh everywhere I go someone speaking you know about you know if it's not the track team if it's not a teacher um if it's not even a student uh because my daughters they graduated from here and I was one of those participant parents uh that was always at the school um you know engaging in my daughter's day-to-day activities and with doing so you know it's a it was a family oriented uh type of teaching and even now uh I actually uh experienced a a difficult situation that I watched the teacher and the principal and assistant principal they turned that situation around so beautifully and I just want to just uh thank uh uh Oak Park High School and the administration for doing such a good job this is not an easy thing at all it is not easy as you see we have a band that is on their way uh to the m Gro parade that is I I can't even afford to go there but that is an excellent uh achievement uh for them so I just wanted to make sure that I gave you know that what was on my heart to let everyone know how I felt about o Park thank you thank you anything else from members of the board okay hearing none uh we come to the item nine which is ajour um the next meeting of the board will be held Thursday January 30th 6m here in the boardroom of the administration building we'll be talking about superintendent's goal setting um so looking forward to Thursday if there nothing else without objection we'll pass a motion to adjourn by unanimous consent is there objection 6:30 than you